Plasticy Surgery Addiction

Plastic Surgery Addiction

2007

They are called delicate self-cutters , most often adolescent females who cut their skin in moments of intolerable anxiety . They make shallow rifts across the surface of their skin . The cuts are carefully wrought , sometimes simple parallel lines but also intricate patterns rectangles , circles , initials , even flowerlike shapes (Kaplan , 2003 br

. 373 . These cuts can be a work of art , elevating the body from what is felt to be its abject changes (menstruation , for example ) and longings they can reassert the distinction between the inside and the

outside . At the same time , the cuts can function as counterphobic responses to a sense of internal mutilation . The delicate self-cutter becomes herself the agent of a mutilation she dreads passively experiencing . Psychoanalyst Louise Kaplan observes that a perversion when it is successful , also preserves the social , its institutions , the structures of family life , the mind itself from despair and fragmentation (367 . Like many who undergo cosmetic surgery , Kaplan 's perverts experience a deep-seated shame that needs correcting and feel defiant rather than guilty about their perversion which they nevertheless take to be a violation of the moral

Plastic surgery is not always the best course of action to take is the dangers of never being satisfied and usually leads to addiction According to Doctor Rohrich , cosmetic surgery can help produce the results people don 't want ' which could lead to surgery after surgery (ASPS /PSEF . For example , Marie Osmond was talked about after her brow lift that left her surprised . The problem with never being satisfied lies deeper than the skin . It becomes wanting perfection . In our culture having the perfect eyes , mouth , bust and thighs is worshiped plastic surgery make being perfect possible (Cooke , 2003 . Being this obsessed breeds financial , marriage and self-esteem problems . Financial problems arise from addiction of plastic surgery when some cannot get that perfect look and keep going back and back for more , which leaves some without enough money for food , a house and clothing . Marriage problems also can arise from addiction of plastic surgery because one may not like what the other has done to make their body look better . Low self-esteem is the main reason I believe that people have plastic surgery . When one 's self-esteem is low , they believe that if they change their body to make themselves look better , then they will have a high self-esteem but that high self-esteem is only temporary . The plastic surgery cycle is never ending

Lastly , the dangers of plastic surgery are the lack of certified plastic surgeons . Many doctors conducting plastic surgery are not certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery , the only board recognized by The American Board of Medical Specialties that certifies physicians in plastic surgery in the face and all areas of the body . This ensures that the plastic surgeon has graduated from an accredited medical school and has completed at least five years of surgical residency , usually three years of general surgery and two years of plastic...