Plastic surgery and injectables: let's discuss the REAL problem

Mental Makeover

Lauren Curtis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

From the moment I started my YouTube channel, the most common insults I would receive were to do with my appearance. People would call me fake any chance they could get. While the taboos surrounding plastic surgery and injectables have lessened slightly, the judgement people face whenever they're honest about getting work done, or even if they've never discussed it and people just think they've had something done, is immense. It's almost as if they feel superior to you, and they want to let you know that you should be ashamed of yourself, simply because they don't approve of your choices. Well... I've got a lot to say about that! Keep your mind open while you listen to this podcast, and let me know if you had a change of heart/opinion once you reach the end :)

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0:00.0	Hey guys, thanks for tuning in. Today I wanted to discuss how plastic surgery, fillers,
0:10.0	Botox, any kind of alterations to your natural state can really affect the way that other people see you.
0:19.0	I've got a very long and complicated history with this topic
0:24.5	because when I started my channel, I was around, when it was 2011, and then I got my boobs
0:32.3	down like in secret in 2012. And the reason it was in secret was because I knew that if I was honest
0:41.6	and shared something that was quite private, so publicly, that it would be worse for me
0:50.0	rather than better for me. Like people weren't going to be like, oh, I'm so glad you were
0:54.0	honest like they are now. Back then, all of that was taboo. rather than better for me. Like people weren't going to be like, oh, I'm so glad you were honest
0:54.4	like they are now. Back then, all of that was taboo and only a few people had the guts to actually
1:01.7	be honest about it because at that time, the easiest insult that people threw at me was
1:08.2	your fake. You wear fake tan, you have blonde hair, you wear a lot of
1:14.8	makeup, you're fake, your plastic. It was just an easy insult. So if I then added plastic surgery to that,
1:21.8	then I mean, people would have a field day. And I didn't want people to be able to use that
1:26.9	against me when it wasn't
1:28.6	something that changed who I was as a person, what I had to offer the world, whether or not,
1:35.2	you know, my makeup skills were good or not. Like, had nothing to do with anything, but I knew people
1:39.9	would make it about that. So I acknowledged it recently. I mean, everyone pretty much knew at that point,
1:45.8	but I'd never confirmed or denied it. So I was like, you know what? I'm confident in my decision.
1:51.3	Times have changed. I'm open to talk about it. I then got veneers on my teeth. I got composite veneers
1:58.4	first, which were reversible because I had braces when I was younger. They straightened my teeth. I got composite veneers first, which were reversible because I had braces when I was
2:02.2	younger, they straightened my teeth, but my teeth were different sizes, so nothing could be done
2:08.5	to improve that unless I got veneers. And I never set out to get veneers. I mean, I know that I
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