Re: OT...psurgery...please be nice...hehe

I'm generally against surgery for reasons other than emergency for all kinds of reasons, one of which is disruption of important acupuncture/energy meridians, but then I haven't had children and am not dealing with the post baby issues, either, so I don't know what I'd be feeling in your position. I guess another perspective to consider is the idea that we are anything less than perfection, and that something is very wrong when women should ever feel the need to surgically alter themselves to fit whatever the current standard of beauty is, regardless of the health risks. I do think it's generally unwise to implant a foreign object in your body and expect your body to accept it without repercussions. As to the chin implant, that will definitely disrupt the natural motion of your facial & cranial bones from a craniosacral perspective, and having gone through a lot of work for neck, back, & TMJ issues & getting some incrediable cranial work & realizing how powerful something so subtle can be, I would never mess with the structure of my face in any kind of surgical way, and that includes face or eyelid lifts. My jawline changed a lot when I got my atlas adjusted and finally my head sitting on straight, it was a pretty noticeable change. I also have very small breasts in a culture that tells me there's something wrong with that, I'm getting some early wrinkling, and seeing a lot of changes in my body I don't like. I'm focused more on health and staying fit, but it does bum me out sometimes when I have to see what I look like in a department store mirror under those lovely fluorescent lights, etc.

What I keep coming back to whenever I feel that way is that what I see in the mirror isn't really "ME," and I have to learn to let go of identity in general, but particularly connected to personality, the physical body, my opinions, acccomplishments, desires, etc.... I'm pretty sure what I'm supposed to learn from the sinking feeling I get when I watch myself age and my body & face change is to let go of the attachment to youthful, physical beauty because those kinds of attachments and pursuits are such a major distraction from why we're all here, which I believe is to work on returning to enlightenment & cultivating that spiritual awareness in a very challenging time. Attachments and desires... yep. I look forward to being free of those some day.....

All just my humble opinions, though. Good luck with whatever you decide.