Friday, June 27, 2008

Beauty and appearance

By Setsuko Mabuchi

I’ve always heard “it’s what on the person’s inner part that counts”. I agree but there us also a person’s other side to consider. In reality, the first impression on someone is due to general appearance. Besides, there are many jobs or activities that demand good appearance, or rather, a sleek or well-cared-for appearance. Actors, public people, hosts, salespeople, public relations are some of the people who need taking care of their looks to invest with confidence in their activities. For this, there are devices like plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.

Many positive and negative consequences can be mentioned as a result of this demand. At first, only people who depend on their public image used the most variable devices to improve appearance, but nowadays more and more people are doing anything to maintain their youthful image.

Positive effects are: feeling of well-being, needs satisfied and more confident and happier people.
Negative aspects are: people worried only about appearance, excess of vanity, forgetting other values and risks, complications after plastic surgery, unreal expectations, consumption of unhealthy drugs to lose weight or to obtain muscles (for men)…

In my opinion, to correct any physical imperfection that bothers us, in this case plastic surgery, another procedure should be done. I’m in favor of reasonable use of cosmetic procedures because considering the negative effects of a surgery, I certainly wouldn’t do it. We have to be attentive to things related to appearance that bring us health and happiness.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear Setsuko,
Your composition is very interesting.
What exactly do mean about cosmetic procedures is not clearly, maybe something like Botox or Laser could be used to correct some imperfections, but if you could clarefy this I would be very thankful.I'm thinking about a plastic surgery,and maybe it helps me.