subject: Can Liposuction Help Me Feel Better About Myself? [print this page] Throughout history, people have had to deal with the tension between reality and the ideal. This struggle has been seen in moral terms, in philosophical terms, in financial terms. Lately, one area where America has seen major struggles is in terms of one's physical body.
In our society today, the physical ideal lies quite a long way from the average American's physical ideal. In today's society, we prize people with impossibly good looks. On TV, on magazine covers, in movies and just about everywhere we look, we see people who seem to be flawless. Various studies show that young girls (and also young boys) are learning to compare themselves to these pictures of beautiful celebrities (which have frequently been airbrushed or electronically enhances) and that they frequently develop feelings of inadequacy regarding their bodies.
Adults are by no means immune to this sort of feeling of inadequacy. Many adults wish that they were a couple dress sizes smaller or that they could lose a few inches around their waistline. Although this desire is certainly not a bad thing in and of itself (and can sometimes lead to a healthier life), the need to be skinnier and "more attractive" can sometimes become overgrown and damaging.
Given that the very purpose of cosmetic surgery is to enhance one's looks, this sort of issue comes up frequently in the world of liposuction. Liposuction (which is also referred to as lipoplasty and suction lipectomy) is a technique which removes fat from the body. During the surgery, a surgeon will literally vacuum fat out of certain problem areas of the body in an attempt to make the person trimmer, slimmer and sexier.
While this surgery has helped a number of people to feel more proud of and happy with their bodies, it is important for people to have a true understanding of what this surgery can and cannot do. Some people's problems with their body lies not in their body but in their mind. It is important for people to learn to accept themselves and love themselves, regardless of whether they have love handles or not.
If people enter a lipoplasty expecting it to "fix them," physically and emotionally, chances are they will not be happy afterward. Generally, this sort of person will simply find new problems with their body and new reasons to dislike him or herself. However, if a person is looking to improve his or her appearance, but has a relatively healthy relationship with his or her body, then this surgery can often help.
