I love plastic surgery shows. I love to see the before and after. I love to judge if the surgery actually made the person better in whatever sense they presented for the surgery. And this is what I notice more often than not. The surgery appears to empower the person. Admittedly, I do not know or need to know how long the empowerment lasts, but going through the procedure appears to provide a measure of personal satisfaction.
Plastic surgery shows and of course the individual stories are about the courage to change. The person takes power to change some aspect of themselves that is emotionally or psychologically challenging. But, more than that plastic surgery shows are about transformation, empowerment and change, be it on the part of the patient or the viewer. For all the hype and hoopla against plastic surgery shows, you have to admit that the shows provide us, the viewer (as well as the patient) with options for change and/or self-improvement. This is not to say that ALL plastic surgery is credible (to you or me) or necessary (to you or me) It is to say that there are degrees of options and opportunities that exist for self-improvement that have never existed before.
I myself look forward to the day I can afford a tummy tuck. I state that even though I have witnessed the extent of procedure both on television and as a surgical nurse in the operating room. I am more than willing to live with that scar in the crease for a flat tummy. Admittedly, I have never had a flat tummy. I have weak abdominal muscles…exacerbated by carbohydrates! Actually, I may go for the full body lift at this point in my life!
Nothing in our lives is totally satisfactory. No joy lasts forever. Not every perceived blemish can be removed with a scalpel. Youth is indeed fleeting. Yet, the resources at hand in the 21st century to define and refine yourself are incredible. Why not take advantage of these resources? From my perspective most people that have plastic surgery these days are simply trying to be better versions of themselves…and what could be wrong with that?
Adrienne Zurub aka UBU (you be YOU!) Zurub is an Author/ Actor/Comic/Speaker/Spoken Word POeT and a RN on a renowned open heart team. She performed at The Hollywood Improv-Melrose, for Industry at the California Comedy Conference, at Stand Up New York, Gotham’s Comedy Club, The New York Comedy Club, Carolines, Don’t Tell Mama, The Cleveland Improv, and numerous venues (also known as hell holes) in between both coasts. She writes and performs, most notably her Solo Performance pieces at Cleveland Public Theater with noted playwright Sarah Morton; and performing at the historic Karamu Theater in Arenafest. She did ‘The Manhattan Monologue Slam’ in New York City. She was a finalist for Poet Laureate in Cleveland Hts. Adrienne’s luv’s HGTV, plastic surgery shows, sleeping and quietly juding others.
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