Monday, June 6, 2011

Striving for Nothing.


Our perception of beautiful was always flawed. There were only certain features that were considered beautiful by society and because of this, cosmetic surgery has become such a common procedure that everyone wants to have done.

Perfection is just a state of mind, it's not an attainable object. Yet so many people still strive for it. Yet cosmetic surgery is on the rise and will always be now. Our perception of beauty has changed like it does every season, and we sit here watching countless of humans run around trying to reach it.

With so many procedures done on a person, they become unrecognizable, especially with all the high-tech medical tools we have now (stem cells). Feeling like you look better than before gives you boost of confidence. It changes you. In other words, cosmetic surgery causes a chain effect. Not only does it change how you look like on the outside, it may change how you act. You might walk with a strut, head held high and beaming with confidence. It may make you look down upon others who just want to be normal. You don't act like how you did before. Now what if you change so much, look and personality wise that you don't recognize who you are anymore? What if no one knows who you originally started out as? That person is gone. That person doesn't exist anymore, only the new and "improved" you.

There's also procedures done with changing identities. It's common for people to change identities. It could be a fictional character or an icon that you would love to look like. They then go under the knife and come out as someone completely different. It's more than a nose job. You can be someone for one week and then change and be someone else. That's how quick and easy this procedure is. But if you keep on changing and changing your identity, can you become who you started out as? Can you keep going back?

Cosmetic surgery kills identity, kills your identity, making it impossible for your to become who you were orginially set out to be. Instead your just what you want to be.