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Posted 1/13/2009 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
Well, we can always respond....if only we could put make-up on our arsses..you know the saying, if we look better we feel better..lol!

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Posted 1/13/2009 2:06 AM (GMT 0)
ediekristen, I've also had doctors tell me the same thing and that's when I tell them never to judge a book by it's cover and they always say, very good point, even dr.s sometimes forget that how we look on the outside does not always reflect how we feel on the inside.

:)
Posted 1/13/2009 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
That’s because there are no eyelash foundation or small breast society that needs to keep people donating money so someone can justify their job. The breast thing is great for women if it’s self-esteem issue.
Posted 1/13/2009 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
I was never a big fan of plastic surgery and then I had three kids. It really changes your body. I haven't had anything done - mainly because it's so expensive. Now I've learned to never say never :)

Posted 1/13/2009 1:45 PM (GMT 0)
When I was younger, I wanted breast augmentation. But as I got older, I realized that I just didn't care. Take me as I am or not at all. I am happy with myself and I am comfortable in my own skin. Sure I am not perfect. I have stretch marks and I have smaller breasts but so what? I am real and I am me. I have a very good friend that was not very happy with her appearance so she went in for a tummy tuck and breast augmentation. Know what happened? The doc left a surgical sponge in her breast which in turned caused massive infections. It took another doctor around 6 months to find this sponge. She had scar tissue galore from the infections and had to end up going to a DD to fill in the uneven skin. She was not happy at all and went thru a depression. She finally just had all implants taken out. I am not a believer in cosmetic surgery at all to improve your appearance. However, I am in favor of it if you are disfigured. Ok, we are really OT! LOL But it's sort of fun to talk "girly" with other ladies :)
Posted 1/13/2009 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
oh...horrors regarding your gf's experience. The only surgery I'd have now would be to lift my eyelids if it impeded my vision...would be a just cause I think...8-)

H
Posted 1/13/2009 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
I wanted breast implants for the longest time. I was almost completely flat chested and figured I was never getting any bigger, but then around 19 I magically developed a nice B-cup. I still wish they were a little bigger but I realized that the pain and cost of implants would just not be worth it and besides, having them on the smaller side just means they'll be nice and perky for that much longer :-D So, just gotta be happy with what I'm stuck with, haha.
Posted 1/13/2009 7:55 PM (GMT 0)

After recovering from my c-section I could not imagine the recovery from inplants...knowing that pain would b/c I wanted to look different...I just couldn't.  I agree...I'm comfortable in my skin...stretchmarks and all.  Granted the prednisone I'm currently on has caused some serious moon face (which I hate that name), and I have a lovely little hump on my upper back...but all in all...I am who I am.  I used to want things changed on my body too, but after the staph infections and open wound care I had my perspective and seriously been altered.  I like my scars...they are a reminder of what I had to go through.  Now, tattoos are something completely different in and of itself...which I am definitely going to do once I'm cured and good to go for awhile.  I have a scar (just completely healed as of today!!!) on the back of my right shoulder, another huge scar on my right bicep and another on my right heel, all from abscess removals and staph infections.  I'm going to have white tattoos around each of them...except my heel...that tat will be on the top of my foot or back of my ankle.  Anyway, that's just my preference...I think they'll be beautiful and a way to beautify what my body already has.  : )  Now, as for my stretchmarks...they can be left alone.  As much as I love my son...I don't want to glamourize those.  : )

: )  Robin

Posted 1/13/2009 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Oooh yeah, I LOVE tattoos! :) I currently have 7 and plans for more. My parents hate them and think only criminals get tattoos but I just look at them as decorating my body, all of mine are very colorful and I'm currently working on a quarter sleeve of flowers... Right now it's started with an orchid flower and water/waves with no black outlines so it looks like a painting. I love it so much and can't wait to add to it. Next I'll be adding a hummingbird and some other random little flowers, lots of pinks and purples. Then I'm going to get a lotus flower on my foot. I always get excited when thinking about the idea of new art to add to my body, heheh.
People are always like "Well those won't look so good when you're 80" but the way I see it is, *I* won't look so good when I'm 80 so I don't think I'll be running around in bikeenis and tank tops anyway, so I really don't care!!
Posted 1/14/2009 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah...I'm really excited about my tats! I think I'll have an ileo until we are finished having babies...at least one more...and then I'll get another tattoo where that was. So, anyway, I think it will all be very neat....and I'm excited!!! Your tattos sound amazing! I love tats without the black outline...you're right they look like paintings...I bet yours are beautiful! I imagine mine being, as I said in white, and scrolling, organic, simplistic surrounding all my scars. : ) I can't wait.

ediekristen...will you please tell me more about your long term prednisone use? I was on 40mg prednisone for a year and a half, and have been on 20mg for couple months...as anything lower I want to keel over. You being a Veteran Member, does this mean you are cured?

I will hopefully be cured by Valentine's Day!!!

: ) Robin
Posted 1/15/2009 1:48 AM (GMT 0)
Consider carefully the foot tattoo, edieK! My friend is going through a very painful process to get her foot tats removed, because she has a great job but her employer won't allow her to wear shoes that show them, or ever wear sandals and that's been miserable in the summer.

Once I really wanted a tattoo ring of flowers around one of my toes, but I was told by a tattoo artist that a reputable artist won't do hands, face, or feet. But I see a lot of feet done, so who knows. Now I admit I'm glad I didn't do it, it would not have been a good idea for me and I probably would have had it removed, sad to say.
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