Today I read the common place article titled, “Comfort Food” by Morgan Glaze in the article Glaze’s main point is the plastic surgery is the new ice cream and she says that all the people are flocking towards it. Her statements are that given our society how a person looks is judged and very high on the priority list. I agree that in our society to much importance is placed on looks and physical appearance and not enough is placed on really matters; personality. Glaze says that although plastic surgery used to be popular mainly in Hollywood it has spread like a malignant virus to even here; The Ohio State University’s campus. The author makes claims that when you undergo cosmetic surgery, unless justified by health concerns, you are changing for not yourself but someone else. I agree when you change your appearance not like changing your hair color or your style of clothes you are permanently changing your image, and that image is only for the world to see, not for yourself. The plastic surgery doesn’t change your internal flaws of your image; they in a way enhance them and can eventually lead to Body Dimorphic Disorder (BDD). There is no reason as to why people should feel the constant pressure to change their appearance, if our society wasn’t mainly based on looks and instead placed an emphasis on internal appearance our world would be much uglier on the outside, but flourish on the inside.
Not that I think most plastic surgery done is a good idea, but I think a good argument can be made that for those who have had an accident and have horribly disfigured features, that plastic surgery can be a better alternative than facing trouble in dealings with other people. So in this example, it is probably better to change one's appearance based on what other people think.
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