Keeping Up With Celebrities
According to the American Board of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 11.5 million Americans received some form of cosmetic surgery in 2006.
Research has shown that there are many factors contributing to these growing plastic surgery statistics. The need and want for higher self esteem and the natural effects of aging seem to be among the highest reasons for this increase in surgery; however, I think we’re all fooling ourselves if we don’t relate this growing trend with our obsessed fascination with the celebrity world.
It seems you can’t pick up a magazine or search Google out of boredom anymore without being told about who’s supposedly had what done. Did Jessica Simpson get a breast augmentation? Will Liv Tyler have plastic surgery in the future? What gives with Victoria Beckham’s frozen face? And…uh! Dare I say it? Has Brad Pitt gone under the knife?
The media hype surrounding the celebs that entertain us, and those who simply party their way up the Hollywood food chain, is at an all time high right now. So it’s no wonder more Americans are opting for cosmetic surgery to look like their favorite idols. While some simply get a high off finding out that the seemingly perfect celebs that grace the pages of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and W are anything but, others are dialing their nearest plastic surgeon to request Angelina’s lips and Matthew McConaughey’s abs.
In the end, does it really matter which celebrity has or ever will have plastic surgery to enhance their physical appearance? When asking yourself whether plastic surgery is right for you, there’s only person who counts, and it isn’t Pamela Anderson. Having operations to alter your appearance should be a reflection of who you want to be in the future, what you want from your life and how you feel about yourself; after all, you’re not the one being followed by paparazzi.
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