Comments on: A cautionary tale: growing up under the knife http://www.about-face.org/a-cautionary-tale-growing-up-under-the-knife/ Thu, 23 May 2013 02:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Arya http://www.about-face.org/a-cautionary-tale-growing-up-under-the-knife/#comment-393 Arya Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:05:30 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/201#comment-393 I would have marched right up to that THING and told her in a not-so-friendly-vocabulary what I thought of that deep, deep cut! I would have marched right up to that THING and told her in a not-so-friendly-vocabulary what I thought of that deep, deep cut!

]]> By: Sassy Devil http://www.about-face.org/a-cautionary-tale-growing-up-under-the-knife/#comment-392 Sassy Devil Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:01:06 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/201#comment-392 I won't lie. I would like to have plastic surgery after I lose the weight I have. It's a long story to explain why, but one reason is that I'll have excess skin. I know I've been conditioned with ideas about beauty and its importance, but I accept it. However, the interaction you described between the mother and her daughters appalls me. These girls will likely have low self-esteem and unrealistic ideas of how "perfect" they should look. It scares me. It's not just about the words, as horrible as they are, but the freaking out about a scratch and wanting to use makeup. I won’t lie. I would like to have plastic surgery after I lose the weight I have. It’s a long story to explain why, but one reason is that I’ll have excess skin. I know I’ve been conditioned with ideas about beauty and its importance, but I accept it.

However, the interaction you described between the mother and her daughters appalls me. These girls will likely have low self-esteem and unrealistic ideas of how “perfect” they should look. It scares me. It’s not just about the words, as horrible as they are, but the freaking out about a scratch and wanting to use makeup.

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