Plastic Surgery . . . For Whom?
Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2011
by Octavia Hansen
Octavia Hansen
Plastic Surgery is a great idea! It's one of the most marvelous inventions this civilization has ever come up with. No matter what your reasons, you will feel better instantly. I've had it. My friends have had it. Most of us have only the bare essentials, but if you choose, you can become a whole new you, top to bottom. You can always go to a psychiatrist and think you are better, or go to a plastic surgeon and actually be better. It does wonders for your self esteem, you will smile more, everyone will marvel at the 'new you' attitude. I've heard some people say you shouldn't do it for the wrong reasons. What are the wrong reasons? Plastic surgery is for the outside of yourself because that is what people judge about you. Unfair? You bet! Shallow. Of course! But just like having two eyes and a nose, it's a fact of life in this society. It's not everything, everyone knows that, but when you fix something on the outside, it will make you feel so good you'll wonder why you didn't do it years ago. Ears pinned back? Added hair? Even centering a navel will take years off your face just because you'll be smiling so much more. How can it possibly be wrong when everyone's reaction to meeting you from now on will only be positive?
Women get plastic surgery more than men. Good thing, too. It matters more to women. Guys can look like crap and it's the 'rugged' look. Women have to work at everything. It's nature's cruel joke that the male of the species looks better than the female. Then again, looks are everything in the mating game. Think about the male animals (lions with a gorgeous mane, it's the male cardinal that's bright red, the stag has massive horns growing out of his head, and the male peacock shuffles and struts that magnificent plumage) and you'll understand why men can be so beautiful and not work at it.
Yes, there are some horror stories of things gone wrong. Usually, these were people advised against any surgery but found someone to do it anyway. People don't really NEED plastic surgery, just the way no one NEEDS dessert, but it's oh, so nice when it comes out so right. Not everyone is up to plastic surgery. Not everyone's skin, bone structure, age or immune system can take the stress of surgery. You have to discuss this in depth with your surgeon, maybe get a few opinions from other surgeons and people who have had surgery. Just like any major purchase, research can save you time, money and make your decision more informed. It also doesn't mean you have to do it immediately. You'll have to trust a professional's opinion on everything.
Surgery has come such a long way in the last 50 years. In old movies and up until the 60s, when there were carnivals, there were side shows of deformed people on display. People with extra limbs, skin deformities, bone deformities, body extremes that made it impossible for them to live normal functioning lives. Horrific as that entertainment is viewed today, these were people trapped in their own bodies. When the medical community could not help, they were hidden away in an attic or locked away in a basement, or being on public display was the only gainful employment offered by a cruel society. The Elephant Man could not be helped, but medicine did ease his condition, more so than his being on morbid display. Today, there are few freaks. What cannot be corrected can be enhanced with artificial limbs and implants. Children can be surgically improved and heal quickly when surgery is needed. Ladies no longer have to be bearded, lap-bands slim down what used to be morbidly obese people, and skin diseases can be cured or grafted so what used to be nature's abberrations can live a much more normal life.
Acne is still the bane of teenage years, sometimes longer. That is the truly sensitive skin, not the skin that takes heat, sun, sweat and dirt and shows nothing. Acne is not just physically painful but socially it scars teens for life. Rick Wakeman had such terrible skin he turned to music. With no distracting love life, he became the sensational musician he is today. There are close up photos of him that show deep pits and gashes still from his constant struggle for clear skin. I'm sure he would have traded all his talent in a minute for female companionship when he so long desired company. Cher looks beautiful because of surgery. She has had her face worked on many times over the years and also her lower ribs removed to give her a longer, sleeker body. Racquel Welch did the same. Beauty is as deep as a surgeon's scalpel is needed.
Don't ever think anyone you see in the media looks that good. All of Hollywood and Photoshop is behind them to enhance an image that even they cannot live up to.
So, if you are thinking about plastic surgery, if you cannot look at yourself without thinking about an improvement, and you have the time and money -- I say go for it, girl! You guys, if you want smoother skin or more hair -- why not? In this day and age, surgery can perform miracles and it's safer and faster than ever before. A beautiful life is just waiting for you!
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)The statement "you've come a long way, baby!" is correct for today's woman, and it has nothing to do with the cigarette company that coined that phrase originally.
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