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Colby Richudson's avatar

Wait wait wait, are you telling me that a lifetime of feeling like a swamp witch surrounded by Pretty People is finally paying off? Those years of high school where all of my friends were gorgeous and I wasn't, my time in college when I still couldn't figure out how to get shiny hair, my early 20s when I could never wear mascara on the ski slopes like Lindsey Vonn, marrying a man who thinks my face looks weird with makeup on, all of that is why I feel zero pressure to get any kind of Botox or plastic surgery at 40??? Hallelujah!

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Sarah's avatar

I found this to be really helpful and validating, and I appreciate your speaking with a female plastic surgeon for her perspective. Whether or not we like it, these are feelings and pressures that many of us confront on a daily basis, and it's nice to hear thoughtful and honest reflections on a topic that still feels (to me) shameful or taboo. When you mentioned "pretty person syndrome," it made me realize I'm dealing with a kind of "young person syndrome," where for my whole life, people commented on how young I looked. I hated it in my teens and 20s, of course, but it became a weird part of my identity, and now that I no longer look "young," it makes me feel like I'm missing something. I struggle with this more than I would like to admit. In any case, thank you for writing about this.

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