The Standard Has Become an Obsession

The Standard Has Become an Obsession

In my previous blog I discussed how Toddlers and Tiaras only encouraged America to remain a beauty obsessed culture and allowed viewers inappropriate entertainment through this show. There are many other programs that are being aired that are also promoting the beauty obsessed perfectionism culture we live in. A prime example of this type of show is Botched.

Botched is a look into the life of plastic surgeons Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Nassif. The surgeons usually only help patients that have received terrible services and bad plastic surgeries prior to coming to the show for help.  They usually ask to see a picture before the surgery and after the surgery. More often than not, patients only paid for surgery the first time because of their own dissatisfaction with their body. Many have spouses who are present when they are showing this and over and over the husband/wife will say that they looked beautiful or perfect before. Now that the patient has had a bad surgery though, their face or body can be so damaged that they need to fix it medically or it can just look so awful that they are determined to have another surgery.

This show, like Toddlers and Tiaras, allows Americans to indulge in their beauty obsession through media. Several viewers may look at this show and think that they would look better with surgery, or that if they just got their nose done that they would some how transform their life. Some people simply get it “for themselves”, but there must be a reason or beauty standard that they are holding them self to in order to determine that they needed to have their image surgically changed.

This beauty standard is largely determined by what we see in the media everyday. There are people that have gone into Botched being known as the human Ken doll, Justin Bieber look alike, or even a human blow up doll. 

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 America’s obsession has gotten out of control. Stemming from the unrealistic pictures and advertisement, the media has people convinced that they need to surgically change their appearance to be accepted by society. This is not a new fad, but certainly is not an old trend either. Plastic surgery hit a boom in the early two thousands but continues to be a very profitable profession anywhere in the United States.

Botched does make people feel better about them selves and more confident in their appearance or presence. The doctors are allow usually very concerned about the patients health which is a good thing. My problem is that the beauty standard is influential enough that these peoples' image were voluntarily destroyed a first time by reconstructive surgery.

Now what YOU can do as a consumer is prove to America that the beauty standard hasn’t effected how you feel about yourself! Love your body, be thankful for how you look, and if looks are that important to you and you cannot achieve the first two suggestions, then really just work on being happy. One sees them self in the way that they feel. If you look in the mirror and are upset about what you see or wish you saw something different, try looking from a different perspective. Things in life could usually be worse, so try not to dwell on something so cosmetic.