Plastic Surgery and Addiction - Women's Health

The plastic surgery industry has not been fashionable in feminist circles. Many claim it to be exploitative and destructive to women?s self-esteem. They are part-right. There are situations in which this kind of surgery can be beneficial and help people look better; but there are also many dangers involved.

The women who go to plastic surgeons in places like Hollywood don?t do it for beauty as much as they do it for glamour. Many people in Hollywood want to feel like stars. To a person who wants to feel like a star, four ways are available. One is to actually become a star. Another is to attach themselves to a star. Another is to take drugs that let them feel whatever they want to feel. And another is to get plastic surgery.

They go into swanky offices, where stars go all the time. They are met by adoring receptionists and are operated upon by famous surgeons. At its best, it can be an unforgettable experience. At its worst, it can become a toxic, destructive and outrageously expensive addiction.

The women in Hollywood do not suffer from lack of good genes. Many do, however, suffer from being impressionable. This leaves them prey for all sorts of scoundrels. These can be pimps, drug dealers, abusive boyfriends and, yes, the unscrupulous plastic surgeons who feed them the idea that they can?t be good-looking unless they keep coming back for more plastic surgery.

There are women who get addicted to plastic surgery and keep doing it. The results of this are disastrous. Their natural beauty becomes disfigured, and they start looking like monsters. That should not be surprising. Nature is, and remains, a better producer of beauty than even the best in plastic surgery; and artificial look is inferior to natural beauty.

Chances are, if you?ve done plastic surgery more than once or twice, then you?re on a wrong track. Whether it?s glamour that keeps bringing you back or the suggestions of plastic surgeons, you are being deceived. Real problems do not require many treatments to solve and can be solved with one or two treatments. If you?re doing it more, most likely you?re being had.

Plastic surgery can only be useful in some situations, but not as an ongoing way of life. There are other ways to experience glamour. As for beauty, women in Hollywood are not known for lacking in it and have little to gain and much to lose from a plastic surgery habit.

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