Re: Extreme Makeover + quick fixes

[Guest guest]

my ortho surgeon told me that one of the contestants on " The Swan "

should have gotten jaw surgery, instead of a chin implant....

what irks me about these shows is that they pick people who have no

regard for themselves or their bodies.. why should a person that is

negligent towards themselves and their body get over $100K in

cosmetic surgery.... i suspect that if they do a followup on all

those people they sucked over 50lbs of fat using lyposuction, they

will find out they gained the weight back...

bottom line: these people are simply used for ratings... i.e. take a

fat person with bad teeth and skin and make them look better for

ratings...

also agree that i'm very cognizant of other people's bites and teeth

now that i've had my surgery... there are a lot of bad bites out

there!!! I had one ,but that's now corrected... :-)

>

> Does anyone on here feel like they are going through (or have

> already gone through) an extreme makeover, like the ones on TV?

Ppl

> have already referenced this to me (which is a little rude! but I

> can certainly understand=) ~ not only will my facial structure

> change but I think there will be some other changes in my life for

> the better.

>

> Speaking of that show ~ I have seen SO MANY contestants who

> desperately needed jaw surgery but they all end up getting chin

> implants and veneers etc. It's sad! I think a lot of veneers look

> fake ~ especially when they plunk thick ones on top of really

> crooked teeth. I mean dentures would look better LOL

>

> In another thread there was a discussion about spotting ppl who

need

> the surgery, and celebrities who could use it. I mainly find

myself

> spotting " real " ppl rather than celebrities b/c let's face it, in

> order to be a famous actor/actress you need a decent bite and

smile

> above everything else!

>

[Guest guest]

I agree so much with these posts about the Extreme makeover

programs. Indeed they often take total slobs (pardon the

harshness) and do a bunch of quick fixes for ratings. Often

these people really need so much more " real " work done, but

pop an implant here, veneers there and " presto " they look

" wonderful " . I don't think so. I've seen some of those " veneered "

smiles and the teeth didn't even look like they fit the mouth

anymore. Might as well get some fake play teeth at WalMart or

something. It's a couple old adages here: " you get what you pay

for " and " no pain no gain " . Distorted bites, crooked smiles, badly

proportioned faces aren't fixed by implants, you have to fix the

structure.

> >

> > Does anyone on here feel like they are going through (or

have

> > already gone through) an extreme makeover, like the ones

on TV?

> Ppl

> > have already referenced this to me (which is a little rude! but I

> > can certainly understand=) ~ not only will my facial structure

> > change but I think there will be some other changes in my life

for

> > the better.

> >

> > Speaking of that show ~ I have seen SO MANY contestants

who

> > desperately needed jaw surgery but they all end up getting

chin

> > implants and veneers etc. It's sad! I think a lot of veneers

look

> > fake ~ especially when they plunk thick ones on top of really

> > crooked teeth. I mean dentures would look better LOL

> >

> > In another thread there was a discussion about spotting ppl

who

> need

> > the surgery, and celebrities who could use it. I mainly find

> myself

> > spotting " real " ppl rather than celebrities b/c let's face it, in

> > order to be a famous actor/actress you need a decent bite

and

> smile

> > above everything else!

> >