Persuasive Essay About Cosmetic Surgery

What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror? A seed sticking out from your teeth? Bed head from just waking up and sleepy eyes? The truth is every time we look at ourselves in the mirror we can not help but notice some of our imperfections. Whether it is our nose, eyes, lips or ears there is always something. The beauty standard pop culture has today on women is unattainable. Women somehow have to have a thin body, giant chest, big rear, and tiny waist. Unfortunately these are the molds young women in America wish to fit into in order to feel beautiful. The word beautiful has many different meanings, but most interpret it as a physical description. Many young women believe that in order to acquire this beauty standard they need

This unwanted pressure to look perfect affects girls at a very young age. Although, in the United States a person is considered a legal adult at age of 18 many young women are still not mentally and emotionally mature enough to consider the whole effects of getting plastic surgery. Many young girls believe in their mind that if they fix something they dislike about their body that there self confidence will rise by receiving cosmetic surgery. That certainly was not the case for 19 year old Kate Birch Davis. In the article by Sadie Nicholas “Nip and UN-tuck: Timely advice for teens considering plastic surgery”, at the age of 19 Kate got breast implants and regretted getting cosmetic surgery at such a young age Kate said, “I wanted to get new boobs for the summer,’she says. “I didn’t consider whether my body had stopped growing or how I’d feel about a decision made in my teens later life.” Just like Kate many girls who consider cosmetic surgery do not think about the aftermath of their decision. Girls are too focused on the ideal image of what they think they would look like based on the influence they have from pop culture. After her procedure Kate thought that her confidence would go up, but in reality the exact opposite happened. The effect of her large implants caused Kate to become self conscience, the formfitting clothes she longed to wear she no

The key to a positive self image is that a person has to accept and love themselves for who they are and embrace their unique differences they. Cosmetic surgery should be banned because of the health risks young adults can put their bodies into, and the emotional and mental immaturity teen have at a young age. Promoting positive body image and realizing that all bodies are different and beautiful is the key to a happier