Dateline...liposuction...OT

March 15, 2000

In a message dated 3/15/00 9:29:37 PM Central Standard Time, slowens@...

writes:

<< . She had no intensity and

it was like she wasn't even trying. Hello? Of course you're not going

to lose any weight working out like that. I mean, you have to put a

little effort into what you're doing, right? Anyway, so they give her

the liposuction and all of a sudden she has all this confidence and now

all her problems are solved. Oh, it just made me so sad. I mean, what

kind of message is that sending her? The same thing with the girl who

had the breast enlargement. I just think it's a shame for a young girl

to place so much emphasis on the way she looks and then suddenly when

she has larger breasts....she is suddenly so much happier. I just

stood there watching the show and I kept shaking my head....I guess

because I was watching it as a mother and it saddened me to think that

there are so many young people out there who think like this and

mother's who let their kids do this kind of stuff at such a young age! >>

I AGREE WITH YOU I CAN UNDERSTAND GETTING A REDUCTION BUT ENLARGEMENT ???

AND WHAT WILL SHE DO WHEN HER BREAST GET BIGGER SHE IS STILL YOUNG AND HER

BREAST WILL GROW MORE AND THE LIPO ONE OK IT WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU KEEP IT UP

WHAT WILL SHE DO WHEN SHE GETS PREGNANT ??? I HAVE ONE WORD FOR A PARENT WHO

LETS THIER KID(S) DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT STUPID

NEED HELP WITH THIER THINKING IS THIS WHAT THE WORLD IS COMING TO ??

UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH JUST WAIT TILL THE BACK PROBLEMS START AND THE BAGS BREAK

OR LEAK......................

ROMIE

March 15, 2000

Did anyone see Dateline tonight? I was so appalled at the first story.

I missed the very beginning, but what caught my eye was a young girl

doing tae-bo. As soon as I saw tae-bo, I sat down and listened to what

they were talking about. It was about two young girls (17 I think).

The girl who they showed doing tae-bo was having liposuction and the

other girl was having her breasts enlarged. I couldn't believe that

their parents allowed them to go through with these procedures. What

totally got me was the girl who had the liposuction was talking about

how she tried working out and that she just couldn't seem to do

anything to lose weight in her stomach. She said it wasn't so much

about her weight, just that she carried it all in her stomach and it

made her self conscious. I don't mean to be overly critical here, but

when they showed her doing tae-bo....she had no motivation. She didn't

put anything into the moves....she was just walking through the moves

and kind of just throwing her arms out there. She had no intensity and