Single woman spends 7 years and $39K on plastic surgery to nab a rich husband

When someone wants something very badly, it is amazing to see what lengths they will go to in order to make that dream come true. In the case of Shahnaz Khan, she like many women dream of marrying a handsome, wealthy, smart Prince Charming, and having the 2 perfect children; one boy and one girl. It's the Fairytale dream.

Instead of doing things like spending more time meeting people, working on her inside, or using matchmakers even, Shahnaz decided that the thing she needed in order to achieve her storybook vision was to change her looks, so in 1999 she began her cosmetic surgery journey which cost her over $39K USD, 7 years, and travel to multiple countries in order to get better surgery deals. The majority of Shahnaz's surgeries were focused on her face. She even paid to have a dimple inserted into one of her cheeks.

Now, at 41 and still a virgin, Shahnaz is done with all her cosmetic surgeries, and is "ready" for that rich, handsome, smart, husband to appear in her life. Reading this story, I can really feel for the pain, frustration, and even optimism that Shahnaz was feeling in her quest for that ideal beauty in order to find the love and family she has always dreamed about.

I mean, how many of us especially when we were younger, bought into the idea that you had to look like Cinderella in order to have the Utopian life of love, happiness, and wealth? Many of us did, and many of us even went to great lengths similar to Shahnz to make our fantasies come true. It might not have been plastic surgeries, it could have been money spent on things like fortune tellers, dating services, a lifestyle that put us into credit card debt, or endless weight loss programs.

All it boils down to is that because we do not feel good enough within, we buy into the idea with the help of consumerism that if we "fix" the outside and create some appealing image, then our deepest dreams will come true. The reality is that all of it, the image of perfection, is an illusion, and somewhere deep inside we know this, and yet our need to have perfect love and to not see the truth is greater than our knowing. The truth is, you can have what you desire, and you don't have to change yourself physically into an image of magazine beauty in order to get it.

And you've seen proof of this. You've seen the "ugly" girls who have that Prince Charming you want, and you scratch your head because you don't get it. What does she have that you don't have when you think that you are far more prettier than the other woman? It starts with your belief system. That "ugly" girl has a different set of beliefs than you do, and one of those beliefs is "I am lovable, desirable, and good enough as I am, and some wonderful man will love me for that." What you belief is what you attract. If anything needs changing with you, it is the beliefs that drive you to make the choices you choose. You create your reality.

[Before picture of Shahnaz. After picture in DailyMail article]

[via DailyMail]