In recent times, plastic surgery has steadily increased over the years and more young adults are beginning to get cosmetic surgery. Many people use plastic surgery as a way to reinvent their physical appearance. However, the main question is why do people want to change their physical characteristics. The reason is that media has made it a norm because young adults are exposed to it at an earlier stage. For example, television personalities like Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian have gone through breast implants, lip injections, and BOTOX. Although, the Kardashian’ s get plastic surgery on their own bodies, when young viewers watch them they could begin to have the misconception that they need to get the same surgery in order to look “beautiful” …show more content…
The writer of the article provides examples as to which celebrities’ young adults want to look like. This article is a resourceful tool because it talks about what kind of plastic surgery most people get which include: eyelid procedures, BOTOX, and Dysport. Although this article did not explicitly state the pros and cons of plastic surgery, it does give reasons as to why people want to get plastic surgery at a younger age. Anyone writing a paper regarding plastic surgery would find this article …show more content…
Elliot uses multiple different sources in his article to back up his point that the plastic surgery rates have gone up due to celebrities. He gives specific examples as to how celebrities normalize plastic surgery culture through media and how it influences the young generation. He talks about how public obsession over popular celebrities is what causes people to want to get plastic surgery. Moreover, he even gives examples as to which celebrities are artificially enhanced, and how many celebrities discuss their plastic surgeries during interviews. Elliott’s article ‘I Want To Look Like That!’: Cosmetic Surgery And Celebrity Culture would be useful to anyone writing a paper about plastic surgery because it gives examples of the different types of plastic surgeries celebrities have gotten.
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Societal constructs of bodily perfection have a massive influence on both genders and on all ages. If you look at any magazine, you will see women constantly being compared to each other, whether it is in the “who wore it better” section or in the “do’s and don’ts” part of the magazine, comparing body images and overall appearances. All parts of the media that encompasses our daily lives are especially dangerous for young and impressionable teens because they see people being torn down for trying to express themselves, and are thus taught to not only don’t look like “don’ts”, but also look like the “do’s”. This is dangerous in that women in the magazine set very high standards that teens want to emulate, no matter the cost to themselves or their health. Celebrities have the benefit of media to make them appear perfect: Photoshop and makeup artists conceal the imperfections that are often too apparent to the naked eye. Viewing celebrities as exhibiting the ideal look or as idols will, in most cases, only damage the confidence of both young teens, and adults, and warp the reality of what true “beauty” really is. It makes teens never feel truly content with themselves because they will be aiming for an ideal that is physically impossible to attain and one that doesn’t exist in the real
Surgeons discussed their widespread discomfort about how many people were getting plastic surgery because of these programs. When they were asked what they’re greatest fear is they responded, “The reason for getting plastic surgery”. They believe it is encouraging them to altar themselves in a negative manner. This is also one of the issues that Pink, an American singer, song writer, and actress brings to attention in her video “Stupid
According to a college student in Korea: “When you’re nineteen, all the girls get plastic surgery, so if you don’t do it, after a few years, your friends will look better, but you will look like unimproved you.” (Straight Talk). The student might have confusion between cosmetic and plastic surgery, but all its meaning is when reaching enough age, everyone should get cosmetic surgery to improve appearance. The statistics in Medical News Today shows that “approximately 65,000 surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in 2008 in the UK” compares to 2003. It is about 50% more than in 2003. Additionally, the official statistics of cosmetic surgery in the U.S. is far more popular. In 2007, there is total of 1,435,444 of surgical cosmetic procedures which included liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, abdominoplast, and female breast reduction. A number of non-surgical cosmetic procedures are higher than surgical cosmetic procedures. The statistic is about 7,113,914 which included botox, hyaluronic acid (hylaform, juvederm, restylane), laser hair removal, microdermabrasion, and laser skin
...ters of the covers of women’s magazines include at least one message about how to change a woman’s body image by cosmetic surgery. These articles about appearance are damaging because it leads to seriously unhealthy lifestyles that women and teenagers think they need to look beautiful. In addition to that, Teen Magazine published in 2003 an article saying that children from age 6-12 have been on a diet and are now considering plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery sends the message that the prejudices some people have about appearance are valid, which is very wrong.
The media has had an increasingly destructive effect on young people who are becoming worryingly obsessed with their body image. The media is saturated in sexual imagery in which young people have to face every day. The sheer volume of sexual imagery in the media today has resulted in the vast majority of young people to become hooked on looking as near to perfection everyday by using the latest products and buying the latest fashions. This used to be enough but lately the next step to achieving perfection is cosmetic surgery. Everyone wants to look attractive, especially teenagers who are not only put under massive strain to succeed but to look beautiful and climb the ranks of the social ladder, and it seems that the only way to achieve the much desired beauty is to turn to drastic measures.
My research paper will explain the benefits of plastic surgery. People often have a lot of doubt when it comes to plastic surgery, but it can actually have many positive attributes, both physically and psychologically such as improving one’s health, lifestyle, and confidence
Some people’s obsession with plastic surgery is obviously getting out of control. It starts with only getting one thing fixed or corrected but then quickly escalates and before you know it, a face that once was all-flesh turns into plastic. According to a study conducted by Nigel Mercer (2009), “The number of official cosmetic surgeries has more than tripled to 34,000 since 2003”. The two reasons why plastic surgery should be banned are because of its high health risks, and because of the additional pressure it puts on people to look picture-perfect.
Most of us don't like some aspect of our appearance, whether it's sagging eyes or excess weight in particular areas, to name a few complaints. Lately a record numbers of Americans are doing something about it by having plastic surgery. Since 1995, the number of cosmetic procedures, which range from liposuction to facelifts, has almost tripled (English 23). Is that a healthy choice-or a dangerous trend? Aging has become the field of the future for plastic surgeons whose patients have reasons not always valid in the search for youth and beauty.
If a teenager or pre-teen is focused on particular celebrities and their goal is too look like them, it is not difficult to slip into acting like them as well, or at least being influenced by their behavior and perceived attitudes. The media abounds with bad examples of celebrity behavior, from Justin Bibber driving recklessly to Miley Cyrus parading around scantily clothed, and although every celebrity is not a terrible role model, a disproportionate amount of them can be found to have shaky morals and seem to have let the attention that they receive affect their behavior. In addition, the perfect bodies that most of them display are not realistic and in some cases not even naturally attainable, thanks to the modern tools of plastic surgery, augmentations, liposuction, and other cosmetic surgeries. The media too contributes to the unreal portrayal of models and famous people by using airbrushing on pictures and other editing that lead regular people to compare their bodies to images that are not even humanly possible. The Barbie-like models that girls compare themselves to and the ripped and muscled men that boys compare their bodies to are often completely unnatural and the people who have somehow attained them are,
“Individuals are encouraged, even expected to make ‘lifestyle’ choices to maximize their life chance and simultaneously held responsible for managing and minimizing the risk associated with these decisions” (Leve, 2012:124). Media discourse is part of everyone’s day to day life, ideals of bodies are shown in all these media communication’s in order to appeal to the consumer. This could be considered to have made society become obsessed by looks, meaning that individuals feel the pressures to keep up with how people are represented in the media, for example recognized celebrities in magazines. According to The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, or BAAPS, there was a 16.5 percent increase of procedures in 2012. These statistics show that cosmetic surgery is becoming normalized, “This is how we live now. Anything that makes us feel better about our appearance, whether it involves needles, knives or acid, is acceptable’ (Wiseman, 2012)
In conclusion, the benefits of cosmetic surgery differ between people and situations; any negative thoughts of others may have an effect on a person’s decision to have a procedure done, but it is for the patient to decide if changing their body is the right decision for them. Regardless of the influences on the younger generation, unrealistic ideologies of patients, and moral issues others may have, plastic surgery will continue to be a huge part of society. However, society should be focusing on how to encourage others to seek happiness in whatever they seem fit, rather than choose to destroy the aspirations of others who choose to build a perfect body for
While plastic surgery is definetly a self esteem booster, who started these trends. Instagram models, and celebrities on social media play a huge part in the boost of plastic surgery. With apps like Instagram, snapchat, and twitter we ge get a view into these celebrities daily lives. We see their daily routines and we want to achiev what they have. And as celebrities begin to own up to plastic surgery we begin to see the effects it has on society. A rise in “lip fillers”, “tummy tucks”, breast implants, and butt implants. People want to obtain the look that celebrities have. With the rise in plastic surgery there is also a rise in self esteem as people are closer to the look that others
To many, the notion of a teenager undergoing plastic surgery is appalling and unbelievable. For others, such as eleven-year-old Julia, a nose job was able to help her lead a happier and more normal life. To eighteen-year-old Kristen a breast augmentation is a traditional rite of passage of the family. She claims that she “just wanted to look normal,” and that after surgery, she does. (Sweeny, 2009) In these types of cases, cosmetic surgery can be beneficial to the confidence of teenagers in what Ann Kearney-Cooke calls “an epidemic of low self-esteem among girls.” (Sweeney, 2009) Whether it is a physical deformity, such as protruding ears, or simply a lack of something that other peers have, such as large breasts, cosmetic surgery can help teenagers cope with self-worth in a world where beauty is ridiculously selective. However, aside from the confidence-boosting possibilities resulting from teen cosmetic surgery, there are many reasons why it should not be taken lightly for an adolescent. Although cosmetic surgery can potentially be beneficial, there are also many extreme risks for teenagers, including medical complications and in some rare cases death, and thus should be solely a last resort after meticulous analysis for serious cases. Furthermore, neither the adolescent brain nor body is even fully developed.
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There are so many good and bad things that can come from getting plastic surgery. This essay will tell you all the effects, good and bad, that come from getting plastic surgery. The main reasons that people get plastic surgery are Medical, Personal, and at times for career enhancement. Though we all should be satisfied with our looks we aren’t so one way of going about fixing it is by plastic surgery. Some people choose this method sometimes as a way of medical recommendation. Another way is for personal use and just to feel better about them. The last effect of plastic surgery is in some ways to advance in the career path you have chosen. There are so many reasons why people choose this but this essay will focus