Women always want to look and feel beautiful

Plastic surgery has always been a hot button topic in Hollywood. At least once a month, tabloids publish issues with stories speculating which celebrities had work done and where. Most recently, Heidi Montag, a ditzy reality television star, admitted to having 10 plastic surgery procedures. She’s only 23!

As we all know, plastic surgery isn’t just confined to the youngest and hottest of Hollywood. Women of all age groups and ethnicities go under the knife every year according to 2008 statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Ninety-three percent of the surgeries were performed on women.

Breast augmentation and Botox seem to be the most popular; perky breasts and wrinkle-free faces are in. Why is that?

The bombardment of media images of what is beautiful coupled with low self-esteem is usually the cause. Women always want to look and feel beautiful. If we have a weak moment, we’ll readily buy into what the media says.

It’s sad really. Hollywood is full of celebrities who have gone under procedures, and the exposure makes it seem as if plastic surgery is the norm.

The train of thought follows as this: ‘If celebrity A is going under the knife, and she’s my role model, maybe I should go under the knife too. She’s already pretty, she’s just enhancing what she has. There’s nothing wrong with being beautiful.’

All these stories twist reality and people’s perceptions of what is normal in the looks department. Plastic surgery stories populate tabloids and magazines alongside model ads and horror cellulite stories, forcing women to re-evaluate their own looks and contemplate forking over thousands for an enhancement.

Although most procedures are permanent, I think a person’s happiness is more at stake. What if you don’t like what the doctor did to your face, stomach or butt? Will you go back unsatisfied, hoping that a second attempt will give you the desired results? If someone is unhappy with how they look now, plastic surgery will only give them temporary happiness.

Women should focus on other aspects of life; it’s the things we do that make us happy. Looks only get you so far. Besides, when you die, you’ll decay into dust, and all that plastic surgery will have been for naught.

I have a friend who at 18 got rhinoplasty done because she felt insecure about her nose. She’s trying to make it in the music industry, and was definitely pressured by the high-class people around her. But she was more beautiful before the procedure.

I can only hope that girls and women alike will learn to love themselves from the inside out and recognize that beauty takes on many different forms. We don’t all need to look the same. We should celebrate our individual shapes, imperfections and assets. They make us special, and that individuality is worth much more than the price of a procedure.

From:fairfieldmirror.com