Plastic Surgery Promotes Confidence?

Can plastic surgery help increase self-esteem? Heidi Montag, Ashley Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Ashley Tisdale: all have claimed that plastic surgery gave them the boost they needed to feel good about themselves and further their career.

Some have a completely negative view on cosmetic surgery. They say it’s trashy – or at least unnecessary. But I have several friends that have had some form of enhancement, and they each did it for respectable reasons.

One of my very best friends got breast implants the summer before she came to USC, and until she told me this year, I had absolutely no idea. She is, in my opinion, the perfect example of a classy girl who did it for her own confidence.

“I could never find clothes to fit me,” she told me, “It honestly had nothing to do with boys and everything to do with how I felt about me body. I just wanted to be proportionate, and no one knows I got them done except me, my family, and, like, 3 or 4 of my closest girl friends.”

When I asked her if the surgery actually improved her self-esteem she said, “Most definitely! It’s all about the way I walk into a room. I like the way I look in clothes, and that affects the way I carry myself now.”

One of my roommates is planning to have plastic surgery on her nose over Christmas break this year, and she has very similar feelings about this issue. “I could care less what other people think about me!” she said, “I just hate looking in the mirror and only seeing my big with nose!”

(For the record, I don’t see anything wrong or ugly about either of these girls. In my opinion, they are both stunning. These feelings are theirs alone.)

From celebrities to college students, plastic surgery has helped some girls feel better about themselves if done for the right reasons. While I am not promoting the idea of plastic surgery, I though this was an interesting topic to discuss.