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This blog entry by Angela Duncan

The story: "Plastic Surgery"

The analysis:

I chose this article because it discusses the issue of plastic surgery and teens. I know that plastic surgery is a big part of popular culture. I always hear news stories about how celebrities have some sort of procedure done. Plastic surgery is very popular in Hollywood ands Show Business and I feel that it has a lot to do with why ordinary people have it done. Plastic surgery is everywhere in the media. What drew me to this article is the fact that it talks specifically about teens having plastic surgery done. I think it is interesting because I never really realized how many teens had plastic surgery before the age of eighteen. I always thought that plastic surgery was for adults over the age of twenty.
I feel that this article sheds a very positive light on plastic surgery. It does not talk about how teens should not do it because it can be harmful to their health or self esteem. I usually find articles that point out negative opinions about plastic surgery. This article talks about why certain teens want to go through with plastic surgery to begin with. It says that teens usually want to have plastic surgery in order to be apart of the group, unlike adults who mainly want plastic surgery in order to be different.
I think that teens’ reasons for having plastic surgery are important to mention when it comes to talking about popular culture. Some of these teens have plastic surgery because they want to fit in and look like the popular kids in school. They may feel that their own look is not the “right” look, so they want to alter it. A lot of youth look up to celebrities as their role models because they are so visible in the media. When some teens see that celebrities are having plastic surgery more than ever, it makes them want to do the same thing.
I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with teens and plastic surgery, but I believe that this practice conveys a very powerful message about our society. It says that our society is too wrapped up into physical appearance. Even if a teen has plastic surgery to get rid of a scar, it is still about appearance. People want to look a certain way and they see that plastic surgery is popular so that’s the method they use to look that ways.