Doctor writes children's book about cosmetic surgery

by Angie Felton (Subscribe to Angie Felton's posts)
Apr 17th 2008 4:01PM

Filed under: In The News, Mommy Wars, Media, That's Entertainment

If you walk through the children's section of a book store, it's pretty easy to find literature for kids on all sorts of life- changing topics. Things like such as divorce, moving, starting school, adding a baby to the family, and going to the hospital, for instance.

But after a plastic surgeon noted children getting upset seeing their post-surgery mothers bruised and bandaged, he realized ~~people were not telling their kids since Daddy got a young,new secretary they needed new boobs~~ there was not a children's book that prepared kids of plastic surgery patients so he wrote My Beautiful Mommy.

In My Beautiful Mommy the mother character explains to her daughter that she's going to a doctor to get a "prettier nose" and get her aged, stretched body to fit into clothes better. Of course, there's a happy ending! Mom didn't die on the operating table and once her beak was shaved down and her pregnancy flab removed she's able to smile happily in the spotlight baring her midriff top and squeezed into a pair of low rise pants.

I wonder what effect this sort of book will have on young girls' body image and sense of self esteem? Will the sequel end up being If You REALLY Loved Me, You'd Buy Me a New Nose and Boobs for the Prom?

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4-17-2008 @ 4:44PM

Emma Leigh said...

I remember a children's book about a child that gets lost
and is too young to know mom's first and last name. He is asked to describe herand he says: "She's the most beautiful woman in the world." The story goes on about how he is taken from one beauty to the next - none of
them his mother. It concludes with him finding his mother who is an overweight, peasant woman with weathered skin.

This new book is sad commentary on where our society is heading, isn't it?

4-17-2008 @ 4:46PM

Jenn said...

I remember that book, I've been looking for it for years! I cannot remember the title, and I've searched and searched and can't find it! do you happen to remember the title or author?

queenoqueens said...

The horror....the horror....

I daresay this author will be the driver on the bus to hell....

I haven't read the book, only looked at what's presented in the article and read the article itself. Neither are about the pros and cons of having cosmetic surgery, but about the impact that seeing a parent looking bruised and battered can have on a young child. The intention is to lessen the fear and trauma to the child. As such, it seems like a reasonable publication; I'm not sure why it's come in for such a negative presentation. Is it just because you have particular views on plastic surgery as a whole?

Remember also that there are a LOT of reasons why people have cosmetic surgery, and very few of them have to do with needing "new boobs because Daddy has a pretty young secretary."

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