I'm not facing surgery for quite a while yet but doubt I'd ever have anywhere as many as Amanda Lapore or those akin to her because my self-esteem and life goals don't require it. Of course, I can't predict the future and suppose many people that increasingly use cosmetic surgery in their lives don't originally envision themselves doing that, so anything is possible. After all, dysphoria and socialised values are scarily powerful things to deal with. I still think it's unlikely because I can't see myself ever getting over my deep fears of surgery, needles, and medical contexts more than is strictly needed.
I personally try not to comment on people pursuing their own standards of comfort and happiness in a world full of insidious messages if they feel there's no alternative path since I see them as fundamentally no different to me or anyone else trying to cope with their own reality. Equally, I try to reject standards of beauty when assessing others so feel fairly neutral towards people doing what they like to customise their body as long as it clearly doesn't bring them distress or guarantee death. For me, if people judge entire groups based on the actions of some then the problem is with those doing the judging.
Ultimately, I guess even the number of surgeries and treatments I think I'll need to feel comfortable could be deemed dangerous, excessive, or indicative of a damaging assimilationist mentality by some cis people or some of those that believe I'm abandoning trans sisters, brothers, and siblings that can't or don't want to comply with social beauty norms. Alternatively, I guess the same could be said of my intended treatments by some of those that think trans people shouldn't have to try to comply with social norms and that our most successful public activists shouldn't solely be those whose appearance is most palatable to the masses. It's so subjective and variable.
