Liposuction and body sculpting is it an accepted means to an end or still just for fat people?

Lol It’s never been “just for fat people” the doctors who do this want your money… they will suck fat out of anything you want as long as you pay and sign the waiver lol

I’m surprised there isn’t a clinic for animals…

I hate the idea of any invasive procedure. Having said that, I have known many many people over the years wo have had liposuction on stubborn areas, who are not fat.

I think that liposuction is less for fat people than it is for people dealing with problem areas.

I’m with @marinelife – the fat that’s removed through liposuction is gone forever. In that sense, it’s much better used for people who have reached and maintained their goal weight but have problem areas where they can’t seem to get rid of the excess fat.
I’m not keen on the idea of liposuction at all, but to each his own.

I do not support plastic surgery for reasons of vanity.

What was originally designed to give help to injured or disfigured people has become a glut of narcissism and I think it sad that it has become so mainstream.

Yep, to each his own, but I am comfortable enough with myself, my body and my aging process to be able to say I have no interest in ‘enhancing’ anything about myself.

I find it sad that so many people ( mostly women ) subject themselves to these sorts of alterations based on our cultural obsession with youth & beauty.

I personally know 4 friends/aquaintances that have had negative experiences with breast lifts, face lifts and tummy tucks.

The tummy tuck person was a 30 something mom of two pre-schoolers who had a massive stroke two days after the procedure and is now permanently disabled.

No way would I voluntarily go under the knife.

@Coloma I do not support plastic surgery for reasons of vanity. Elucidate, at what point does it go from necessity to vanity? If a person was in a car crash and they had small but noticeable scars if you really looked and it bugged them, even if it was not bad enough to make people stare would that meet your muster? What if a person who took control and lost 160lb but their skin never shrunk like they did and the had sagging skin about their middle or the back of their arms are such, do they just life with it and fold it in their beltline? If a person is burned do they not try to correct it to more normal or they accept that that is the way it is now and they are still them even if they have a noticeable scar? Do they suppose to put the onus on those who would stare and say they have the problem and go about their day with little to no embarrassment at all? If some people just want to look more ”normal” even though they can well function as they appear does that skip to the realm of vanity? Just asking………..

@Hypocrisy_Central

Why the big challenge?

Vanity and scarring are two different things.

To ‘restore’ one to their ‘normal’ condition is what plastic surgery was designed for.
‘Cosmetic’ surgery focuses on enhancing ones appearance beyond necessity, hence ‘vanity’ comes into play.

Having my breast rebuilt if it was ripped off in an accident is not the same thing as having them inflated 3 bra sizes to ‘enhance’ my seductive powers. lol

@Coloma It is not a challenge. My powers of clairvoyance is squat, so I will not pretend I know where vanity ends and necessity begins with you. The only way for me to know where your threshhold is I have to ask you. That is all. Just asking…. ;-)

@Hypocrisy_Central

No worries, each to his own, but I’m a natural girl.
My thing is nice teeth! ;-)

@biancasdesk Liposuction isn’t a means to an end. Rather, it’s more of a personal choice.

”You’ve tried dieting. You’ve tried exercise. But parts of your body have simply refused to tone up.“ from the link

With quite a few people on that site you linked, it seems like they are using it as the means to the end. I don’t think half got their money’s worth. Some, who seen like they put in the gym time or had a better eating plan had good results because they didn’t have a whole lot that needed done, to me, in the beginning. Some had hardly no change be they thin already or on the portly side. Though most of those on the portly side I think would have gotten more for their money if they would have created better food management and exercise; seems they were not trying to polish up some areas but buff rust to a glass shine, so-to-speak.