Aug 28, 2021
We keep our insignificant blemishes so that we can blame them for our larger defects(...)There will be great psychological damage done to us if we take the step of constitutional cosmetic alteration. The world would stare at us and whisper and giggle about us excitedly, as people always do (...) The trouble with doing a thing for cosmetic reasons is that one always ends up with a cosmetic result, and cosmetic results, as we know from inspecting rich American women, are ludicrous, embarrassing and horrific.
Stephen Fry on The Origins Podcast https://youtu.be/O0SNKCRV5Wg?t=2496