Vanity, thy name is man

I caught a glimpse of an MTV show where we watch young women getting botox and implant surgery. One young woman talked about how she wanted breast implants to look like Pam Anderson. This woman talked about how, shortly after her implant surgery, she experienced the following symptoms:



-her hair started falling out
-her glands became swollen
-her menstrual cycle ceased
-she was constantly nauseas

By the time her kidneys failed, she started doing research on the internet and found thousands of women who had suffered the same symptoms. When she had explant surgery, her symptoms cleared up, but only after she gave the best years of her life to this sickness.

I brought this up to highlight the dangers of cosmetic surgery. I didn’t even mention how breast implants can decrease your chances of detecting breast cancer, or how people have died from incorrectly-administered anesthetic. We need to hear more stories like these. Just look up breast implants on google images and you'll see the devastation unleashed upon the bosom of today's women.

I think our emphasis on beauty is sad, but it is also clearly dangerous. People risk skin cancer to have a tan. People injects poison into their skin to avoid wrinkles. What we value as a society is demonstrated by where we place our resources. With all the money we put into tanning salons, botox centers, cosmetic surgeons and diet pills, there is clearly too much emphasis going to the wrong places. Shame on us.