Everyone desires to look beautiful and young to give a pleasing impression to others.
Therefore, people set up their personal beauty standards and change their appearances
through plastic surgery to conform. However, doctors should not perform plastic surgery
on people who seek it only for a more beautiful appearance rather than for medical
reasons; furthermore, surgery wastes an extreme amount of money and technology, results
in serious side effects, and causes an addiction to surgery.
Plastic surgery, often called “cosmetic” surgery because of its aesthetic usage, wastes an
extreme amount of money and technology instead of used in medical field. A Time article
states, “of course plastic surgery is a waste of money and an expression of privilege and
self-absorption that doesn’t provide real, meaningful results” (Holmes). In accordance with
this quotation, plastic surgery wastes money and brings negative effects, such as
self-absorption and loss of self-esteem. One of the most preferred cosmetic surgeries, a
facelift, costs $6,675 (Average Costs) which is highly expensive. This cost, however, is not
worth it since many people are not satisfied with the results which wastes both money and
technology. If plastic surgery only give such a negative effect, why do people have to
depend on cosmetic surgery to become more attractive and younger? Right?
Not only plastic surgery is a waste of money and technology, but it also causes serious side
effects and follow-up risks that possibly affect people’s lives. Doctors and patients cannot
exclude the possibility of side effects because according to the contributor of eHow,
“Doctors use sterilized tools in clean environments, but even the best preparation can’t
