In Latin America, Women have been
desperately demanding surgical operations to reshape their figures. Women were
calling and wanting to schedule the surgery for the very next day. A craze for
cosmetic surgery has infected Latin America; surgeries demanded include
breasts, noses, thighs, eyes, buttocks, and pretty much everything and anything
in between. Women all over the continent were eager to improve their
appearance, image, self-esteem, and perhaps even their social status. Like many
other spectacles of mass media, the plastic surgery craze has been strongly
influenced by America and the medias distorted perception of beauty. In
America, especially Los Angeles, the media is part to blame for the extreme
ideals of beauty. Los Angeles is like this vortex, once you are sucked into
this world, you do anything and everything to fit it. Plastic surgery is a
taboo subject. I think that if you want to enhance something surgically that is
completely a personal choice and other people’s opinions should not matter.
However, I do think there is a point where people get addicted and out of
control and those people should stop and get some help. In America,
statistically it shows that the five most popular plastic surgery procedures
are breast augmentations, nose jobs, eyelid surgery, liposuction, and tummy
tucks. Each year the percent of these most common surgeries continues to
increase, as more people are going under the knife to reshape their bodies. I
wish more women felt beautiful in their own skin and did not have to result to
plastic surgery to reshape their entire appearance. ~ Chelsea
According to the article, many Latin American women are
choosing to basically look like Barbie. However, it’s not just limited to Latin
American women, but to American women as well. I find it incredibly odd that a
lot of women would go through so many procedures just to look like a piece of
plastic or something that’s completely unnatural. Thinking back on the videos
we saw the other day about a few people who’ve gotten plastic surgery it’s
crazy to think that it’s become an addiction to them. To me plastic/cosmetic
surgery is something that can either be positive or negative. It’s negative in
the fact that it makes some people completely want to change their natural,
physical attributes to the point where they can’t even be recognized anymore
for who they once were. But it’s positive in the fact that it helps people who
have been victims of violence or dangers such as those who have been burned or
attacked. It’s also positive for those who have been victims of bullying for
their “physical abnormalities.” So basically plastic surgery can either be a
good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. ~ Ashley
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