Social Media and its Effect on Plastic Surgery

The advent of the smartphone has been the miracle baby of the digital marketing world. Compared to older methods of marketing, you can now reach your audience at any time and at any place. Although the side effect of this is that the youth of today is constantly bombarded with perfect images or at least society’s image of perfection from the time they open their eyes to when they go to sleep. 

Social media has served as the main vehicle for the perception of the perfect form, body, and face. Every day, millions of men and women are presenting their best selves to the world on social media and thus setting this almost unrealistic standard of beauty and perfection that would be out of reach for the most common folk. Common folk refers to those without deep pockets or oligarch parents. 

And in this pursuit of perfection, most have resorted to shortcuts with plastic surgery. In more severe cases, it leads to body dysmorphic disorder. A condition where you focus on certain imaginary defects on your body. And it leads many young people (women especially) to take on elective and risky surgeries in order to achieve the perfection that is being touted constantly on social media. 

The thought of growing old gracefully seems far removed from the twenty-first century’s idea of body perfection. What’s wrong with a few wrinkles and a receding hairline? They should be worn as badges of honor for having survived thus far in the ultimate game of life. That you have survived for ‘x-number’ of years by your own guile, determination, and wit through everything that’s been thrown at you. You don’t need plastic surgery. You are beautiful just as you are.