On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 12:34:37 PM UTC-4, Gracchus wrote:
> Obviously they're trying to appear younger, more virile, more desirable. The problem with either gender getting these procedures is overdoing it. If done with good judgement and restraint, their faces/bodies will look better without screaming "surgery" to the world. But when somebody 70 tries to look 25 (like Cher for instance), it's just not going to work. And men with face lifts sometimes end up looking more feminine or like Asiatic-alien hybrids.
The results of cosmetic surgery are highly variable. I think it is OK but you have to consider the possibility that you might not like the look of your new face. There's also risk of scarring, infection or just a bad result that nobody would be happy with. Certainly everybody here has seen enough bad results on people who can afford the best, and it's particularly sad when the person starts out quite attractive and needs subsequent surgery to correct the first surgery.
It can make people look much better but sometimes it seems to completely remove the character from the face, giving the recipient a kind of generic youthful face.
I'm not convinced of the long-term effectiveness of these artificial fillers. This is worse than botox, which is just a temporary effect. I would be concerned about the breakdown of any foreign substance beneath the skin and the potential for migration of the material away from the place where it is injected.
Cosmetic surgeons are fond of these filler procedures. They are quick, cheap and easy for the practitioner, and the remuneration is great. But I'm sure they are doing a lot of follow-up and corrective work. Just like getting your hair done, this is a permanent commitment.
Truly hope these procedures turn out to be good for the customers and not just a way to extract money from people who can't stand how they look as they age.
Sure would be a lot better if we could concentrate more upon regenerating damaged parts and turning back the clock this way.
A few wrinkles seems to be of little worry to the person who has kidney, heart, or liver failure....we're going to have a lot of wrinkle-free sick people soon.