Whose looks are they?
The entry below was one of the mind-blowing ones, as evidenced from the feedback. I re-publish on public demand. Enjoy.
I was browsing the net the other day and came across a woman’s before and after pictures. The ones before showed a leaner and ‘straighter’ woman visa vie a curvier with an increased breast cup size on the after. She was smoother, almost without blemish and exhibited more confidence. Good development, I guess and she seemed to have spent some scary amounts of dollars to purchase her desired look. A typical example of what money can buy.
Some comments alluded to the fact that the said woman would now attract more of the opposite sex. She seemed to have made many salivate and judging from her poses, she was enjoying every moment. She carried her newly acquired bossom with pride even though it overflowed and greeted her viewers glaringly.
We all go an extra mile, especially women to look our best, no matter the cost. Some cannot even dare go public without make-up and feel vulnerable or ‘naked’ without it. Many care too much about first impressions or looking good in the eyes of others to the extent of becoming slaves to perfection. We look our best for ourselves, but most importantly for admiration. But when we alter ourselves beyond recognition, whether with cosmetic surgically or with heavy make-up, whose looks do they become?
Obsessive make-up, make overs or perfection can be detrimental. Getting to the point of replacing food with cosmetics and worshipping beauty salons goes beyond simply looking good. This becomes a belief that natural is no longer admirable, sexy or worthy. And after all has been said and done, do we still become comfortable with the people we have become?
Celebrities in particular are the major cause of insecurities. They are constantly going under the knife to alter certain or all of their body parts. They turn to the media to parade their purchased looks, selling the idea that natural looks have become extinct. Through copy-cat looks, many are falling in the same trap, at varying degrees. Still the message becomes such that nobody wears the natural look anymore.
Listen, we are all uniquely formed and for a reason. If we are going to get incensed with our looks or the getting caught in the fast-moving world, we are better off moving a little slower and let the celebrities pass. Celebrities are commercials on their own and usually funded to be what they are expected to be. Some of those paraded looks are beyond our reach. They are for roles played in the movie, music and media industries. Without their public lives, many, I am sure, would live ordinarily . We cannot simply follow the crowd. And while making those body alterations, always remember that the phase to look different passes. And when it does, will we manage to live with our ‘new’ selves?
