Like everyone else, you have probably looked in the mirror before and said "Hey, I don't like my [insert facial feature here], I wish I could change it. Yes, it happens to the best of us. For example, I absolutely HATE my nose (everyone swears I'm the only one but so what?). So I said to my bestfriend, "I believe that if you don't like something, there is nothing wrong with changing it". Yes, I was talking about plastic surgery, botox, and other procedures available out there to "enhance" those insecurities we all have. Why not? I believe that as long as you don't go overboard with it, what's so wrong with the simple change?
His answer was a bit different. His belief is that when you change one thing, you start changing everything else just because you can. Or maybe because the one change you made triggered another problem. Either way, this struck up the conversation of a simple change transforming into a terrible addiction.
Now, when I say there is nothing wrong with changing what you don't like I'm not talking Lil Kim, Heidi Montag extremes. I just believe that a person should be able to change that small thing that may make them feel a bit too insecure. And of course a simple change should be natural, not plastic looking. At the same time, Lil Kim's extreme could have started with that one simple change, so maybe addiction is not too far off.
When you watch people like Ashley Simpson or the housewives of orange county, who only make subtle changes, what do you think? Do you find them to be crazed addicts for making a small improvement?? I don't. However, when I see a celebrity going from having a botox appointment once every couple years to six times a year, yes that is a problem. That's addiction.
So of course this debate was never settled, although I'm a bit on the fence. Since I've never experienced the change, I do not know if it would become addicting after the first try. I do believe different people are on different levels, so what may be an addiction for one person may be a one time deal for another. I guess it all depends on who you are and how much confidence you have in yourself. Even the most confident person in the world has insecurities, they just aren't surfaced and the person may not want to change them. So what do you all think?
