Does it bother you when people think they need to "fix" themselves?

if they use that word, I’m thinking they DO think something in them needs to be fixed and I’m thinking that issue bothers them more than them using that word does you

Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame fixed her nose after the movie and was unrecognizable as “the girl that was in that movie.” It didn’t do much for her career.

I thought the question was about self improvement at first but cosmetic surgery is completely different.

That said cosmetic surgery is not all about insufferable vanity. It has value but when people try to be someone they’re not, it’s always trouble.

@chyna
I know right? And speaking of which. have you seen Patrick Swayze? So sad..

@The_Compassionate_Heretic Oh, no, self-improvement is great. I was talking about the physical.

The person who gets their nose “fixed” is doing it because they believe there is something wrong with it, something that needs fixed.

@SeventhSense Yes, I have seen Patrick Swayze. It breaks my heart. He seems like such a good guy.

Surgery is not going to fix that person’s problems with insecurity. Once they get that part fixed, they find something else wrong with them, and after that something else and on and on until they look like Joan Rivers (Eeek!). The only part that needs to be fixed is not achieved through silicone or scalpels.

I dunno. I had my left hip fixed, and now I walk much better. The only time it bothers me when other people think they need to be fixed, is when it is because of an inaccurate picture of themselves. That’s really sad.

I see people get things ‘fixed’ all the time, every thing you could imagine too and I’m rarely bothered by it except when something goes wrong or people start to view modified bodies as the norm. Some of them have wonderful results such as the man who gets a mouthful of veneers to replace irregular and badly chipped teeth but he’s the same man. Other procedures can go awry like the young girl who gets breast implants but then doesn’t like the spacing or shape of them compared to other implant girls she meets and compares results with.

Not a huge fan of that whole concept. I could never watch the show Extreme Makeover (the one where did people not houses) because I always felt so bad for the parents of the people who were being remade. I would feel like such a genetic dud if my kids felt their looks were so inferior that they had to go on a reality show to make their lives tolerable. Besides, I think my babies are beautiful and just perfect the way they are (ok that’s not true, I could do without the backtalk).

A crooked nose, a scar here and there, bags under the eyes, these are all just signs of life, a life lived with what we are given. One fixes a broken arm or a deviated septum, one does not fix one’s cheek bones.

Appearance has become increasingly important in our lives.
If someone is not satisfied with his/her personal appearance, then is understandable his/her willing to change it, even using plastic surgery. For me that’s fine, because we have just one life, everybody has the right to live it as their best.

Not as much as it bothers me when someone tells me that I need to fix myself.