subject: Is there Anything Cosmetic Surgery Can't Fix? [print this page] Author: Leonard Dawson Author: Leonard Dawson
If you've spent any time in front of a television in the past few years you've no doubt seen shows like Extreme Makeover and wondered if there was anything cosmetic surgery couldn't fix. The answer is, "Of course." Cosmetic surgery can't fix low self-esteem even if it does provide a temporary psychological boost. Cosmetic surgery can't fix a broken marriage, and it can't fix a person's desire for attention from one special person, whether that person is a significant other, spouse, or parent. And cosmetic surgery can't even fix a person's desire to have the perfect face and/or body. Cosmetic surgery addicts are a testament to that fact. Cosmetic surgery can't fix the aging process. It can help a person reset their clock by a few years, but aging will take place on altered as well as unaltered faces and bodies. While some procedures are less noticeable than others, any surgical procedure will leave scars, sometimes invisibly, and sometimes visibly. Cosmetic surgery can't take 40-year-old skin and make it look exactly like 20-year-old skin. Cosmetic surgeons use scalpels, not magic wands. It can't fix a gnawing desire to always look younger. That fixation can outlast numerous surgical procedures, head to toe. There is a lot that cosmetic surgery can do. It can repair damage from accidents and cancer surgery. It can fix back pain caused by years of carrying around breasts that are too heavy for a woman's frame. It can mostly restore a breast that was lost to cancer. It can suction fat from thighs and hips, resulting in inches lost that wouldn't budge otherwise. It can tighten abdominal skin and muscles that have been stretched by weight gain or pregnancy, and it can remove excess skin from those who have lost massive amounts of weight. Cosmetic surgery can't make you happy enough that you'll like your boring, un-fulfilling job. It can't make up for your choosing the wrong person to marry. It can't make your teenage children be nice to you if they're not inclined to. It can't fix grief, depression, or addiction. Many people in today's world think that any "problem" that can be addressed by throwing money at it goes from being a "problem" to being merely an "expense." It is extremely easy to get into this mindset, particularly for people who spend a lot of time watching television, seeing plastic surgery programs and makeover programs, and noticing how happy the participants are with their new nose, or teeth, or breasts, or thighs. Young adults may make fun of the "vain" people who treat themselves to liposuction or a nose job, but many of them end up getting plastic surgery themselves anyway. It is extremely easy to lose sight of what a real human body looks like after years of being presented with perfectly proportioned bodies that look great in clothes and attract just the right amount of attention from admirers. It's all too easy to forget that bodies come in many shapes, and the shape that is hot this year might well be pass next year. And cosmetic surgery can't change that. It can only adapt to changing consumer demand.About the Author:
Leonard Dawson is a freelance article writer who writes for Cosmetic Surgery Guru about current issues, technology and news within the cosmetic surgery market.
