...topic of cosmetic surgery on teenagers; however both writers express rather different opinions on how this issue should be tackled. The first text is called “Plastic surgery for teens”, by Valerie Ulene. The journalist addresses the issue of plastic surgery on teens and the consequences of this. To begin with, this article looks very critical upon the entertainment industry, which has created an image of perfection, which the majority, of teenagers cannot live up to. This is the negative perspective of things in this text. There are also some arguments, in the text, which support cosmetic surgery on teens. A lot of plastic surgeons say that cosmetic changes can help improve the self-esteem of teenagers. Having a cosmetic surgery will, according to the plastic surgeons, influence the way they see themselves and behave. But there isn’t any data which can confirm this. The second text is called “seeking self-esteem through surgery”, by Camilla Sweeney. This text also addresses the issue of cosmetic surgery on teenagers. This text looks very negative upon cosmetic surgery on teenagers. The main point in this text is to let people know, that when you are raised in a culture which is obsessed with celebrities and TV makeover shows, you are only presented with flawless people, who have a perfect appearance towards others, which makes it impossible not wanting to look like them. In conclusion it can be said that, despite their various attitudes towards cosmetic surgery, both texts seem...
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...American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the number of surgical enhancement procedures performed in the United States is continuously on the rise due to the fact that these surgeries are ever more available and accepted at a reasonable price. Nearly 12 million plastic surgeries were carried out in 2007 alone. These numbers show an increase of 7% from the previous year and almost a 60% increase from the year 2000 (Plastic Surgery Research.info, 2009). Cosmetic surgery is increasingly popular amongst teenagers; yet the risks associated with these controversial procedures should not be overlooked because of its quick fix for low self-esteem. What was once considered a procedure surgically to correct abnormalities or to reconstruct an accident induced victim, cosmetic surgery is now popular for a number of other personal reasons. The vast increase of interest in cosmetic surgeries is not only popular amongst the older generations seeking their young adult bodies but is also progressively more popular with teenagers seeking the “picture perfect body.” Although teen surgeries made up less than 2% of all cosmetic surgeries in 2007, the obsession produced by modern media to emulate the flawless bodies of the rich and famous puts added pressure on teens to undergo the knife. In today’s society of high-tech devices and “quick fixes,” teens now, more than ever desire the immediate gratification associated with these popular surgeries. The most common procedures for...
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...Focus on cosmetic surgery for teenagers We do all know from the international marked, that things which are difficult to achieve or very rarely seen, always have been valuable to humanity. It’s exactly the same when it comes to the ideal body. In this cultural society where teens are constantly bombarded with images of beautiful people which is bad for the teens mentalities. This has caused a huge pressure on the young people, who want to be considered as attractive. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons estimates that more than 330, 000 adolescents-most of all female-underwent cosmetic procedures in 2007. Some adolescents use cosmetic surgeries to achieve their goals. The sort of surgeries that are frequently used to altering the body is nose jobs, breast augmentation, ear reshaping and liposuction. All those encroachments to change the human nature, takes the nonprofit organization National Research Center for Women and Families an interest in, as a way to improve the health of women and children. As a representative for the organization Diana Zuckerman blames the decision about what beauty should look like as one of the factors that affects the teens during their high-emotional and self-realization period where they only want “to fit in”. Some surgeons argue that the surgeries can increase the teenagers’ self-esteem. This statement is debated all over the world, but there’s no data to suggest that cosmetic surgeries can improve the self-esteem. Dr. John Canedy comments...
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...Cosmetic surgery on Teens The Text “Plastic surgery for teen” written by Valerie Ulene who Is a specialist in preventive medicine in Los Angeles focuses more on the cosmetic surgery and text 2 “Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery” written by Camille Sweeney more on self-esteem and image. They do to some degree share the same problems for consequences surgery and they also do have the same point of view because both texts do agree the fact that those teens who do the surgeries has a low self-esteem. Many of the plastic surgeons argue that cosmetic procedures can improve teenagers’ self-esteem “Because teens take every imperfection (real or perceived) seriously, physical differences”. One of these surgeons is the president of the National Research Center for Women and Families, Diane Zuckerman. She emphasizes the problems of the modern world’s view on beauty and the culture of unrealistic ideals. Zuckerman appears in both articles, due to her relations to the issues. In text 1 she says that, “We’ve made a decision about what beauty looks like in this country, and everybody – teens in particular – wants to fit the mold”. With these words Zuckerman try to tell us that teenagers’ see beauty as the culture made it and that affected teens and she means that teens will not get increased their self-esteem be aided by the surgery. She does also refer to a study that shows no evidence of improving self-esteem after surgery. Valerie Ulene has queried the surgeons herself president...
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...Cosmetic Surgery in Teens How is beauty defined? Is it by the way a person looks on the outside or by their personality? Nowadays our society defines beauty by what they see in the media and in their cultural influences. This is affecting the way children and teens picture what beauty is supposed to look like. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary beauty is defined as the qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind (Merriam-Webster).In today's society teenagers too often turn to cosmetic surgery in their drive to reach perfection. Should there be a limit or should today's society redefine the meaning of beauty? As it is said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; but that seems to have changed over time. The way the media has portrayed beauty it gives off an illusion of what a teenager growing up is supposed to look like once they are older. This has caused for teenagers to chase an impossible goal of being picture perfect and are willing to take risks to look the way they wish to. The most popular cosmetic surgeries between teens under the of 18 are: Otoplasty (ear surgery), Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), Breast reduction,Correction of breast asymmetry and Treatment of Gynecomastia. (The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). These surgeries seem to be what teenagers feel may be what is holding them back from reaching their goal perfection without thinking of the risks.In the media almost everyone has the perfect body and the...
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...themselves to the beautiful people in the magazines, and think that they have to look like them to look ‘’normal’’. Many teenagers want to correct their body with plastic surgery, even if they are not mature yet. The two texts ‘’Plastic surgery for teens’’ written by Valerie Ulene and ‘’Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery’’ written by Camille Swenney, illustrates how teenagers and their parents feel about plastic surgery 1. Give an outline of the various views on plastic surgery for teenagers which are presented in text 1 and 2. Cosmetics surgery has come to our modern society, and adolescents and teenagers use it very well, while they don’t know much about the consequences and how plastic surgery hurts the body, and even not help with one’s bad self-confidence. According to Diane Zuckerman in the text ‘’Plastic Surgery for teens´’ by Valerie Ulene, youngsters consider images of men and women who have had done plastic surgery as beautiful, or even worse, they think it is the ideal body image and they want to fit the mole. The text says that cosmetic surgery may not be appropriate for adolescents. It seems ridiculous to fix your look before you are mature. According to the text, teenagers take every imperfection seriously, and that can influence what they think of themselves, so plastic surgeons argue that surgery can improve teenagers’ self-esteem. If you don’t look pretty enough, it can be the source of teasing and self-imposed isolation. Besides this, studies shows that...
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...Assignment 1: Reality or Hunger For Fame Reality Television: Consequences of Reality T.V on Society Reality television has become increasingly more popular and appears to be taking over the entertainment business. Psychologist Lawrence Rubin seems to think it all goes back to 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...
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...ENGL 1102 English Composition II-Online 26 June 2015 It is not uncommon as an adult to undergo plastic surgery in America today. However, it is becoming more common for young adults and teenagers to have plastic surgery. One of the more popular plastic surgery routines is getting breast implants. When asked, teenagers expressed that they often feel awkward and flawed, and plastic surgery helps to “fix” their bodies. Teenagers seem to think that plastic surgery is the quick answer to fitting in with their peers. Our society has accepted that individuals of all ages are choosing to go under the knife in attempts to “correct” their bodies; including teenagers. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), there were 286,254 breast augmentations performed in the year 2014. Breast augmentation rates as the top procedure for women in America. Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure to increase the shape, size, and fullness of the female breast. While breast augmentation is a customary choice for adult women, the expanding popularity of breast augmentation with teenagers has led to a lot of criticism and speculation. There is little doubt that being a teenager is tough. Hormones, academic stress, and peer pressure are everyday struggles for the average American teen. In addition to this stress put on young females, there is the additional fact that body image is generally a big part of the problem. During teenage years the body is changing, and young...
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...When a girl becomes a teenager, her mother rewards her with plastic surgery so she can look more “caucasian” (Hidayat). The previous statement was written about young asian women in Japan and Korea. Nina Hidayat wrote an article about the expectations and body image issues for young women in Asia. When people think about body image, they only think of the US. Not many people think about how those in other countries have the same issues we do. Studies show that the more reality television a young girl watches, the more likely she is to find appearance important (Web 1). The media plays a large role in how women perceive body image and themselves (ie, magazines, internet, television, etc). The results said peers predict the negative outcomes...
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...: Cosmetic surgery on teeangers 1. Both texts do in fact seem to agree in general on the view on cosmetic surgery and query the idea of increased self-esteem. Even though text 1, “Plastic surgery for teens” by Valerie Ulene, focuses more on the surgery and text 2 more on image and self-esteem, they do to some degree share the same angle, problematizing the image issues of teens and the consequences of surgery. The president of the National Research Center for Women and Families, Diane Zuckerman, does for example appear in both articles, due to her relation to the issues. In the first article by Valerie Ulene, she emphasizes the problems of the modern world’s view on beauty and the culture of unrealistic ideals. This is in her opinion one of the primary issues in this topic, and she does as well refer to a study that shows no evidence of improving self-esteem after surgery. Valerie Ulene is querying the surgeons herself, but does refer to the president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. John Canedy, who seems to have a critical view as well on cosmetic surgery among teens, but doesn’t exclude the possibility of improved self-esteem. By this it is crucial in Canedy’s view that the surgeons select the patients carefully. Text 2, “Seeking Self-Esteem through Sugery” by Camille Sweeney does, as mentioned before, also focus on the beauty issues of the modern society and “a culture of celebrity obsession and makeover TV shows”. This is among others expressed through...
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...happens too kids when they reach the teen years. They become more aware of how they look. Sometimes they may not feel confident about themselves. This leads to things like depression, eating disorders or even plastic surgery. It also focus on the fact that it is not only a girl problem, it happens to boys as well. The text blames the media for the young people’s behaviour. The media teach young people to change the way that they look. The reason why super models are famous is because they look unique. Movies and music videos often use supermodels and it understandable that the young girls and boys are influenced in a bad way. The girls used in those music videos or movies often have big boobs thin hips and a perfect little Barbie face, and the boys have broad shoulders, abs. It makes the young people change the way they look. The girls use a lot of makeup, plastic surgery, starving themselves and exercise a lot. Some of the boys begin to use steroids over-exercise and eat abnormal meals to reach the perfect body type. Many of those things is unhealthy for the young kids because they are not fully-grown. The text also blames the internet for showing an unrealistic picture of the perfect body and young. Stuff like magazines use pictures that is manipulated in computer software programs. Give an outline of the various attitudes to cosmic surgery presented in the three texts. Text 1 focusing on what leads young people into plastic surgery, it blames the media, magazines and the...
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...World in Stitches “Jennifer Lopez”, “Kim Kardashian”, even “Barbie” are some of the people or things that people obsess over to look like, so they get plastic surgery to look like them. Cosmetic Surgery has been a growing fascination for many people over the last couple of decades, even though it has been around for centuries. The public eye has been watching movie stars and rock stars enhance their looks by getting breast implants, nose jobs, lip jobs etc. Shows on TV and images produced by the media will make people do almost anything to fit the world’s standards of the perfect body, perfect face and even the perfect toes. Plastic surgery offers a quick fix to help achieve this goal but no matter how much surgery nothing or no one will be perfect. With cosmetic surgery being made affordable to more people than ever before, more individuals are getting cosmetic surgery to look like the perfect person or the favorite celebrity. But then, there are some people who get plastic surgery not to just look like the famous celebrity but also because of the parents who pressure the child or teenager to get cosmetic surgery due to the child or teenager’s “abnormalities” and “low self-esteem”. Although cosmetic surgery can help with low-self esteem, images, shows produced by the media and even some parents are the problems that many Americans of all ages deal with to want to look like the perfect person or the famous A-list celebrity. From the beginning of time people of every race...
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...Cosmetic surgeries 1. At first the writer of text number one talks about how, when she was a teenager, she wanted to get her nose fixed, but then starts to think further about cosmetic surgeries. At first Valerie Ulene talks about how damaging it is for teenagers to he a victim of the ideals in TV and advertisements. Throughout these social anticipations about our appearance, and how we have to fit these extreme expectations, can be seen as a trigger for adolescents to make drastic decisions about changing their bodies and looks. And you shouldn’t want to change anything about your body, when you are a teenager, because your body aren’t done developing, so something you may pay a very big amount of money for, you wouldn’t have to pay for, because your body would have made that change naturally. And you would have saved a tremendous amount of money. But a pro, which is mentioned, is the fact that this surgery might help on the teen’s self-esteem, because if this changes a part of the teenager’s body, which was going to hold back this person, the surgery might just be a good thing. But as it is pointed out there is no study, which confirms that cosmetic surgeries are helping on the over-all body image or the self-esteem. Another argument against cosmetic surgeries for teens is that as you pass along adolescence, you learn to accept your body flaws and small mistakes. The second text “Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery” written by Camille Sweeney she is focusing through...
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...Not only do people accept plastic surgery, they embrace it as a solution to personal and professional problems. While appearance has always been important, mainstream acceptance of plastic surgery has created a society that values appearance over ability. Teenage girls and middle-aged women seek acceptance based on their appearance in all aspects of their lives. Teenage girls want to be the prettiest and the thinnest due to the pressure of society and their peers. Middle aged women pursue plastic surgery in hopes of enhancing their looks and looking younger than what they are. Today’s society is so centered on appearance that it can be very misleading to the minds of young girls and women. There are images of female bodies everywhere in today’s society. Women are used to sell everything from cars to food. Television and big screen movie actresses are typically tall, young looking and thin. The majority of these famous women have used some type of fad diet or practiced mal nutrition. There are articles everywhere urging women and young girls to lose weight. They make claims that beauty and the perfect body will provide the perfect marriage and rewarding lifestyles. Beauty truly is only skin deep. One cannot achieve what they desire based on their looks alone. You can turn on the TV or open any magazine such as US Weekly and see the latest cosmetic surgery that some actress recently underwent. There are publications everywhere promoting what’s new in...
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...forever improve, society has conformed to many ways of fixing imperfections. From surgeries and medications for honest sicklings to injections for greedy, pretentious abusers, people as a whole have transformed from the good ole days to the fast-paced, materialistic world. While discoveries in science are often for the benefit of society, is it possible that these newfound treasures are actually a preface for rot and ruin? Since most little girls could remember, the only way it seemed plausible to become successful was by living in the body of Cinderella or Barbie or Miss America. As they began to mature, nothing changed. The image remained as a beautiful bag of bones when media and celebrities were constantly thrown in their face. In the past, if they didn’t have “the look”, they were left hopeless and self-conscious. Thankfully, some idiot decided they would abuse the power of nature and science by providing these girls with an answer to their prayers. Plastic Surgery! What they didn’t account for was the impact. Now, not only were the glamorous allowed to have the image, everyone was-again, reducing the confidence in the female population and encouraging a new friend, bullying. Moreover, it is affecting the mental health of children in this conceited society. Surveys and recent research show that “ Teens view plastic surgery as a way to fit in and look acceptable to friends and peers” (Plastic Surgery). How is it that society has allowed this damage to take place? The...
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