Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery Reviews
panda bear asked:
I would love to know what you guys think on the subject. I haven’t done my research on how implants or other objects used for plastic surgery are made, so any info and opinions would be great.
For those of you wondering about the Veg*n relating to this topic- animal products could be used or animal testing- some veg*ns have strict policys against using animal related anything.
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plastic surgery= wasting products u do not need
I REALLY don’t think one has to do with the other. However for some reason, you might find that most don’t agree with it really.
I don’t really mind/care if others get plastic surgery – as for myself, I am very happy with the way I look and can’t imagine hating anything so much on my body that I’d pay thousands of dollars, endure scars and bruising, and have to deal with all those possible side effects/risks. the only thing i can think of is maybe in 20 years getting a breast lift. but im not so sure even about that.
plastic surgery ultimately has to do with a person who has a low self-esteem. that has nothing to do with vegetarianism/veganism.
On a personal level, I believe that people should do whatever they want to do with their own bodies. I wouldn’t judge anyone, vegan or not, for getting plastic surgery. It can enhance a person’s confidence. It’s their business, and their body, period.
On a vegan level, the realization that animals are tested and experimented on A LOT, in very painful ways, before surgeries are performed on humans really bothers me. I did get laser eye surgery and it bothered me knowing that animals eyes’ were operated on so I could have the procedure done. I am careful to purchase cosmetics, cleansers, and other items that are not animal tested, so I should therefore avoid medical procedures that are also tied into that type of suffering.
I don’t know much about what implants or other objects are made of.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed, I asked the oral surgeon what the stitches were made of, and I was told they were ‘cat gut’ and I asked more about that. He said I was the only person in 20 years to ask him if they were animal based. I guess many people don’t care. They have synthetic stitches if you don’t want ones made from animals.
I had a boob job when I was 23 and I really did not think much about the animal testing. Well, I am now considering lasik, – eye laser – but I am not sure if it effects animals negatively, I am not sure if I would get it. – I still need to do my research.
I would never get botox, as I think that is very strongly related to animal testing and products.
Vegetarians and vegans will have a wide variety of views on this issue, as on any other.
Answers so far have assumed that all plastic surgery is cosmetic and therefore frivolous and unnecessary; it is not. Much plastic surgery is done to re-shape and/or reconstruct parts of the body after accident and injury, or after surgery such as amputation.
An issue for veg*ns might be that procedures and drugs have been tested on animals, but with any medicine it is impossible to avoid this as all drugs and procedures have been tested on animals by law.
As for surgery that is simply cosmetic – unless it is to reshape a feature that is causing real psychological distress, I simply don’t understand it. Why go under the knife when you don’t have to?
To the person who said she’d consider a breast reduction – as someone who’s been obliged to have life-saving breast surgery, I say while it is of course your choice – be grateful you’ve got two healthy ones and leave them alone.
**EDIT – I want to add a bit more about animal testing. I’m a vegan and I owe my life to drugs and procedures that were tested on animals; they were tested on animals not through my choice but by law.
I am no less a vegan for accepting them, or for taking a daily drug that I know contains lactose, but may save my life.
Being vegan isn’t about being a martyr, it’s about doing all you can to minimise your personal contribution to animal suffering; risking or sacrificing your health or your life isn’t part of being a vegan.
I think it’s a shame that your other answerers have assumed all plastic surgery is cosmetic and therefore bad. I have the option to have reconstructive surgery at any time. I haven’t chosen to because I’m reluctant to have a long and complicated operation that isn’t strictly necessary. But I might change my mind; I’m disfigured as a result of cancer surgery – it’s uncomfortable and embarrassing to have only one breast. Reconstructive surgery may not be a necessity, but it wouldn’t be stupid, or wasteful or any of the other things people here have said.
And it wouldn’t make me any less of a vegan either, despite the fact that the procedure and necessary drugs have at some point, by law, been tested on animals
I have NO idea what plastic surgery and vegetarianism have in common, but if you must know: It is unnecessary and for people who want to be someone who is not them.
its extremely stupid
and i waste of time and money and stuff you don’t need.
I don’t believe in artifically altering the body you came with. I’m sure there are probably methods/products out there that have animal by-products in them and the vast majority of them are probably tested on animals too.
Nope. it’s not for me.
You gave great points here. I did some research on the subject and have found nearly all people agree with your blog.
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I see that several people expressed there wasn’t a link between plastic surgery and vegetarian/vegan.
Well, the author didn’t claim there was; he just asked for opinions of a specific social group.
However, I think it’s a group whose opinion on this subject would be more interesting to hear about for plastic surgery is linked to animal testing.
As for plastic surgery, I don’t see why most people I know oppose it that much.
Most of them are also the same saying “all people look better without makeup”. And then they’re telling me they considered me good-looking, which is funny because I never leave my flat without, like, seven different cosmetic products on my face.
I know it’s a scandalous generalisation – but I think that everybody (not only women but also men) would look better with GOOD makeup on. GOOD makeup emphasises what you like the most about your face and fades into the background what you don’t like so much about your face. There’s nothing wrong with spending time on enhancing your appearance.
I’m sorry if it sounds mean, yet I’ve got the feeling that the say-so above in most cases comes from people who are just to lazy for spending that time, and that they’re only making excuses and blame it on people who do spend that time.
I’ve never looked down on people for not caring about how they look; and I don’t consider it fair being looked down at for making efforts regarding my appearance.
And it’s the same with plastic surgery – there is absolutely nothing wrong with the idea of altering your body “only” for cosmetic reasons.
Your body is your very own property and you can do with it whatever you like. Some common examples should have get tested for dysmorphic disorder first (before getting 46450987 doctor dates), I admit.
But look at e.g. Megan Fox (and place the hell back whatever you think of her) – she was pretty before she got her nose job, but she does her surname justice since. Yes, it’s a question of taste, but COME ON. That is really good cosmetic surgery.
Of course you can also find plenty of awful examples, probably due to the procentual amount of people thinking how terrible it is that someone made the effort to gain the money in order to pay a surgeon in order to enhance his/her appearance… you surely get my point.
I’m vegan for ethical reasons and I think it’s sad that such an improvement is linked to the suffering of animals.
As many things are. And while that’s unquestionably horrible, you have to set the confines of your lifestyle. Taking medicine with lactose/gelatine or not, buying vegan stuff from not-so-vegan companies or not, bringing your own vegan toothpaste on travels or not.
I wouldn’t support botox by now since every patch has to be tested on animals (ray of hope: another method of testing has been invented recently) but I’m going to try to find out to which amount other plastic procedures are concerned with continual animal testing.