Why is plastic surgery bad

For example, how will you feel if your plastic surgery causes you to become a topic of gossip among your social circle? What if your partner exhibits signs of jealousy or insecurity because of your new look? For some people, plastic surgery is an opportunity to fix a perceived flaw that has troubled them for years. The thinking goes, if we were only to get it fixed, we would be that much more beautiful.

However, people who strongly perceive imperfections within themselves may suffer from body dysmorphic disorder BDD. It affects 1. In many cases, people with BDD have undergone several plastic surgeries but are chronically unhappy with the results.

Ultimately, they wished they had never undergone them at all. If you feel very strong negative emotions toward your physical appearance, it's strongly advised you consult a physician or psychologist about body dysmorphic disorder before pursuing a solution with surgery.

As with any surgery, plastic surgery carries risks. People have had surgery that has resulted in scars, disfigurement, or worse. While the worst outcomes are rare, such risks are nonetheless a reality. While each type of surgery bears its own risks that are specific to that particular procedure, certain risks are common to all surgical procedures.

Unsatisfactory aesthetic results including contour irregularities, asymmetry, excessive or unfavorable scarring , etc. For many patients, successful plastic surgery can lead to an increase in self-esteem and confidence. Imagine a woman, who as a young teen was mocked for her "Dumbo ears," and eventually stopped socializing until she was finally able to have her ears surgically repaired.

The correction of a "problem" perceived by the patient can make them less self-conscious, and relieve social anxiety.

It may make them more outgoing, less vulnerable, and more willing to show off their new, flattering features. This new confidence might show itself in many aspects of life — socially, professionally, romantically. When you feel comfortable and confident in your own skin, you will radiate these positive emotions in everything you do.

In addition, some studies have shown that physical attractiveness correlates with professional success, such as hiring decisions, promotions, and salary. Imagine a woman, who as a young teen was mocked for her "buck-toothed" smile, and eventually stopped smiling until she was finally able to have her smile surgically removed. In some cases, plastic surgery can yield distinct improvements in quality of life.

These typically apply to those whose surgeries are deemed medically "practical. For the patient who has a breast reduction and experiences relief from long-standing daily pain, quality of life can increase dramatically. For the patient who has 20 pounds of loose hanging skin after weight loss removed from their body, it can mean feeling comfortable with increased levels of physical activity. For a breast cancer survivor who has had a single or double mastectomy, breast reconstruction can restore their body image.

Whether its tightening up loose skin or smoothing out wrinkle lines, a little nip and tuck can take off your face or anywhere else! Many people struggle with confidence issues because of their appearance.

With a little cosmetic surgery, most people are more pleased with their appearance and are more confident in the world around them because of this new found look. Studies have shown that people who get cosmetic surgery and have a boost in confidence also have better relationships with their partners and with others. Those who use cosmetic surgery for medical reasons may find that the surgery was the solution to their problems. One of the most common examples is a lift in the eyes and around the forehead to reduce eye pain and headaches.

As with any surgery, there is always a risk of complications. Muscle and tissue damage, scarring, and infections are all complications that can happen when you have surgery. For many people, expectations are not always realistic. Depending on the extent of your surgery, you may be left with scars, numbness or parallelization. Ironically, while the UK has banned female genital mutilation, it is simultaneously having a booming trade in labiaplasty.

Girls and women, or perhaps their boyfriends and husbands, are seeing women's vulvas in pornography, and going to their doctors to get themselves "tidied up". One gynaecologist told me about the young girl who is brought by her mother.

This doctor tells the girl that she has seen thousands of labia, and that this girl is entirely normal. But there is a powerful drive to conform to the pornographic ideal of what women should look like.

And when it's a white girl, the law doesn't seem to apply. You could argue that it's a free country. We have an ethic of individual informed choice in healthcare. If someone has decision-making capacity, and wants to spend their own money on botox injections or removing their man-boobs, then that's up to them.

But the effect of many individual choices is to change cultural perceptions for everyone. If most people take surgical routes to delaying the effect of ageing, then we will have different expectations of what we are meant to look like in our later years. What is the disability perspective on all this? What happens to the abnormal when the new normal is hyper-normal? Many of us already have faces or bodies that are different from the prevailing norm of beauty.

There's even a charity, Changing Faces , which helps people with facial disfigurement and campaigns for greater acceptance. Because of my achondroplasia or dwarfism, I have a big head and chubby arms and legs. Aside from a very tortuous technique called limb-lengthening, there's not much that I can do about it. So if I want to feel good about myself, I have to come to terms with my difference. That's not easy. Like all restricted-growth people, I do get stared at all the time, laughed at regularly, and sometimes taunted.

Plastic surgery. But I have learned that people can still find you attractive, even if you look different. The things that make people like you, and even desire you, are mostly about personality - being emotionally warm, or good at conversation, especially being funny.

So maybe disabled people can share these lessons with non-disabled people. In my experience, those disabled people who have successfully come to terms are far less self-conscious about their body.

For non-disabled people, the clothed body is a fiction that they present to others. The naked body, without adornment or make-up, is something to be ashamed of. For disabled people, we are always different from the norm.

So we have nothing to hide, and no reason to feel embarrassed by undressing. Paradoxically, we may be happier with our seriously flawed bodies than others are with their minor defects.

Surveys show that young people in Britain are increasingly dissatisfied with their bodies.