Should christians seek cosmetic surgery?

[Daniels]

Should Christians seek cosmetic surgery?
Should Christians seek cosmetic surgery? That is a pressing question that gets to the heart of our current cultural moment. As a society, we have corrupted the vision of beauty to the extent that some persons have procedure after procedure, entailing medical risk and using finite resources.


After all, some parents are giving their daughters breast augmentation procedures as high school graduation gifts, even as persons are pairing up for procedures at clincs, while some clinics advertise "surgery points" modeled after frequent flyer programs offered by the airlines.

Something is seriously wrong here. How can we square these developments with the fact that the Bible stresses the value of inner beauty and the passing nature of all physical beauty? We are witnessing a mania of distorted beauty.

Some points to ponder:

Emily Baker never thought she had small breasts. With her petite frame and a full B cup, the 21-year-old had no reason to. But that didn't stop her from wanting bigger breasts. So as a $5,500 high school graduation gift from her parents, Baker had a breast augmentation two years ago, making her a 36DD.

"They thought it was crazy for a long time," she said. "Eventually I kind of talked (my mom) into it."

http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=667

[KillerV]

36DD!? yikes....sorry....

There is nothing scripturally wrong with it. However, I do find parents giving them the gift of cosmetic surgery kinda disturbing. Parents should be giving their children words of wisdom on inner beauty not teaching them to be vain. If your not just focused on vainity and just want to do it for some self esteem boost then I say go for it.

[christandisrael]

:preach:

[Kitten87]

personally cosmetic surgery i dont agree....reconstructive plastic surgery like if uve been in an accident yes i do.

y alter ur body, y conform to what the media percieves as "the perfect body"

i think its boring everyone looking the same...same large boobs, same hair style, same size blah de blah.

We are all unique and beautiful because God made us perfectly! I think its insulting to question Gods creation of u. Its like changing a birthday present your parents gave u coz its not quite the right one that u wanted.

[Godslilgurlalways]

personally cosmetic surgery i dont agree....reconstructive plastic surgery like if uve been in an accident yes i do.

y alter ur body, y conform to what the media percieves as "the perfect body"

i think its boring everyone looking the same...same large boobs, same hair style, same size blah de blah.

We are all unique and beautiful because God made us perfectly! I think its insulting to question Gods creation of u. Its like changing a birthday present your parents gave u coz its not quite the right one that u wanted.

agreed:)

[holo]

I hardly ever see people ugly enough to need cosmetic surgery. Then again, maybe some of those people are staying indoors.

I used to think I was one of them myself. Now I've learned to
a) see my own beauty (though I'm thin as a match), and
b) not give a ****

I used to be sdo ashamed of myself, as did my girlfriend (who doesn't resemble a model herself, but is extremely beautiful anyway with her tastefully small breasts and grabbable wide hips), but we're talking about going to a nude beach one of these days. It'll be sort of symbolic :)

[HeyHomie]

In general, whatever Albert Mohler writes I tend to believe just the opposite.

I'm not against plastic surgery to help with disfigurements or anything like that, nor am I against breast reduction. My wife has HUGE knockers and would love to have them toned down a bit. I also think it's OK in the general sense, like if you have a gigantic nose that you're ashamed of, or if you have early wrinkles for your age, or whatever.

But for perfectly normal-looking people having plastic surgery for no good reason - no, that I'm against. I don't think it's a sin, just a really bad idea.

[Mskedi]

Unless there's some medical reason for it (e.g., my friend needs to have breast reduction surgery because the weight is hard on her back. The fact that she'll like the look of less cumbersome breasts more is just a bonus), then I don't think it's a wise decision.

[Ran2004]

I think the really important question here is: Should ANYONE seek cosmetic surgery?

My answer to that particular question is no! What sort of sad perversion of beauty have we purported to encourage this idea that to be a beautiful woman you must have large breasts, a small tummy, shapely legs and a nice, tight, wrinkle-free (not to mention plastic looking) face with oversized lips? What sort of sad perversion of beauty have we twisted so that to be good looking a man must have washboard abs, a nice butt, and an overly muscular body?

On the whole, these wants are silly. I can see how they may make some people happy, but ultimately no Christian (or PERSON) should want to mess with the body that our amazing God gave to us. It's like saying "Thanks for the gift, but you could've given me something a lot better!!!" to God!

I am amazed by these parents who encourage this sort of behavior. At anyrate, I think I've whined enough.

Jon-Michael

[Daniels]

I Peter 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the
hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is
in the sight of God of great price.
3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who
trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their
own husbands:

[Krysstian]

I like my jigglies....If I need to do something with my body, I pray to the Good Lord...I wanted to be taller lol I was 5'4 and now I'm 5'6...I'm still short but hey I grew 2 inches

[holo]

I wanted to be taller lol I was 5'4 and now I'm 5'6...Haha, purr-aise da Lawd! You're gonna grow all the way into heaven!

[Quantos]

In general, whatever Albert Mohler writes I tend to believe just the opposite.

I'm not against plastic surgery to help with disfigurements or anything like that, nor am I against breast reduction. My wife has HUGE knockers and would love to have them toned down a bit. I also think it's OK in the general sense, like if you have a gigantic nose that you're ashamed of, or if you have early wrinkles for your age, or whatever.

But for perfectly normal-looking people having plastic surgery for no good reason - no, that I'm against. I don't think it's a sin, just a really bad idea.

Corrective (Cancer/accident/medical) No prob with it
Vanity. Don't care of it, but I wouldnt make it illigal or anything.


http://www.wildwesthardware.com/images/Santa%20Fe%20Knockers%20Sml%202%20finishes%20copy.jpg

[cubanito]

Absolutely not!

I will shrotly be providing botox and various laser treatments for cash through my office, so please, save your money to pay me.

JR

[lilymarie]

For an accident -- sure.

For vanity in general -- I don't see Christians needing this, but if they want something simple like a new nose, I really can't judge them.

But, the botex and surgery after surgery can go so overboard sometimes it almost can parallel self-mutilation, and that can never be a good thing.

[christandisrael]

For an accident -- sure.

For vanity in general -- I don't see Christians needing this, but if they want something simple like a new nose, I really can't judge them.

But, the botex and surgery after surgery can go so overboard sometimes it almost can parallel self-mutilation, and that can never be a good thing.

It's the motive of the heart.