Today, I came across yet another article about plastic surgery in the celebrity world and I just thought I should state my point. Heck, what else is a blog for?
The pictures below were featured in an article on Yahoo! From the first picture, you might notice a resemblance with Lindsay Lohan. Yes, it's her sister Ali Lohan.
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| Ali in 2009 (left) and in 2011. (Gary Gershoff/WireImage, Splash News) |
Let me be clear here: I'm against plastic surgery when it is used excessively and for the wrong reasons.
I know people who had plastic surgery to remove huge bags under their eyes when they were only 30. Yes, usually at 30, you don't have huge bags, so I can understand that. However, I'm soooo against Botox, so I think we should embrace our wrinkles.
I'm also pro-surgery when it's for medical reasons. I know someone who had such droopy eyelids that they were preventing her from seeing well. Or surgery after an accident, fine!
I know people who had plastic surgery to remove huge bags under their eyes when they were only 30. Yes, usually at 30, you don't have huge bags, so I can understand that. However, I'm soooo against Botox, so I think we should embrace our wrinkles.
I'm also pro-surgery when it's for medical reasons. I know someone who had such droopy eyelids that they were preventing her from seeing well. Or surgery after an accident, fine!
I also understand surgery if you want to correct some sort of malformation or something.
But surgery to "make yourself more beautiful" is dangerous, because it can spiral out of control!
Take Heidi Montag as an extreme example!
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| She looked cute before, yet now she looks like a plastic doll, straight out of a cardboard box. |
Look at Ali's 2009 picture. Was she "ugly"? Did any of her features handicap her from living a normal life?
Of course not! Why did she need to go through this transformation?
I believe that self-esteem comes from the inside. It's a mental process that we all go through to accept or at least "cope" with who we are and what we look like. I don't believe that going under the knife will solve that problem.
However, I must state a case with which I sympathize. Marlena from MakeupGeekTV had a tummy-tuck after working very hard for a year to lose dozens of pounds. It was her way of completing her hard work, because the extra skin almost hid the result she got after all the hard work. That skin was almost a handicap, because it made her look like still had extra weight on her belly, which was not the case!
Marlena used surgery to complete her hard work so she could enjoy the result. She did it for the "right reasons".
Using surgery to change the way you look, however, I can't support.
Ultimately, it is your choice. The "wrong reasons" for me might be "good reasons" to you.
Tell me, are you pro or anti plastic surgery?
What do you think of Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Thompson, forming the "British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League" ?
The intent is important. Plastic surgery is made to improve the physical look of the human body, and a measure of self-control is essential in order to enhance the physical attributes nicely.
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