...teenagers be discouraged from doing plastic surgery? What is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is ‘the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2010). Sushrutha from India, who is known as the ‘Father of Plastic Surgery’, had carried out plastic surgery a millennium before Hippocrates as well as two millenniums before European stalwarts such as Celsius and Galen (Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009). Today, plastic surgery is becoming very popular among all people especially for teenagers. The number of teenage girls who underwent breast implant had increased from 3,872 to 11,326 in Washington, DC, USA. Based on the information from American Society of Plastic Surgeons, cosmetic implants have become very popular for all people. There were 32,000 women who underwent breast implants for augmentation in the year of 1992 whereas there was a high increase of number by the year 2003 which is 247,000 in Washington, DC, USA (Boodman, 2004). This shows that there is an increasing demand for plastic surgery. Although plastic surgery is very popular among teenagers nowadays, there are several negative drawbacks in having plastic surgery. Therefore, the main purpose of this essay is to indicate the negative drawbacks on plastic surgery in various aspects such as psychological, physical and monetary. Everyone knows that plastic surgery can help people improve or change...
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...Argument Paper of Plastic Surgery Ran Yu ENG 112 Professor Katharine Studer 8/05/2012 Is plastic surgery good? Should everyone be encouraged to get plastic surgery? Nowadays, cosmetic surgery has become more popular for modern people. Some people believe that it is a science to increase the beauty of a person. The basic aim of this surgery is to enhance the appearance of the individual by altering the parts of the body. As quoted in a journal published the “Surgeons sometimes suspect their patients are trying to solve emotional problems by altering their bodies (Gimlin)”. However, there are people who disagree and don’t believe cosmetic surgery will help people improve self-esteem. Cosmetic surgery should not be encourage for normal people unless it is used to correct health related issues. The simple reason is because there are high risks associated to cosmetic surgeries. It is expensive and it can also result in some negative psychological impact. Plastic surgery is the surgical removal and to correct people’s physical defects. The science and technology with ever-growing development has made surgical procedures less risky and more effective. The number of people getting plastic surgery is increasing every year. In today’s society, it’s difficult to resist wanting to look perfect, everyone want look like younger than their own age. The decision to make one’s appearance match their inside may have very positive effects. Plastic surgery is the surgical method of...
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...forty-three-year-old women from the United States, all results of a surgery she elected to receive: a tummy-tuck (Mozes). After her one choice, to receive plastic surgery, her life was drastically changed, and not for the better. Today’s modern obsession with plastic surgery started in the 1970s and is only progressing. These procedures have gone from being only for the rich to being commonplace for people across the world (Epstein). Originally, plastic surgery was created to improve appearance, by changing what the patient saw as imperfect and helping them feel like their best. Contemporarily, this “fixing” has generated...
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...Alexis Fender English 101 Editorial Essay June 25, 2013 Plastic Surgery and Young Adults According to a 2010 Plastic Surgery Statistics report, almost 219,000 cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed on people age 13-19. There are many reasons why some of today’s youth choose cosmetic surgery but most are greatly affected by peer pressure and self-esteem issues. They think just because someone makes a negative comment about their physical features, it is time for a drastic change. I think it is unwise and immature, mentally unhealthy and sometimes even dangerous for people under the age of 25 to make a decision that can not only alter their looks but their lives. Many young people decide whether they are attractive or unattractive based on what their peers think. If the comments are negative, they are hearing that a unique physical feature is now an extreme abnormality; they believe they are odd and do not fit in. The bigger problem is that a nip today becomes a tuck tomorrow and a bad cycle soon develops that can last a lifetime. If someone can make you go under the knife, what other decisions will you give away? Those people that let others decide who they are and what they should look like are never going to really understand that they need to step up, grow up and make their own decisions in life. Still, those decisions should be appropriate for your age. It is believed that the brain’s decision-making functions have not fully matured before age 25. It...
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...Cosmetic Surgery is a surgery performed to improve human beauty and the appearance of certain body parts rather than for curing dieses or other medical reasons. People today do not care about the risks from these surgeries. They just want to have them done for their own personal advantages. Many American’s have failed to realize the harm that can come from having these surgeries. Liposuction, Tummy Tucks, Breast Argumentation, Plastic Surgery, and Rhinoplasty, are all different types of surgeries. These surgeries can be harmful to you, just as they can be beneficial. As we all know, all surgeries can be harmful, but in most cases, the benefits of cosmetic surgery outweigh the potential harm. “Cosmetic surgery is performed to help increase self-esteem. For example, removing gang-related tattoos, reducing scars, straightening nasal deviations and correcting physical mementoes of assaults can facilitate rehabilitation, and some people have experienced a tremendous benefit by being freed of these stigmata.” Liposuction is also known as lipoplasty, it helps to reshape the body by receiving unnecessary fat from precise areas. Main elements of this procedure, it’s positive and negative effects on your body. Every procedure has its positive aspects as well as its negative aspects. And to every procedure there are advantages and some disadvantages. Liposuction eventually gives you the body that you’ve dreamed of, but, you still have to go through a healing process that...
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...Aristotle and “The notion of being drawn to drama and tragedy” (Kinon, 2009). The viewer receives a false sense of “real life” and disconnects from their own “real life” by diving into someone else's. The effects that these television shows have on society as a whole can be positive or negative, depending on the message the show depicts. Shows such as “Jersey Shore”, “16 and Pregnant”, and “Dr. 90210” are a huge success to MTV, but could be considered detrimental to society by painting distorted pictures of reality in the viewer’s mind. Shows including “Extreme Home Makeover”, “Undercover Boss”, and “American Idol” can be considered to have a positive affect on society. These programs report the positive stories of the average, everyday person, inspiring the viewer. These shows reward well-mannered people doing amazing things around their community rather than rewarding poor behavior that is unacceptable to the everyday norms of our society. This discussion will convey the negative effects of reality television programs as well as the positive effects these programs have on society as a whole. We will also examine the steps marketers can do to take advantage of the high ratings of these reality shows to reach a larger audience of consumers. It is safe to assume that there are both negative and positive aspects of reality television. Do the cons outweigh the pros or vice versa? In our opinion there is much more negativity in reality shows in modern day entertainment than there are positive...
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...ASAM 10 Plastic Surgery Recent study investigated that the rate of Asian American plastic surgery has been increasing through years. For Asian Americans, the three most common plastic surgeries are nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, and breast augmentation. Even though most of the Asian Americans decided to do plastic surgery based on different reason, their purposes are eventually similar, to look more Caucasian. Especially for American born Asian Americans, they suffer more between Asian culture and American culture. Plastic surgery might be an appropriate procedure for them to assimilate into the American culture. While Asian Americans are relying on plastic surgery to gain their assimilation into the mainstream, Asians in Asia want to look more westernized because of the ideal beauty they are looking for in the ‘white’. Asians are looking for the beauty more in westernized recently. They want to look better; beauty means so much to them. When talking about beauty, obviously it’s referring to female. Gender plays an important role here because according to a research group, 91 percent of plastic surgery patient were women, only nine percent were men. (Plastic Surgery Demographics) When plastic surgery is being mentioned, it is being referred to cosmetic surgery, to look more beautiful. As a result, the focus of this topic will be mainly on analyzing Asian American women’s story behind plastic surgery. Class status is also an important criteria in this topic. Plastic surgery...
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...Cosmetic Surgery Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………… 3 2. The history and definition……………………………………………..3 3.1 Definition of cosmetic surgery………………………………………3 3.2 Development of cosmetic surgery…………………………………..3 3. The reasons for cosmetic surgery……………………………………..5 4.3 The reasons for females………………………………………………5 4.4 The reasons for males………………………………………………..5 4.5 The reasons for younger generation…………………………………6 4.6 The reasons for people who have birth defects……………………..6 4. The effects of cosmetic surgery………………………………………..7 4.1 The positive effects of cosmetic surgery ……………………………7 4.2 The negative effects of cosmetic surgery …………………………..7 4.2.1 Physical effects……………………………………………………7 4.2.2 Mental effects…………………………………………………….8 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………………….8 Reference………………………………………………………………….9 1. Introduction of cosmetic surgery The high development of human kind creates a new era in medical technology. Cosmetic surgery, which has a long history, plays a crucial role in the treatment of facial defects and aging faces. There are more and more people who pursue perfect appearance that leads to an increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery. 2. Definition and development of cosmetic surgery 2.1 Definition of cosmetic surgery What is cosmetic surgery? According to Lachlan Currie (2007), Cosmetic surgery refers to the reconstruction of underlying tissues to improve the appearance...
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...aesthetic surgery. The present case report describes a 42-year-old female who survived after an episode of bilateral PE after undergoing an elective abdominoplasty. A literature review was conducted to explore the prevalence, pathophysiological presentation and use of prophylactic practice among plastic surgery patient to prevent...
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...1) Introduction Cosmetic surgery is a subset of plastic surgery. Also known as reconstructive surgery, plastic surgery was first performed in India around 800 BC by Sushruta, along with Charak. It was originally intended and reserved to assist wounded and deformed soldiers in war. Plastic surgery is carried out to fix a body part or facial feature that is abnormal and reconstruct it to make it appear normal. However, in today’s society where priority is often placed on physical beauty and a youthful appearance, cosmetic surgery which is a subset of plastic surgery as mentioned above is introduced. The difference between plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery is that cosmetic surgery is not needed due to a deformity or health issue whereas plastic surgery is. Cosmetic surgery is simply a procedure taken to improve a normal body structure or body feature to make it look better through surgical and medical techniques. Today, due to regular inventions and innovations in science and technology, the field of cosmetic surgery has become safer. However, no matter how good the technological advancements are, there is always the risk of not only the surgery resulting in unwanted outcomes but in some cases death may even occur which still make cosmetic surgery not worth the risk. This paper deals with cosmetic surgery. It states two major reasons why healthy and normal people undergo cosmetic surgery. It also clarifies the physical risks involved such as hematoma, scarring, blood...
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...Why one should avoid Cosmetic Surgery? There is always a high standard of beauty in our societies. As the development of beauty pageants and beauty industry show, women are eager to change their appearance in different ways such as make-up or dieting. However, beauty that comes from all of these methods can never last long due to the effect of aging. Women are then trying to look for ways that keep beauty permanent. Cosmetic surgery is a type of surgery that can reshape or enhance a body part in order to improve outward appearance. There are many kinds of cosmetic surgery these days, such as breast enlargement and nose reshaping. All of these surgeries claim to be the best way for permanent beauty. Because of its great advantages, cosmetic surgery has been recently rising in popularity. However, no cosmetic surgery solely for aesthetic purposes should allowed to be performed as it is only a surgery to improve physical appearance rather than a real medical need. Also, there are many disadvantages for having cosmetic surgery, including side effects that might cause health problems, and the high costs in surgery. There is no doubt that cosmetic surgery is popular these days as people who are suffering from body image problems might believe that cosmetic surgery can help rebuild their self-confidence. According to a survey which shows that those in America, more than 56% of women and 43% of men are actually not satisfied with their own appearance. "That dissatisfaction motivates...
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...As human beings we are never truly satisfied with our appearance and find ourselves driven by the need to change what the master has created, very often to our own detriment. My oral will focus on the negative effects of body enhancements. The term body enhancement suggests an improvement to the body by changing its current limitations, however today I will speak specifically about the harmful effects that steroids, tattoos and plastic surgery have on the body. In the process of wanting to enhance the body, we are indeed destroying it. Steroids Steroids are synthetic versions of testosterone, a male hormone. In the hope of a quick fix, steroids are generally used by sportsman to improve their performance. Body builders depend on steroids to build muscle in a short period of time. The results are not long lasting. Throwing one's testosterone out of balance can have wide-ranging consequences. Men who take anabolic steroids may: • Get painful erections • Have their testicles shrink • Become infertile Women who take anabolic steroids may: • Grow excessive face and body hair • Have their voices deepen • Experience menstrual irregularities Steroids are also known to cause: • mood swings • heart attacks If people knew the harmful effects of steroids on the body, they would think twice before taking it. Besides, steroids are illegal without a doctor's prescription for a medical condition. Tattoos Can you imagine an 80 year old female with a tattoo of a butterfly...
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...1 Contents 1 Thesis statement 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Plastic Surgery 5 3.1 Methods 1 3.2 Reasons 3 3.3 Reputation of Plastic surgery 3 3.4 Pro´s and Con´s 4 3.5 Safeness 4 4 Discussion 7 2 Thesis statement “Plastic surgery does not always work” The following text deals with the plastic surgery. Whether plastic surgery always works is questionable. When people hear about plastic surgery, most of them tend to connect it with Hollywood. At the present time it is no longer surprising that people operate their body parts, even at the age of 18. But why not think about reconstructive surgery. There are thousands of cases of skin cancer, sears or deformity of body parts. The following paragraphs also report issues such as, reasons for plastic surgery, pro's and con's, and safety or the risks of surgery. In the last part of this thesis I will introduce a discussion and finally a conclusion. 3 Introduction A plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery is a surgical procedure without a medical indication. The plastic surgery is so often a perceived beautification of the human body. Cosmetic surgeries are aesthetic surgeries. The society places a high value on appearance and beauty. Even as a small child, we learned, without to realize, to look beautiful and have good manners. All the media, the Internet and Hollywood have created a generation, that thinks to be beautiful is more important than anything else. People are bullied because of their appearance, both verbally...
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...Cosmetic Surgery Wendy Love Com/150 January 22, 2010 Samantha Desaulnier Cosmetic Surgery can be expensive and dangerous, save and improve the quality of one’s life; only some are good candidates for it. Have you ever considered having cosmetic surgery and if so, what are your reasons for wanting it or possibly needing to have it? There are many reasons people consider having cosmetic surgery such as those ranging from an unsightly bump on their nose, the extra skin folds from the extreme loss of weight, to wanting a tummy tuck, breast augmentation or reduction. Are your own reasons for the purpose of boosting your self esteem? Many people consider cosmetic surgery for that reason. To make them feel better about what they feel or believe are body imperfections. There are other reasons many people consider having cosmetic surgery. Two reasons may be to save or improve the quality of their lives. People who have had a massive tumor removed would surely want to have cosmetic surgery to correct any disfiguration from prior surgeries. Other reasons may range from the loss of one or both breast stemming from the effects of cancer, deformities due to birth defects, and injuries due to unforeseen accidents. Considering cosmetic surgery as an option is a heavy decision to make. You must think about how this will improve the quality of your life and the changes that will come from it. Whatever your specific reasons are, you must consider all aspects of what cosmetic surgery entails...
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...Suppression of Individuality in Radiohead's, Fake Plastic Trees "Fake Plastic Trees" criticizes how modern society stifles individuality and forces people to swallow idealized conceptions of how life should be. The whole song centers on the idea that humans, either through their own fallibility or through society's relentlessness, easily and obliviously mold their lives according to the unspoken standards they set on themselves. The result is a shallow, artificial, "fake plastic" living that perpetuates itself and destroys uniqueness. The first two verses, which reveal the tragic consequences of pretense, evoke feelings of despair and pointlessness. The image of a woman watering a plastic money tree is heavily shadowed by shades of existentialism. The act of nurturing is the woman's attempt to create something genuine, something reflecting her identity. The bleak, futile reality lies in the fact that her "creation" thrives unto itself, surviving as the product of society's goals and inhibitions and outlooks, not hers. The plastic tree is a misconstrued representation of her true self. Helpless and beguiled, she falls victim to the ruthless nature of society and its indifference to the individual experience. Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself This artificialness of life is all-encompassing; no one is...
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