The reason I am asking is because I saw a lot of women who look great after surgeries and I see nothing wrong with them, but when I browse Reddit I see people hating on them so hard, why?
Bcus peops hate wen others do things with their own bodies , specially wen those surgeries (or any other body modification) don’t conform to societal expectations
I’m a bit split on the whole topic.
The cultural reasons for why people get it done are bullshit. Maintaining youth, eliminating every single perceived flaw, and so on. Making people believe that they are worthless without their good looks. It’s a culture that isn’t healthy for our minds or bodies.
On the other hand, some of the insults levelled at people who have had cosmetic surgery is incredibly vicious and I don’t think it’s fair. Much of it is misogynistic when directed at women, and homophobic when directed at men. I believe everyone is entitled to full autonomy to do as they wish with their own body, as long as noone else is harmed by it.
It’s self mutilation in response to a mental illness cause by societal pressures and misogyny. Chopping up your face to appear younger, should not be something anyone feels the need to do.
Not all cosmetic surgery is this. Helping burn victims or people who have suffered injuries, nothing wrong with any of that. There’s lots of legitimate reasons for cosmetic surgery to exist. But so much of it is the symptom of a broken society.
If I have a daughter I hope I can teach her to love and appreciate herself for who she is, be proud of herself and that everyone is beautiful and worthy, rather than to fit in with the stereotypical standards of beauty and if she doesn’t match that, she has to get surgery to do so.
On Lemmy and Reddit? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago_face
“Excessive” obvious cosmetic surgery became a status symbol, and then it got politicized.
Mainly because it’s a side effect of hollywood/social media. But i’m also very happy with how I look, so i can’t really judge people for trying to look different.
For me it is just manipulating your natural beauty. Hollywood conditions nearly all women that they must look attractive or risk losing roles that exist only based on attractiveness. So you see actresses like Kate Beckingsale or Lindsay Lohan doing this for some roles.
It’s different than needing to get rid of loose skin from losing a lot of weight.
Because to me I see it as wearing a mask and faking who you are.
I also feel the same with makeup but worse (chemicals that destroy your skin).
There was a time, when it was actively pushed onto women, and also people made fun of really bad ones on the internet later on, so plastic surgery became synonymous with weird oversized breasts and duck beak lips.
1000% preference. Like fake tans, comestic surgery items like “Bolted on tits”, lip fillers, and fake muscles look weird and unnatural. To me it looks like a slightly deformed human and instinct says stay away from that. However, I have cowokers who love that stuff. If there is a time in future where it looks more natural id probably more for it.
you don’t notice it if it looks natural
Well, yea, and so much of it looks unnatural
That’s an argument many pro cosmetic surgery folks say. Just like I prefer a good burger versus a bad one, if you could guarantee the same standard on every human then its just a money thing. I did quite a bit of research 10 years ago and it seemed it wasn’t worth it when I spoke to professionals then. Im certain it will improve as time goes on. But at my age going to be like putting new lights in a haunted mansion 😅
Unless what you are saying is some people want to others to notice like the human Ken doll. After watching him talk in a documentary that guy screams “I needs therapy”. He literally said he wouldnt do this if everyone did it. It’s not healthy to mutilate yourself for attention mate.
Agreed. I touched a pair of tits once that had implants, but you couldn’t tell just by looking.
I see a difference between e.g. restorative cosmetic surgery, e.g. after an accident on one hand, and creating cow tits and Mar-a-Lago lips on the other.
I don’t hate the people who got cosmetic surgeries done on themselves, but I hate the culture that made them feel like they needed them. I also think it often just doesn’t look good.
Excess vanity is not a good look.
Because it perpetuates the myth that you’re somehow a bad person if you show signs of aging.
…there is a myth like that?
Women and men are not supposed to hold the secret to beauty for infinite amount of years, for actors and actresses who are dependent on their looks, they would always have the choice to stop being dependent on their looks or improve their looks.
The choice is not related to any sort of culture, but the consumption choices of consumers.
If a person liked the look of another person in their 20s, they don’t need to like their looks forever in their 40s and 50s.
This feels like not really the reason.
