Plastic meltdown.I was really glad you wrote "About Face: A GL Special Report on Teens and Plastic Surgery" in your F/M F/M Food to Microorganism ratio '05 issue. Sometimes I really hate my body and have considered plastic surgery. This article really changed my mind. --A reader I am thoroughly disgusted at what girls are doing to their bodies these days! The truth is, no girl is totally happy with herself--there are always things we'd like to reduce and enlarge TO ENLARGE. To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead, is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge, means also to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail. . But risking your health, maybe your life, to look like the airbrushed toothpicks in some magazines is not worth it. --Ashley I don't think plastic surgery is a common teen issue, and it certainly isn't one important enough to be addressed in a teen magazine Teen magazines are magazines aimed at teenage readers. They usually consisted of gossip, news, fashion tips and interviews and may include posters, stickers, small samples of cosmetics or other products and inserts. . Although girls getting plastic surgery is a big deal, it stems from bad body image and low self-esteem self-esteem Sense of personal worth and ability that is fundamental to an individual's identity. Family relationships during childhood are believed to play a crucial role in its development. . I feel these are more important issues than girls who've gotten implants. --Nicole The point of the article wasn't to praise or bash plastic surgery, but to expose its realities. As always, extreme makeover or not, if you're not happy with who you are on the inside, cosmetically cos·met·ic n. 1. A preparation, such as powder or a skin cream, designed to beautify the body by direct application. 2. Something superficial that is used to cover a deficiency or defect. adj. 1. changing the outside will never make up for it. |
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