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In such a diverse country, one would think that a woman would embrace the fact that she is unique looking and beautiful in her own way. According to the plastic surgery statistics for 2006, that is obviously not the case.
It is a fact that for the most part, we are hardest on ourselves. We critique and analyze and agonize over how we want to change ourselves to look “better.” What is “better” though? Who says that one look is “better” than another? Whoever it is should be shot.
Growing up in a society that urges us as women to be skinny, fake and enhanced isn’t easy. Billboard after billboard display these women who just aren’t normal…not to mention, airbrushed. And yet we strive to look like her. The ten-foot tall, skin and bones, airbrushed model with fake breasts and lip injections.
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, around 11 million plastic surgery procedures were done in America in 2006. That is a seven percent increase from 2005.
Minimally-invasive procedures such as Botox, microdermabrasion, laser hair removal and chemical peels, rose eight percent in 2006 to more than nine million procedures performed.
On the contrary, reconstructive surgeries, which improve function or appearance in abnormal structures, decreased three percent in 2006.
Plastic surgery has evolved over the years, but is it really worth it? What happened to the days when fuller women were considered sexy? Why do we put ourselves under the knife only to come out looking like everyone else? Why does society demand such perfection, when the imperfections are what makes us us?
Obviously, technology will keep evolving and these procedures will become more and more the norm. I guess we could all use a little airbrushing from time to time, but injections? New body parts? Lifts? Tucks? Is it necessary?
