“Look at my nose, look at these
arms, I want bigger boobs!” These are thoughts that go through many women’s
heads every day. A few percentage of these women will go under the knife to
correct their so called “flaws”. They think nothing of the risk and what kind
of message it sends to people. So many famous people go through many changes all
thanks to plastic surgery. Everyone wants to look like the perfect person, but
really what is perfect? Is it to be so skinny you can wrap your hands around
your waist, or to have the biggest boobs out of all your friends, or is it to
have the freshest looking face, that you believe will last you forever. Sometimes
women will take it a little to far when changing their appearance.
A few years
ago reality star Heidi Montag went a little over board with the plastic
surgery. She dramatically changed her whole outer appearance. She told everyone
she wanted to look perfect. Honestly, nothing looks perfect about having boobs
the size of your head. It just screams trashy. For younger girls to see this and think that it's normal to look like this is just scary. This gives girls false hope about their own appearance. It makes them insecure, because they aren't a size double zero and they don't have big boobs. 
Over the summer I happened to find a TV show about these women competing against each other for plastic surgery. They wanted to look perfect before their wedding day, and the only way they thought they could achieve this was to go on this show and win plastic surgery. Then after they have won the show they get all this surgery and a dream wedding, but they don't get to see their husbands until they walk down the isle and flip up the veil. What ever happened to its not about looks, they will fall in love with you for who you are. Well apparently no one goes by this any more.
Women need to realize that there is no such thing as being perfect. You are who you are and that should never change. One of my favorite quotes is, " Your born an original, don't die a copy." Stop trying to be like everyone else and just be yourself.
I think your quote says it all, just be who you are and don't try to look like someone else. No one is perfect in this world, some people have the looks, some have the money, and some have a good heart; But no one has it all. I think plastic surgery for anything just shows us how people are desperate to be someone they can never become. Especially women now a days, just as you pointed out throughout you blog post.
ReplyDeleteI highly agree! I also love the quote. Normalizing plastic surgery is a very terrifying reality. I remember reading a fiction book called the Uglies. The book is about a society of people in the future that are considered "ugly" until they turn 16. Upon becoming this age they undergo plastic surgery to fix any blemishes and to alter their bone structure so that they fit the narrow "pretty" standard. I thought it was a great story at the time, but looking back on it now I'm becoming afraid that this fiction will become a reality. Maybe the author was reading the signs and wrote this story as a warning and not as just a figment of his imagination. Scary to think that one day plastic surgery will be the norm. I know media is powerful, but I think we as a society should try to educate our children about the effects of media.
ReplyDeleteYeah, see what I don't understand is, if you already had a man propose to you because he loves you and wants to spend the rest of his life with you doesn't that mean he likes your face the way it is? I mean, I understand wanting to look perfect on your wedding day, believe me. I would want to look my best as well. But surgery? Nah. Too drastic. Whn I see that picture of Heidie Klum I'll admit I'm attracted to the picture on the right, but not more the picture on the left. She looked fine before and its okay for her to want to be her own idea of perfect. But what kind of freaks me out is her face. It looks a lot different then the picture on the left and honestly, a little bit more masculine. Kinda strange.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me how women can think this is normal and become obsessed with plastic surgery. There is this show that I watch called "My strange obsession", where there was a woman who was obsessed with her boob implants and continuously wanted to go bigger. This is a sickness that has become a phenomenon. Whether or not it is admitted, the media plays a huge role. Without these images being shoved in our faces day after day, we would feel better about ourselves. When we constantly see super models with huge boobs on our television sets, we become self conscious and critique ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI am in agreeance with Jimmy, when he says that he doesn't understand why a woman would want to change themselves AFTER they have been proposed to. I have always had an issue with my nose being too large. But, I came to terms with that many years ago. Sometimes it still comes to mind, but I would rather just be me. I am tired of hearing about how people need to be perfect in everyway. It is damaging to relationships. It is damaging everyone's expectations of each other. This plastic surgery craze is distructive in every way. I mean a prime example of this is the extent that Michael Jackson went to, in order to have the perfect face. Horrible.
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