Beauty is skin deep - Judith Massanet

Why don’t we accept the way we are? You’re ugly or you’re too fat, your nose is too big or your lips too thin. Let’s wear an exaggeration of make-up even though we look like a clown and let’s change our nose although it’s even worse than the first one. This is our society, especially worried about appearance instead of the important things, and wasting money in, sometimes useless, plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery has only a good thing, it improves your body appearance (and not always). On the other hand it has a long list of bad consequences. Do you think you’re totally safe during the operation? If you thought that, you’re totally wrong. There are a lot of risks, for example, surgery can cause infections which are hard to heal. Furthermore, the wound can take a long time to heal, especially if the person is old and depending on the kind of each skin. It can also cause addiction and, unless you’re extremely rich, money goes away quickly. People can even die during the intervention because of chemical products or an excessive bleeding.
However, a lot of people still think that plastic surgery is the best invention ever and very safe. In theory it has to improve our physical appearance, but it not always goes well. You can hear that typical posh and rich woman telling her friend: “I’ve just had an operation, look at my lips, they are perfect now, aren’t they?” Her friend agrees but she deeply thinks: “Yes, you’re much more beautiful with those lips like sausages”. You’ve wasted money to worsen your beauty. The only good thing I think plastic surgery does are liposuctions, because they help the extremely fat people to have a better life and it also improves their health. Nevertheless, I think make-up is good if you use it moderately because it hides small imperfections but it doesn’t change completely people’s face.

In conclusion, I think we should accept the way we are and stop looking at ourselves in the mirror if it’s to see our physical defects. Beauty depends on each person’s point of view. Like it or not, there will always be people who criticize you and the best thing you can do is ignore them. If you don’t like something, don’t look at it.