If something characterizes each moment in universal history, it is that an ideal of beauty is pursued. Over the years, each style or fashion is strongly imposed and seeks to be imitated.
In the first two generations of the 21st century so far, it is undoubtedly the social networks that set the trend of what it is to be beautiful.
Many people have put their health at risk for wanting to obtain a certain physical appearance, falling into eating disorders or an addiction to plastic surgery.
Cosmetic surgeries to look “perfect”
His name, Dale Saint Cullen. A 28-year-old Englishman who has spent his last five years chasing an “ideal” beauty canon. He spent nearly $35,000 on plastic surgery to look “perfect,” reports American Chronicles.
However, he acknowledges that social networks “brainwashed” him to pursue that “false reality”.
Now Cullen tells his story, to influence Internet users’ awareness of the impact of social networks on people’s self-esteem, reported The Mirror.
He says that at first, he only wanted to have a nose job. But he was left with something akin to a slippery slope. Then he wanted to have chin surgery, better teeth, bigger lips and a sharper jaw. The demand seemed endless.
“It was like there was always a new trend and I just couldn’t keep up,” he admitted. And he added: “I’m all for following the trend, but not when it means you have to change your whole face.”
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Despite this, he claims not to regret the changes made to his face, but rather the reasons behind them. The paradox is that she confessed that she will have a new surgery next June.
The influence of social networks
According to Dale, “on social media I was looking at these people who looked perfect and I fell into this vicious cycle of chasing what was not reality, it was completely false,” the boy told The Mirror.
She traveled to Turkey and Poland, with her cell phone in hand and Instagram photos just a click away, to find her ideal look, the one shown by the images on the cell phone screen.
“It took me a while to realize that this is not what they look like in real life,” admitted Dale, while acknowledging that he knows he will “never” achieve the look he intended.
In this sense, he now invites people to accept themselves inside and out. He also warns them not to fall into the same trap he fell into.
Today he is dedicated to encouraging those who want to have surgery to do so for the right reasons. “I’ve spent so much time, money and energy chasing that perfect look, it’s crazy,” she told The Mirror.
At the same time, the young man is undergoing therapy to ensure that he is making decisions for his own well-being. “What I did so far was not for me, I did it under the pressure of social networks. I am in a much better place now and I make sure that everything I do is for me”, he concluded. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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