My Question of the Day: It’s been said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” With that thought in mind, when you’re presented with pictures by a proud parent of his/her child, and the child doesn’t necessarily appeal to your sense of beauty, what do you say?

My 2 Cents: I try not to comment on looks, since looks are relative. I usually ask how old the child was when the picture was taken, or I comment on a particular feature that I find attractive. If all else fails, I may ask something like, “Who does the family say s/he looks like?” or “Aw, look at him/her. Children are such a blessing, aren’t they?”.

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My Question of the Day: Beauty seems to be a commodity in our world today. Aside from medically-necessary procedures, how much cosmetic surgery is too much?

My 2 Cents: Unless cosmetic surgery is medically necessary, any cosmetic surgery is too much. I define medically necessary as needed to ease or prevent physical/mental/emotional pain and/or to create/restore proper use of/to.

When I was stationed in Korea, there was a Korean lady who worked with me who had surgery for breast implants. Prior to the surgery, her chest was as flat as a man’s, literally. She got implants proportionate to her small frame, just so she could feel like a whole woman; feel feminine and complete.

She was in her late forties, and the issue had caused her mental and emotional pain for many, many years. Imagine being discouraged from breastfeeding your babies because you couldn’t produce enough nutritious milk to keep them healthy. She carried that guilt even when I met her, and her three children were grown and healthy and successful people by that time.

I’m not totally against cosmetic surgery. I just don’t think it should replace proper eating habits, physical exercise or the natural progression of life.

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