I had an appointment with a plastic surgeon today as I need corrective surgery. After reading multiple examples on thisisthinprivilege I knew that they were going to tell me I had to lose weight in order to get the surgery. I was told I need to lose over 35 kilos (78 pounds) in order to be deemed at a weight that is operable with few risks. This correction that I need done affects my self esteem on a daily basis and I desperately want it, but I also suffer clinical depression and losing that much weight is not a realistic expectation of me at this current time in my life. If I were thin, I wouldn’t need to lose the weight, and I would have this abnormality fixed in a heart beat, they would do the surgery tomorrow. Thin privilege is being able to have elective surgery performed on you without having to undergo a long and difficult lifestyle overhaul first.