Copied this from a newsletter elsewhere. Scary, innit?



We've all been waiting for this one -- Finally, there's a magazine that publicly acknowledges a woman's right to gauge her potential by the number of surgical procedures she'll need to achieve it. Newsstands everywhere just welcomed NewBeauty, the first national consumer glossy devoted exclusively to cosmetic enhancement, and with headlines that cut to the chase: "I Want Luscious Lips," "I Want a Sexy Butt," "I Want Prettier Eyes." LATimes Just in time for Valentine's Day, or should it be Halloween?

What's worse? The fact that a magazine like this has been published, or the fact that there is obviously some kind of demand for it?

I suspect it will have a fair sized market, as there is already a good market for cosmetic surgery. The market for this magazine will be larger, as it will include those who would get cosmetic surgery is only they could pay for it.

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IF only (Theory: I type worse in the winter when my fingers are frozen.)

Expect to see lots of adverts from loan companies then:

'Always wanted a cuter butt, but thought you could never afford it? Well now you can with the Atlantic Spending Services Whole You loan. Choose the cosmetic enhancement procedure of your choice and pay for it in 500 easy low cost instalments.'



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'Want a new body - you want ASS Whole You'

This is in the States, right?

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Sorry, yeah, just saw 'LA Times'.

Yeah.

(Grr, WW is playing up - this is the third time I've tried to post this!)

The thing is, it's not that big a step up from the messages women's mags give out, anyway.

Cath

Do you know that you need more qualifications and greater regulation to sell somebody a mortgage than you need to stick a needle in somebody's face and pump them full of poison - which is what botox basically is.

It's crazy mixed up world.

Check out the link below. Not sure if it is progress or just another excuse to show off skinny 'role models'?

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1284830.html

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or http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1284893.html?menu=entertainment for more 'comment'

I wonder if Louis Walsh told the one on the right to have a boob job too?

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Hmmm, see why you put 'commented' in inverted commas.

Fox used to have a reality show called "The Swan". The premise: 2 ugly ducklings would compete against each other and undergo massive amounts of plastic surgery over like an eight week period and the prettiest result would be crowned The Swan. It was absolutely ridiculous.

A lot of the enhancements surgery offers today can be achieved through diet, exercise or even through dressing better or being shown how to hold yourself and act.

But that takes effort.

There are some genuine uses for cosmetic surgery, few of which centre around the base vanity of idiots wishing to replace their natural looks with cosmetic exaggeration.

I'm not the best looker in the world. I can admit that, but I'm not lining up to make wholesale changes just so people I don't know suddenly want to f**k me. I like to think I'm able to make the best of what I've got.

A friend of mine, not great looking by any stretch, but women love him. Why? Because he gym's it up regularly, is in fantastic shape, but more importantly, he's the nicest guy I've ever met. Polite, considerate and intelligent. Result? Everyone loves him.

You don't need tits the size of manatees and all the other trimmings to attract the right kind of people. Just sensibility and a respect for your body.

Unfortunately, nobody wants to go to all the effort required to do that, and so cosmetic surgery will soon become an affordable, standard part of everyone's life.

Yeah, but what about the fact we have these bullshit 'beauty' ideals to live up to in the first place? If people 'gym it up' shouldn't it be for health reasons rather than vanity (or wanting to be f**ked)? And shouldn't people be taught to accept and love what they've got? To appreciate the diversity in how we all look?

Cath

Interesting thread.

I started going grey when I was eighteen. At first I plucked them out, as you do. Then I realised it was pointless and let them grow. Even in the early days I was never tempted to dye my hair, despite being urged to try various exotic colours by my friends.

Now my hair is very long and completely white (as you can see from my Showcase photo) and I love it!

Dee

No joke, I just sold a lady a car that had been injected with a million ounces of botox and too much collagen in her lips. It looked like her face was falling off, in the permanent pouty smile expression.

I think she had a nose job done too, but not certain.

And I've got a date for Friday night.

The car had been injected with botox?