Americas plastic surgery obsession

Americas obsession with plastic surgery is creepy. We have become a society obsessed with youth to the point that normally intelligent people loose their ability to actually SEE themselves. All you have to do is look at what celebrities are doing to themselves. Check out this piece I found on YouTube. The music that accompanies it is very apropos. The video is mesmerizing, yet horrifying. It shows celebrities in early photos and later photos and emphasizes that they have been under the knife. It becomes very clear that there is something extremely wrong with their self image. Interestingly, the men show the craziness the most. Look for Micky Rourke and Tony Curtis. These guys are scary looking. 

Then in this piece (which does not have appropriate music) you'll see a bit more of the same, but in side by side, before and after photos. It's just all so sad. How have we convinced people who by all definitions are good looking, that they aren't good enough?

'If only I had a smaller nose... smoother forehead... larger breasts... less wrinkles... etc.' 

Finally, this slide show put together by Dr. Tony Youn, a Michigan-based board-certified plastic surgeon is of special interest. He notes what surgeries have worked and which didn't work by showing before and after photos with commentary about what may have been done. It's interesting to make your way through this at your own pace. It is unsettling how something so creepy, is also so hard to turn away from. 

I hope we see a change in this trend soon before we all end up like the episode on The Twilight Zone titled 'Number Twelve Looks Just Like You'. Anyone remember that one? Here's the premise: A totalitarian state forces people to all look like the same few people. A girl tires to keep her identity but eventually confirms and changes her appearance to be accepted and beautiful. I miss The Twilight Zone. That was a thought provoking show.