Nip-tuck - would you consider plastic surgery?

30 Mar 2010 09:13a.m.

Marion wrote:

I'm female, in my early 50s and separated. Men, it would seem, are very shallow (initially). Women are PRESSURED into looking good, especially if they're looking for a partner. It's a sad fact of life that looks actually do matter (try reading Gordon Patzer's book "Why looks matter more than you think" - he's studied this field for 30 years ). We can't all be supermodels but there's nothing wrong with making the best of what we've got (both women AND men. I go to the gym, work out and don't overeat. Result - shapely, athletic body. In the past I've had a nose job(aged 20), upper and lower eye lift (aged 40), full face and neck resurficing (aged 50). My braces are coming off end of year - followed by veneers and crowns (I have the money 'cos I don't spend on alcohol, ciggies, drugs or dozens of pairs of shoes). I eat mainly vegetables and fruit, salmon. I juice veggies and fruits daily ... and add supplements. I mix with happy, functional people. As a result, I look about 8 years younger than my age. I am happy and confident. I have no intention of having a facelift. As far as I'm concerned, there's definitely a place for cosmetic surgery procedures, complemented by a healthy lifestyle. What a pity more middle aged people don't embrace the idea of having a little "help" (especially the men who want an attractive woman but won't look in their own mirror first).

26 Mar 2010 01:21p.m.

neil wrote:

Thankfully I'm not in the "hoping to meet and breed" age group anymore so I don't feel the desperate need to be someone elses idea of perfect. This generations desire to change any part of them that doesn't fit with some misconstrued concept of perfect via some media modelled concept, is incredibly harmful. What amazes me is the number of 60+ who have the sufficient disposable income that have decided they should enter into this weird world too.

I think I will live to see the day when acting on the big screen will show more facial expression in animated stars, then, dare I say "real". Remember when the single tilt of an eyebrow in close up told more than a single sentence could.....now that eyebrow can't move so we have mood music playing constantly in the background to tell us what the emotion was supposedly being portrayed in screen.