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I was terrified to get lasik, which ended up being the best thing I've ever done, I can't imagine getting cosmetic eye surgery ...

bdcravens 2y ago
I like the idea of lasik, but am still nervous as hell about it, since wearing glasses isn't that big of a deal to me.
- ryandvm 2y ago
  I got lasik when I was 42. I just wish I had done it 10 years earlier. It's a pretty amazing difference in quality of life, but I hated glasses.
johnisgood 2y ago
A couple of days ago, I heard someone was planning to travel to Turkey for plastic surgery to enhance their abdominal area and make their abs more pronounced, achieving a toned "six-pack" look. Wild to me.
- BobaFloutist 2y ago
  As hard a getting a six-pack the "classic" way is, I still can't imagine deciding that surgery was the better path.
  - FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
    The six pack is just the side effect of the fitness. If you could somehow get the six pack without the fitness it'd be pointless.
    - atmavatar 2y ago
      The level of definition you see in many movies also requires significant dehydration to thin-out your skin. I expect anyone going through with the plastic surgery wants to look that way.
      - red-iron-pine 2y ago
        yeah there is the bodybuilding meme that when you see them at shows looking extra ripped, with bulging biceps and prominent veins, they're actually super dehydrated and starved -- at their physically weakest. but it looks impressive
        johnisgood 2y ago
        Is it actually true that people who look "shredded" are dehydrated and starved?
  - 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
    A lot of the aesthetic of "abs" is determined by factors independent of diet and exercise. Not everyone has the configuration of connective tissue needed for the "six pack" look. Some have extremely stubborn love handles or a "shelf" of lower abdominal fat that remain to some extent even at extremely low body fat levels, for reasons that don't seem to really be understood (everyone I've seen who claims to have an explanation is selling something).
    - BobaFloutist 2y ago
      Yeah, that's fair, I've had very low bodyfat and been pretty fit in the past without having a sixpack, so I know it's not something everyone can reasonably achieve. I guess I would assume that the overlap of people that would be this motivated to get a six pack, people for whom a surgical sixpack would look reasonably convincing, and people who cannot otherwise achieve a sixpack would be relatively small, and it seems I would be wrong to assume that.
- rscho 2y ago
  If still possible, please tell them not to do that. Western hospitals are full of healthcare tourists on their return trip. It often ends very, very badly, and we all end up paying for it.
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    I cannot, as I have no contact with this person and have never had any. All I know is that they are traveling with my mother's co-worker, who is also undergoing a procedure - specifically liposuction - which I personally think is misguided, too, as it does not address the underlying issue and is only a temporary solution, even if done correctly.
    - rscho 2y ago
      It is highly likely that the results of a touristic liposuction will be quite horrible. Also, the probability of grave complication is not that low. People are strange...
- lajosbacs 2y ago
  Apparently Turkey is the place to go for 'hair' transplants. https://youtu.be/VGhcSupkNs8?si=eMwRwpVpDSwu7ndA&t=858 https://youtu.be/VGhcSupkNs8?si=eMwRwpVpDSwu7ndA&t=858
lm28469 2y ago
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bdcravens 2y ago

I like the idea of lasik, but am still nervous as hell about it, since wearing glasses isn't that big of a deal to me.

ryandvm 2y ago
I got lasik when I was 42. I just wish I had done it 10 years earlier. It's a pretty amazing difference in quality of life, but I hated glasses.

johnisgood 2y ago

A couple of days ago, I heard someone was planning to travel to Turkey for plastic surgery to enhance their abdominal area and make their abs more pronounced, achieving a toned "six-pack" look. Wild to me.

BobaFloutist 2y ago
As hard a getting a six-pack the "classic" way is, I still can't imagine deciding that surgery was the better path.
- FooBarBizBazz 2y ago
  The six pack is just the side effect of the fitness. If you could somehow get the six pack without the fitness it'd be pointless.
  - atmavatar 2y ago
    The level of definition you see in many movies also requires significant dehydration to thin-out your skin. I expect anyone going through with the plastic surgery wants to look that way.
    - red-iron-pine 2y ago
      yeah there is the bodybuilding meme that when you see them at shows looking extra ripped, with bulging biceps and prominent veins, they're actually super dehydrated and starved -- at their physically weakest. but it looks impressive
      - johnisgood 2y ago
        Is it actually true that people who look "shredded" are dehydrated and starved?
- 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
  A lot of the aesthetic of "abs" is determined by factors independent of diet and exercise. Not everyone has the configuration of connective tissue needed for the "six pack" look. Some have extremely stubborn love handles or a "shelf" of lower abdominal fat that remain to some extent even at extremely low body fat levels, for reasons that don't seem to really be understood (everyone I've seen who claims to have an explanation is selling something).
  - BobaFloutist 2y ago
    Yeah, that's fair, I've had very low bodyfat and been pretty fit in the past without having a sixpack, so I know it's not something everyone can reasonably achieve. I guess I would assume that the overlap of people that would be this motivated to get a six pack, people for whom a surgical sixpack would look reasonably convincing, and people who cannot otherwise achieve a sixpack would be relatively small, and it seems I would be wrong to assume that.
rscho 2y ago
If still possible, please tell them not to do that. Western hospitals are full of healthcare tourists on their return trip. It often ends very, very badly, and we all end up paying for it.
- johnisgood 2y ago
  I cannot, as I have no contact with this person and have never had any. All I know is that they are traveling with my mother's co-worker, who is also undergoing a procedure - specifically liposuction - which I personally think is misguided, too, as it does not address the underlying issue and is only a temporary solution, even if done correctly.
  - rscho 2y ago
    It is highly likely that the results of a touristic liposuction will be quite horrible. Also, the probability of grave complication is not that low. People are strange...
lajosbacs 2y ago
Apparently Turkey is the place to go for 'hair' transplants. https://youtu.be/VGhcSupkNs8?si=eMwRwpVpDSwu7ndA&t=858 https://youtu.be/VGhcSupkNs8?si=eMwRwpVpDSwu7ndA&t=858

lm28469 2y ago

People get their healthy and perfectly fine teeth filed to install fake teeth that look like ass so nothing surprises me anymore https://www.papermag.com/tiktok-dentists-veneers https://www.papermag.com/tiktok-dentists-veneers