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Okay, I agree most sheeple (sheep-like people or followers) who get plastic surgery do not think that they’re going to be loosing their identity consciously, but that’s because they’re not really thinking. They’re fixing up their noses, “augmenting” their breasts, or cutting/pasting something somewhere in their body. They are basically saying “F*$& YOU!” to 10,000 years of evolution because they’re apparently too good for their own genes. There is a reason I have a big nose, it was not decided when I turned 13 for me to have a big nose, it was shaped over hundreds of years of evolution because the fittest nose for my ancestors and me has now been inherited to me. So for me to say that I’m better than what has been passed down to me is nothing short of being a pea sized brained, self serving, public opinion controlled douche bag.
Now a bunch of you may have already had a plastic surgery or considering it or have close friends who’ve had them, and you’re probably pissed off at me right now. Well, I’m glad, because if you think the fact that you or the people around you who have had cosmetic plastic surgery are “successful,” “powerful” or “intelligent” makes what they do right, then you’re just as wrong as they were when they decided on cosmetic surgery! Are you telling me successful, powerful, or intelligent people don’t make mistakes? Tell me, what are they saying to the world, when they shrink their nose? What are they telling themselves? “Oh, it’s not for the world, it’s just for me” That line has to be largest imaginable sea of monkey diarrhea I’ve ever heard in my life. If you’re cutting and breaking yourself for you only, then obviously you have some sort of psychological disorder, because unless you have a physical defect, the fact that you’ll be happy with the shape that you are seeking after surgery is no more strong as being happy with the shape you already have. So for whatever reason, you have managed to falsely convince yourself that the way you were born is somehow defective or less “perfect,” whatever that means when it comes to beauty.
And to the people who are thinking to themselves… I just want to look more like me just 30 years ago.. well I have news for you, you’re no different than the Paris Hiltons of this world in that regards. If you’re unable to appreciate the natural change your body goes through with every step of aging then you too have a clear case of psychological disorder. If people were meant to look like they were 23 their whole life, we would have 23 year olds being born and dying some time later just the way they looked. You obviously can not appreciate the beauty of age, you can not see that an aged person is not judged, internally or externally, by how similar they look to a 23 year old and how often they have sex. So it’s not really you that you’re trying to look similar to, because you can not possibly look more like you with any procedure, you look like you now!
Don’t get me wrong here, you could stretch my stance against me and say “If you think you’re true to your identity Mr. Sohrab, why do you dress like an urban American and not like a Tehranian? Why do you cut your hair short? Why do you shave?” And to that I have this to say: Growing up I can’t say I saw clothing that’s authentic to Tehran , I did not see hair-cuts authentic to Tehran, and I did not see facial hair authentic to Tehran. What I did see when I went to Persepolis was that the men holding the arrows had longer hair, a full beard, and a manly nose with a hump just like I do. The hair, facial hair and cloths are supposed to be influenced mostly by lifestyle, technology, and finally fashion. So I wear jeans because it’s made from the most easily accessible and durable fabrics that exists. I cut my hair short and shave to keep cool and clean. Also unlike my nose, I can grow back my hair and change cloths at anytime. Lastly but very importantly when my child is born and he/she hits the age of 13 he/she won’t wonder why the hell he doesn’t look a thing like his parents and start developing psychological problems himself/herself.
Don’t think for one second that I was not influenced by things around me. My parents/friend/strangers/tv/school pointing to people who look “white” and saying oh look how beautiful this person is. I had all of that and a bag of potato chips, but I chose to question it. So don’t follow this blog like sheeple. Think about it!
My nose is who I am and if I’m proud of me, I better be damn proud of my nose!
-Sohrab (not approved to be on the show by iranican producers)
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We should all be proud of who we are, and yet constantly work at making ourselves better people. One can choose to spend their time and money on a cosmetic surgery, but you must really think: do the benefits outweigh the cost and do they outweigh the opportunity costs, as economists would say? What I mean is, if you spend that time and money to do something else for yourself, like hire a personal trainer, go traveling, or save for an even bigger change, wouldn’t that, in the end, make you a happier and more fulfilled person?
And what if the surgery goes bad? We all know how horrendous Michael Jackson looks now. Was his original nose THAT bad, really?
In the end, the answer MAY still be to go for it, and unlike Sohrab, I have no problems with that. Its not right to judge someone because they’ve gotten a nose job or not. Perhaps if you get to know someone who has done that, you will notice they are not as shallow as you may first think. I’ve met many friends whom I only found after being friends with them for a while that they had a nose job done.
Do I need any kind of cosmetic surgery? I don’t think so.
I’d also suggest everyone read the play ‘Cyrano de Bergerac.’ Self-doubt is the biggest waste of energy, and we all suffer from it every now and then. What ever it takes to get rid of the self-doubt, go for it.
ZEiman
The reality is that people will judge you based on your looks. No one really just throws on some jeans and t-shirt and gets whatever sort of hair cut to keep cool. You spend time looking for the right pair of jeans and a shirt that will look good and a hair cut that will complement your features and if you have to pay a bit more, majority of people do. Let’s also keep in mind that our appearance does influence how others perceive you especially with the opposite sex. I do believe that when you get to know someone, you hardly pay attention to their looks, but first impressions certainly count.
For women living in Iran, the only visible body part is their face and that is the first thing they are judged on. Let’s not forget how most Iranians are when it comes to picking someone apart-especially the women. Another important fact is that Iranian girls don’t date their partners for as long as we are able to do in the US or else they get a bad reputation and so initially their relationship is based more on looks than what kind of a person they are, and so there is more pressure to have a “perfect” face. I agree that it is important to be confident and a “better” looking nose will not give someone more confidence, however, it will influence how society will treat them. In some societies, sadly, this has become the new form of “survival of the fittest,” and keep in mind that studies have shown that better looking people do get better jobs. This does not mean that everyone should go under the knife, but these are some of the reasons why people do.
For some, they may just not like their nose or the size of their breast-its not that they want more attention from others- it’s something they want to do for themselves and there should be no reason for them not to do it. I also don’t think that people change who they are by getting some cartilage removed. We all change our appearance one way or another- be it wearing jeans that make our behinds look better, getting a better hair cut and highlights, getting braces, or even plucking our eyebrows…some changes are more expensive and invasive than others, but at the end of the day, its all the same thing. In the next 50 years or so, no one will make a fuss about plastic surgery.
“there is a reason I have a big nose, it was not decided when I turned 13 for me to have a big nose, it was shaped over hundreds of years of evolution because the fittest nose for my ancestors and me has now been inherited to me.”
Not necessarily. Evolution is a complex process involving an infinite number of variables and an disorganized scattershot of their consequences. Heredetary diseases, for example, should not be accepted simply because evolution has ushered them into the human genome. I don’t see why unconvential noses can’t be seen in the same caste as an illness. What is an illness? A negative force that threatens one’s survival. If a woman has an atrocious nose and is in an environment
— let’s say a materialistic environment, where men will not tolerate her nose — then she will have trouble finding a mate and so she is unfit to surive. By virtue of propagation, hasn’t she failed the evolution game?
“If you’re cutting and breaking yourself for you only, then obviously you have some sort of psychological disorder.”
So the craze of getting one’s body tattooed is the result of psychosis? It’s common knowledge that getting oneself tattooed is a part of human culture in all parts of the world.
“So for whatever reason, you have managed to falsely convince yourself that the way you were born is somehow defective or less ‘perfect,’ whatever that means when it comes to beauty.”
It sounds like you just defined beauty and qualified it on behalf of everybody in the world. Isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder?
“And to the people who are thinking to themselves… I just want to look more like me just 30 years ago.. well I have news for you…If you’re unable to appreciate the natural change your body goes through with every step of aging then you too have a clear case of psychological disorder.”
Maybe beauty is being young. What is beauty? Doesn’t beauty make its birth in the hand of youth?
“If people were meant to look like they were 23 their whole life, we would have 23 year olds being born and dying some time later just the way they looked”
I think we’re moving in this direction.
“You obviously can not appreciate the beauty of age, you can not see that an aged person is not judged, internally or externally, by how similar they look to a 23 year old and how often they have sex.”
No one is arguing that cosmetic surgery is going to change someone on the inside, only that it might give them confidence. The idea that age is beautiful — tangibly, physically beautiful, is a idea that’s too romantic for it’s own good and I can argue against its sincerity the same way you can argue against somebody.
“So I wear jeans because it’s made from the most easily accessible and durable fabrics that exists.”
Me too.
Enhancing one’s part is not an easy part and not an easy decision to make.I learn lot with this article.
hello,
i’ve had a big nose as well. I was always very self-conscious about that, I hated that. But over the time I learned how to live with that. In a way I became proud of that. It was part of my self-identity. But in the last 6-8 years my nose changed into a bad way – it became more and more asymmetric. It deviated to the right side. I was unable to get eye contact with people since I was very annoyed about that. It wasn’t about the size or shape – I was proud of that – it was about a deformity what developed and happened only with me from my family. It frustrated me for long years and I tried to live my entire life in a way to not show this deformity to anyone. Finally i’ve decided to fix it. Did it worth? I don’t know. I miss my old nose now – even the deformity, the mistakes. It’s psychology. Besides the correction didn’t fixed it I think. So I had a naturally deformed nose now I feel I have an artifically deformed nose. I hope I won’t regret when I healed completely – it’s a too fresh experience. Otherwise I agree with you. But traumatic, deformed noses should be tretated differently I think.
If you have an accident and your nose becames deformed probably you’ll consider plastic surgery as well. Or if your nose deformed by a birth defect or any other way – not like a family features but because some silly fault. That’s a different option I think. Otherwise I can’t understand people who are already has a nice nose and they risk everything to improve it…
Hey thanks Anonymous for sharing your experience here. It’s sincere and useful. I really appreciate it.