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 2)
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!
Sprinkle Cookie said 5:36PM on 8-15-2009
She could have given me the $6000 and I would have written flowery compliments all over the place! :) She probably did have a problem with her nose, but c'mon! The friend could have found a better way to encourage her friend to improve her looks and not insult her on a public forum like that. Geez!
(Oh, and you people hawking your "Ass-Berry" juice...Go away, already!!!)
sevenpmrocks7 said 5:09PM on 8-13-2009
She got a new facelook cause of facebook
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rafia310 said 6:18PM on 8-13-2009
i think this is unfair what tht "FRIEND" has said its mean and it should be taken care of that this neva eva appens again:/
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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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Rtwochacha said 8:29PM on 8-13-2009
Either way you want to look at it this was a total waste of space and time. Both obviously have issues. I think I would have saved myself a lot of money and punched this so called friend in the nose and let her spend the money having hers reconstructed. With all the things in this world that we should be concerned with this is farthest thing I would concern myself with.
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Au Naturel said 9:00PM on 8-13-2009
They both are dumb. I would have hit 'delete' and cut off contact with that loser. And weak minded people like Ryland need to stay off the internet.
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haveletgothecoat said 10:53PM on 8-13-2009
I'll bet they both voted for Obama. Morons, morons - everywhere!
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xjeanie27x said 2:11PM on 8-15-2009
Idiot...they are from the UK.
You're one of those morons...
baileyjane315 said 4:23PM on 8-15-2009
I didn't vote for Obama either, but comments like this are unnecessary as this has nothing to do with politics. People like you are what gives everyone who didn't vote for our President a bad name. By the way, smartass, the story says she's a resident of South Wales. Get your facts straight, you moron.
Calabaza said 5:03PM on 8-15-2009
Speaking of morons, the girl was from South Wales, idiot. She couldn't have voted for Obama.
sdaven5191 said 7:56PM on 8-15-2009
Including the one staring back at you when you look in the mirror? The people in this particular article are from SOUTH WALES, you simpleminded twit. It's people like you - who are just pissy because their candidate didn't win the election - that take every opportunity to display your raging ignorance at every opportunity. You just broke the rule - "Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." I bet you do that on a regular basis.
bailzabuds said 11:59PM on 8-13-2009
Yes never change who you are nobodys perfect and if you think you are id like too meet you so i can tell you all your faults.
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Margaret Miller said 3:51PM on 8-15-2009
NO ONE is perfect until you can walk on water as Jesus did. People are mean spirited. They are probably so unhappy with themselves that they have to strike out at others in order to feel good. They suck.
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starlight said 4:00PM on 8-15-2009
you need to stop worrying what other people think only "You" can make "You" happy.
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Raejean French said 4:37PM on 8-15-2009
I agree that the "friend" was the ugly lump of flesh she really needed to have cut out of her life.
And I hope that rhinoplasty was something Lowri Ryland had already considered on her own before the rude, insensitive and tactless remark pushed her to do something about it.
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David said 5:18PM on 8-15-2009
I'm going to quote Elenor Rosavelt. "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your concent"
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drdarwinn said 6:50PM on 8-15-2009
Just the other day I saw some normal size women...but they had that hump in their nose that is odd looking. I like that perfect cute nose.
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angie said 6:59PM on 8-15-2009
Change your profile picture not your nose
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