Thank you for this privilege of curating for #MSP-Curation. I do this every Saturday as a part of the @Minnowsupport initiative. The motto of PAL is "Peace, Abundance, Liberty". It supports all Hive users, but notably the minnows.

This week, I've selected five authors from Ladies of Hive. Ladies of Hive, a community that focuses on women — their interests, joys, passions, and share stories of their journey in life.

Each of these articles have been upvoted by @minnowsupport.

@cautiva-30

Link to the article: https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@cautiva-30/would-i-undergo-cosmetic-surgery-or-me-someteria-a-una-cirugia-estetica-loh-177

I think almost all of us have dreamed of changing something about our body, something that does not keep us happy, that we look in a mirror and we do not like, reflecting on this issue, I will give you my opinion:
Undoubtedly my self-esteem can be boosted to improve, increasing my confidence, and making me look younger.
I will be able to wear nice clothes that sometimes because of that little roll I don't dare to wear.
It is important a good medical advice and medical examinations that are required.
To have these operations, if money is not a problem, I would have particularly liked to have a tummy tuck, but at this stage of my life and the maturity that time has given me, I am aware that I must please myself first, not others.
If I am happy it will show on my face
I must have a very well defined self-esteem, because although I would surely look younger and much better aesthetically speaking, no radical change can change my inner self, that can only be achieved by me.
If I am happy it will show on my face, with or without surgery. The happy and self-confident person has a special beauty in the face, it is a natural beauty that we radiate to others, and that is the true beauty.
It takes more years off me, but I believe that true beauty is within me and is what I reflect to my surroundings, besides every age has its charm.

@quan45

Link to the article: https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@quan45/loh-contest-177-or-or

I looked in the mirror the other day and was wondering why I admire girls with beautiful curvy figures. and I don't have any. Then I said to myself " Nora, once you're filthy rich you need to work on yourself.
That beautiful big curves on ladies that pop up from their behind is something I desire to have someday. Sometimes I regret the fact that I was born without a beautiful backside. but I have a well balanced breast. A georgous looking face as well, so what actually happened to my bum? I could remember when Mom had bought me a shaped dinner gown to wear to church. The day I tried that gown and stood in front of the mirror, I hated my figure. There was no curve at all, no shape, just a wedged looking figure that the front side is giving while the behind is begging for mercy. I couldn't wear the dress because what I had imagined looking like wasn't what I saw in reality.
I went to church with a beautiful flared dress where the gathers down was properly placed and balanced on my waist, because of how balance it was even if you were a male person no one would take notice you don't have a bum. And that dress made me really beautiful . A lot of people in the church just wanted to snap my style. Of course, I gave everyone chances and that had also encouraged me to go into modelling because I couldn't stop appreciating myself. After all, I have to admire myself first before the world.
But deep down, I still admire the ladies out there with beautiful curvy figures. I mean a well-balanced figure like the number 8 where the breast is balanced and the buttocks are as well. That's why I still keep my dream high of getting cosmetic surgery to boost my appearance.

@mitch18

Link to the article: https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@mitch18/loh-contest-177-a-surgery-to-enhance-my-physical-appearance

My physical is my first insecurities to the other girls but it does'nt mean that I don't love my body.Ofcourse that was before when I was not yet matured ,but now I accept who I am and how do I look .You just have to accept first and embrace your flaws and don't mind what the other people will tell about you.
But since I am interested this topic ,I just want to share to you the part of my body that I wanted to have a surgery.And of course that's for only my imagination haha,I will not do that first,I don't money and second I love my body.
Well ,just wanna share my dreams before which is to undergo some surgery to enhance my physical appearance.
I was being bullied back then because of my body shape,I have that inverted triangle shape I guess .Or should I say my body is not feminine.Wide shoulder wider than my hips,big calves.
A lot of times I heard from some people are talked about my body shape.
In their first time to see me,they will tell my body shape,some says I am a lesbian or gay.
There was a time a two lady was staring at me from head to toe.They are both beautiful but not the skinny type of body.
I feel that they are comparing my body to them and laughing at me.
I really wanted to talk to them but I choose to be quite and let them do whatever they want.
So I am thinking before that if there's a chances that I can change my body figure ,I wanted to have a sexy body.A body that looks so feminine,a small waist ,not a wide shoulder and a big hips.
Aside of my body ,I am also insecure for those girls who have a good looking nose ,not just like mine so maybe I wanted to have a rhinoplasty hihi.
But now I honestly and 100 percent sure that love my body ,I don't need to change my body so other people will love me and appreciate my body.
But there's nothing wrong on enhancing your physical apperance,as long as you are happy with what you doing ,as long as you have enough money for that and of course you are in the best doctor ,that's very important coz my surgeries are failed.
Remember,no matter how you look like ,we are all beautiful!

@emilydbr

Link to the article: https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@emilydbr/loh-177-or-cambiaria-algo-de-mi-fisico-con-cirugia

Since I was a little girl, when I was in school I was always teased about my physique, because I have always been very thin and without curves but with a protruding belly, and of course my teeth were deformed and I was the center of teasing, nicknames and jokes in very bad taste. When we are 10 years old or teenagers, these kinds of things affect us in such a way that we have a wrong perception of ourselves, we start to believe in all those ill-intentioned words to the point that we look in a mirror and start to see that in the reflection.
Thanks to my constant work here at Hive and the discipline of going to my dentist monthly, I corrected that problem and when I saw myself in the mirror something inside me healed, and my confidence and self-esteem went up. However, being thin and having a non-aesthetic tummy was still there and since then I have never stopped wearing baggy clothes to hide that insecurity.
My weight and thinness problem is because of my hyperthyroidism, which is accompanied by other rather unpleasant symptoms. And with time I learned to love myself as I am, if money were not a problem, I would rather spend it in a gym to define my body, in a consultation with an endocrinologist to cure my hormonal disease and of course a good diet. Those 3 things, do require money, yes, but less than a plastic surgery and I believe that the long term results would be rewarding, more than any surgery.
Our bodies are perfect, we must eradicate the standards of beauty, because for each one there is a place in the world, but the first place is our heart, we must love ourselves as we are to bring out the best of ourselves.
So no, if I had money I would change my physique through exercise, good nutrition and hormonal balance, but not with plastic surgeries.

@luisanarncon7

Link to the article: https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@luisanarincon7/complexes-or-acceptance-contest-177-loh-week-espeng

I remember when I was 8 years old and onwards I used to play with my cousin to be big women and we used to put on (tied because they didn't fit us) my mother's bras and inside we used to put two oranges in each space, to simulate that they were our breasts hahaha, and you may wonder where did we get that from, and the fact is that by that time a cousin of ours who was already of age had had several cosmetic surgeries and we always heard her talking about it.
Then came my adolescence and I remember that in those times of my 12 years I watched soap operas every night and my favorite was the "Mafia Dolls" and well those who have seen that kind of soap operas know what it is about; then my mind adapted to believe that this was what every woman needed to look beautiful and fulfilled (surgeries). However, I have always been of slim build, so is my whole family, but in those times my thought was, that after coming of age I should realize my dream, which was a liposuction with transfer to the buttocks and breast augmentation.
Now that I am 24 years old, the more I meet people who have had these procedures done, some have not done as well as others, and from the maturity that I have now, honestly, if money were not a problem, I would not agree to have them done, it causes me a tremendous panic to see so many terrible things that can happen, and also the extreme care that must be taken. So, according to my body, as I said at the beginning, I am thin, I do have a few extra rolls, but nothing that the gym and a good diet cannot solve, it's just a matter of decision and effort in me, which for the moment I will postpone haha.
However, according to my face I would like to have certain procedures that can help me to have a shiny face, since I suffered from acne and that was something that traumatized me and that makes me want to have some procedures such as: Co2 laser to treat small scars, also a chemical peel, and plasma sessions; but surgery as such, I would like rhinoplasty, my family tells me that I am the only one who has a beautiful nose, but it does not seem to me that way, I would like to have it outlined.

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