The Big Time: Surgery.
Now this could be the most controversial of the three. Surgery does
carry a certain stigma around it, and if you read what I wrote about piercings
you’re probably thinking that I will be all against it. But surgery has both
its goods and its bads.
Let me start with the differences between cosmetic surgery and plastic
surgery, because this may surprise you but they are not the same things.
Cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery are not the same thing:
Cosmetic surgery procedures enhance a person's appearance toward some
aesthetic ideal.
Cosmetic surgery is practiced by doctors from a variety of medical
fields including dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, general surgeons,
gynecologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, ophthalmologists,
otolaryngologists, plastic surgeons, as well as doctors from other fields.
Unlike cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery focuses on repairing and
reconstructing abnormal structures of the body caused by birth defects,
developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors or disease.
And so with those lines drawn you might be thinking that I’m just gonna
say cosmetic bad, plastic good. But it’s not as simple as that, and by those
definitions plastic is good, but that does not necessarily mean that
cosmetic is bad though. But it isn’t, not always anyways. I do believe that
surgery should be the last choice not the first one. I am a big proponent of
loving the body you’re in or learning to love the body you’re in. But I also so
acknowledge that it is not always possible for this to happen. And in that case
I do believe that if there is nothing else that can be done, cosmetic surgery
is a completely acceptable option. As I said before it shouldn’t be a first
choice, but a last resort. Now I should be clear that if you think that changing
your body because you think it will make someone else like you more. No, simply
no. Don’t get surgery to impress someone else, because if they have a problem
with your body it is not you it’s them.
See now I am not even sure if it is something that surgeons let you
rush into. Because piercings can be taken out, tattoos can be removed, but
surgery is not always as easily reversible and there’s no guarantee that it
will turn out the way you want it to.
Think hard and embrace your quote unquote imperfections before you
decide to surgically change them. Because I’d like to believe that changing
your mind is more beneficial than changing your body.
Post Script: I’m sure is more research that I could do on this, but I
do think this does cover the point I am trying to get across. Also I am hoping
that I can keep up on regular posts. I think I am doing good so far. Wednesdays
are good right?
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