cowgirl wrote:
hm. i don't think there's anything inherently wrong with getting plastic surgery, but i'm worried about people who get things done in an unconscious effort to live up to an unrealistic standard perpetuated by media. if someone is like, "yes bitch i want to look like this celebrity i'm even gonna see the same surgeon i know what i'm doing," that's fine, you do you. but i worry that a lot of people, particularly young women, spend a lot of time scrolling through instagram and see all these 'perfect' people and it's hurting their self esteem, and plastic surgery won't fix that at the end of the day. social media detox will.
i'd like to get a few things done but i know damn well the moment i do i still won't be 100% happy with myself and i'll discover some other flaws that need fixing and i cannot afford that shit! so plastic surgery is not the right choice for me personally... but if it's something that makes you happy with yourself and your issues with self esteem are fully internal and not from some external source like social media, go for it! if it's an informed decision and it makes you happy, that's what matters.
i think you really hit the points i wanted to with this post. i'm going to sort of branch off from this and powerlevel for a moment here.
i think we could talk endlessly about the psychosocial implications of wanting plastic surgery, how it intersects with the beauty standards in society, the mental health of our people, etc. at what point are we doing it for 'ourselves' versus for our image? and, as someone studying medicine, at what point should
i care about the health of the patients, and the safety of the procedures?
i think ideally i would treat plastic surgery as something much like say, a piercing or a tattoo. i don't think i wanted piercings as a kid because i felt insecure without my nose pierced, i did it because it looked cool (and because i had tequila and safety pins lying around, but that's a different story..) and that might be the best way of looking at it.
plastic surgery (including 'extreme' body mods like say, tongue splitting or something) is awesome, because we're given the opportunity to shape and mold ourselves into something with the power that medicine has given us. i
love that and think its dope as fuck. from something as 'mild' as say, lip injections, all the way to horn implants (which i wouldn't really recommend but they definitely look cool) the freedom to do that is so important and like, incredibly cool. i think that if it wasn't so taboo or shameful, and that we didn't treat people like vapid bimbos for wanting bigger breasts or fuller hips, it would make these procedures
safer and might have a more positive impact on those who get them.
at the same time, i think that we also have to truly tackle
why we feel influenced to get some of these surgeries to begin with. there's no models that are influencing us to get horns or fangs, but we are definitely influenced to want slimmer tummies, wider hips, smaller noses etc etc, and that poses a huge issue for me. we should see plastic surgery of any kind as something fun and
optional and not something that influences or defines our worth as a person.
tl;dr plastic surgery cool, body dysmorphia drool
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