Critique of the Article Cosmetic Surgery is Ok for Teenagers

In her article ("Cosmetic Surgery Is Ok For Teenagers"), the author validates the right of teenagers to

undergo cosmetic surgery. She defends her opinion from a subjective point of view by citing her own

experience during adolescence. She uses these experiences in order to influence her readers into

sympathizing with her argument about plastic surgery. She makes use of one of the most popular

teenage problems: Peer Pressure. She claims that mental and emotional issues play a great role in

determining the extent to which teenagers can push the line of undergoing surgery. Although the

outward physique is not a matter of great concern in its full meaning; however, it has come to be a

matter of social acceptance. Finally she warns about the potential risks of cosmetic surgery even the

simplest of such procedures.

I was impressed by her outright honesty and her straightforward manner of dealing with the topic. She

confessed the true inner impulse that lingers within all of us. Such genuine attitude was a key point in

attracting readers' attention and drawing them to read further. For a change, this author is not caught

up in attacking the topic of plastic surgery in a stereotypical manner but forges on bravely by

emphasizing her thesis that such surgery is not a drastic matter but rather a tool for inner and outer

improvement.

However, the author seems to be making an indirect assumption about the validity of teen obsession

with the beauty factor which has become a bare necessity to these adolescents. Essentially speaking,

such an assumption tends to demolish the essence of individualism in a world of phenotypic rivals. It

harms ones self-ego to feel unaccepted by certain social standards. Furthermore advocating cosmetic

surgery with such enthusiasm might be misinterpreted by many with prior tendencies to undergo such

procedures. People will eventually be clones of a certain beauty model in order to be integrated into

the social organization. God is our maker, so it makes sense that he is the only one entitled to change

the way we look!!

Although I was rather taken aback by such a pro-plastic surgery article, I must say I was impressed at the

courage of the author. However, I must say that although the author was trying to be sincere and deliver

her message in a rather informal manner, the content came out with more than one implication. Many

might interpret her words, not as stating the current situation matter-of-factly, but as an

encouragement to undergo surgery.