“You’re beautiful.” There, you heard it. There’s the compliment you’ve been waiting for.
“You’re pretty, you’re lovely, you look so young for your age.”
If you’re a guy, let’s say, “You’re in good shape, you look great.”
There, that should be enough to make you feel better.
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What?!? You want more?
Of course you do. Compliments aren’t enough. People can say nice things, but if you don’t believe it, it’s not enough.
The reality is that we are our first and harshest critics. We ask for cosmetic procedures and we fight aging for ourselves and not for others. We are in the Youth Game because we want to feel better and look better than we do today.
The Youth Game is about more than looks. It’s also about that “get up and go,” that “joie de vivre” that you remember having in your twenties… and now you want it back. Compliments and plastic surgery won’t help if you don’t have the energy you’re missing. Where can we find the magic bullets and the special formula to get back our joy of living? Popeye the Sailor had spinach to get a boost of energy – where is our spinach?
The Youth Game is about what you put into your body: vitamins, hormones, antioxidants, CoQ10, fish oils, smart pills, amino acids…. It’s about exercise and relaxation.
The Youth Game is also about the knife and the laser. When you have your energy back, then it’s time to think about how you want to change your appearance.
We are cosmetic surgeons – artists, sculptors, renovators. We offer a wide variety of services at the Aesthetic Science Institute in Boca Raton. This book describes virtually every procedure, treatment and nutrient used today to help ourselves stay vital and healthy.
Many people don’t want to put the effort into finding the Joy of Life: it’s hard work to take the right supplements, do the exercise, find the right doctor for the right deficiency. Most people want the knife to help them make a change overnight. Yes, we can do that, but long after the surprise of the dramatic body lift is revealed, you will feel that there’s something still missing. You will want to recapture that joy of life.
Still, there is something magic about what the right procedure can deliver. We can do a lot with nutrients and exercise, but we need a little extra assistance. Cosmetic surgery can be helpful. Let’s see what others say:
"While dissatisfaction with one’s appearance was often dismissed as trivial vanity years ago, research has demonstrated the importance of appearance in everyday life. Not only are more physically attractive individuals perceived more favorably than those who are less attractive, it also appears that they receive preferential treatment in interpersonal and social situations. Given this knowledge, improving one’s appearance through cosmetic surgery can often be a positive, healthy self-care strategy."
– David B. Sarwer, Ph.D. Physchology and researcher of body image.
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You can take a patient," says plastic surgeon Dr. Arthur Swift, "who has been a wallflower - who has been sort of sitting back socially and has been very introverted because she is self-conscious about a large nose, large bust, or small bust and you operate and their personality literally blooms and a parent will come back and tell me ‘you don’t understand what kind of effect you have had on my child. She is so much more self-confident and she’s lost a lot of those inner inhibitions and she feels she’s out there.’"
February 25, 2002, From an article by Ray Lawson, Look Good, Feel Good:
The link between surgery and emotional health http://canoe.talksurgery.com
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Society places an enormous emphasis on looks. Studies have shown that better looking people earn more, are promoted sooner and are more likely to occupy senior positions within corporations. Given the same qualifications, the more attractive person, male or female, is more likely to get the job. Similarly, when it comes to choosing a partner or mate, do looks count?
So when you look better, you feel better. Your productivity is likely to go up and perhaps you become a more valuable member of society. If you look like a million bucks, are you worth a million bucks?
-- Dr. Dirk Lazarus, Plastic Surgeon
MBChB (University of Cape Town), FCS (South Africa, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), http://www.plasticsurgery.co.za/news1.htm
FixYourNose.net is a start for learning more about procedures and what you can do every day to feel better.
