-316 It's hypocritical to wear makeup every day but then say that it's morally wrong to get plastic surgery, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

surgically altering your face is different than putting some makeup on..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How? To me, they're both methods of changing your appearance.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

BUT they're very different. first of all plastic surgery is SURGERY. you need to go under anesthesia and your face gets permanently altered and there are risks involved. makeup on the other hand isn't permanently altering your face and you can take it off at the end of the day

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Definition of surgery: "Using manual techniques or devices to improve bodily function or appearance." Technically speaking, applying makeup is a type of surgery too. As I said below, plastic surgery usually doesn't last forever, and it can be reversed. There are risks with using makeup too--many types of makeup can contribute to premature skin aging. It's true that makeup can be easily removed, but it's also true that it has to be frequently applied. Plastic surgery is like makeup that only has to be applied once every few years. Why is one worse than the other?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

so your saying when i put makeup on myself im performing surgery on myself?..that makes so much sense un

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, I gave you the definition of surgery. Unless you're using some alternate definition, it seems that yes, applying makeup is technically a type of surgery.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

go tell a plastic surgeon that makeup is a type of surgery. he will be like lolwut

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you're still in doubt that applying makeup is a type of surgery, consider the fact that there's surgery to give people permanent makeup: http://www.auraofbeauty.info/instructions.html Anyway, this is hardly the question that needs answering. You still haven't supplied a reason why there's something morally wrong with plastic surgery.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

there ISN'T anything morally wrong with plastic surgery. im just saying that makeup you can get at the drug store that you wipe off is completely different than plastic surgery. and permanent makeup is different than traditional makeup because obviously you need a professional to put on permanent makeup because its not like you can just brush it on. they use tattooing so that your skin is permanently tattooed a specific color. you have to puncture the skin for permanent makeup.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What definition are you using? The one's I looked up are not like that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wikipedia.org. Most definitions online are only concerned with disease-oriented surgery so they didn't really apply.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Did you just compare life changing risks from permanent surgery to 'risks' from make up such as 'skin aging'? I really can not fathom that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

I see makeup as accentuating your appearance, when used in moderation. I see plastic surgery as altering your appearance permanently. I wear makeup almost every day, maybe a bit of concealer to hide the dark circles under my eyes or some mascara to make my lashes look longer, but that is a far cry from getting your face disfigured for your own insecurities.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Plastic surgery also accentuates your appearance when used in moderation. Plastic surgery isn't usually permanent--for example, Botox wears off and breast implants have to be replaced if the person wants to maintain the look. Also, most plastic surgeries can be reversed. If you use makeup every day, that's essentially making a perpetual change to your appearance--just like plastic surgery. Plastic surgeries don't "disfigure" the face (or they're not supposed to anyway). Some plastic surgeries are very minor, and are actually less noticeable than a typical person's makeup.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It doesn't accentuate your face. It changes it. Makeup is only a visual change, like painting a room. Surgery is like tearing down the walls of that room and resurfacing it: a physical change.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Makeup changes your face too--specifically, it adds or removes physical layers of chemicals to your skin to hide or build off of some quality of your skin. Plastic surgery adds or removes physical layers from the bone structure of someone's face to hide or build off of some quality of that bone structure. Plastic surgery is more invasive and longer-lasting, but why should that create a moral issue?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am not gonna bother ranting if you're just gonna use word play.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Uh you're the one using metaphors and using misleading rhetoric like "getting your face disfigured". I'm just trying to respond to your points. But maybe instead of going on another rant about how plastic surgery differs from makeup, you could tell me why you think plastic surgery is morally wrong.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But that's the rub isn't it? Makeup is adding something to your skin, to make it look better or express yourself, or what have you. Surgery is physically altering your body in a way that is permanent or semi-permanent. Surgery is an invasive process, while applying makeup is not. Surgery has to been done by a licensed professional, while applying makeup does not. Surgery is so invasive that there is a recovery time afterwards; often the body part that was surgically enhanced is extremely swollen for a few weeks after.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So where's the moral problem?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My point, is that it's not hypocritical to be okay with one and not the other; as wearing makeup and getting surgery are so totally different.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Anonymous: It's impossible to argue a moral issue and win. I cannot try to tell you what is truly moral and what is not; only what I, personally, believe. That's the point of morality. It is subjective.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

makeup is meant to enhance your best features, ex. putting on eyeshadow to bring out blue eyes, not get a whole new face

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Most people only get plastic surgery on 1 or maybe 2 different parts of the face, with the intention of changing the balance of facial features...just like makeup. The purpose isn't to get a "whole new face" at all.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I hear horror stories of plastic surgery gone wrong. Honestly, surgery is surgery. Getting it crosses a line that could prove to be very dangerous -- why put yourself at risk just to accent a couple of facial features? The difference between makeup and plastic surgery is that the former doesn't contain the same risk of self-harm. And that, really, makes all difference.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Makeup carries the risk of premature skin aging, but I admit that plastic surgery does contain many real risks, like infection and negative reaction to anesthesia. So answer me this: if plastic surgery was completely 100% risk-free, would you consider it morally okay?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I feel like makeup can also be a form of expressing yourself, kind of like art. While surgery is more like changing yourself because you don't like one of your features.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay, sure. So what's the moral issue with changing yourself because you don't like one of your features? Is it immoral for a girl to shave her legs because she doesn't like the appearance of her body hair?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I shave my legs and my armpits because it makes me sweat less. But shaving is not the same as surgery. That's like comparing getting a hair cut to surgery; shaving is just part of grooming.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Shaving your legs is a less intense process then going through the process of surgery. It takes weeks to recover and there's a huge amount of risks. You can't compare it something like that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And like what Mandi said, shaving is convienant such as for swimmers. The less body hair they have, the faster they are able to swim.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

make up is supposed to bring out your features. plastic surgery completely alters them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

While I personally do not think having surgery is immoral, I don't see how it's hypocritical for someone to be against surgery but is okay with wearing makeup. The two are apples and oranges.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I actually do agree that they are similar when u put it that way, only one lasts way longer than the other. though neither are "wrong" in any way. its your body, do whatever u want with it. INB4 -100 on this comment.... IDGAF! aha :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe people who get plastic surgery are very insecure. (Not all, my neighbor got it for her breast cancer) Yes, some makeup covers insecurities, we all got em, but I love makeup, because it's fricking fun, and not permanent.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Obviously, the anon bloke who made this post was indeed a man

by Anonymous 12 years ago

plastic surgery is expensive and permanent, makeup is fairly inexpensive and you can take it off at the end of the day

by Anonymous 11 years ago

makeup and plastic surgery are two very different things, but i don't see how plastic surgery is morally wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

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by Anonymous 11 years ago

Plastic surgery isn't morally wrong but the two are completely different.

by Anonymous 11 years ago