Has plastic surgery gone too far?

The practical purpose of plastic surgery is to reform the structure of people’s bodies who have a deformity. For example, someone who was burned in a tragic accident and was left with scars would be eligible for surgery. Or as a less severe example, a person who was once fat and then lost a lot of weight could have excessively sagging skin that could be removed through plastic surgery. Whatever the case, the point is that people desire to look as “normal” as possible. But this brings up the debatable question: What is “normal”? Looking normal can be defined as having all appendages, or in a more optimistic view, just being human, in the way we came to this Earth. However, it seems that society has, in recent years, confused the idea of looking normal with looking “beautiful”. In the modern world, being beautiful has restrictions – a woman has to be skinny, tall, and tanned. These nonsensical beliefs have led people to “fix” parts of themselves that have no deformity. Combined with the media, celebrities such as Michael Jackson have truly promoted this view of creating artificial beauty through plastic surgery.

A few months ago, I watched an episode of Dr. Phil in which a middle-aged woman spoke of her experience with plastic surgery and her motives. This woman had spent thousands of dollars on more than 10 operations on her body, including various face lifts. She was even considering selling her Mercedes to have more operations. It was evident that the woman had no physical abnormalities. Yet she was so consumed with achieving the goal of “beauty”, she didn’t realize how illogical and ridiculous her story was. After essentially emptying her husband’s wallet, all the woman had achieved was a fake appearance; in the works of our professor, instead of looking young, she looked like “an old person trying to look young.”

So to answer my question, yes, I believe plastic surgery has gone too far.

Links:

Face Value: Plastic Surgery and Transformation Art

~ Now plastic surgeons say that can give patients a whole new face

Sharon Osbourne Reveals Plastic Surgeries on Dr. Phil

~ Although I have presented my beliefs, it’s difficult to have a strong viewpoint on this issue because I am still influenced by the media. I thought it was interesting to watch people’s reactions in this video (the old lady in the audience seems to be against her surgeries, showing how this is a craze only in the new generations).

The 15 Worst Celebrity Plastic Surgery Disasters You Will Ever See

~ It doesn’t always work the way you want it to