i have an obsession with disfiguration perfect looks that were ruined by insecurity altered
bodies and faces that hardly seem human anymore this is the aftermath of plastic
surgery coupled with wealth pretty faces from sketchy places this is hollywood
this is bot beauty insecurity cannot truly be cured for the rich it's like feeding an addiction
where you pay to show the layers of its effects on your face and body usually with permanent and
irreversible results let's explore body dysmorphia is defined as a mental illness involving obsessive
focus on a perceived flaw and appearance body dysmorphic disorder is one of those conditions
in which it reveals itself in hollywood through its actions the ones we see that make us go they
were perfect before this what went wrong being famous is a very shallow experience that starts
and ends at worship of the physical that's what happened that's what went wrong do i look good
i mean how do i go and say that of course i thought you were more beautiful before
i thought you were younger i thought you were fresher looking i thought you were healthier
what's done is done bella hadid went from virgin mary to mary magdalene in just one procedure
she took carla broody's face to the surgeon and superimposed it onto her own sad it took a lot
of work to go from norma jean to marilyn monroe nothing in hollywood is real even the ones who
present themselves as being real what are you talking about i'm talking about to cover some
magazine they said oh ariana grande boob job brow lift cheek shaving lips done i was like you're
comparing a picture of me from when i'm 14 years old to when i'm 21 and i'm wearing a push-up bra
something's gotta give world not everyone gets what they want linda evangelist just
sued for botched coolsculpting treatments and increased facial fat now she suffers from
pulmonary hypertension the woman who wouldn't wake up for less than ten thousand dollars a
day is now seeking millions for electing to ruin the very thing that made her a living
she claims a cosmetic procedure left her brutally disfigured and coolsculpting did the opposite of
what it promised it increased not decreased my fat cells and left me permanently deformed even after
undergoing two painful unsuccessful corrective surgeries of course our physical outcries usually
stem from something deeply internal jeanette mccurdy's abusive mom led to her having an eating
disorder and a distorted self-image and by age 11 debbie introduced her daughter to calorie counting
when she landed the coveted role of sam on icarly jeannette says she was suffering from
full-fledged anorexia judy garland took uppers and downers like the overworked show pony she was
lived on black coffee and cigarettes to stay thin any hope of accepting her natural features was
out the window as soon as those false teeth and nose altering prosthetics were forced onto her
her body image was ruined and she recalled feeling like a fat little pig
mgn studios was the place of magic and misery depending on which side of the
screen you are on getting a good picture everybody so they're nice and handsome
even those in positions of power whose first and last thought should be anything but
are consumed with looking attractive even if it makes them look absolutely delusional
as the definition of body dysmorphia suggests the reflected image is totally different than
what is seen in hollywood there are not only few truly natural beauties but none
who actually believe how beautiful they are do you recognize how beautiful you are no you don't
because it's just you know it's it's for me it's just i'm changing i'm doing i'm
becoming someone else my job is you have to be like a chameleon
psychology today states that body dysmorphia is a common trait among those seeking plastic surgery
compared to the one to two percent prevalence of bdd and general population
rates of up to seven to fifteen percent have been identified in the cosmetic surgery population
meaning that the willingness to go under the knife is not driven by corrective cosmetic procedures
because this group seldom has anything to correct the defect is non-identifiable and not physically
existent on the suffer of bdd or to anyone with a rational view of the person's appearance
it's all imagined are you bleaching your skin and have are is your skin lighter because you
don't like being black these delusional attempts at correcting the non-existent
flaws are incredibly profitable to plastic surgeons who specialize in elected cosmetic
procedures to enhance or inform a patient's looks hollywood's misery is their millions an industry
of insecurity the same surgeons have taken to social media to expose celebrities for their
work as if they themselves are not a part of the culture of unnecessary alterations
there's a vested interest in having surgery that doesn't jump out to the normal person
who doesn't have the time to notice the keen eye can spot the slightest tweaks
but some of these celebrities they return to us out of the blue with whole new faces
in 2020 the top cosmetic surgical procedure was nose reshaping of the 15.6 million total
procedures performed that year they accounted for five 352 and fifty five
down only three percent from 2019 thank god for the pandemic or society stricken with
insecurity and wealth might not have the time to really reflect on important things
beyond their insecurities or maybe they had too much time me and my body's relationship
has been the most toxic relationship you could even imagine surgery for beauty goes back as far
as ancient egypt there is nothing new under the sun and human insecurities and acts of vanity are
as old as the sun that shed light on them the oldest known procedures appeared in an ancient
egyptian medical text called edwin smith papyrus it was named after the american egyptologist who
purchased it in 1862 it was thought to be an early trauma surgery textbook the treatise contains
detailed case studies for a variety of injuries and diagnoses such as rhinoplasty the egyptians
used wooden splints lint swabs and linen plugs to shape and mold the nose into the desired position
the history of modern plastic surgery has truly been in the works long before jesus christ himself
if only he had died for our insecurities and not our sins look around you at every pretty old
hollywood face that seemed too perfect and too aspirational and know that it was all artifice
hollywood however is the art of artifice some of the earliest surgeries in the
beginning of hollywood then called hollywood land included electrolysis to shift hairlines upward
a procedure famously undergone by the legendary rita hayworth modern plastic surgery trends
come and go as do the controversy surrounding them the techniques change for the better well
look at old hollywood and look at hollywood now maybe the canvases for the art of the surgeons
came better and needed less brush strokes to paint a pretty picture or maybe there are far too many
customers both in and out of hollywood to care about doing as good a job at hiding the surgery
where expertise is lost money is still made by the millions where do psychologists even
begin to suggest a cure to be found for body dysmorphia if one should even exist
that cure certainly not money mirror mirror on the wall who's the most botched of them all
why those who can afford it of course subscribe to join the universe
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