To What extent Are We Pressurised By The World Of Fashion

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Sarah Parkes                09/05/2007

To What extent Are We Pressurised By The World Of Fashion?

Everyday, you’re thinking ‘Why cant I just be the most perfect human being in the world?’ If you have a wonky nose or you want larger lips you can just ask a surgeon to try and perform miracles to change you. It sounds so straightforward. You don’t need to go on holiday anymore to get a tan. You can go under a sun bed and shrivel up like a raisin or you could apply brown paint to your body. Fashion is a big part of all our lives. Why, today are we being pressurised in trying to make ourselves perfect and more beautiful?

Not everyone’s perfect. Some people would say the perfect person would have blonde hair, blue eyes, slim with a lovely tan. People would say this because they consider this type of person to be very attractive. On the other hand everyone has a different perfect person in their mind because it’s their own view.

One thing that has become fashionable for woman is to have cosmetic surgery, to make you feel better about yourself, or to make features on your body look more attractive. People have all different kinds of surgery such as nose jobs, liposuctions, face-lifts, breast enlargements or reductions. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more popular every day. Even men are going under the knife as well. Some people say that it makes you look false and doesn’t look real but I think if you have had an accident and something really horrific has happened to your body or face, I think that it is acceptable because the surgery would be for a totally different reason. However, many people say that it is carried out to correct a feature that has been affecting you for ages and is done so that it will make your self-image and your confidence much better. It can also make you feel more attractive and improve your lifestyle. It also must be taken into account that Plastic Surgery can be dangerous, or it could go absolutely wrong and damage your body when you become older, especially if you are still growing. Cosmetic surgery is very expensive which costs thousands of pounds, and there is no guarantee it will make you look better, in fact it could make you look and feel worse therefore, costing you lots of time, money and lots of pain for nothing.

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When you’re walking through the streets trying to look your best in your bright orange tan, all it is doing to you is making you feel more attractive. Using a sun bed, is a very popular way to make yourself look like you have been on holiday, sunbathing on the beach from morning till night. Sun beds are acceptable if you don’t use them too much, if however you do use them all the time it could turn out to be terrible. Many people are addicted to sun beds and use them constantly. They could then be at a great ...

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