Years ago, I was asked the question of how I felt about plastic surgery. My answer is the same today as it was then : do what makes you happy. The choices of what someone chooses to do with their own body is really none of my business or anyone else’s.
I struggled with some form of body dysmorphia most of my life. I just could never really understand HOW I looked. I have not researched the science behind this, but I think it is a fact of some sort and probably should have done some digging before beginning this, that we never actually see ourselves as others see us. Which makes me sort of sad.
Once I started Heavy Manners and started having my photo taken all the time, I started to understand myself a little bit more physically. Of course, there are so many moments till this day that I could pick apart every little thing but I will say for the most part now, I accept myself for how and what I am.
While I have never posted on the internet about my own cosmetic formula, I am not shy to discuss it at a dinner table or with strangers who ask, it is no secret, and I personally do think it is a bit ridiculous when someone you know has stuff done says, “oh no, I have never done anything!”
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