Originally Posted by HelloLeilani /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I have a genuine curiosity about plastic surgery before and afters, though I'm not sure I'd ever have PS myself, so I actually like that part. LOL.
I can't stop myself from looking either! I thought that I'd do PS maybe, if I needed it, in the future or maybe not, no big feelings either way. Then I had a semi-emergency surgery, done laparoscopically and thought, "No way! I'm never having elective surgery! I don't want to go through the pain again, ever, if I can help it".
It's one of the things that keeps me from handing off my magazine to just anyone here, though, funnily enough. And magazines are like gold here, they're not sold on the island and are very hard to find secondhand. I'm not sure how Belizean women would feel about pics of topless women in their mags, wouldn't want their sons to accidentally peek. Although breasts here are no big deal, breast feeding is very public and for the baby, no shame, no worries, just easy, like it should be (IMHO). Bikinis, however, are seen as a little risque and more for the visitors/tourists, I wear mine sometimes and sometimes if someone is a little more buttoned up I cover up more, just to make them comfortable. I want to respect their culture. I suppose I could give my magazines to a fellow expat. I just don't want Belizean women to think that all American women are like that, able to afford the craziest of everything and anything and flaunting all they've got. I have seen some gorgeous young Belizean girls flaunting their (amazing) stuff, so it's an age thing too. Isn't it always? I like learning about beauty cultures of the world.