Day 4 Journal

So today I was having trouble thinking of something to write about, so I chose one of the journal prompts I found on Ms A's Classroom. Today I will write my response to the question "Is plastic surgery an option and what body part would I chose to replace?" What a loaded question! I have spent the last 42 years trying to learn to accept myself as who I am, faults, wrinkles, grey hair and all. And now the question is would I change that? It is my personal belief that plastic surgery is a waste of time and money, and that it clogs up our  healthcare system with people not in need of true healthcare. Add to that the fact that surgery, any surgery, even a "minor" one is still a dangerous procedure. Things can and do go wrong in surgery every day, many times just as a result of immobility and anesthesia and not as the result of someone doing something wrong. But those things that do go wrong just add to the care that one needs.With the growing number of drug resistant infections that require ever stronger antibiotics, why would someone want to put themselves in the position of possibly getting one of those infections by going through a surgical procedure that isnt necessary? All in the name of that "beauty ideal" that some advertising/ Hollywood company has developed? Not to say that I havent tried coloring my hair (now I just let my natural platinum highlights show) or that I dont wear makeup (I do). I just try to make the me I have be as good as it can be. Good health, good eating habits, and regular exercise can go much farther than any plastic surgery ever thought about. Besides, if we all go under the knife to look like someone else's ideal, then we all look alike and what will happen to our own individuality? It would be like in one of my favorite books from childhood "Sneaches on Beaches". The Sneaches all wanted to look different from the other ones, yet in the end, they realized that what is on the inside is far more important than what is on the outside. I also think that if I was meant to have plastic and silicone in my body, I would have been born that way.Wrinkles and grey hair and stretch marks and the like are testimony to life and childbearing and child raising. Oh and to going back to school which definitely added a few more greys to the top. I feel that accepting myself for who I am makes me more of an individual and teaches me things that plastic surgery will just cover up.  I also wonder about people who get Botox injections. Do they realize that Botox is made from botulism and that botulism can make you really sick and even kill you? That along with a whole crop of poorly trained people doing it is a really scary prospect. I would prefer only medical personnel with proper training put needles in me and I will leave the botulism to someone else. Besides, I like to be able to blink my eyes and wrinkle up my brow when I am thinking. I dont want to be a person afraid to show emotion because it might cause a wrinkle. There is a song lyric that states "she's pure, flesh and bone, no tucks or silicone". Thats who I want to be.