plastic surgery

Plastic surgery has become the latest craze, from teenagers receiving it as a birthday presents to working individuals seeking to improve their appearances .Plastic surgery is now an increasing trend in many affluent countries around the world in particular South Korean and Japan . It is used by many to create that perfect look on themselves, and to make them feel socially more accepted by society.

I feel that our society is rapidly becoming more and more superficial as we progress. Job interviewers now take in mind how the candidate looks more seriously, and research has shown that better looking individuals are being paid better then not so appealing ones. This i believe is due to several reasons .

For one I think that this superficiality in society is continuously being promoted hence the increasing demand for better looks. This could be due to several reasons such as the reports of fashion magazines where a warped perspective of beauty is portrayed, for instance the common and preferred use of aneroxic looking models, and further aggravated by the beauty industry defining a new form of beauty to improve how we look as a unscrupulous method of generating demand for their products. This some what generates a certain view and definition that society have on beauty and implanting the image in society that beauty is really only skin deep this leads the common citizen to begin to question themselves if their appearance is acceptable in the society they live in. As a result people tend to feel lacking in some aspects and will start to find different ways to improve how they look, gradually they would view plastic surgery as a permanent solution to looking good. I think that this is not acceptable and i find it superficial that people have to rely on how they look to feel good about themselves.

But plastic surgery can still have its positive side. People who have been horrifically disfigured by accidents and severe burns may wish to seek plastic surgery as a way to make such unsightly and rather revolting scars less repulsive. These victims normally have severely disfigured faces and features, which makes people grimace when they see them. From their perspective, i find it not just fine but recommended that they look better for themselves and the people around them. This people seek a normal life through plastic surgery to stop being shunned by society. Imagine the ridicule they'd feel when a kid walks by and ignorantly asks his or her parents why that person looks so disgusting.

Thus, i believe that plastic surgery for the rectification of deformities and as a mean to aid the injured a good reason for advancement, but only to the extent that it does not lead to creating a underlying sense of superficiality and materialism amongst the population. Beauty by my definition is not how sharp ones nose is nor whether one has a single or double eyelid, Beauty comes from the soul it is the manifestation of the way one treats a fellow being and the way a person carries them self. Look not for beauty in ones face but from ones soul.