I'm sure that many guys get plastic surgery as well. Case in point, Michael Jackson, if you can still call him a guy after all his personal renovations. Morbidly obese men may resort to liposuction or take the risk of getting their stomachs stapled about as often as heavy ladies do. Unless they are fugitives or have been severely disfigured in an accident though, most guys, as a rule, won't be as obsessive about cosmetic surgery as a lot of women tend to be. This is perhaps the same reason why most individuals who have eating disorders (i.e. anurexia and bulimia) are females. Celebrity men may be an exception to the rule, though. For instance, I'm sure a lot of male tv, movie and music stars get regular nose alterations, botox injections, facelifts, tummy tucks, liposuction, or more extreme surgery to keep their youthful appearance.
I can understand why people might be insecure or dissatisfied about the looks or physique that they were genetically blessed or cursed with, but is that really worth the expense and all the possible risks and complications that plastic surgery and other vanity procedures may entail? (to be cont'd)
[Originally appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays
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