Plastic Surgery and The Fear of Aging
Is Fear the Motivator for Fillers and a Nip/Tuck of One's Self?
The visual of oneself and what others comment on to be beautiful (or not ), can make for over analyzation of what needs to be ‘fixed’ to look more accepting, younger, vibrant and like a celebrity.
Plastic Surgeons and dermatologists are high on most women’s list of who’s who for what procedure. One may be better at a nose job, one may be better at a breast implant, one may be better at fat injections, fillers, laser and of course there is no money spared for the perfect doctor to do a face lift.
Then there is the after effect. All results are not equal and doctors are nothing short of having to aspire to be Rodin in sculpting the perfect outcome. Healing time passes and the facial tissue settles into place. Now the real scrutiny begins to see if there are flaws in the after results. All the while real life is circling around you and maybe throwing you a bit of some rough tides to ride. Do you think that does not show on one's face? Think again. You cannot hide your eyes. You can try with dark sunglasses but eventually they come off, just like your guard against the wave of time that you are on.
One's spirit, personality, and outlook on life in general, precede any product or procedure that still keep you encapsulated in youth.
With all that is available to help you look as young as you feel does it really suppress the fear associated with what motivates you to alter the way you look in the first place? Commenting on plastic surgery in Vanity Fair, Cate Blanchett says, “If you’re doing it out of fear, that fear’s still going to be seen through your eyes. The windows to your soul, they say.”
What so many fail to see in the mirror are the memories marked in certain areas of the face, and of course in one's eyes. The world feels your energy, what your spirit has jostled, juggled and spit out of you in your time here so far. Do you really think that surgery or botox hides that?
Fear of aging and associating beauty with youth is possibly shifting in the consciousness of women as well as men. Beautiful women with their gray tresses gracing the pages of magazines and billboards such as Susan McGraw and Cindy Joseph send out a resounding - YES! I am older and I am beautiful! And for those of us who admire how they look, one may also notice a little twinkle in their eyes resonating some peace and joy.
If fear can be replaced with joy in our lives would the laugh lines seem so repulsive? Would a cosmetic procedure give you more peace?
We can only be grateful that there are so many options to choose from and that there is so much available to everyone no matter what your budget, beliefs, fear or no fear of getting older.
Fear can be a great motivator for many aspects of life, in this arena if it’s fear that rears its head to get to the surgeon's office, it is fear that will still be seen afterward.
In the end, the inner peace is what we all seek, particularly when looking in the mirror.
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