Every time when you read the tabloids, you find that nearly all the pages are flooded with advertisements of different cosmetic surgery agents. The celebrities are flaunting their seductive body shape in a bid to entice people to join the cosmetic surgery. This imprints an illusion in people's mind that girls with big breast, pointed face and slim body must be "beautiful". That’s why the number of cosmetic surgery performed on women is rocketing. Many people are willing to pay thousands of dollars to permanently alter their bodies surgically. However, there are risks under the surgeries. Is it valuable to perform it? How does cosmetic surgery affect us both physically and mentally?
Cosmetic surgery offers individuals the choice to change and improve their appearance. This causes both physical and mental benefits. Physically, cosmetic surgeries, for example liposuction, help patient to lose weight and keep a slim body shape. Reducing weight helps maintain a better health condition and the illness caused by overweight such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease would be greatly reduced. Therefore, cosmetic surgeries help us get healthier. Another benefit of performing cosmetic surgery is that the inborn physical defect can be cured. For example, the cleft lips and palates. Zuckerman (2005) points out that reconstructive surgery are valuable to the youngster. Children can avoid being teased because of their unattractive physical appearance.
Besides the physical benefit, patient can be mentally rewarded. They will not only look and feel younger, thinner, and prettier, but also self-esteem will skyrocket. With a beautiful outlook, many cosmetic surgery patients discover that they are more confident. Patients are no longer self-conscious about their physical defects. They can focus on living their life instead of worrying about the way how others are looking at them. According to huge numbers want cosmetic surgery, study finds (2007), a number of...