We get bombarded with ideas and notions that to be desirable and acceptable in the society we belong to, we must be attractive and physically perfect. By perfect, “people”, whose faces and names are unknown to us, determines or defines it as taut bodies, slim physique, buxom bosoms, hour glass figures and symmetrical features of faces.
We can see the manifestation of these ideas and practices on the media all the time. Celebrities get work done on their bodies to look perfect and to fit the general idea of what beauty is. This is very common, especially to older members of the Hollywood community.
Veteran actors and actresses would suddenly have thinner nose bridges or bigger breasts or stretched skins that may or may not result in the effect or reaction they expect. Alarmingly, even the younger celebrities join the bandwagon and have parts of their bodies altered or improved through plastic surgery. Teen stars would suddenly have bigger breasts or flatter tummies or tighter skins. Of course, these kids wouldn’t admit to going through plastic surgery no matter how obvious it looks.
Now, that isn’t a problem really. If they have the money to spend on the operation, then let them, they earned it themselves any way; plus, it’s part of their job to be pretty based on the general public’s opinion of beauty. What is of concern is that their young fans and followers who idolizes them and sees them as role models sometimes try to emulate them.
Fans would attempt to emulate them either by the way they dress or speak or walk and sometimes look. Some would even go to the extent of asking their parents for an operation because the teen celebrity they idolize who is of the same age as they had that kind of operation.
If the kid’s purpose is for corrective surgery, i wouldn’t have a problem with it. But if the purpose of the kid is to look pretty and to be accepted by his or her peers, then that could be a dilemma.
If i were to suggest or to give my opinion about the matter, I think that the kid should not be allowed to undergo any type of surgery. Sure he or she will develop insecurities over an overly large nose or an extended chin or a flat chest, but these are the things that he or she should go through to learn and grow as a person.
One cannot just change reality to fit his or her needs simply because of a discomfort one feels with how he or she looks. Learning to accept what you are and what your features are is part of growing up. You have to learn to live with it. It won’t help you gain confidence to know that your nose is crooked, but it will allow you to learn to be strong and to learn to accept that there are things in life that just won’t go your way no matter how sincere you pray. Letting him or her undergo surgery will only teach the kid how to escape his or her problems and will never learn to deal with the uncomfortable and harsh realities of life.
Another thing to consider is that kids still develop and change as they grow older. The pimples will go away, the flat chest will eventually fill out and the too prominent cheek bones might turn out to be a great asset once he or she grows older. The point is, let the features of the kid develop naturally. Preempting the changes in the kids body may prohibit the kid to know what his or her potentials are.
I’m not saying that people should not undergo plastic surgery. All I’m saying is learn to love yourself first. If, after you have accepted who you are and how you have turned out to be, and you still want to change your features then go ahead.
This is not an expert opinion on the matter. As the title of this article mentioned, this is a nonprofessional commentary. It is still best to consult experts on the matter. But it would be nice if you gave my opinions some thought.
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