Comments on: Is Plastic Surgery Immoral? What World Religions Have to Say http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/ Adventures in being sick, getting better, staying well, from the editors of Health.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Karen http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-4323 Karen Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:33:28 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-4323 A word of friendly caution. While I admire Oprah and believe she is right about many things, she is not a moral or religious leader. I would never have her views form my conscience. A word of friendly caution. While I admire Oprah and believe she is right about many things, she is not a moral or religious leader. I would never have her views form my conscience.

]]> By: Johana http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-4265 Johana Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:01:20 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-4265 Even though i'm have no sense of religion whatsoever, i believe that any alteration to who you are is a crime against yourself. There is much in my phisical appearance that i would like to change, but i believe that to electivley change myself is agianst what being human signifies. However, I must also point out a distinction between cosmetic and medical surgery, seeing as O believe that the later does have value, as long as it aims to restore (say for example a ruined nose unable to function properly after a car crash), and to merely appease vain whims. Even though i’m have no sense of religion whatsoever, i believe that any alteration to who you are is a crime against yourself. There is much in my phisical appearance that i would like to change, but i believe that to electivley change myself is agianst what being human signifies.
However, I must also point out a distinction between cosmetic and medical surgery, seeing as O believe that the later does have value, as long as it aims to restore (say for example a ruined nose unable to function properly after a car crash), and to merely appease vain whims.

]]> By: mel http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-2904 mel Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:39:17 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-2904 i still believe that restoring the body god has given you is the best decision though you're really tempted to do a tummy tuck or a nose job. i still believe that restoring the body god has given you is the best decision though you’re really tempted to do a tummy tuck or a nose job.

]]> By: Yngrid http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-1050 Yngrid Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:55:31 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1050 I am a catholic woman that believes that to have self esteem don't fight with ours belives... I don't have babies yet and the reality is that I wish with all my hearth get pregnant... I know my biological clock is starting at the final moment but... I'm overweight and diets and exercises are my allies now... one time a doctor told me that the mass of fat in my low belly don't let me has a good ovulation... I am starting a new good food habit and after 3 months the liposuction will be a very secure option in my life... I only hope god forgive me for don't care my body before... I am a catholic woman that believes that to have self esteem don’t fight with ours belives… I don’t have babies yet and the reality is that I wish with all my hearth get pregnant… I know my biological clock is starting at the final moment but… I’m overweight and diets and exercises are my allies now… one time a doctor told me that the mass of fat in my low belly don’t let me has a good ovulation… I am starting a new good food habit and after 3 months the liposuction will be a very secure option in my life… I only hope god forgive me for don’t care my body before…

]]> By: Karen http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-912 Karen Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:33:16 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-912 I have had a tummy tuck and a face lift. I had the tummy tuck years after having 6 children, then losing 116 pounds. It has made me feel so wonderful. Then a year and a half later I had my face lift. After losing the face - and aging, my neck was non-existent and I had so much loose skin. These 2 procedures gave me back a lot of lost self-esteem and made me feel even better about myself again. Why shouldn't I do something for me when I've done for others for so many years? I felt I deserved it. I have had a tummy tuck and a face lift. I had the tummy tuck years after having 6 children, then losing 116 pounds. It has made me feel so wonderful. Then a year and a half later I had my face lift. After losing the face – and aging, my neck was non-existent and I had so much loose skin. These 2 procedures gave me back a lot of lost self-esteem and made me feel even better about myself again. Why shouldn’t I do something for me when I’ve done for others for so many years? I felt I deserved it.

]]> By: gabrielle http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-911 gabrielle Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:48:22 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-911 salam Ayesha - yes! i think the wisdom behind the religious prohibitions (if they are there) regarding altering physical appearance, in my eyes, is meant to teach us that how we are is beautiful. think of the ways that "beauty" has changed throughout the years. women used to have fuller figures in paintings and in advertisments, now they are waifs who can barely walk on their own legs. and look at how men have been brought into that fold as well. i dont think they have ever felt this much pressure to have 'washboard' abs. it's truly unfortunate. salam Ayesha – yes! i think the wisdom behind the religious prohibitions (if they are there) regarding altering physical appearance, in my eyes, is meant to teach us that how we are is beautiful. think of the ways that “beauty” has changed throughout the years. women used to have fuller figures in paintings and in advertisments, now they are waifs who can barely walk on their own legs. and look at how men have been brought into that fold as well. i dont think they have ever felt this much pressure to have ‘washboard’ abs. it’s truly unfortunate.

]]> By: ayesha http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-899 ayesha Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:44:46 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-899 hi andrea! gabrielle, you're lucky... i've had that jiggle-stomach thing since i was like 13, and i am not even anywhere near overweight. actually i lost so much weight AFTER my first (and only so far) pregnancy that i almost lost the jiggle too! but, seeing as it's back now... yeah, i'm kind of in line with the "restoring functionality" issue. i harbor an uncomfortably puritanical belief that i ought to be able to regain the stomach i never had (haha) by just doing enough crunches and aerobics for long enough... which i haven't started yet. interestingly enough... i also wanted a nose job in middle school, and was disappointed to find out it would not be allowed to me as a muslim, because, well, my large nose functions quite well the way it is. forced me to accept myself for who i am... maybe some of the wisdom behind these religious proscriptions? hi andrea!
gabrielle, you’re lucky… i’ve had that jiggle-stomach thing since i was like 13, and i am not even anywhere near overweight. actually i lost so much weight AFTER my first (and only so far) pregnancy that i almost lost the jiggle too!
but, seeing as it’s back now… yeah, i’m kind of in line with the “restoring functionality” issue. i harbor an uncomfortably puritanical belief that i ought to be able to regain the stomach i never had (haha) by just doing enough crunches and aerobics for long enough… which i haven’t started yet.
interestingly enough… i also wanted a nose job in middle school, and was disappointed to find out it would not be allowed to me as a muslim, because, well, my large nose functions quite well the way it is. forced me to accept myself for who i am… maybe some of the wisdom behind these religious proscriptions?

]]> By: gabrielle http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-889 gabrielle Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:54:32 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-889 my instincts have always told me that altering your body for purely cosmetic reasons is 'wrong' or, now from reading your article, i see that i mean to say 'a short cut'. my sister just had her second kid and was talking about (jokingly or not i cant really tell) about a tummy tuck. my initial reaction was "no!! dont do it!!!" but i have never had kids so i really dont know what it's like to have that jiggle-stomach thing... this was an interesting take on the issue and im going to forward it to her. thanks for the many points of views on it! my instincts have always told me that altering your body for purely cosmetic reasons is ‘wrong’ or, now from reading your article, i see that i mean to say ‘a short cut’.

my sister just had her second kid and was talking about (jokingly or not i cant really tell) about a tummy tuck. my initial reaction was “no!! dont do it!!!” but i have never had kids so i really dont know what it’s like to have that jiggle-stomach thing… this was an interesting take on the issue and im going to forward it to her.

thanks for the many points of views on it!

]]> By: Andrea Useem http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/16/is-cosmetic-surgery-wrong-is-it-prudish-to-think-so/#comment-886 Andrea Useem Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:46:50 +0000 http://healthpoked.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-886 Something I didn't get a chance to include in the article: Jewish (and Muslim) concerns about pork products in anti-wrinkle injectables: http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/07/wheres-the-beefor-should-i-say-pork-1/ Something I didn’t get a chance to include in the article: Jewish (and Muslim) concerns about pork products in anti-wrinkle injectables:

http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/07/wheres-the-beefor-should-i-say-pork-1/

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