[HPforGrownups] Re: Cosmetic Magic and Wizard Attitudes - No Wizard Cosmo

[golden faile]

No: HPFGUIDX 35190


--- mervin180 <mervin180 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> uncmark <uncmark at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I was rereading posts about cosmetic surgery and
> wondered how 
> >different attitudes towards physical beauty were in
> the wizard world.
> 
> 
> 
> >Molly Weasley, a powerful witch and mother, does
> use magic for her 
> >housework. In GofF she cooks for 11 people before
> the World Cup, yet 
> >she doesn't use magic to resemble a model.
> 
> Perhaps Molly, like many muggle women, is secure
> enough with her body 
> to not want to change it.  > jrober4211 wrote:
> >I think there is enough examples in 
> >the books to point to the fact that we [wizards and
> muggles] share 
> >the same standards of 
> >beauty.
> 
> I tend to agree with this statement.  There is
> probably a lot of 
> pressure in both worlds to look beautiful.  Yet,
> just because 
> cosmetic surgery is available to muggles does not
> mean that all 
> muggles would get it if the opportunity arose. 
> Although there are 
> probably many ways to magically alter one's
> appearance, many wizards 
> probably choose not to do so.  


OR maybe you need a trained Medi-wizard type to
perform these changes, and maybe (like it is in the
muggle world) this is very expensive. Making it
possible for only a select few, let alone a family
with negative cash flow like the Weasley's.

Laila

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