Understanding The Facial Dilemma

• Wednesday April 19, 2006 in: Facial Plastic Surgery Tag(s):

  There is this unspoken sentiment that those who undergo facial plastic surgery are composed of freaks, who are just so vain to subject themselves to such a procedure. This might have a kernel of truth to it, but this is not always the case.

  You're lucky if you have the perfect face and perfect skin. You may not have to worry about how you look. Sure, you may have problems along the way, but indeed, the weight of them might not be as heavy as those of others. Truly, adding skin problems to the list of our daily predicaments might be too much of a burden already for some people that they tend to do things that can be considered irrational and utterly foolish.

  The psychological effects of imperfect facial skin can be very detrimental to a person's self-esteem. Those who are inflicted with acne and acne scars develop inferiority complex, which pushes them to be detached from the rest of the world. To some, even looking at the mirror can be a tragic experience. All these things, accompanied by other problems related to family, work, and other stuff, prove to be such a really heavy load to carry.

  It is not surprising then that people who suffer from facial dilemmas, turn to facial plastic surgery for solutions. While there are other alternatives to the procedure such as oral medications like Accutane, the prevalence of reports linking the drug to a number of suicides has been threatening. Moreover, certain medications, though may prove helpful, usually exhibit good results in a much longer period in contrast to the shorter amount of time the same or even better results are produced by facial surgery.

  Truly, there are pros and cons to whatever methods to choose to improve your looks, if ever you need one. The availability of wide array of choices including plastic surgery, have helped a lot of individuals to consider their options properly. It is just saddening that whenever people choose to undergo surgery, they are unfairly judged. Hopefully, with the advancements and further studies on the matter, along with the continued patronage of satisfied clients, this negative image would eventually be thwarted.

Face It
"You're lucky if you have the perfect face and perfect skin." Honestly, even those that we would universally agree are virtually "perfect looking" might not feel perfect... at least, not all the time; they see flaws we don't and feel the same emotional pain we all feel when we're unhappy with some aspect of our lives. I'm not a doctor, but I work with one, who among many other plastic surgery procedures, performs San Francisco rhinoplasty, and I'm pretty proud to play a small part in this industry because I've talked with patients and know the difference surgery has made in their looks, but more importantly, in their lives. The most important thing, in my opinion, isn't to seek that "universal ideal of perfection," but rather the personal; maybe one can achieve it with plastic surgery and maybe one can achieve it through just being satisfied with who they are. Either way, I'm happy when I see someone else who's happy (it makes us all look better).
Anonymous at 10:22pm on Aug 1, 2007