If you could change something about yourself would you? Nowadays the advancement in medicine allows us to enhance or transform any part of our body that is not appealing to us. Perhaps getting rid of some of that extra fat or getting larger breast will help self-esteem issues but should there be an age limit to when one can change or “enhance” their body? Society 's outlook on plastic surgery has changed throughout the years; it has become something so common that it is no longer looked down upon on. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons “15.6 million cosmetic procedures, including both minimally-invasive and surgical, were performed in the United States in 2014, an increase of 3 percent since 2013.” and the rates continue to expand as the years go by. There are so many more surgical procedures that can be done compared to when plastic surgeries began back in 1895. We have come a long way and society now more than ever puts a tremendous amount of pressure on adolescents to be perfect. Teenagers have become so obsessed with what they see on T.V they are no longer content with their image and turn to cosmetic surgery to make them feel like they belong. Allowing any teenager to have plastic surgery is obnoxious unless there is a medical reason behind the procedure such an “enhancement” should not be done with or without parental consent. As the author of Teen Plastic Surgery: Ethical or not? Defines the teenage years as “ a period of physiological and mental
Besides Photoshop, plastic surgery is a permanent way to change any physical characteristic. There are things one can change, without having to go through any knife or injection— the way they dress, hairstyles, and working out. When it comes to our image plastic surgery has provided an easy yet dangerous solution to fix what one considers their imperfection/ flaw. It is not only adults; teens are also getting cosmetic surgery which only is deteriorating the youth. Stated in the article Pretty Unreal, “Last year in the United States, more than 300,000 teens are 18 or younger had some sort of cosmetic surgery done” (Mehta, Sparling. 288). An increasing number of teens are getting cosmetic procedures done; plastic surgery has become common with in different age groups and families. Personally in my family I know many teens and adults that have gotten plastic surgery, liposuction, nose jobs, to butt jobs. I believe that teens my age should not be worrying about getting procedures done because there are many risks involved. Adolescence is taken away due to constantly worrying about physical image.
In the past few years cosmetic surgeries popularity has increased, with wanting to look a certain way, the way that the media perceives body image for women, usually they use Botox, aesthetic surgery, and a reconstructive surgery; to fix facial features and body parts after a horrible accident. However the controversy begins is, how it can be harmful to every ones body and minds. Most people do not realize the damaging side effects with what is being injected into their bodies.
Plastic surgery is one of the most controversial topic today. But the real question is, what is the reason? Beauty is one of the main things America celebrates, and reality tv is slaving our minds into believing if you’re not pretty, you will not make it big, whether in the television industry or not. A study published by APF found that attractive real estate agents were able to sell homes at a higher price than marketers that were not attractive. Other companies have explored the matter, and they have found beautiful people tend to make money and get promotions more often. Jobs like modeling have destroyed most people’s self-confidence. When people began to complain about people being more beautiful than others, we came up with a solution:
Elective cosmetic surgery either increases or decreases self-esteem. Often at times, people are too quick to surgery. Cosmetic surgery ads over judge the ability to perfect someone’s expectation. Consequently, cosmetic surgery is a luxury more than a medical procedure. Before turning to surgery, people need to have realistic expectations. After surgery, patients expect immediate results (Roberts). For young adults, they can adapt to more natural alternatives. Natural alternatives could include a healthier lifestyle. Although cosmetic surgery can improve self-esteem, it can also degrade self-esteem. A study followed adolescent girls through a thirteen-year segment. The results showed that women who succumbed to surgery provided more symptoms of depression. However, high expectations make self-esteem stay unimproved (Brooks).
To some religious people plastic surgery is very immoral, unnatural and repugnant. Some Christians believe that Plastic surgery is “cheating”. “Cosmetic surgery permanently alters what God gave us” (Hemingway). All Def Digital is a YouTube channel that’s videos consist of comedy and topics. One of their topic videos asked “Do you mind Plastic Surgery?”. Though the video contains some vulgar language most of the people asked said that they did not really care if someone had plastic surgery or not. From watching the video one could also see how society’s “perception” and “ideal” views on beauty have an effect on the way that people view bodies with plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is also very pricy. Stats from the American Academy of Aesthetic
From the looming skyscrapers of Sao Paulo to the sugar plantations in Bom Jesus, the enigma and appeal of beauty is incorporated into the daily lives of people from all backgrounds. Beauty has evolved to become a social fixture in Brazilian society. The endless possibilities for imagination through cosmetic surgery give rise to the opportunity of ascending and reshaping the social hierarchy in Brazil. As beauty and race are widely associated with social domain, cosmetic surgery incites the natural desire and fantasies for empowerment, social mobility, and modernity. Not only does beauty and body modifications reflect the existing social and racial inequalities in Brazilian culture, the growing popularity of cosmetic surgery stems from its widespread availability, psychological lure, and the struggle to create a more egalitarian society.
As the world continues to evolve, plastic surgery is becoming increasingly more acceptable. Since I am a journalism and film and video major, I always try to connect things back to how the media play a role in the issue. I believe that the media has an effect on people in a numerous of ways. It is very persuasive, and it sends messages to people without being completely obvious all of the time. So why not the same with cosmetic surgery? A lot of teenagers are starting to see cosmetic surgery as an option to alter something they do not like. Times have changed and made it more culturally acceptable, and I think it is because of the media.
Plastic surgery has been a hot-button issue in recent years because of the debate of how far procedures can and should go. TV shows like Botched highlight how plastic surgeries can go wrong and make someone look fake, but that is a rarer scenario than media perceives it to be. Because of media’s prevalence in our lives, we see plastic surgery as fake and those who seek it faker. Not all the people who seek plastic surgery are doing it in vain. They are seeking to better themselves. The truth is media pushes a negative impact on the perception of plastic surgery and hides the benefits plastic surgery can have.
Plastic surgery is becoming really common and popular among the Hollywood stars now a day. In fact, the Hollywood stars are becoming really curious about their physical appearance and their overall looks. Well, when someone is a part of this glamorous industry of the Hollywood, she is expected to look pretty and gorgeous. What we can say about this fact is that their charm and beauty is a kind of source of bread and butter for them especially in the case of female stars. When it comes to the female stars, these female Hollywood stars actually cross all the limits and boundaries to stay young and hot.
In todays hectic, fast paced society, many American look forward to coming home and relaxing in front of the Television. Throughout the years, television has introduced many different genres to the viewers. Reality television has been one of those expansions. Many American refer to it as their guilty pleasure. Deep down they know the message it’s prompting is questionable. Take real housewives of Atlanta for instance. The show is about 6 housewives who are supposed to display the day to day of upper class housewives. The show does everything except that. Instead they place these false images into viewers head by promoting the key to happiness is in plastic surgery, money and fame. Wanting viewer to believe their contentment is coming from those
According to Melody Bee, society has always valued beauty, and people of every race and culture have gone to extremes in the name of beauty; from foot-binding in China, to dangerously corsets in Victorian times, and to nose jobs in 800 B.C. in India. While plastic surgery has been around since the ancient times. And in literature, attractiveness often symbolizes an admirable protagonist, while ugliness indicates the abominable antagonist. Without even realizing, we are taught to prize beauty.
The subject of ethics has been one for the ages. Since man could think and reflect on his state, the question of right and wrong has been contemplated. Bioethics is a relatively young field, only beginning to develop institutionally and professionally in the late 1960s and 1970s. Nevertheless, this field has grown exponentially over these past decades and will continue to develop in conjunction with the advancement of medicine, science, and biotechnology
Plastic surgery has many different views on the influences of an individual. The first view is the factors of how many individuals decided on having plastic surgery because the influences of the media or opinions of other people, which portrays the idea of self-image. But researchers believe that surgery doesn’t help to achieve this goal. Self-esteem is a major factor of why many women and men receive surgery. However the second view favors that before a person makes the major decides of having surgery they should have the mental stability to handle the outcome and reasons for having the surgery done. Conversely, the researchers in the third view flavors that cosmetic surgery does provide the self-confidence an individual is trying to
Today, an overwhelming number of American teenagers choose to alter their body in order to fit the unrealistic standard of physical attractiveness created by our beauty-obsessed culture. Teens feel an immense amount of pressure to look “beautiful” from the media, peers and even parents. Teenagers are going to extreme lengths to reach this physical perfection, but when it comes down to it, just how far is too far? The numbers of teens going through with plastic surgery is startling and will continue to rise as America falls in to a beauty obsessed epidemic.
“According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, cosmetic surgery has become a booming, $10.1 billion business each year in the U.S. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/06/16/hidden-dangers-of-cosmetic-surgery/#5221ac958805). A bigger and a growing number of teenagers are having cosmetic surgery reasons such as improving looks, self-esteem, and fitting in. However like every surgery, a plastic surgery needs a lot of careful thought going into it, because it has many risks. Teenagers, whose bodies are still developing physically, emotionally and psychologically have