Plastic Surgery and Addiction

The plastic surgery industry has not been fashionable in feminist circles. Many claim it to be exploitative and destructive to women's self-esteem. They are part-right. There are situations in which plastic surgery can help people look better; but there are also many dangers involved.

The women who go to plastic surgeons in places like Hollywood don't do it for beauty as much as they do it for glamour. Many people in Hollywood want to feel like stars. There are four ways to feel like a star. One is to actually become a star. Another is to attach to a star. Another is to take drugs that let one feel whatever one wants to feel. And another is to get plastic surgery.

They go into swanky offices, where stars go all the time. They are met by adoring receptionists and are operated upon by famous surgeons. At its best, it can be an unforgettable experience. At its worst, it can become a toxic, destructive and outrageously expensive addiction.

The women in Hollywood do not suffer from lack of good genes. Many do, however, suffer from being impressionable. This leaves them prey for all sorts of scoundrels. These can be pimps, drug dealers, abusive boyfriends and, yes, the unscrupulous plastic surgeons who feed them the idea that they can't be good-looking unless they keep coming back for more plastic surgery.

There are women who get addicted to plastic surgery and keep doing it. The results of this are disastrous. Their natural beauty becomes completely disfigured, and they start looking like monsters. That should not be surprising. Nature is a better producer of beauty than even the best in plastic surgery; and an artificial look is inferior to natural beauty.

Chances are, if you've done plastic surgery more than once or twice, then you're on a wrong track. Whether it's glamour that keeps bringing you back or the suggestions of plastic surgeons, you are being deceived. Real problems do not require many treatments to solve and can be solved with one or two treatments. If you're doing it more, most likely you're being had.

Plastic surgery can only be useful in some situations, but not as an ongoing way of life. There are other ways to experience glamour. As for beauty, women in Hollywood are not known for lacking in it and have little to gain and much to lose from a plastic surgery habit.