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I will say something here that is liable to make a lot of people self-conscious of their bodiesAnything that wasn’t quite the way it was supposed to be. Let’s say one ear of yours is 1 milimeter larger than the other ear. Even though that’s a very tiny defect, it’s still a defect and so it’s OK to correct that (assuming one is still being generous with one’s money in helping the poor, etc.) Wouldn’t you agree?
Well let’s consider if one breast was a bit larger than the other. Just like in my ear example, it would be alright to make them equal in size. As for making both breasts larger, if the breasts were really small, one could argue that it is a defect, but I don’t know enough about biology or theology to say if it is or notBut if it were caused by some deficiency in some nutrient or hormone or something like that, then surely it could be considered a defect and thus OK to fix.
But even if it isn’t, assuming the augmentation is reasonable (i.e. not extreme) it would still be OK because it would just be like styling one’s hair or dying one’s hair different from its “natural” color. It wouldn’t be that different from working out to build up or “tone” one’s muscles for aesthetic reasons.
No I was just pointing that out as another example of something that is a result of the Fall and not part of God’s original design. So it wouldn’t be saying that “God made a mistake” to counteract the natural effects of aging by using a cream or whatever. Likewise, it’s not saying that “God made a mistake” to correct a defect through plastic surgery.
. It is verry common for many parts of the body to be slightly different in shape and size bilaterally, and by that I mean left to right. Ears commonly are not the same size, and for many people, not quite at the same level on the head. Hands and feet differ in size and shape. Almost every woman out their has a slightly different shape and size to here breasts. It is the differences, in fact that usually draw a person to someone as “beautiful” I think that some of your examples only demonstrate the self-image problems some people get into, where they see a millimeter diference in their ears as a huge thing, when quite honestly, noone else would notice something like that unless you pointed it out, and they had appropriate measuring equipment handy.I believe that our whole culture has tried to make everyone, especially females, but even the males, feel that unless they look “perfect” they don’t have any chance at happiness.
I won’t say that occassionally I haven’t wished something on me looked different, but to me the idea of changing my appearance by plastic surgery is ridiculous, when there are so many better things I can do with my money, and my attitude is if I changed my appearance, and then met the love of my life, I could really never know whether it was changing my appearance that brought them into my life, or whether they cared for the “real” me.
I’ll break if down for people. I am a thirty-three year old man that do to a late fusion of my palate ( not quite cleft), I have a 4 millimeter gap between my two front teeth. I began to bald at about the age of 16, and now am fast approaching the “monk” haircut. My left ear is I would say two or three millimeters lower than the right ear, as evidenced by the adjustment of my glasses, and has a longer, fleshier lobe on it, making it look swollen. All things that could easily by fixed by medical proffessionals. I could get hairplugs, extensive dental work to rearange some teeth and put veneers on the front of others, my ears could be realligned and the one lobe snipped down to size. But, I look at all of those things, and ask myself why. The gap in my teeth is not causing any issuses with my teeth, my hair coming out just means less money spent on haircuts, since most of the time I just cut it to a crew cut with a pair of electric clippers. My ears function just fine.
I wear hats a little more often than I used to, not to cover my head from people seeing it, but to protect it from the sun, but other than that, i would say that nothing else makes much difference in how my life is lived. One thing I have come to know deep in my heart is that God made me like this, and when I meet my future wife, she will be the sort that will love me, not some fake teeth, surgically enhance hair and ears, or anything else like that.
and I wish I could just wear a t-shirt, but the vanity/modesty which comes from my having gynecomastia causes me to need to wear many layers of shirts, which I tug at daily to make sure my family doesn’t notice. It is especially unpleasent during the summer.