April 29, 2008...7:00 am
Are Your Breasts, Belly And Butt Sagging? Try An Attitude Adjustment Instead Of A Mommy Makeover
I couldn’t help but notice the article in the Daily Gazette the other day on mommy makeovers. Of course mommies aren’t the only ones having makeovers. A lot of men are having their faces lifted and tummies tucked too.
Is this another sign that America is becoming increasingly narcissistic or what?
There is an obvious need for plastic surgery and makeovers. People are born disfigured or are disfigured by a fire or an accident and need the skills of a plastic surgeon. But the average American doesn’t need plastic surgery because of aging. They need to learn to accept aging and to see that there is beauty in the elderly as well as in the young. My guess is that a counselor would do many of us more good than a plastic surgeon.
It’s a shame that Americans can afford cosmetic surgery for minor problems while the poor in Africa and elsewhere can’t afford plastic surgery for serious problems.
“Reconstructive plastic surgery has an immense role to play in Africa.
In the developing world burns are very common, frequently poorly treated and devastating.Children with genetic defects, patients with head and neck cancer, terrible traumatic injury and horrific and tissue destroying conditions such as Buruli Ulcers and Noma, peculiar to tropical countries, all produce deformities and disabilities that can be helped by plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery provision for Ghana’s population of 18 million is only 2½% of that in the UK. Demands on its services are ever on the increase at home and from other West African countries.”
Afterword. After writing this post, I discovered that Elizabeth Held, a senior at Niskayuna High School, had written an excellent post on the same topic on her blog, Held Out For Comment.
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