Thin waists, perfect noses, huge breasts. You name a body part, they can fake it. I see it on television, in the movies, at the mall. I hear about buddy deals and the doctors office and easy payment plans. America is paying millions of dollars to "fix" themselves. There is an image they have of what a person should look like and they will go to any lengths to get there. Is America obsessed with perfection?.
I remember a time when cosmetic surgery was used when necessary. My little brother Paris, was hit by a car when he was younger which left his face in need of surgery. Without it his face would have been almost fifty percent covered in deep scars. He would have been missing a part of his nose and would not have been able to shut one eye. In order to survive the accident and also live an ordinary life he had extensive plastic surgery done. Cosmetic surgery helped heal most of the damage and cover up the scars that might have otherwise ruined his life. Cosmetic surgery is a wonderful addition to the medical world. It truly can save lives. My brother and other people who suffer trauma due to injuries or illnesses are instances where I feel cosmetic surgery is appropriate. The following examples, I feel are not.
A few months back, I went to the mall. Several of my friends and I were trying on clothes at a store that was mostly for "teenagers." She was there in the dressing room. At first glance she looked close to our age. When I took a closer look, however, I saw differently. I could see her aged, discolored skin stretched back tightly on her face while covered with what seemed like gallons of makeup. She turned to me and smiled. Well, she tried to smile. I smiled back, waiting to see if her skin would snap. I could see that her skin fit loosely on her arms and legs. But, her soft, mushy skin was interrupted by two swollen, plastic like breasts that she was obviously trying to flaunt through her low cut shirt.
School is important but not at the cost of students' sanity and emotional status. ... The stress to be an overachiever may lead students into models of perfectionism rather than into creative and problem solving adults that society most needs. ... Students are pressured to be the number one so they strive for perfection. ...
Perfectionism Test- 44 questions, 20-25 min- how do you know if you're a perfectionist? ... Perfectionism can be readily found in the lives of people affected by eating disorders. ... Not only is perfectionism found in people with eating disorders, there is a correlation between perfectionism and obsessive compulsive disorders. ... "One recognized cause of eating disorders is the emphasis our culture places on the need to be thin at any cost. ... Men and women are constantly being pushed to physical perfection. ...
He is so disillusioned with his perfection-seeking wife, his perfection-bound children and life as he knows it that he seeks escape in a hooker that is an anathema to everything that is "correct" in his life. ... His wife and children would never be able to look like they do without considerable cost. The mortgage and John's family work together as a symbol of the pressures that come with the illusion of perfection; The perfect home comes with a big monthly payment along with high maintenance costs both time and monetary. ... Unfortunately for John, the cost will only increase. The...
Most Americans had limited access to books because they cannot afford the cost of its purchase even though at that time, there were no public libraries. ... He worked so hard on moral perfection, but found out that the virtue of order was the most challenging virtue to maintain. At a point he almost gave up as he expresses his frustration in one of his word; "This article (Order) therefore cost me so much painful attention, and my fault in it vexed me so much. ... Through these beliefs and virtues Franklin created a plan to achieve moral perfection. ... His quest for moral perfection w...
They also believed that women could not attain perfection and looked upon them as being inferior. ... They believe that can obtain perfection just as men, and were treated like everyone else. ... Jains preach that one must free themselves from samsara, the wheel of birth and death, to obtain perfection. ... Some monks even wear mouth protectors in order from breathing in bugs or tiny organisms, others save animals at any cost from the slaughter house. ... The highest state of perfection is known as kevala. ...
Perfection is the key to succeed within the system. ... In an era of perfection, Irene is procreated in the "natural" way; she is a test-tube baby who is almost genetically perfect. ... His opinion is that if one's will is really to achieve something, one has to give everything to make it come true no matter what the cost is. ...
The whole concept of "perfection" is just a tool which companies use to sell their product. ... People are dying because of an obsession with trying to attain that "perfection" which doesn't exist anyway. ... There are a lot of intelligent women out there that don't realize the pain, cost, its addiction and possible undesirable outcomes of plastic surgery. ...
