There really is no limit, is there,
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hel_anato the lengths people will go?
For patients who think their trembly, raspy or wispy words don't match their newly firm face and figure, there's a procedure that claims to make them sound younger too: the voice lift.
I wonder if there's going to be a point at which we collectively say "you know, maybe this obsession with not aging has just gone too far, and we need to step back".
For patients who think their trembly, raspy or wispy words don't match their newly firm face and figure, there's a procedure that claims to make them sound younger too: the voice lift.
I wonder if there's going to be a point at which we collectively say "you know, maybe this obsession with not aging has just gone too far, and we need to step back".
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Date: 2004-04-19 07:09 am (UTC)Why?
Date: 2004-04-19 08:45 am (UTC)One of the risks when I had my thyroidectomy was vocal chord damage. My voice changed from its normal loud high pitch - to a not very loud and lower one. But only temporarily, I almost liked losing the volume except when I NEEDED it!
Re: Why?
Date: 2004-04-19 08:59 am (UTC)I think it points up the differences in attitude between people who have to undergo surgery for health reasons, and people who choose to have surgery for purely cosmetic reasons.
When you're faced with "you have cancer, we need to remove it, here are the possible complications", you're afraid of the complications. But what are you going to do, leave the cancer in there?
People who've decided to have a cosmetic change go in *wanting* the surgery, so I suspect they probably don't pay any more attention than lip service to the warnings.
Re: Why?
Date: 2004-04-19 09:05 am (UTC)But if my voice had dropped I wouldn't have minded. (Losing it I would have). I get sales calls where I'm asked where is my mom - I'm the mom!
Re: Why?
Date: 2004-04-19 09:12 am (UTC);)