If you object to breast enhancement surgery, do you also object to elective cosmetic dentistry?

[Orrex]

Just curious...

[mainegreen]

1. I object to your avatar's lack of pants.

Disgusting.





:hide:

[Orrex]

2. You love it, and you know that you love it

You try to look away, but you always look back.

[ashling]

20. Why does she have Britney Spears as her avatar?

:shrug:

[IndianaJones]

3. yes. nt.

[TZ]

4. clarify, please

by cosmetic dentistry do you mean teeth whitening or do you mean putting in bridges and crowns to cover gaps in the teeth. This is kind of tricky here. Even having braces to straighten teeth can be considered cosmetic
FYI- things like teeth whitening I do consider the same as breast enhancement surgery, neither of which I approve of personally

[Orrex]

6. I don't think clarification is needed--you answered very well!

The meta-question was about the acceptability of vanity-driven cosmetic enhancements, and why one category might be acceptable and another not. Sure, there's the matter of the procedure's extremity (e.g., full anaesthesia vs. local), but that's just a difference in degree IMO.

Good answer--thanks for chiming in!

[Sanity Claws]

5. It's the risk versus the benefit that bothers me

Going under general anesthia and then going under the knife brings risks. I'm personally against doing anything that endangers your good health for purely cosmetic purposes.
Despite this, I am for hair dye and some cosmetic dentistry, because the risks to one's health are very, very low and the benefits seem pretty immediate and worth it.
Apparently other people weigh risks and benefits differently.

[Orrex]

7. Another good answer!

What if we assume for the sake of argument that breast enhancement can be done as a low-risk outpatient prodecure?

[Richard Steele]

25. That's pretty much my opinion as well. nm

[edbermac]

8. No, unless your new teeth look like a row of Chicklets.

But I've yet to see a decent boob job. Show me 1,000 pictures, half natural, other half implants and I'll pick out the implants with 99.9% accuracy since 99.9% of them look utterly ridiculous.

[Orrex]

10. So you're asking me to send you 1,000 boob pictures?

Hmm. I sense a scam...

[edbermac]

12. Only if you insist.

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[Orsino]

9. No.

Fake teeth are not so crass an attempt on my prurient interest.

[Orrex]

11. What if they're truly bodacious fake teeth?

What then, hmm?

[Orsino]

15. Well, I'm only human.

Can't help but stare at a fine set of choppers.

Heck, George Washington was HAWT.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

13. I don't object to either one

In fact, I think that there are lots of people who should run out and get some cosmetic surgery....

[Connonym]

14. I don't object to elective cosmetic surgery at all

Certainly it's shallow and not fair that attractive people have a distinct advantage in a lot of things in life. We're constantly seeing studies that "prove" even biological/mating preference advantages. When you get down to the nitty gritty most of us have a choice in enhancing or not enhancing what we've got. Some people are content to put on makeup and color their hair. Lots of people pay a lot of attention to diet and exercise. Some people choose surgery. Are the risks and benefits comparable? I don't know. I personally know that the very socially acceptable practice of dieting has taken a toll on me personally. I would imagine it kills more people every year than plastic surgery does. And even if it doesn't kill you, an eating disorder will make you miserable as hell. Who are we to judge the path that others take in their quest? I've gotten to the point where I'll accept being slightly overweight as a better alternative than being bulimic. I dye my hair because I don't like the grey. I'll bleach my teeth because I don't like the way tea stains make me feel self-conscious of my smile. Hell, I'd definitely have a chemical peel if I could afford it. Judge me if you want because it doesn't hurt me, it just makes you judgmental. In other words, if you're not hurting someone else by your actions, who gives a fuck what you do to your body? A tattoo, a piercing, an implant, a tube of lipstick, it's all just varying degrees of the same thing.

[S n o w b a l l]

27. Exactly

:thumbsup:

Kinda crazy how no one has any objections to tats, but have objections to less invasive procedures we do to enhance our appearance. There's no difference ... both are modifying our bodies for purely aesthetic reasons.


:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

16. No, my objections to breast implants are mainly aesthetic.

They usually look awful.

[Deep13]

23. true enough

Nothing else on the human body is uneffected by gravity.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Well, on women, anyway.

[kaiden]

17. I need an eyelid tuck.

[Midlodemocrat]

18. I wouldn't undergo cosmetic surgery, but others should have the right to do so.

:shrug:

I guess I really don't care?

[Shell Beau]

19. Whatever floats your boat! Why should anyone care?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. i dont object to breast enhancements really, however these things are not similar

dental surgery is not aimed towards one gender

dental surgery does not come with any risks of leakage and cancer.

[Orrex]

26. You raise good points

dental surgery is not aimed towards one gender

You're right, of course. And although such things as "pec" and calf implants exist for males, there's nothing like the same hard-sell pushing that industry.

dental surgery does not come with any risks of leakage and cancer.

That's a little trickier. There's a fringe element that sincerely blames dental amalgam for a wide range of health problems, even if the data supporting such claims is scanty at best. However, the data linking silicone breast implants to a similiarly wide range of health problems aren't entirely conclusive, either (aside from specific reactions to the material itself, which are a legitimate concern).

My point was that both are medical procedures undertaken voluntarily for reasons of vanity, though one procedure tends (notably, but not unreasonably) to generate more controversy.

[Deep13]

22. usually

Of course it is sometimes hard to know what is elective in dentistry since losing ones choppers is not fatal. I had this one secretary in Toledo whose teeth appeared to be randomly positioned in her mouth. She would benefit from some dentistry.

[DarkTirade]

28. I think people should be free to do whatever cosmetic surgery they want

however I find most fake boobs to be less attractive than real ones.

Whereas most cosmetic dental surgery tends to actually make one look better. :)

That, and I'm naturally missing two teeth, so I might get implants or something eventually. I'm still debating whether to go with vampire fangs or not though... it's a tossup between which I like more. Attracting cute goth girls, or eating corn on the cob...