Are you for or against plastic surgery? :)

GO FOR IT! If I could I would I have lost over 120 lbs and I have problem areas that the fat is just not coming off so yep, I'd lipo the thighs in a second, I've already had a tummy tuck to get rid of all the excessive skin there, I need my arms done as well I feel like I have wings there. The girls need excess skin removed as well and brought back up ere they belong LOL! I could also use a face lift now which I never before thought about but with all the weight loss I have excess skin there as well. I keep exercising to tone but not much you can do with excess skin.

But, I've seen several plastic surgeons at support group meeting discuss what is usually needed after losing 60 plus pounds. Most people cannot simply "work hard" to tone muscles if they've lost over 60 pounds, no matter what they do.

I might be misinterpreting what you're trying to say, but I've lost over 60 and I'm toning muscles.

I wasn't clear enough....yes, you can tone muscles, but the majority of people who lose over 60 pounds will have some degree of sagging skin, bat wings, etc. THAT is what I mean. Thanks for pointing out my lack of clarity. As the weight loss number goes up, the more likely you will not be able to do it with exercise.

I would love to get my boobs done! A little reduction and lift would be great! As for weight loss plastic surgery, I'm not so sure. If someone can hardly walk or get out of bed then yes I think plastic surgery is appropriate. If they are able to eat healthy and work out then that's what they should do.

Against it for weightloss. But after I have my second baby, I am SOOOOO going to have a breast reduction and lift.

for myself i would only consider surgery after weight loss (natural weightloss) - tummy tuck, breast lift. nips and tucks to take care of the skin. but thats just for me. i don't think its anyone decision to make but the person whos body will or will not be going through the surgery.

I didn't read any of this thread, but if you have the money, go for it.

As long as you weigh the pros and cons, and don't get mad if somehow it drasticlly goes wrong.

You're not really hurtin/affecting anyone but yourself.

Not to lose weight - I'd put it right back on. But, I understand why folks do a tuck or two. Totally a personal choice.

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I am very against. I don't care what other people do to themselves, but I would never have non-essential surgery requiring a general anaesthetic.

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I used to work in a hospital and have seen people die during surgery from complications from anaesthia. I would Never recommend surgery unless you needed it to save your life. Just my opinion.

Plastic surgery is just like any other technology: it can be used, or it can be abused. Using it to correct a deformity, or having a breast reduction to alleviate chronic back pain, or using lipo to allow a 500-lb person to get out of bed & start exercising... those are all good reasons. Getting a breast augmentation because your boyfriend says he'd like you more if you were a DD is not a good reason.

There are many levels in between these examples. But what it comes down to for me is: do you need it, or just want it? If you just want it, are you motivated by laziness, or frustration, or the opinions of other people, or something else? And most of all, are the results going to really improve your quality of life, to an extent that makes it worth the risks? Because even the most routine surgery carries risk. My aunt died at age 54 after a routine knee surgery because she developed a blood clot two days later.

So my answer to the question is Yes. I am for and against plastic surgery.

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I've lost 50 pounds twice in my life always doing it "the right way". But I never fixed the real problem which was for me emotional eating. If I didn't know that some people who get lap band or gastric bypass have so many issues (many deal with depression), and also have to work out, I might try it. But I do know about those things and it seems a helluva lot easier just to do the work from the beginning. It might take longer, but I won't have those nasty side effects to worry about.

For me, even though I was able to lose 50 pounds, I would still consider something like lipo for my stomach, because it never goes anywhere. It might go down, but it is always out of proportion with the rest of my body. So, I would have that fixed, plus a tummy tuck for the little mommy pouch, and breast augmentation and lifting. I want the girls to finally see something other than my feet or the floor! lol

Lipo isn't for weight "loss." It corrects imbalanced fat deposits. And it also creates problems if you gain weight back, since you got rid of fat cells in certain areas, other areas will expand. Like squeezing a balloon. If you get lipo on your lower body and gain, you'll gain disproportionately in your upper body.

That said, I'd be a total hypocrite if I said I was against it, because it's no different than wearing contacts instead of glasses, or getting braces to correct crooked teeth, wearing mascara or lipstick, or washing that grey right out of my hair.

I've told my husband after we have our babies and I lose the baby weight I'd like to get my boobs done... LOL..

But to have surgery for weight loss, I think it's up to the individual them self... I personally wouldn't, but someone wanted to then I wouldn't judge them...

I see nothing wrong with getting plastic or weight loss surgery if it's needed (or wanted for correcting something that makes you unhappy - which really comes under needed but I thought I'd just add that in there) but what drives me mad is when I bother to log into my Facebook (I hate that site so much!) and all I see are old school friends/old school friends YOUNGER sisters (average age of those I'd put at 15-17) complaining about how fat they are and how they're determined to get liposuction, not a gastric band or anything but liposuction. Full stop. Now normally I leave things like that when people say it because it's personal choice but when a 16 year old girl whose most likely not even over 180lbs goes round thinking that everything is wrong with her life because shes overweight (not obese) and the only way to fix it is liposuction I get so mad not at them but at how people (be it family, friends or the media) have made them think the only way to stop being fat is surgery. So on one occasion I thought I'd suggest exercise, diet and (obviously) this site since I'm not one to lecture/tell people anything about a healthy lifestyle since I'm learning all that myself. And wow, I mean genuinely wow, I'm not saying everyone has this reaction but the females response was a] to shut my pie hole (that's m y nice way of putting it) and b] that they wanted to do it the 'easy' way. Lest to say I haven't even suggested healthy eating to anyone since that. I mean I get it, weight loss/plastic surgery are needed for all sorts of reasons (plenty have already been brought up) and general happiness is one of those, but when a person is probably only 50lbs overweight and they won't even consider a lifestyle change (especially considering their young so it's not like they've struggled with weight problems for 20+ years) it just makes me wary of surgery, I mean sure it might be viewed as a 'quick fix' (though as I know through a friend gastric bands and that are not a quick fix and my friend has been caused a great deal of pain by hers - I'd like to point out shes nearly 30 before people point out I'm 19 and how can I say a 16 year old is too young if I think 19's fine) but the end results will never be what you want unless you put in the hard work to maintain what the surgery has done for you. Saying all that though (yes my mini rant is over!) personally if I find with weight loss that I get saggy skin or saggy anything I would happily go get it fixed because like most people I doubt I would ever be completely happy unless I had done everything I could.