Cosmetic surgery is becoming more common in America. Will it change our perception of beauty?

Media changes perceptions. Beauty will always be what it is to the beholder.

Ahmmm. sometimes we need to accept the truth that many Politicians are insulting the beauty that was within each individual... they are the one who sabotage those who have inner beauty even the outside beauty.

So, cosmetic surgery is a main key to developed the self-confidence that was within us. Look at me, do i am known as ugly? Those greedy Politicians destroy me because i have all the guts and beauty that many people envied. But since i am ill and to recover all of that beauty that i have, cosmetic surgery is a weapon in fighting against evil who are envied in me.

How will they know that because of envy, they stole everything that i have even funds that was inside my name and destroy me.

Cosmetic Surgery is also a key to have a harmonious relationship between the two people who fell in love in each other. Many Prostitutes and whores even Politicians destroy the life of those married people by sending pretty women who uses drugs in destroying a family even lust regardless of the position in life, poor or rich because of envy.

What do you mean, "Will it change our perception of beauty?"
Our society's perception of beauty has been out of whack for many, many, many years. While everyone is certainly entitled to their own perception and opinion, the influence that the "airbrushed media world" has enjoyed and promoted is ridiculously shameful!

Time for a new BFD? Just sayin'.

yes.

it already has.

we used to like curvy feminine women, from Ruben's all the way to Marilyn Monroe... women wanted curves and breast to be considered beautiful.

then you had the ability to get huge fake breasts, and suck out the fat. now "beauty" is waif-like gross pre-pubescent boy-ladies.

or you have people who HATE that look and now love real (small) breasts, either way, thick curvy women aren't considered beautiful anymore.* or the beautiful thick women are considered lucky to be pretty despite their shape.

*except for dark-skinned minorities.

I'm all of cosmetic surgery that gets rid of scars or burns. But plastic boobs and fake lips are in no means attractive.

It already has. Now its just a matter of convincing everyone that it is useless.

Most likely. I don't want speculate how because despite the fact that a good amount of surgeries are for the exact same thing (at least for results), there are people who do it to differentiate themselves from the rest.

Hot chicks are hot.

It already has! We used to see folks with great noses and wonderful individual faces, now more and more it is basically the same face. Specially in California...and don't even get me started on the breasts in Cali....wow! Older women with 14 yr old breasts bobbing around with dyed blonde hair....yep, sure it has and will change our perception of beauty.

I've never really liked plastic surgery. I do not like fake boobs. I'm not that superficial. A lot of people are though, so maybe it will change the general perception of beauty, but not mine. I have always enjoyed the natural look. I don't care much for the Pamela Andersons of the world.

for those women wanting bigger breast don't do it please have a third in installed it would really be nice for us men.

Real beauty comes from within. Really, we should all know and understand that. It is so very sad that the media and advertizing has twisted so many minds and made so many feel bad about themselves. Shame Shame and all to make a buck. So extremely pathetic, look at what we have become.

I'd take a lady-geek over a beauty queen any day. Too many guys think with "the little fellow" when it comes to women. They forget, or never realized, that her brain is her sexiest part. Without that, all you have is a bag of warm meat.

Just my two cents worth and you'll have to pry my guy-card out of my cold dead hand.

whose perception? who the hell is getting all this plastic surgery? wtf? why make this seem more important than it is to an already self conscious crowd, how about some pop quiz questions about the twenty year war?

i think its unhealthy.. Beauti is that which is inside you.. http://bit.ly/fFeV8G

our perception of beauty has already been changed. it is no longer what you perceive as beauty but what hollywood says is beauty. which of course beauty is all about having implants and botox right? sure they may be beautiful on the outside but theyre probably foul creatures on the inside which is what really counts. you could be highly unattractive but truly be the most attractive person just by having a great personality which most famous people do not have and just put up an act when theyre in public

In plastic we trust: America's love of cosmetic surgery.

Most of these patients were female, albescent and middle-aged, matched the generalized trends for aesthetical procedures. But what astonied me – and what runs furniture to the “Real Housewives” parading on our broadcasting screens, freshly eye-lifted – is that these women were not rich, not modify close.

They were nurses and cops, schoolteachers and actual realty agents. According to a 2005 survey, nearly 30 proportionality of aesthetical surgery patients attained inferior than $30,000 a year, and an added 41 proportionality attained between $31,000 and $60,000.

Cosmetic surgery is more than likely wanted by those who abuse their looks with addictions...or others who may benefit after disfigurement at birth or accident. Anyone else who thinks they should have it may have low self esteem and worth...either way it can abuse ones looks... with too much or maybe a terrible surgeon..?

It will certainly change mine...

And by that I mean I'll find people who don't have cosmetic surgery more attractive.

Many factors have already changed how we view beauty: the talent chosen for tv & film, models chosen for magazines, historical/racially based standards of beauty, etc. Plastic surgery is just one in a line of things that can influence how we all view what beauty "is" or how we define who is "beautiful." The inherent problem is that there is no single standard of beauty and there shouldn't be. It just doesn't make sense.

But realistically, agencies and studios are going to hire actors and models who are "attractive" which usually implies thin/fit, clear skin, proportionate facial features (usually caucasoid), etc. Repetition of similar traits can be found everywhere and when we look at the same thing over and over and are told that "that - right there, THAT'S beautiful" does influence many people. It's essentially propaganda. An onslaught (driven by advertisers on a quest to make us all feel inadequate unless you buy "that" product to make you perfect) of propaganda.

Does it influence me? No. Because I think for myself. I also think that if a man or woman wants to get plastic surgery that is their business, not mine. It's their money and their body. Will I think they are more beautiful because of it? Probably not, but again, it's their life.

IMO, I think men and women may have different perspectives.

Men are very visual and they respond to physical attractiveness.

How sad people feel such a need to do this to gain acceptance in society. Beauty is not only aesthetic.

No, it just becomes easier to see who has store bought features. Sorry ladies, the "Barbie" my face doesn't move look does not work for me. For guys, seriously? Whatever happened to aging gracefully? And on top of that, at what point did it become cool when you hear the statement, "Hey, can I inject your lips with butt fat?" to jump right in line? Maybe it is just me, I will keep my butt fat where it belongs.......

Please bring Current to Canada through Bell Express Vu. I cannot afford to pay $5.50 entry fee to fly to New York everyday to see the Keith Olbermann show. Are you going to deprive me of this bright and intelligent shining star whom I know will turn Current into giant tidal waves therefore flooding out all the other networks, making Current The Network Of The World. When will spring get here? I've never waited this long before. I can't wait for the slash and burn episodes.

Although it is beneficial to many I personally would rather not have it. Is the World going to be a fake boring place where all look the same? what ever happened to growing old gracefully.? The beauty of a mature face and body.

I'm personally disgusted with the artificially enhanced beauty market.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind women wearing makeup. In fact I like it when it looks natural (as opposed to cheap whore). And I think that cosmetic surgeries have their place when it comes to things like accidents or disfigurations.

However, I think that this facade of beauty, and how any woman who isn't a damn supermodel or actress is ugly is a load of horse shit.

I think that as a whole, our perception of beauty has already been changing thanks to advertisements, movies, television shows, etc. The increase in cosmetic surgeries is the effect of that. Unfortunately, as cosmetic surgeries become more common as people try to look more like movie stars, the perception that cosmetically enhanced beauty is true beauty will become fixed within our society's collective mind.

Going by what happened with the fake breast fad, eventually only people seen as looking as if they're "un-enhanced" will be seen as beautiful. The more obvious your surgery (pert noses, sharp cheekbones, very symmetrical faces), the more freakish you will be considered.

HAS any other acceptable addiction changed our idea of beauty. Shopping addiction Obesity autism cancer these are the things that change our idea of Beauty. Sex and violence does that change our ideas about beauty.

it already has.

I'm all for a little nip/tuck here and there - but to go full blown Heidi Montag is wrong. That sort of self image issue needs to start with corrective attention to the brain.

. . . . . .not as much as cloning and DNA genegeneering .
---the world is about to change a shitload.

If your not 14,....or less,........you WILL feel "uncomfortable" in the future you will live in.

It already has!

The problem with arguing "is natural beauty ACTUALLY more attractive?" is that you're arguing Taco Bell versus trying to make burritos at your house on a budget. Man, Taco Bell sure has all of those sawwwces, and a huge variety, and it's really tasty!

But that's because it's been manufactured for years to be tasty to everyone. While a good home-cooked mexican meal can absolutely compare, it'd probably not hit as wide of an audience as the manufactured Taco Bell taste - because T-Bell has been manufcatured to set off our taste buds.

I think this is paralell to plastic surgery versus natural beauty. Of course, there are those who've had plastic surgery or alterations done that look far more attractive than they would have without (i'm talking purely cosmetic/vanity here, not to help burn victims or reattach ears, etc.). However, is this really a good thing? Sure, we stay pretty for longer, but there's a reason we all look the way we do.

As we age, our skin drops, our butts sag, and our eyes gain lines of wisdom and experience. This is a sign to the outside world that we are aging. Same thing with those that are excessive smokers - their skin and facial condition will likely deteriorate faster, while the reverse is true of those who lead an active and healthy lifestyle. This all has to do with genetic attraction to those we feel may produce a healthy offspring (even for those of us who are homosexual, this still roughly applies as to -why- we're attracted to someone physically).

When we get into plastic surgery, it seems to throw all of that out of whack. Older men and women are looking younger and younger due to plastic surgery, even though they're not actually that healthy or have those good of genes. We're basically tricking our minds into thinking these things through botox and the like because of our selfish desires about beauty, aging, and the fear of death - that if, somehow, more people are attracted to you and you look younger, death will never be able to get you.

I feel that if we don't get past the stigma of age and what beauty "should" be (i.e., forever young, instead of age-appropriate or whatever-floats-your-boat-love), it's going to end up screwing up our society and positive genetic pool. Not to mention placing unrealistic standards on those who could NEVER afford these sort of operations (read: anyone who isn't middle-upper or upper class).

We already have a skewed perception of beauty!

plastic surgery is a great thing.some people really need it. such as burn victims.and if people want to use plastic surgery in a recreational way.that is fine to.

free will. why does everything have to be counted.analised.discussed.made out to be bad.or look bad.

just because its being done more often now doesnt mean we have a persection problem.thats labeling us, the public unfairly.

our persections are all different.and always change. so it doesnt matter what the nations persection is right now.or later

if it will make you happy do it.

"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
~ Oscar Wilde

It's a sign of the times we live in. The pursuit of superficial beauty, and eternal youthful looks are in most cases insecurity. I'm all for health, but we are going overboard with the surgery solution to looks.

We already have a skewed idea of what beauty is. The answer is probably yes, it will make things worse for most people that choose to be natural.

If both you and your mate have had plastic surgery your kids are going to look like your kids without plastic surgery. Probably one of the reasons why younger people are choosing to alter their looks. To look as beautiful as the parents.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out given that so many people in the US are obese. I'm getting depressed as I write this, I better stop.

The insane amount of attention being paid to the topic has had a net zero effect on my wife, her sister and her mother. In fact, I have never personally met a single woman who wanted plastic surgery. I have concluded that it basically boils down to how much time and money people have to waste on magazines, cable tv and frivolous surgeries.