Creating Beauty Selection

In Chapter 4 of Creating Beauty selection, individuals are seeking anesthetic surgery because they are unhappy with their physical appearance. These certain people have a vision of what they want to look like in their head, and they believe by going forth with these surgeries it will create happiness. While reading this section, a few main points/questions stood out to me.

Unlike many of the other stories, films, excerpts we have read/watched, these patients have full consent over the surgery. They reach out to the physician, explain what it is they do not like and want changed, and then the surgeon goes forth with the changes. Also, the surgeries being performed are not as severe or harming to these patients. Although many of them may not need the specific change, it is mild enough to where it could be performed without harm. The physician is not performing anything that the patient does not want.

One question that came to mind is why do people feel the need to change the body that they were given by god. God created everyone in their own unique way, so why change that. In my opinion, this world is way to judgmental, and everyone feels the need to impress everyone else. We as humans naturally care about what other people think, but why go to the extreme of having surgeries to make yourself look like someone you are not?


Marissa Hilliard