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Please give honest feedback--Do I need plastic surgery???

By Cassie.wassie on 24 Dec 2011

Please give honest feedback--Do I need plastic surgery???

I'm 15 and I've been extremely self conscious and insecure about my facial profile for years. When I was younger I didn't know about it, until one day my art teacher assigned us a profile portrait project where he drew the shadow of the side of my face and I needed to fill it in with stuff. This was in 7th grade. I'm a sophomore now, and this insecurity has been controlling my life. I can't go 20 minutes without thinking about it, and I constantly try to be viewed from the side least as possible by people at school and whatnot. I've had moments where I think "what is beauty, anyway?" and why is it important, etc. Sometimes I feel like my profile is different but beautiful in it's own way. But that happens very rarely and I don't want to be so insecure all the time anymore. So PLEASE.... just be frank with me. Is it a big problem or am I imagining things??? My boyfriend insists that I'm beautiful from EVERY angle, but I can't believe it. I'm not too insecure about my face from the front, and I don't think my profile affects my front view too much... But I worry that it's the main thing people notice when they look at me, and how they see me all the time. I've been told by multiple people that I look exactly like Barbra Streisand, which also concerns me, since they must be talking about the side seeing as I look nothing like her from the front. (except the eyes maybe) I have a horrible overbite, which I'm getting fixed through braces currently... I've had them for about a year, but I'm getting them off in like January. Will that make it better??? My forehead is also slanted though, and I don't think there's enough of an angle between my forehead and my nose. And my chin is very small and "in". People also say I look exactly like this girl at my school who's got the Barbra profile, except with the crooked nose (unlike me) and it's to the EXTREME. it worries me a lot.... So please be honest!! I won't be hurt. Is it ugly? Would you reccomend surgery? Will the braces fix it (should I wait)? What kind of surgery would fix my problem? Is this a common problem? DO I have barbra's profile? A friend of mine to whom I confided my insecurities in told me it could naturally change as I age. Is THIS true?? Please, please answer truthfully!! Thank you so much!!!

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Angiemcc (Community Manager) 25 Dec 2011

Thank you for posting this with your photo. I think your profile looks like many people's "After" photos. I would say No, you don't need it. You're lovely. That said, however, it has to do with how you feel in your own nose, and you're the only one who can discern that.

Cassie.wassie 26 Dec 2011
Thank you very much for your kind words of advice!! I don't really know what I want to do yet, because I'm only 15, and I might regret a huge decision like that later on. Also, my boyfriend would never forgive me if I were to change the way I look so drastically. So I probably won't. I just hate being so insecure..:/ My sisters used to make fun of me for it all the time.
Angiemcc (Community Manager) 28 Dec 2011

Sisters can be so mean! You're beautiful as you are, and I mean that!

Cassie.wassie 28 Dec 2011
Thank you!! :))
hanlonv 31 Dec 2011
The things that you wrote remind me a lot of myself, especially when I was 15. I too became aware of my profile in a school project. In my teens, I hated my nose (which had a significant dorsal bump), my slanted forehead and my crazy, crooked teeth. My older sisters also picked on me for having a different nose. Let me tell you, as someone who has paid to have a nose that looks similar to yours, you don’t need a rhinoplasty! I saw your picture and thought you had an extremely cute profile.

As someone who isn’t much older than you, my advice is to wait. I am absolutely not saying you need surgery but I understand from personal experience that you need to do what makes you feel better about yourself. If it really truly bothers you in 3 years, go talk to someone about it. Wait another year or two and then make a decision. I feel like a lot of people hate their appearance in their teens but grow to accept and like their appearance and personality, while realizing that people are often more concerned with their own insecurities.

In the meantime, I would suggest focusing on what you think are your positive qualities, like your new smile (I know this is extremely cheesy sounding but it works!) and being confident based on those.
Cassie.wassie 4 Jan 2012
Thank you for the advice!! Yeah I know what you mean, and I am going to wait. (I have no money either!!) I just feel like my nose is this giant monstrosity taking over my entire face, and all my other facial features (no chin, etc.) aren't helping it either. I've tried being confident, and sometimes I feel really pretty and like it works for me, but most of the time every day all I can think about is what people must think when they see me from the side on and how ugly I must be. I'll even do things like crinkle my forehead and stick my jaw out to make it look a little better. I can't stand it sometimes.... But all I can do right now is hope it will change with time, or at the very least become less prominent. :/ It's also worse when I'm looking a little more towards the camera... like instead of at a 90 degree angle like a 45. I just hate how important this kind of stuff is to me and my obsessive thinking patterns. :(
NYC921 5 Jan 2012
I don't think you need it. I think you're beautiful and have gorgeous eyes too.

You're so young that you should wait a few years at least and evaluate how you feel then.
Cassie.wassie 6 Jan 2012
Thanks! :) Yeah I think I definitely will wait at least.
btbr 19 Jan 2012
no u dont need it ;)
Cassie.wassie 22 Jan 2012
Thanks...:)
Ms Asian 9 Feb 2012
No, you don't need surgery! Your profile is lovely and you have a nice nose tip. Every surgery has its risks, not just health risks, but also the risk that you may not end up with what you want. A surgeon on this site said, 'the betteris the enemy of the good', and I say, how true.
Cassie.wassie 13 Feb 2012
Thank you! Yes that is very true.

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