Why Getting Cosmetic Surgery Isn't Good For Poor Self-Esteem
Surgical cosmetic enhancement is a procedure that not only brings about profound effects on a person's physical appearance, but drums up potential issues and feelings deep in the psyche. The majority of plastic surgery candidates are men and women who are emotionally whole and satisfied with their general appearance and life. These individuals may see one or two ways they can tweak themselves, but don't have overbearingly negative or hateful opinions of themselves. Such men and women are acceptable candidates for plastic surgery.
On the other hand, there are people who have deep-rooted psychological and emotional issues concerning their identity and their appearance. A person may have been abused and told they had certain features that made them ugly. A sense of self-hate is cultivated against those features, and the person, having never straightened these emotional wounds out, may feel that having cosmetic surgery will fix what the problem and make them beautiful.
Other individuals, for many different reasons, may feel different parts of their bodies have different deformities that require correction from plastic surgery. Thus, they choose to attack their bodies instead of handling the problem with a more appropriate outlet.
A Possible Example of Self-Hatred and Plastic Surgery
A certain pop celebrity family reported being emotionally and physically abused by their father as children. (The father denies this.) As a result, many of the children underwent cosmetic surgery when they were older, altering their features in order to downplay or eliminate their physical likeness from their abusive father.
Deep wounds, such as being teased and internalizing negative thoughts about your appearance, cannot be treated by any cosmetic surgery. They can only be treated by learning to love yourself, accepting yourself as you are, and committing to change yourself for the better. If you believe cosmetic surgery is going to make you a completely new person and eliminate all of your internal pain, especially as it relates to your self-esteem, you'll be in for a rude awakening once you wake up after going under the knife. Chances are, you'll feel a temporary high, but will then feel worse. This can lead to an unhealthy spiral of having more surgeries, deep depression or even an increased risk of life-threatening behaviors.
Take an honest assessment of your reasons for having cosmetic surgery. If you can honestly say that you're trying to completely change who you are as a person, then you need to cancel your surgery and speak with a professional to help you sort out your issues before you go through with having rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, facelift surgery or any other cosmetic plastic surgery.
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