For my final project, I will display the history and progression of cosmetic surgery since the 1900s. Along with this, I also touch on the surface of the connection between operations and the media. Whether it is the television we watch, the songs we listen to, or the “influencers” individuals look up to, alteration of the body is somehow always present. In the introduction of aesthetic surgery, individuals often hesitated to reveal whether or not they had gone under the knife. However, with the progression of time, people are more open to promoting plastic surgery and influencing younger generations that a seamless face is the only equivalent to beauty.
While researching this project, I grew more knowledgeable about how reliant people have become social media filters to portray the “perfect Instagram face.” I have grown more knowledgeable about the way the media influences this behavior through songs and films and how the youth has become the main target for this content. Because of this project, I know that according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) statistics, 64,470 cosmetic surgical procedures were performed on people age 13-19 in 2015, while 161,700 cosmetic minimally-invasive procedures were performed.
The way I approached this assignment was by first identifying the beginning of the plastic surgery and how it was brought to the United States. Afterward, my focus was on mentioning the idols of the late century and noting their influence on societal beauty in the past and present. And lastly, I close with shedding light on how cosmetic surgery has become idolized in all realms of the media.
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