I have a lot of body hair, am loosing scalp hair, have dark undereye circles due to genetics, have developed a fat face etc... and am getting cosmetic procedures or plan to get them in the future to help me combat these problems. I do not need advice about accepting oneself etc...because I have tried and not succeeded.
I would be interested in hearing from people with these kinds of problems (especially those who had hair transplants) or even with other problems that required cosmetic surgery (e.g., Botox, liposuction and so on). Is cosmetic surgery addictive? Were you happy with your results? Or did you find a way to accept yourself and not mind looking bad in pictures? If you accepted yourself instead of developing BDD (like I seem to be), did it take a long time to get confident with your appearance? Did you find a girlfriend (or boyfriend) once you finally became confident with your appearance? Or did you develop confidence as a result of successful cosmetic surgery?
2006-12-02 14:08:25 · 3 answers · asked by Apeman 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Hair transplant will take about a 9-12 months to see any real results however if you are going to someone reputable you should enjoy the results. for my dark circles I am trying eucerin if that doesnt get it done for me I will then try prep-h. botox can be overdone and the results can suck (sally jesse for example). Oprah has had plastic sugery junkies on her show from time to time and they dont look so good. my best personal advice to you is to keep it to a minimum and try a non few alternatives 1st. sugerical improvements, techniques and breakthroughs occur every year. Good Luck to us all.
2006-12-02 14:16:28 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is actually a condition called Body dysmorphic disorder. A certain amount of wanting to change how you look is normal. However with body dysmorphic it can get out of hand.
You will find that the procedures don't make you happier.
It's possible to become addicted to procedures and it can be deadly. I have hear of people going in to have liposuction done and ending up dead because of blood clots.
If you read about it, you might be able to gain control over it. Mind over matter. Or you may be able to take an SSRI and get some relief.
I'm 41, a tad overweight, I have rosacea and I know
I'm not perfect. Procedures actually scare me. I want to be left intact. I hesitate, I mean right now I have an option to be in a study of a rosacea drug and I'm hemming and hawing...I want to look good but I don't want to take something that will destroy my kidneys! I don't like the idea of being a guinea pig.
Here is some more information about BDD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI
Good luck to you.
2006-12-02 14:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by marfaud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm addicted to chapstick
2006-12-02 14:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋