I think cosmetic surgery should be free for “ugly” people

[Bunnymmm]

Lookism and how pretty you are affects your entire life and outcomes. I think that insurance should cover necessary surgeries to help us ugly people. I have seen too many kitchencels posts to think otherwise.

 

[rotthjärta]

Man, fuck i wish it was like that.

 

[blood...]

i understand what you mean by wanting that
but how should they be able to judge if said person is to be labeled as 'ugly'?

 

[extremelyugly]

Oh how I wish. But there is one issue sadly and it's why it's never going to happen: who is considered objectively ugly? I mean, I know firsthand that I am considered hideous but I don't have "proof", like actual evidence that I could show up with and say "see, I'm considered unanimously as ugly, so I must be given all surgeries needed". It's why there's never going to be any other realistic way out of this hell for me other than CTB. I wish I knew which method though... it's very hard here.

 

[Lamentice]

Lookism and how pretty you are affects your entire life and outcomes. I think that insurance should cover necessary surgeries to help us ugly people. I have seen too many kitchencels posts to think otherwise.

I mean.. then it kind of has to be free for everyone? Cause attractiveness is subjective to a degree even if you're rating it based on a scale of conventional standards. And what about the people with extreme body dysmorphia, who are convinced they are "ugly" but have completely warped perceptions of themselves, what would be the approach?

This is kind of a can of worms. You'd have to start medicalizing ugliness & categorizing it as a disability, and then beauty standards are so influenced by racism & sexism & pedophilia that this could be the launching pad for even more severe discrimination and even broader normalizing of discriminatory behvaior, and then policy starts changing to reflect culture.. and then what, does anyone who hasn't had their surgeries yet get denied service at stores and restaurants, maybe aren't even allowed in public at all? It really could get that severe, humans have done that shit before. I imagine the standard for beauty would also only get more extreme, since surgery would be more accessible, and then the agendas that corporations and governments and religions could push would be even more wildly out of control than they already are; I'm imaging something like The Capitol in the Hunger Games.

Humans are cruel, I see your intent, but humans only manage to take potential and twist and warp it into the most self-consuming, sadistic, devastating distaster you've ever seen, every time. Any idea you have that could ever be used for good.. think of the most absurd and gruesome way to pervert it, borderline pure fiction--that's what humans are more likely to do with the idea.

 

[Leonard_Bangley39]

i would agree if cosmetic surgery didnt almost always make people look horrifically uncanny. id rather look like a 5 than a plastic nightmare

 

[violetforever]

i just imagine someone not being aware or thinking of themselves as "ugly" and finding out they supposedly are when theyre told they qualify for plastic surgery

 

[makebelieve]

Yes.

 

[Al_stargate]

Plastic surgery is a scam, you'll almost certainly end up botched to some degree and look weird. I understand insecurities but it's not the answer. Some things can be adressed naturally, like understanding facial bones anatomy and how that can be influenced thought mewing, proper posture, and certain suture techniques. There is also face yoga and just being lean and healthy. I feel bad for anyone thinking plastic surgery is solution because they are usually just gonna make things way worse. Don't mess with you face, you gonna turn yourself into a freak. When we focus on something very much, our perception gets distorted. Aethetics are subjective. Even the best looking people can be insecure because they convinced themselves that some feature they have is undesirable or could be better. If you can't achieve it through gentle natural techniques, don't bother with it. Accept it or you'll likely ruin your face with surgery and feel million times worse. Feeling botched feels unimaginably worse then insecure.