Plastic Surgery Helps Self-Esteem

“ To men a man but a mind. Who cares what face he carries or what he wears? But woman’s body is still the woman. “(Bierce,1958). People nowadays want to be more beautiful and perfect. They will do anything to fulfill their needs. Cosmetic surgery is modern variation of a practice as old as humankind. Every culture has some customs that prescribe deliberately changing a body’s natural appearance (Brain, 1979). The methods, however, are diverse and particular to a culture at a specific period of time. The body customs may be merely decorative, if not, most have social significance. For certain culture and religion, the body modification is used to communicate power, group membership, individual status and social identity. Until now, the purpose of social acceptance is the main reason for the incline of cosmetic surgery’s popularity as well as self-satisfaction. In fact, it has become a norm and has become more widespread than before as the modern technologies allow a more major body transformation. People have to remember that physical changes do not only affect the appearance of an individual but it also plays a role in the person’s psychosocial behavior and that it is not the only means of social acceptance. There are few factors of cosmetic surgery which is the idealism of perfection, the pursuit of beauty and cosmetic surgery has widely spoken topic for over many years.

An “ideal beauty” is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to the idealism of perfection . However, now, in the modern world with vast media to spread news and ideology, a new definition of “perfect beauty” has been drilled into the head of millions of people regardless of their age and gender. Models and famous celebrities are t...

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...’s psychology and social life. Individuals who are pleased with the outcome of their surgery, will feel better about themselves, hence their self-esteem are boosted (Dittman, 2005). They will feel more comfortable in the crowd. Besides that, attractive people are better accepted by the society and unattractive people are more harshly punished for social transgressions and are less often sought after social partners, failure to work toward the beauty ideal can result in real consequences.

In a nutshell, as for our society, the quality and meaning of life for men and women are not based on the silence of bodily shame. Sometimes cosmetic surgery can express more increativity compare to self-control and self-worth. Thus, imagine what would be the impact if the world’s women spread and liberated all of the power that had been absorbed in the cosmetic surgery process.