Woman Driven to Nose Job by Mean Facebook Comment
There are lots of mean-spirited people out there. Some even feel it necessary to take uncalled-for taunts online and broadcast them on sites like MySpace and Facebook for some sort of attention. And, unfortunately, some individuals are particularly sensitive to heartless ribbing and react in drastic ways.
Take, for instance, Caerphilly, South Wales resident Lowri Ryland, a 21-year-old law school graduate, whose "friend" posted this comment in response to a picture she'd posted on Facebook: "With a nose that big you should wear a mask to cover it up." Ryland's reaction was not to find a new friend, or to voice how insulting she found the comment. Instead, she immediately withdrew £3,500 (almost $6,000) from her savings account and made an appointment with a plastic surgeon.
Two weeks later, she had surgery to make her nose smaller and straighter. As karma would require, a few weeks later, she ran into the "friend" who inspired this act of vain insanity. The "friend" apologized, but Ryland didn't feel it was necessary. She told the Telegraph, "I feel as if she really did me a big favor!"
After the surgery, Ryland was confident enough to enter the Miss Caerphilly pageant, where she finished in the top three.
We don't know who is worse: the clearly insensitive and thoughtless "friend," or the incredibly insecure Ryland, who let a Facebook comment drive her to cosmetic surgery. [From: Telegraph]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TJ said 4:54PM on 8-13-2009
More likely, the comment was the straw that broke the camel's back.
I 'd bet money that this woman was very unhappy with her nose before she ever uploaded that photo.
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ALioness13 said 5:38PM on 8-13-2009
TJ -
I am certain you are correct but her friend was no friend! Now that this young woman has rid herself of unwanted flesh from her nose she should now cut out that unneccessary flesh from her social circle!
sevenpmrocks7 said 5:09PM on 8-13-2009
She got a new facelook cause of facebook
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Thomas Redlinger said 7:18PM on 8-13-2009
Some times the truth hurts , and some times the truth helps ...
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