Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic surgery has been a growing fascination for many people over the last couple of decades. The public eye has been watching movie stars and rock stars enhance their looks by getting breast implants, nose jobs, lip jobs etc. In Gary Schaefer’s article, “Emerging From Stigma, Cosmetic Surgery Remaking Face of Japan” from the Edmonton Journal, we hear the story of a nineteen year old woman named Risa Arato. She had a makeover done on the prime time Japanese television show, “Beauty Colosseum.” People of today are being offered this life altering surgery in a less expensive and more convenient way then ever before. What once was considered “disrespectful” to parents is now being supported by them. High risks have been reduced greatly in cosmetic surgery and there are less allergic reactions then ever before. Still, with Japan being in an economic slump, this surgery has been higher in business then in the years past. Gary Schaefer conveys in the article that this is becoming a global fascination that may or may not be hurtful to everyone who uses it. He does not necessarily take a strong stance but rather leaves it open to the readers to discuss this question.

Millions of young children are growing up watching their role models on television and in movies and what they see are beautiful people. Is this beauty natural, received through genes or even make up? Surprisingly a large percent of people in show business have cosmetic surgery done to them. This use to be a trend that stayed in show business because of the expense, but now these days the surgery is so cheap that the public is becoming almost addictive to it. A simple “botolium toxin”, which is a wrinkle reducer, is leading to getting ...

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...ice whether or not to have it done to themselves.

It is clearly shown by all of these arguments that cosmetic surgery is a very controversial subject, not only in Japan but all over the world. So then why is it becoming so popular among so many people? It must mean that the treatments are changing lives of people, such as Risa Arato, in profoundly great ways. I am sure many people would put a price on something that could help your self esteem and even just simple things such as making it easier to get a date. All of those years some people grow up wishing they could look better or clear a scar they received from birth or a car accident, and now they can. What once was a dream is now a reality. People can uncover the happiness that lies deep beneath the defensive surface they have made from years of torment received from others, thanks to cosmetic surgery.