Gospel musician Celestine Donkor has expressed her indignation about body enhancement surgeries, describing them as a waste of funds.
According to her, the body will perish irrespective of how slim and curvy it looks, so she will rather waste the money to look for salvation for her soul.
Speaking in an interview, the singer said body enhancement surgeries come with health risks, and she is not ready to expose herself to such dangers.
She claimed to have considered the health implications of body-altering surgeries and believed such surgeries were usually recommended by doctors based on health assessments, particularly if one’s life was at risk due to weight-related issues.
But, in her case, the “Agbebolo” hitmaker said she was fit and has never experienced high blood pressure or other defects associated with being plus size.
“I am plus-size but very active. I might even overtake a lot of slim people in a marathon. The fat is in my genes and in my family; we are big. I have never had high blood pressure or anything. I do regular check-ups and drink a lot of water, and I have enough rest, so health-wise, I am fine,” she stated.
Celestine Donkor acknowledged that another factor preventing her from having surgery was her fear of knives.
She revealed that she has had enough incisions on her body from her three caesarian sessions during childbirth.
Given this, Celestine Donkor would rather consider dieting and other less risky alternatives like exercise and intermittent fasting.
Even when gifted a hefty sum of over GH¢50,000 to go under the knife, Celestine Donkor maintained that she would choose to invest in her soul rather than in her body.
“I can confidently say here that personally, if I have GH¢40,000 or GH¢50,000 to work on this body, I will invest in my soul. This body will perish, no matter how slim and nicely carved it is.”
“The worthless creature after death is the human body; even the animal body has value because we use it as food, but for humans, the body is no longer worthy of being trashed,” she stated.
Celestine Donkor, therefore, admonished her fans to accept her as she is, stating that she would not put her life at risk whatsoever to conform to societal expectations of what an ideal woman should look like.
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
