Re: Plastic Surgery: Please Help Me Understand
hito wrote:
...and the proliferation of braces on every child's teeth. I think this artifice is shallow and misguided.
In a nutshell, the thing that bothers me is the narrowing of acceptable natural features. Whilst I know there was no time in history where perfection was achieved in terms of acceptance of natural features, I am simply saying that I don't like the trend towards surgery to eliminate those features that make us unique.
One of the big regrets of my life is that my parents didn't get me braces when I was a child. Now it's pretty much too late, I've been advised I'm probably going to have major problems. It didn't look so bad, and they wanted to spare me. Braces are usually not just cosmetic, and even if they seem to be, it's to correct something that could cause problems later if your bite isn't quite right. I would say probably you'd be closer to your point if you mentioned making teeth perfect with reshaping and whitening. Braces are to make your teeth straighter and your bite correct.
