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on: Hello I want to get a nose job, fix some scars on my back and pull back an ear that sticks out. I am always so self conscious about those three things. This surgery will help my self esteem. I would go to the best surgeon that there is. My dad tells me that Jewish people cannot get surgery because they cannot mutilate their body according to the Torah. I read somewhere that if I will feel better about my self then I am allowed to get the procedure and an exempt from that rule. Can you tell me, am I allowed go do these procedures.

: A plastic surgery should be permitted for an ornamental purpose, provided that these conditions are met. A. Shame and unpleasantness from the environment in which you live. B. That there is no risk in any of these three surgeries. Sources

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Hello I want to get a nose job, fix some scars on my back and pull back an ear that sticks out. I am always so self conscious about those three things. This surgery will help my self esteem. I would go to the best surgeon that there is. My dad tells me that Jewish people cannot get surgery because they cannot mutilate their body according to the Torah. I read somewhere that if I will feel better about my self then I am allowed to get the procedure and an exempt from that rule. Can you tell me, am I allowed go do these procedures.

Answer:

A plastic surgery should be permitted for an ornamental purpose, provided that these conditions are met. A. Shame and unpleasantness from the environment in which you live. B. That there is no risk in any of these three surgeries.

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