As I was doing my housework with the Tv on in the background, I had to look twice when I heard an ad for a plastic surgery centre which does tummy tucks, facelifts, rhinoplasty, breast implants, liposuction.
They were advertising that if you call now and book, they will give you two procedures for the price of one.
Ok now I know where the doctor shortage is. They have all gone in to plastic surgery to capitalize on people's wish to be perfect. And obviously business is competitive to have to offer a sale. Does that mean they are overcharging in the first place. Or does it mean, that they will take short cuts?
Now because these procedures are elective and private, they obviously do not have to adhere to any kind of ethical advertising.
The fact that people, mostly women feel they have to be perfect clones of someone famous and fix everything surgically as far as I am concerned is an illness which is being ignored. I have watched enough of the plastic surgery shows to know there are people addicted to these procedures. Instead of getting psychological help, they are offered bargains for grouping their procedures.
I have always admired the exotic appearance. The perfect body and face so common in model ads, to me are boring. The model who stands out is one that has a less than perfect feature.
When I was a red headed freckled girl with a ski jump nose, I was envious of Cher with her aristocratic nose and exotic looks. I thought she was one of the most beautiful women on earth. Now she has had extreme surgery including removal of ribs to get the narrow V shape. What on earth is attractive about her now?
I exercise hard and follow a clean diet to be the best I can be as me. I don't want to be anyone else. You can exercise anything including the eyes, and the face. I will cover that later in the blog.
When I was young, looking ahead, I was positive that I would eventually have a face lift. Now there is nothing that can be of less interest to me.
I do not criticize those who have significant visual flaws for having surgery in this society and intolerance to differences, but the expectation to be perfect is just sad.
Early in my nursing career I did a short stint on a plastic surgery floor. I saw some bizzare sights when I flicked my flashlight around on night rounds. Since then I have seen too many people with artificial results and often they no longer even closely resemble their former selves. I am over it. The outrageous advertising sure helps put it in perspective.
p.s. My brother-in-law wondered what two beautiful plasticized parents tell their offspring when the child asks "Mom, you and dad are so good looking, where did I get this nose?"
Maybe eventually they will genetically engineer the egg and sperm or select the egg and sperm of beautiful people?
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