TV Star's Plastic Surgery Disaster Tests Brazil

(Stein, 2015) The dramatic growth in this industry has lead to a change in attitudes, with society accepting the extremes of surgery as the ordinary, for the sake of accomplishing beauty. It’s popularity continually growing has lead body modifications to become apart of regular day life. A trend has even adapted of women even fitting small procedures, such as botox into their lunch break (Kay 2014). Being no different as to wearing a corset, cosmetic surgery is now recognised as just another beauty regime for women, as labelled here, “Cosmetic surgery has become the new makeup” (Stein 2015).

In today’s society the beauty is measured by the way how the woman looks from outside, how her face, whole body looks like, Many women are seeking for having a perfect body and face or doing some surgeries in order to look like the famous celebrities who are seen on the TV. People spent more than million dollars on surgeries to feel comfortable with themselves or look for some changes in the appearance or being a copy of another person,, The most well known surgery is called cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery has become popular all over the world; this surgery could be done on different parts of the body; face, neck, leg and breasts. Although some people agree with cosmetic surgery because of the perfect changes achieved on the body and the face and for removing the signs of aging as many old women need to look younger and beautiful, On the other hand there are many people are against cosmetic surgery and think that cosmetic surgery must be banned because of the dangerous risks the patient faced and considered as a waste of money.

Throughout history, humans have passed down the concept of beauty from generation to generation. The earliest beauty treatments date back centuries to civilizations such as the Ancient Egyptians who used cosmetics to enhance themselves and maintain beauty standards of the day. Civilians of the time believed that these substances not only magnified beauty, but possessed medicinal and healing properties, which in some cases, holds true. When you press the button and fast forward to 2017, similarly the beauty industry preys on the same vain beauty standards that have encompassed people since the beginning of time. Take a trip to your local spa, salon, or crack open an issue of Vogue or Elle, and you will uncover one bizarre beauty treatment after the next. Whether it’s snails or flesh eating fish, you name it, there’s a treatment. Over the past few years, a new, bizarre cosmetic treatment has climbed the ladder of popularity on the list of aberrant procedures, Botulinum Toxin A, better known as Botox. This treatment has men and women, young and old riding the wave of detrimental injections. However, is it really salutary for us to be injecting our foreheads with Botox in such a frenzy? Society must put down the needles and say ‘no-tox’ to this paralyzing, lethal, and destructive weapon.

In the article “Plastic Surgery Junkies: Why Are Perfectly Pretty Women Getting Hooked” by Sally Davis, explained how perfect women are getting changes done to their bodies when it's not needed. She describes how people today are obsessed with their flaws and what people think about them just to fit in. She also said that the main reason people felt the need to change themselves was because of the use of technology and the idea of looking like a model and celebrity.

Brazil is known for being a country for great economic inequality, so it is quite shocking that there are so many people paying for plastic surgeries. It seems like everyone from celebrities, models, to working-class women, to maids are getting plastic surgeries. In the book we learn that Brazil offers state subsidized surgeries to people. Surgeons believe that everyone has the right to be beautiful and to be shaped into someone beautiful. They want everyone to have the chance to spend their money into becoming someone

Many consumers felt they looked very ugly, awful, unaesthetic or even dirty about particular body defects. In this case, it is not about changing a body part for the sake of looking more beautiful, it is an attempt to lessen a problem which has become an unbearable suffering for several people. The feeling of having small breasts or many wrinkles is no less devastating to a person’s sense of self than the feeling of being born with a deformity or coming to terms with a disturbing accident. Cosmetic surgery was a remedy to this suffering and patients felt this was an empowered act that presented themselves as courageous protagonists.

“The annual survey by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) shows that 13 percent of facial plastic surgeons surveyed saw an increase in requests for celebrity procedures in

When Alexander Edmonds arrived at the clinic in Santa Casa, he found himself surrounded by dozens of excited women carrying medical files and photographs, most of whom waiting for plástica or plastic surgery. While many of the other social and political rights are largely ignored or unfulfilled in Brazil, cosmetic surgery has flourished. The growing popularity and availability of cosmetic surgery can be partly attributed to the importance of beauty and its promises of the “magical attainment of recognition and wealth” (Edmonds). Much like the famous model Gisele Bündchen, many Brazilians crave the spotlight but only a few can obtain it. Many

The sense of dissatisfaction and the inability to achieve perfection has caused some individuals to become physiological obsessed with and dependent on cosmetic surgeries. At times obtaining dangerous measurements to achieve the desired perfect physique. Heidi Montag a celebrity who underwent ten cosmetic surgeries in a single day, as a means of achieving the perfect physique, is an example on how cultural ideals pressures individuals to conform to the current beauty norms (Ugrina 2014, p.100). Another example is the Brazilian man called Romario Dos Santos, who injected oil and alcohol into his biceps in order to look big like the other men at the gym. The procedure of injecting synthetic filler was successful in enlarging the biceps, however it almost cost his life as he tried to kill himself after developing depression and health problems (Awford 2015). This is an extreme example, but it does demonstrate how men are also affected by the ideals of the perfect physique. Studies have shown that body dissatisfaction of young men increases when they see images of attractive muscular men (Blond 2008, p. 244). It can be also noted how men are also choosing to undergo cosmetic surgeries to enhance their physical images as well as worrying about aging and optioning to undergo surgery such as face lifts.

Plastic Surgery has become a worldwide epidemic in today’s world. The number of plastic surgeries continues to increase since 2010. In today’s day and age, plastic surgery is one of the most popular and requested procedures. Females are opting to have plastic surgery because they dislike their body image. Society has impacted many people by brain washing them to believe that a person’s body has to be perfect. In order for one to be considered beautiful, television and media influence people’s perceptions of beauty.

One point seven million cosmetic surgeries procedures were performed in 2015. (According to American Society of Plastic Surgeons). Every year this number is growing; however, the question is should we, as a society, allow it? Plastic surgery should be allowed when the patient has a legitimate medical need or would like a minor cosmetic enhancement. When plastic surgery becomes unsafe, surgeons should be allowed to decline the patient and held accountable for their actions. Surgeons should be required to counsel patients on the risk of excessive plastic surgery and the complications. Cosmetic surgery should be allowed but not to the point where you change into Barbie or a TV character. Reasoning for this is, it’s unsafe and not needed. If someone loves Barbie they can buy a doll, they do not need to put their life and bank account at risk just because they aspire to be something that surgeries can get them to. Getting a nose job is safe and you know everything about the surgery but going and getting 3 botox’s in one month is excessive and unneeded.

We live in a society where people worship beauty. As far as recorded history people have gone to extremes to seek beauty. From foot binding in China to wearing strangulating corsets in Victorian era. People from different race and culture have experimented in every way possible way to look beautiful prior to this popular age of plastic surgery. It’s very common to hear people complain about their appearance, whether it’s their crocked nose, thin lips or flat chest. Remarkably, plastic surgery has been the solution for people who complain. Most people tend to think of plastic surgery as only cosmetic surgery and not as reconstructive surgeries. Plastic surgeries seems to be an invention of modern technology; however its roots lie in the ancient history of India. An Indian surgeon contributed towards the establishment of plastic surgery, it was intended to correct physical deformities acquired during birth, accident, disease or war. These surgeries did not gain the popularity it has today until the First World War. It was during the late 60’s, when doctors started realizing the endless possibilities of plastic surgeries. With the help of this surgery a trained surgeon can replace an amputate body part, remove skin cancer, get rid of unattractive scars and visible birthmarks or rescaling a nose or enhance body parts. Today more and more people from different age groups opt for plastic surgeries to obtain dramatic physical changes. These surgeries were envisioned to restore

In recent years, cosmetic surgery has increased in popularity. Although it is a person’s, own judgment on what they do with his or her bodies it is still dangerous. The three greatest popular and thus probably extremely dangerous are Botox, breast augmentation, and tummy tucks, which I stay here to explain and talk about why I view that the price to be beautiful can be too much at times.

Moreover, plastic surgery is an expensive procedure ranging up to $6,000 or more. It can put tremendous financial pressure on patient and their family. While assessing the cost of the surgery, people tend to forget the cost of the postoperative medication. And sometimes, people have to pay for a secondary surgeries because of dissatisfaction with results. Most insurance policies do not pay for elective procedures such as plastic surgery. Other disadvantage of plastic surgery is that it is time-consuming. Patients must plan time off to recuperate enough to return to work and daily activities. Lastly, dead can be caused by plastic surgery. The bigger the procedure, the higher the risk of complication should be aware of, for instance, infection, hematoma, allergic reactions and many more. Many celebrities have died from plastic surgery like Solange Magnano, Donda West. Though death caused by plastic surgery are rare, the possibility of death cannot be ruled out. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has reported that within more than 400,000 operations, which performed in accredited facilities, the death rate was 57,000 cases- extremely low. Nevertheless, we can be one of that 57,000 cases.

In March of 2008, a Florida girl went for a regular routine of cosmetic surgery, as the procedure began, her body temperature started rocketing abnormally high and the heart rate went out of levels. Right then, having to take extra precautions, the clinic flew her out to a hospital, later pronouncing that she had fallen into coma and soon after, passed away (Rivero 1). This mistake had sparked an outrage all over the world, not only because an innocent human being had died but it was a source that started it all, plastic surgery. Therefore showing that plastic surgery in teenagers should not be an escape of reality for teens, for the reason that with any human being, their features on their body will change, the surgery could possibly make