- Key points: The consequences of plastic surgery and how it can affect people psychologically and physically:
- Summary:
● the patients who have too much expectations from the plastic surgery can end up being depressed, if the outcome of the operation doesn't meet their expectations. This can lead to the developpement of family problems, social isolation and anger towards the surgeons;
● the dissatisfaction of the outcome of the operation can also cause self-esteem issues;
● although some patients' ego does get boosted enormously and they even start participating in the beauty pageons, without feeling self-consious and having negative body image thoughts;
● the negative outcomes of plastic surgery are sometimes linked with suicide;
● It is risky to perform operations on people younger than 18, since they are still in the stage where they are developping physically and mentally;
● a large proportion of Plastic Surgery patiens experiences body dysmorphic syndrome;
● pmany people who are about to go into the plastic surgery trearment or who have already done it, usually seek assistance from the psychologist, which highlights the link betwen the plastic surgery and the mental state of a person;
● Quotes:
-"Studies have shown that people report increased satisfaction with the body part they had surgery on, but results are mixed on whether plastic surgery boosts their self-esteem, quality of life, self-confidence and interpersonal relationships in the long term";
- "Some studies have even gone as far as linking dissatisfaction with cosmetic surgery procedures to suicide. For example, in one study, the National Cancer Institute found in 2001 that women with breast implants were four times more likely to commit suicide than other plastic surgery patients of the same age as the women who underwent breast implants";
Personal opinion: I think that if a person already has a lot of issues concerning their appearance, then the plastic surgery might not necessarily solve all the problems, since low self-esteem is more of a mental issue, and a person who doesn't love themselves will always find something negative about their appearance;
American Psychological Association;
By Melissa Dittmann;
Plastic surgery: Beauty or beast?
7 October, 2005;
Cosmetic surgery is booming, but what's the mental cost of changing your appearance? Psychologists look to fill in the research gaps.
Link: http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/surgery.aspx
- Summary:
● the patients who have too much expectations from the plastic surgery can end up being depressed, if the outcome of the operation doesn't meet their expectations. This can lead to the developpement of family problems, social isolation and anger towards the surgeons;
● the dissatisfaction of the outcome of the operation can also cause self-esteem issues;
● although some patients' ego does get boosted enormously and they even start participating in the beauty pageons, without feeling self-consious and having negative body image thoughts;
● the negative outcomes of plastic surgery are sometimes linked with suicide;
● It is risky to perform operations on people younger than 18, since they are still in the stage where they are developping physically and mentally;
● a large proportion of Plastic Surgery patiens experiences body dysmorphic syndrome;
● pmany people who are about to go into the plastic surgery trearment or who have already done it, usually seek assistance from the psychologist, which highlights the link betwen the plastic surgery and the mental state of a person;
● Quotes:
-"Studies have shown that people report increased satisfaction with the body part they had surgery on, but results are mixed on whether plastic surgery boosts their self-esteem, quality of life, self-confidence and interpersonal relationships in the long term";
- "Some studies have even gone as far as linking dissatisfaction with cosmetic surgery procedures to suicide. For example, in one study, the National Cancer Institute found in 2001 that women with breast implants were four times more likely to commit suicide than other plastic surgery patients of the same age as the women who underwent breast implants";
Personal opinion: I think that if a person already has a lot of issues concerning their appearance, then the plastic surgery might not necessarily solve all the problems, since low self-esteem is more of a mental issue, and a person who doesn't love themselves will always find something negative about their appearance;
American Psychological Association;
By Melissa Dittmann;
Plastic surgery: Beauty or beast?
7 October, 2005;
Cosmetic surgery is booming, but what's the mental cost of changing your appearance? Psychologists look to fill in the research gaps.
Link: http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/surgery.aspx
so... what is the moral issue here?
ReplyDeletethat people should or shouldn't have plastic surgery?
I think it's the person's own choice. If you have the money to do it then there should be no problem. If someone is willing to do plastic surgery then that person is most probably aware of the consequences and dangers.
ReplyDeleteThis links back to human rights as people have the right to change their appearance if they don't like certain aspects of their appearance. Even though their is a chance the surgery does not meet the expectations of the person, there is also a chance plastic surgery will incease one's confidence and self-esteem as they will be much happier about themselves. This doesn't take away the fact that it is still a surgery and that something can always go wrong. However, when taking the decision of having plastic surgery a person has to make sure they go to a well-established proffesional clinic and discuss the safety features with their doctor. However, if plastic surgery was morally unacceptable nobody would go to Hollywood anymore since it has a reputation of the increasing use plastic surgery. Their is no 100% chance the operation will go smoothly nor that the patient will not feel any pain afterwards. Nevertheless, plastic surgery is a risk. Whether someone takes that risks, is up to them.
ReplyDeleteThe moral issue here is whether or not people can change the way they were born, whether they can replace their natural features with artificial ones;
ReplyDeleteWhile there are many benefits of plastic surgery, such as increased self-esteem, reduction of fear and depression and also the improvement of job prospects for people by reducing ageing; nothing comes without a catch. And a catch is that those operations aren't always successful even though they cost a fair amount of money. So i think that if a person is really that unhappy about the way they look, and they are willing to take the risk, then they should be allowed to do plastic surgery. But i think ideally the individuals above the age of 18 should be the ones doing the following alterations to their bodies, for up to that age their body still undergoes drastic changes, and the plastic surgery can therefore affect their process of growth.
You said the moral issue is wether or not people can change the way they look...
ReplyDeletePlastic surgery is clear evidence that this is true...
I think what you mean is "should" people.