Just realised that I've received many comments about or related to my appearance since I was young. Most of them were from my early 20s onwards.
- Why don't you get braces?
- You should trim your eyebrows.
- Do you want to get lasik?
- Why are you in glasses now? You look better in contacts.
- You lost weight, you're so skinny. Please eat more.
- You look better now with more weight after pregnancy. But you could tone up.
- Do you want to go for laser skin treatment on your face?
- Do you want to get botox?
- Maybe you could get eyebrow embroidery.
- I can bring you to my aesthetician.
- You have many large open pores, you should use this XXX product to help close them up.
I usually ignore or say no or just smile, shrug and change topics.
At times, I wonder to myself if I look that terrible. At other times, I wonder if K gets such queries or comments as a guy.
And I wonder too if the accumulation of such comments over the years sub-consciously affects my confidence and self-image. I sometimes think it does.
Nadya has recently been talking on and off about "fat", "thin", etc. I don't want her to get an unhealthy mindset about body image and/or having to meet other people's expectations. May need to sit down and talk to her in the future about this if need be.
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