Persuasive essay, Cosmetic surgery teaches a wrong message about self image

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Does Cosmetic Surgery teach a wrong message about self image?

Too many children today are growing up surrounded by media portrayals of the perfect body. If we don't show realistic images through the media the next generations will be full of self-doubt. In turn this will lead to greater problems of insecurity, anxiety and depression.

So why do people harbour a need to achieve the perfect body? People are losing the right to enjoy life as they are due to ridiculous expectations forced upon us as 'the norm' via the media. An eating disorders website claims that we try to succumb to:

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE:

"The media plays a big part. Surrounded by thin models and TV stars, teenage girls are taught to achieve an impossible goal. As a result, many teenage girls intensely dislike their bodies and can tell you down to the minutest detail what's wrong with it. Most teens watch an average of 22 hours of TV a week and are deluged with images of fat-free bodies in the pages of health, fashion and teen magazines. The "standard" is impossible to achieve. A female should look like, and have the same dimensions as