A nip/tuck Christmas: Men give gifts of cosmetic surgery

Boston Herald ^ | December 4, 2005 | Jessica Heslam

[bannie]

A husband buying his wife a make-over.

Isn't this like buying her a new set of golf clubs--shen only you golf?

[lawgirl]

Have you gone to a store with her in the past year where she mentioned liking something she saw? I loved it when my former love interests would listen to something I said in passing months before my birthday and then I would get it later as gift. It showed they cared and were listening. I know that seems elementary- but making a mental note of what someone said and following up on it is pretty cool. ;)

Barring that, the gift I'd most want to get is a romantic weekend away, so my suggestion would to be look up local bed and breakfasts or a trendy hotel based on what kind of gal she is. ;)

[bannie]

shen = when

(NOTE TO SELF: "Self, spell-check is our friend.")

[TrebleRebel]

You just gave me a great idea, and, yes, I think she would like that. The trendy hotel, that is. Thanks.

[Qwertrew]

I agree....that would be the perfect gift.

[Qwertrew]

LOL...I'll have to remember that one. ;)

[lawgirl]

You just gave me a great idea, and, yes, I think she would like that. The trendy hotel, that is. Thanks.

Yay! You are more than welcome. You'll have to report back to us and let us know how it goes. ;-)

[Popman]

Helen only hope

[TrebleRebel]

I promise I'll report back with all the news that's fit to print. I think she's going to be stunned, but she deserves it.

[USS Alaska]

A five gallon can of gas and a cigarette lighter, not a final solution but certainly a start.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

The Stepford Wives were made into men's fantasies. Taking things to that level is of course wrong. Plastic surgery is not in and of itself a bad thing but far too often it reveals someone's not accepting themself--or someone else--as a unique, wonderful creation just as they are.

Mankind does look on the outside while God looks at the heart; God gave us the ability to develop technologies to make us more attractive to each other and/or ourselves but we are already the apple of His eye just as He made us.

Someone posted a picture of Helen Thomas above. It's been well said 'Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes all the way to the bone' ...it's the hatred within women like her and Maureen Dowd that makes them the Picture of Dorian Gray. Christmas was truly meant for them too.

[wouldntbprudent]

I shudder to think what these people are going to look like when they are really old. They might not care, but the rest of us will. A face with all that surgery simply is not going to age in the usual way; it is going to droop and sag and wrinkle in ways hitherto unknown to man.

Anybody seen---I mean, really seen---Cher lately?

[wouldntbprudent]

bwwwaaahhaaa

so true, MM

[wouldntbprudent]

I'm with you. What's up with copping a feel of a big bag of silicon? This is supposed to be sexy?

Not to mention the dirty little secret of breast enlargement: many women lose sensation in their "breasts," including in their nipples.

I guess the visuals are enough for these people. Seems kinda silly to me.

[nmh]

I shudder to think what these people are going to look like when they are really old. They might not care, but the rest of us will. A face with all that surgery simply is not going to age in the usual way; it is going to droop and sag and wrinkle in ways hitherto unknown to man.

Anybody seen---I mean, really seen---Cher lately?

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I didn't know that!

Nope haven't seen Cher or Jane Fonda. Both have had oodles of work done. Wonder how they look like now?

Anyone have pictures of these folks?

[Starwolf]

Not to mention other eternal beauties like Sophia Loren. The trick is just a little and just enough.

[Jimmy Valentine]

As we say in the real estate renovation finance business, "That one's a teardown".

[facedown]

...my wife bought me a frontal lobotamy.

It would appear I've already received it.

[Lizavetta]

Not to mention the dirty little secret of breast enlargement: many women lose sensation in their "breasts," including in their nipples.

The other downfall is that when they slice and dice they cut through all your milk ducts. Guess what happens when you give birth and the breasts fill up.....and the milk has no place to go.