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I think the whole argument against this kind of procedure revolves around the fact that operations such as this are complicated, painful, dangerous and expensiv
by aarongough 17y ago
I think the whole argument against this kind of procedure revolves around the fact that operations such as this are complicated, painful, dangerous and expensive.
Once cosmetic surgery is so advanced that it is simple, fast, reliable and painless will people have any issue with it?
I'd be interested to hear opinions... Would you have a cosmetic procedure done if it was not a big deal?
The next step after commonplace cosmetic procedures is routine performance enhancement! Boron carbide skeleton, here I come!
- pchristensen 17y agoThis TED talk about performance enhancing prosthetic legs (including making you taller) covers a lot of these issues: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_...
- aarongough 17y agoGreat link! Very thoughtful talk...
- philwelch 17y agoIn that case, cosmetic surgery would be just like dying your hair, which is extremely commonplace.
- LogicHoleFlaw 17y agoDying your hair used to be controversial. These days you just do it.