Persuading : The dark side of plastic surgery

 

 Nowadays, many of the young people in South Korea are fond of getting plastic surgery. For various purposes, such as a means of self - improvement or finding a good job, they try to justify why they have to get plastic surgery. However, is it really reliable that we can do it without any doubt? Should we do it to live a better life? In my opinion, plastic surgery hurts not only their bodies or minds, but the way society functions toward the right direction.

    First of all, it is very dangerous to get plastic surgery, especially for young people who haven't finished their growth. They only focus on the success of it, but there are hundreds of side-effects behind at the same time. If the surgery goes wrong, recovering or regaining our original face is almost impossible, according to the example of the well-known South Korean woman whose face became like a bomb due to numerous plastic surgery. Furthermore, it impacts badly on their feelings and minds. They torture themselves to look perfect, so continue to get the surgery to approach the "perfect" face they have always pursued. These behaviors lead to addiction; as they start fixing one part of their bodies, they keep on it to other parts to look more attractive. They are never satisfied, though, and instead of developing intellectual ability, they only care about how others think when they see their face.



    Second, each person's unique characteristics is ignored. On the advertisements of plastic surgery in South Korea, doctors warn that everybody except you is getting prettier and prettier. They regard normal face as a disaster, or absolute evil; beautiful face is a powerful arms to acquire all the things they want. The beautiful face, in their words, is to have bigger eyes, a higher nose and a smaller face. However, it solely fits to Western's standard of beauty. For Koreans, it is awkward to follow it. As we fix our face, we are losing our distinct, innate features that can be a real beauty both for ourselves and other races in the world. Many people are already tired of seeing 'a face that can be seen 10 times or more a day'.

    Finally, it triggers 'lookism' or 'commercialism' in our society. As I said before, if plastic surgery becomes prevalent, it makes people think that beautiful face is the only ability to succeed or be recognized by others, aside from mental faculty or good personality. Those who don't get plastic surgery, in comparison, becomes less confident and worse, they hurt themselves with hatred of their ordinary face. This process is fanning 'plastic surgery trend', along with the sweet talk instigating it on the advertisements. 
Doctors emphasize only bright side of it; how you will dramatically change when you get plastic surgery, including your face and your life. In reality, however, they aim to earn as much money as possible, by stimulating human's intrinsic desire for beauty. None of them are willing to be responsible for the harm caused by it. 

  

    To sum up, plastic surgery is not magic that makes you wonderful as you think. Rather, it can ruin your life, physically as well as mentally, and lead the trend of public opinion in a bad way. More and more people are trying to get it, but our society is not equipped with any security system which can afford to cure the prospective failure. Keep in mind; you are the boss of your life. Find the real meaning of it by allowing your drawbacks and striving for improving them for yourselves.