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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 02:52 PM
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Would you get cosmetic surgery...for any reason?
Just curious...
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 02:53 PM
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1. I did
I had a rhinoplasty to repair a broken nose and deviated septum. The surgeon also took the hook of my nose.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 09:23 PM
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56. no
Edited on Tue Jan-30-07 09:24 PM by Skittles
outside of repair jobs, I see too many people who get plastic surgery and think they look good when really they look like older people desperately trying to hold on to their youth - in short, they look a bit pathetic
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 02:53 PM
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2. Yep
When I've decided I won't have more kids, I'm getting me a set of perkys!!!!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 02:54 PM
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3. I did. Had my eyes done, because they were so droopy, it
was getting hard to see.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:02 PM
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4. yep
I would
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:03 PM
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5. If someone bashed my face in with a baseball bat
I would think about it.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:03 PM
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6. I'd like to have a big second butt added.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:24 PM
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7. You don't need surgery for that.
Just eat a dozen Krispy Kremes each day and wait until the approximate age of your midlife crisis.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:26 PM
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8. Sure. For reasons of illness, traumatic accident
or physical impairment you bet. But just recreationally, - heck no. I'm pretty happy with the way I look.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:20 PM
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21. Not even to have matcom's G-spot surgically adhered to your forehead?
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:32 PM
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47. Awfully tempting...
but no.

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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:27 PM
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9. I would love to
But I don't think it would help much. 3 c-sections left me with an ugly scar and a pooch that will never go away no matter how much diet and excercise I do (believe me I tried). It would have to be taken off. It is disgusting.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:30 PM
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10. For -any- reason sure. For non-reconstructive or injury-related reasons, nah
A third eye would kick ass, though.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:33 PM
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11. yes, i'm considering a tummy tuck.
after having a kid, gaining a bunch of weight and then losing 80 pounds i have some extra skin and when i exercise it's a problem.
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:35 PM
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12. If I ever had a mastectomy -
I would consider reconstructive surgery. Then again, maybe I'd decide to "own it" and forget about surgery -- but basically I'd have cosmetic surgery done if it were more reconstructive than recreational.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:36 PM
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13. crim son and I have BIG plans for this.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:37 PM
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14. yeah....... if i had a bad accident that deformed me
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:41 PM
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15. Yes, if I were in a disfiguring accident.
I'm not shallow or vain enough to do it for any other reason, though.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:37 PM
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24. Life is a disfiguring accident.
:hi:

Mine has been, anyway. I think I would like to have a chemical peel done. My skin is looking a little rough lately, because I have been eating a lot of junk food. Surgery is easier than living right, lol.

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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 03:49 PM
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16. My god yes and I'm taking donations right now.
The Lisa Lift-Her-Face Fund. It's a good cause :)
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:44 PM
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48. I Am Cracking Up Right Now
mainly because you are too funny




yup

you need a facelift

in about 30 years! :rofl:

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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:17 PM
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17. I would not
Edited on Tue Jan-30-07 04:19 PM by khashka
But my mother says if a pitbull ripped her nose off she would.

On edit: she read this and said that she'd still have cosmetic surgery if it was a spidermonkey and not a pitbull. And she would tell the president. And you think I'm weird!

Khash.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:17 PM
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18. Not for any reason, no; but for some specific reasons I would.
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:17 PM
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19. Every time my cosmetics get old, I schedule them
for yet another appointment with the surgeon. Every time.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:17 PM
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20. yes. facelifts will happen unless i magically become less superficial with old age.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:21 PM
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22. If I were disfigured in an accident I would
otherwise I don't know.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:22 PM
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23. Have had and would again!
I had Liposuction years ago and the results were great. Now I'm thinking of a lifestyle lift to get rid of the sagging jowly look!

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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:42 PM
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25. Does waxing count?
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:50 PM
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26. Double chins seem to run in the family....no matter how fit you are.
So yeah...if I couldn't get rid of my inevitable double chin (which seems to be slowly creeping in on me), I would have chin surgery, but just to get rid of the fat.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 04:59 PM
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27. I wouldn't but I know people who have...
They're perfectly reasonable, intelligent people, and I figure if they want fuller lips or bigger boobs, that's their business.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:01 PM
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28. Easy for me to say no way.
Because I have no money. If I had a lot of excess $$$ it wouldn't be anywhere near a priority, but I might go so far as to look into the possibilties.
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:03 PM
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29. Yep. n/t
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:04 PM
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30. Yes
for my job. Maximize profit
ETA: I haven't yet; but I plan on it.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:04 PM
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31. Only if I were burned/in accident
or something of the like.
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Conan_The_Barbarian Donating Member (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:26 PM
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32. No reason too
Why would I spend money to change how I look when there are thousands upon thousands going through procedures to look like me. :)
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 05:29 PM
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33. Probably not for purely cosmetic reasons
Though perhaps - I wouldn't rule it out. I would certainly consider it if I was maimed or burned in some way.

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rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:32 PM
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34. I want PLUMP lips, dammit!
I feel cheated because my lips are not fashionably plump. Wah! :cry:
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MsKandice01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:35 PM
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35. I need about $100,000 worth...
Losing 200 pounds does horrible, horrible things to the skin.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:59 PM
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49. Wow!
That's incredible! Congratulations. I've seen your pictures and you are an absolutely stunning lady. I'm very happy for you! What method did you use?
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MsKandice01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:48 PM
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54. Thanks!
I had gastric bypass surgery in 2001.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:40 PM
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36. Did. Three nose jobs to repair damage from boxing and facial reconstruction following an auto
accident.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:44 PM
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37. Absolutely; unfortunately, two issues make me ineligible for any elective surgery.
At least form any reputable surgeon.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:44 PM
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38. I'm considering breast implants.
It's easier than bench presses and flyes.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:47 PM
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39. I'd like a whole new model...minus the costs and the pain
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:48 PM
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40. I would. There is a bump on my nose that drives me nuts.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:54 PM
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41. If it's reconstructive, then yeah--
If it's reconstructive or renomitive, then yeah-- (I think my current series of dental visits falls into the first category).

If it's because I don't like X about myself, then hell no! It's indicative of two things(IMO): a serious character flaw and our quick-fix culture. Guess I really am getting old fashioned....
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 06:58 PM
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42. I might, but it would depend on the circumstances.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:01 PM
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43. I did.
Edited on Tue Jan-30-07 07:01 PM by NC_Nurse
I had liposuction, reconstruction after a broken leg with a rod implanted left me asymmetrical.
It helped me feel better AND fit into clothes better.

I have taken care of many folks who had reconstructive surgery for anything from post-mastectomy for cancer to tummy tuck after a HUGE baby.

The people who pay for elective plastic surgery help to pay for those who have been burned or traumatized and can't afford reconstruction. At least, that's the way my surgeon used much of his profits.
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ContraBass Black Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:18 PM
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44. I would if I were significantly disfigured.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:30 PM
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45. yes.
Hell yes.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 07:31 PM
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46. yes- if i had a disfiguring accident or bad burns. otherwise, no.
Edited on Tue Jan-30-07 07:32 PM by QuestionAll
nt
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:01 PM
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50. Hell, yes.
Right now I look like a fat gargoyle -- an OLD, fat gargoyle. So bring it on -- facelift, liposuction, tummy tuck, you name it.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:17 PM
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51. If I could afford it. Yup. Just for vanity's sake,too.
:shrug:
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:35 PM
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52. I would for facial wasting (lipoatrophy)
It's funny that you can get an insurance plan to cover 50,000 dollars worth of growth hormone to help reverse facial wasting due to HIV medications, but you can't get them to pay for 5000 in cosmetic surgery for to do the same thing.
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siouxsiecreamcheese Donating Member (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:40 PM
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53. I would get a nose job in a heartbeat
I absolutely can't stand my nose.. oh and new boobs would be nice.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 09:20 PM
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55. Yep, going for a consult on the 13th
I need an upper eyelid lift and lower face lift IMO.

This d*mned job market is tough enough without looking older than you need to.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 09:23 PM
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57. I want a tummy tuck
but I'm really afraid of the pain during recovery and I don't really want to owe tons of money on top of my other bills. It would be nice though.
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Indy_Dem_Defender Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 01:06 AM
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58. Dental work count?
If it does been there done that. but it was a must.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 01:09 AM
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59. yes, if I had the money .. I could spend about $2500.00
tummy tuck, thighs, butt, full body lift actually, breast lift, face lift .. upper arms.

aA
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 01:10 AM
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60. hell,yes...breast lift/implants and tummy tuck...are you paying?
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