Cosmetic Surgery - Will It
Really Change Your Life?
By
Jim Barrett
Thanks to recent advances in
surgical techniques and
equipment, cosmetic surgery
is more specialized than
ever. You can literally have
the fat sucked out of your
thighs through liposuction
or your breasts enlarged to
your idea of perfection with
saline or silicone implants
within just a few hours.
And cosmetic surgery isn’t
just a predominately female
deal any longer. Men are
having all sorts of cosmetic
surgical procedures done
these days. Everything from
nose jobs (rhinoplasty) to
face lifts to eye lifts are
fair game in the male arena
these days.
The technological advances
that have made cosmetic
surgery easier and less
expensive, not to mention a
great deal less painful than
in the past, do not account
for the meteoric rise in the
number of people having
plastic surgery, nor for the
fact that it has now become
common for both genders.
This rise is, in fact, more
due to the fact that in
American culture there are
few things more highly
prized than a person’s
looks. Studies have been
done that prove the more
attractive a person is the
more likely they’ll get a
job, regardless of how much
more skill and experience
other people applying for
the same job may have.
Images of perfect men and
women on television, in
print ads, movies, music
videos and everywhere else
have made people in our
culture believe that if they
just look a certain way,
then everything else in
their lives will be fine,
even great.
And with famous celebrities
touting their cosmetic
surgery in front of us daily
on television and in movies,
it’s easy for anyone to
believe that if we just
looked better, our lives
would be perfect.
Now the reality is that a
nose job changes just that:
the nose. It does nothing to
lift a burden of debt or
exchange a lackluster love
life for the romantic
adventure of a lifetime.
Yes, having cosmetic
surgical procedures done can
give someone a quick boost
to their self-esteem, but it
won’t last as long as the
nose job will unless they do
some serious positive
thinking and inner work
along with it. Confidence
and self-esteem come from
the inside, and changing the
outside will only bring
temporary relief for those
who suffer from deep
feelings of inferiority.
So before rushing out to the
nearest cosmetic surgeon,
anyone considering cosmetic
surgery should take a good
look at their inside first!
If having a cosmetic
surgical procedure done will
add to their life, great.
It’s probably a good idea
and will enhance their
self-esteem and bring them
pleasure.
But. If a person thinks that
any cosmetic surgery
procedure will change their
life and make their life
perfect (or make them
instantly successful and
eliminate all their
problems), they are in for a
rude awakening, I’m sorry to
say. Unless the necessary
inner work is done to match
the outer work, a person can
actually become even more
insecure than before which
often leads to deep
depression.
Why? Because they’ll
ultimately be disappointed
over the fact they’re still
pretty much stuck with their
same old self. The person in
the mirror may look better,
but if they haven’t taken
stock and gotten rid of
negative thinking about
themselves, they won’t
really feel better—they’ll
just have a perfect sexy
cleft in their chins or
bigger boobs that they
didn’t have before.
Cosmetic surgery is not
something to undertake
lightly or to be used as a
method for changing your
life, but when done to
enhance your life and give
you a feeling of
satisfaction and/or
pleasure, then by all means,
find a properly licensed
cosmetic surgeon.
Ask for their advice and
counsel, as well as their
credentials and experience
in whatever procedure you
want to have done. If the
fit between your desires and
the cosmetic surgeon’s
expertise is right, by all
means, have your cosmetic
surgery and enjoy—just don’t
expect it to change your
life!
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