1. TH THW W ban ban pl plas asti tic c sur surge gery ry I will begin the debate by defning the motion, which is: "That we should ban cosmetic surgery," I defne "we," in a global context, as is relating to eery single democratic nation in the world that can be assured o! diplomatic aid by their worldly counterparts. I defne ban as the remoal o! all practices o! this discipline, unless specifed explicitly by a goerning body. I defne "cosmetic surgery" as plastic surgery that modifes a person"s appearance. I will now moe on to presenting a model !or my case: I moe that cosmetic surgery should be banned in all areas and practices except !or those in which it is medically acceptable and benefcial to a patient, in order to fx or repair the damage that had been inicted on the patient through any means o! in#ury, examples being car accidents and !acial burns. I will now show that cosmetic surgery promotes negatie role models and thus adersely a$ects !ans o! common public fgures and role models, who are commonly in the public spotlight. %s a surey collected about Hollywood actors and actresses shows, oer &'( o! actors and actresses hae had some !orm o! cosmetic surgery, during their frst 1' years o! acting. This same group represents oer young actors and actresses sere as role models !or oer )'( o! teenagers. This sends out a message that cosmetic surgery is the path to achieing an ideal o! physical beauty. It ma*es them insecure and coneys an idea that our natural bodies, as determined by pro+ creation, creation, are not beauti!ul enough on their own, and must be artifcially supplemented in order to attain physical attraction. In a world where publicity runs rampant more than it eer has be!ore, we must be cautious about the message that celebrities send out to their adoring !ans. We must be cautious about the limits to which we encourage artifcial supplementation supplementation o! what should be determined in a natural manner, and we must be most cautious, about how much celebrities are able to modi!y themseles in order to suit the public ideals, !or in truth, it should be these celebrities who should modi!y the public ideals in order to suit themseles. I hereby conclude my armatie speech !or the frst round, and inite the negatie spea*er to present his case" Than* you.
1. Cosmetic surgery can be psychologically damaging Point The compulsion to change one's on e's body is often a symptom of a deeper mental instability. It It should be treated as a problem, not encouraged with surgery. Research indicating that breast augmentation patients are four times more likely to commit suicide compared to other plastic surgery patients raises questions about the mental health of women who choose implants1. It's only a plaster patched oer a much deeper problem. There are also studies that show negatie psychological effects on patients after their surgery has been completed. !or e"ample, a recent analysis #$ studies on patients' psychological and psychosocial functioning before and after cosmetic surgery by social worker Roberta %onigman and psychiatrists &atherine hillips, (), and )aid Castle, (), found seeral predictors of poor outcomes, especially for those who hold unrealistic e"pectations or hae a history of depression and an"iety. The researchers found that patients who are dissatisfied with surgery may request repeat procedures or e"perience depression and ad*ustment problems, social isolation, family problems, self+destructie behaiours and anger towards the surgeon and his or h er staff .
. The dangers inoled in electie surgery are not worth the risk Point -ometimes we must accept those dangers, as they come in the course of necessary necessar y medical procedures. ut with electie surgery/ procedures people don0t need, but rather merely want / the risks can0t be *ustified. These risks apply both to the surgery itself, and to the long term. !or e"ample, leaking silicone breast implants hae been a widespread problem and can lead to death. -ilicone gel can leak from the implant into healthy breast tissue and go other parts of your body, bod y, such as the lungs and lymph nodes, where it could be impossible to remoe. -tudies published in 1 by scientists at the 2ational Cancer Institute raised raised questions about the long+term safety of breast implants. 3ne study found that women who had breast implants for at least eight years were twice as likely to die from brain cancer, three times as likely to die from lung cancer or other respiratory diseases, and four times as likely to commit suicide, compared to other p lastic surgery patients 4 second study found that women with breast implants for at least eight years were 15 more likely to be diagnosed with cancer
compared to other women their age.617 There is also the risk that the person haing the surgery will be dissatisfied with the results.
#. Cosmetic surgery is unfair, for only those who can afford it hae access to it Point 3nly those that can pay for it get it. The most popular surgeries include breast augmentation, liposuction, nasal surgery, eyelid surgery and abdominoplasty.617 There surgeries cost between 8#, and 89, between 8,9 and 8:,, between 8#,9 and 8;, and between 8, to 8:, respectiely.67 -o if it has the adantages the opposition claims, the rich will look go od, and the poor will not.
;. 4n outright ban would be easier than the partial bans that hae been enacted in some places. Point The state of & it is regulated by the ?(C and practising surgeons hae to be enrolled on its specialist register. 4t the same time all inasie cosmetic surgery and laser treatments are regulated. 4 healthcare commission inspects all registered establishments and can reoke licences. 4s such it would not be difficult to e"pand these regulating bodies to be making sure that cosmetic surgery is only performed when as in
9. The aailability of cosmetic surgery increases pressures on women that they must look beautiful. Point There is considerable eidence that women's attractieness is *udged more harshly than men's. !or e"ample, in a study by 4dams and %uston, 1@$9, participants were asked to rate the attractieness of photographs of people of arying ages. They found that although attractieness ratings of both men and women declined with age, the rate of decline for women was greater .617 Researchers report that women0s magaAines hae ten and one+ half times more ads and articles promoting weight loss than men0s magaAines do, and oer three+quarters of the coers of women0s magaAines include at least one message about how to change a woman0s bodily appearance Bby diet, e"ercise or cosmetic surgery.67 These iews about appearance are damaging because it leads to seriously unhealthy lifestyles that women think they need to look beautiful. !or e"ample, in #, Teen magaAine reported that #9 per cent of girls : to 1 years old hae been on at least one diet, and that 9 to $ per cent of normal weight girls beliee they are oerweight.6#7 Cosmetic surgery sends the message that the pre*udices some hae about appearance are alid.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -. anned ecause /urgery !or 0osmetics Ta*es the oney %way !rom 2i!e /aing /urgeries I thin* these unneeded surgeries waste money !or no good reason. I! a person su$ered !rom a de!ormity but can still lie , that may be a good reason !or cosmetic surgery. Howeer, people shouldn3t need excessie surgeries !or cosmetic purposes, in my opinion. 1 . 1- . 4'1. •
Ban it ! Cosmic surgeries lead to disorders like )) or body dysmorphic disorder. This is a chronic mental illness where an induidual is oer concerned about thier images and constantly obsesed about thier image.This could lead to e"cess dieting and surgeries.4nd some times these surgeries could turn fatal like the lady in *apan who in*ected her face with oil oer her obsession oer cosmic surgeriesD
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Only for accident, burn victims !irst of all let me say that I think that people who hae been disfigured by an accident, or disease should be able to get surgery to restore how they looked before the accident, or disease. I know people that hae
been in terrible accidents, that cannot afford to look how they use to, then we hae people that look perfectly EnormalE that are *ust not happy with their natural looks that spend thousands to millions of dollars fi"ing something that was not broken, that is ain, shallow, selfish, and frankly disgusting. >se that money to help out people scared from cancer surgery, burn ictims, wounded ets, and accident ictims to restore their natural looks, not to make yourself look like a cheap imitation of a arbie doll. It is people that use this miracle of medical science to look EbetterE, when in fact I think that they all look better before the surgery, rather than helping ictims of accidents, etc., feeding the needy, donating to charity that has made me lose hope for humanity. I wonder how much better the world would be if eery cent that was spent on unnecessary cosmetic surgery, was spent on something useful. Fe might hae cures for diseases, conditions that preiously killed millions of people. eople say that corporations are greedy, no they at least donate money, een if *ust for good will with people, while these people *ust think Eoh I do not look perfect, let me waste a ton of money on making me look and feel better because self esteem is all that matters.E ?et oer your self important, I'm a special snowflake me ntality already, no you are *ust a waste of space, air, food, and life. •
It's too dangerous and most people don't realize it In my country, more than # people died because of cosmetic surgery in the last fie years and more people had een more seere side effects like an inflammation that would not stop producing pus. 4nd een when there are no effect to health, most people doses't get successful on co smetic surgery. Gen the name 'cosmetic' shows that most people are unaware to the danger of it. Thus, I think at least law should ban it. eople who feel embarrassed about their body, they should be gien a decent mental theraphy
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Should only be reserved for accident victims! I had )) growing up, teased for haing a large Roman nose + now let me say, it fit my face + made me look dominant, aggressie and attractie. eople told me I look attractie and really good + I'd ignore compliments and internaliAe re*ection or people who said I look ugly. 2ow I neer cared enough to get it fi"edH but one year I became obsessed with bodybuilding and self+image + I stupidly followed the adice of others to get -H this ruined my life. ecause if you hae )) and get -, it causes you anguish, mental torment, etc. ou start to lose your mind and think about suicide. 4nd what really hurts is that I know I was attractie in a badassJrockstar kind of wa y. 2ot a model, but alpha like Kin )iesel or the Rock. -o now I Iost my unique look and my nose looks deformed somewhat. I still go out and no one looks at me weird. ut deep down I'm ashamed, destroyed, outcast, etc. This especially hurts because I was really attractie for my race and I could'e gotten any woman I wanted in my natural form. ut now I sit alone, looking back at the life I ruined.
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Plastic surgery should be banned lastic surgery hurts peoples feelings and it makes people forget who they really are and can kill people because if the stuff leaks in your body it can kill you. 4lso people need to ban it because it will make most people ugly instead of making them attractieD %elp us ban it now
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Yes it should be banned lastic -urgery does more harm than good. I personally know someone who underwent a plastic surgery, when she really didn't need it. -he now regrets the day she walked in into that hospital. -he's obsessed with the way she looks and sometimes she wakes up, totally hating what she sees in the mirror. It should be banned
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It should be banned for cosmetic purposes I am speaking from personal e"perience and how it has ruined my life. I had no issues breathing and was not bad to look at. 4nd een though i wanted to hae a small change the surgeon decided on what was best for me and ended up ruining my face, my smile and my confidence. %e didnt need to do the surgery on me, he een said himself that i was an attractie woman. I hae been left with so many deformities now that im embarassed to een see my friends and go out in public. I lie a life of isolation now. >nless
you hae had a terrible accident and need a reconstruction it is not worth putting yourself through plastic surgery. Geryone is beautiful as they are and surgery can lead to serious complications. There is not one day that does by that i dont wish i could go back to the day in the hospital and *ust walk out. •
edical plastic surgery should be alloed but the "se of plastic surgery for mere aesthetic purposes should be banned eauty can be seen as a trait, similar to being athletic or haing a talent. It's often genetic although you can always try to get better through practice, healthy eating, etc. If we were allowed to use plastic surgery to fi" the flaws we think we hae, beauty would be worthless since eeryone wo uld hae it. -imilarly, if in the future we could also deelop surgeries to change our muscle structure or ocal chords to make ourseles more athletically capable or better singers, talents would be bought and in this way, the richer people who can afford the surgeries will be better than the others in eery way. This would lead way to a whole other problem in our society. I know this is a worst case scenario, but it is a realistic continuation of cosmetic surgery. This is een before taking into consideration the risks and consequeces of undergoing such a surgery
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Yes! Ban it! Fhen people undergo plastic surgery, its because of low self esteem, which is a much deeper problem than *ust not liking how you look. It's not someone's features that are the problemH If someone gets surgery to fi" what they feel is EwrongE with them and boost self esteem, een though after the surgery they may look different, they are still the same person they were before they had the surgery. This means, the person should be getting psychiatric help from a professional, not turning to a surgeon who only cares if your insecurities fill his bank account. -o meone who has low self confidence and self esteem will always find something wrong with themseles, surgery or not. Cosmetic surgery is *ust a way to coer up and mask real problems, and not go deep to the root of someone's reasons for insecurity. ?et real help.
i agree with people getting so obsessed with beauty and trying to become awless and !abulous. it is ery sad to see how people depends on plastic surgery #ust too !eel more confdent about themseles, where they can always ma*e themseles !eel better by trusting their own powers and their own inner alue. i also li*e your comments about plastic surgery itsel!. it3s straight to the point yet i cannot !ully agree with eerything. i do thin* plastic surgery is useless nonsense, but only to people who iew it as a method to change because they do not li*e who they are and they beliee that by being beauti!ul, they can get things better and get better things !rom their !riends, !amily and the society. plastic surgery can also be used in some positie ways, such as !ace reconstruction when your !ace is really in#ured a!ter being crashed by a 1'+tonne car or you wish to remoe the scars !rom your stomach a!ter giing birth. i do get your point, but plastic surgery does not hae to be necessarily banned. maybe a new *ind o! system does need to be introduced to preent people !rom oerusing plastic surgery, don3t you thin*5
I agree with you. It is not reasonable that because o! others you change your appearance, we are created li*e this and instead o! changing our appearance because o! other people we must increase our sel!+confdence and ma*e other accept us as we are. I! the current process o! plastic surgery continues in the !uture we will not be able to see the real appearance o! people we meet. ut sometimes plastic surgery is needed6 !or example when someone has a terrible accident and his7her !ace is completely gone, plastic surgery is the only way. I am one those who had plastic surgery because o! an accident and i owe my !ace to a plastic surgery. What i meant !rom all o! this is that 8lastic surgery is a good way to hae get a new !ace or body. ut it should be banned !or youths and people who #ust to do it !or no good reason. I agree with your statement that 9success is based on character and attitude sometimes people #ust hae di$erent iew with us. I thin* i! plastic surgery should be banned6 there will be a new
entertainment industry or di$erent iews !rom other people. I thin* plastic surgery should be banned !or young adults only. ;oung adults are still growing up and they may not experience any e$ects o! plastic surgery. I agree with your statement that 9success is based on character and attitude sometimes people #ust hae di$erent iew with us. I thin* i! plastic surgery should be banned6 there will be a new entertainment industry or di$erent iews !rom other people. I thin* plastic surgery should be banned !or young adults only. ;oung adults are still growing up and they may not experience any e$ects o! plastic surgery. atharine 8hillips, plastic surgery may bring negatie outcomes despite it can also bring high satis!action rates to their patients ?/arwer, 1@@AB. These poor outcomes, such as social isolation, !amily problems, and sel!+destructie behaiors, are mostly caused by the patients3 dissatis!action about the result. Why does this happen5 ost o! the time, patients thin* o! only the positie outcome they will get. Howeer, i! the procedure is already done and the result is unexpected, the procedure can3t be undone. Cespite another surgery can be done !or the patients, but it will simply be costly and might ma*e the result worse, instead. Howeer, i! plastic surgery is banned, there is a big possibility that the goernment will be able to aoid oerloading problems in the country. /econd, plastic surgery is one o! the sources o! which diseases or disorders come !rom. 0osmetic procedures can sole the patients3 problems. Howeer, these procedures o!ten inict bigger problems on their health, starting !rom diseases that shows physically to internal diseases. 0ommon diseases caused by such procedures include excessie bleeding, scarring, necrosis, nere damage, loose s*in, blurred ision, excessie tearing, een cancer and death ? Risks of Cosmetic Surgery , n7aB. 8eople are supposed to be scared o! this !act. 8eople should consider this as a serious problem because any outcome o! a cosmetic procedure, good or bad, is !or a li!etime. Howeer, i! seere and harm!ul diseases are the outcomes, then plastic surgery is not a good solution to achiee per!ection. Which is why, plastic surgery should be banned as it increases the number o! diseases. 2astly, plastic surgery may hae inuenced the youth too badly. 0urrently, plastic surgery is not #ust open !or adults or grown+ups, but it is also open to the youth. In >orea, !or instance, a plastic surgery clinic reported that @'( o! their clients are under D' years old, and hal! o! them are under 1A years old ?
1. 0osmetic surgery can be psychologically damaging Howeer, the ast ma#ority o! people who hae cosmetic surgery hae one procedure and neer loo* bac*. They3re made happier and more secure in themseles because o! it. In !act, the same
study by social wor*er =oberta Honigman and psychiatrists >atherine 8hillips, C, and Caid 0astle, C, also suggested positie outcomes in some patients, including improements in body image and possibly a boost in their uality o! li!e as well 1. There!ore, it would be wrong to say that cosmetic surgery can be psychologically damaging as a rule. any studies hae shown that patients hae higher sel!+esteem a!ter surgery.
#ounterpoint The risks of cosmetic surgery are negligible.In actual fact, the 4merican -ociety of lastic -urgery estimates that there is 1 death in 9$, procedures, while a study in the medical *ournal lastic and Reconstructie -urgery put the mortality rate slightly higher, at about one in 91,;9@ op erations.617 To put this in perspectie, your chances of being in*ured in a motor ehicle accident are about 1 in 1, in any gien year and there is about 1 maternal death for eery $:@ lie births.67 Therefore cosmetic surgery is a lot safer than people perceie. !urthermore, cosmetic surgery is becoming safer and safer. It is increasingly strictly policed and sky+ high legal pay+outs by bad surgeons hae ensured that practitioners take more and more care .6#7 Technology in surgery and in implants and so forth is foreer improing. !or e"a mple, new non+inasie procedures are being deeloped such as Liposoni" and >ltra-hape Contour. These procedures use focused ultrasound deices which aim to achiee targeted reduction of fat tissue by focusing ultrasound energy that causes permanent disruption of fat cells without damage to the epidermis, dermis or und erlying tissues and organs.6;7 rocedures such as this would decrease the risk of infection. D. 0osmetic surgery is un!air, !or only those who can a$ord it hae access to it
#ounterpoint ou can spend your money how you like. Fhy shouldn't people be allowed to make the personal choice to change their appearance with their own cashM !urthermore, the appearance diision the proposition seeks to suggest between rich and poor is much more dependent on quality of diet. )iet is a uniersal factor that affects comple"ion, height, etc.1, while cosmetic surgery is a relatiely insignificant factor in statistical terms and one that only affects the particular thing on which surgery is conducted. &. %n outright ban would be easier than the partial bans that hae been enacted in some places.
#ounterpoint The desire for cosmetic surgery is drien not by e"ternal pressure to seek the acceptance of men, but the internal desire to look and feel better about oneself. There are many who find that their appearance truly troubles them and that improing it would greatly enhance their quality of life. 3peration -mile, which fi"es oral and facial deformities found in poor children across the world, is doing Ecosmetic surgery.E617 ou can surie with a hare lip or a cleft palate. ut your quality of life / your self+esteem, employability, acceptance in a traditional society, etc / is much better without one. !ollowing this principle, breast reduction or augmentation or the remoal of acne scars can be *ust as important. !or e"ample, Carole Frigglesworth's breasts shrank after breastfeeding baby girls and as her breasts shrank so did her self+confidence. 4s a result she opted to hae a breast enlargement surgery and reflecting on the e"perience, Carole has absolutely no regrets B NI feel se"ier, more confident and e"tremely proud of my body.67
The aailability o! cosmetic surgery increases pressures on women that they must loo* beauti!ul.
It should not, due to some people actually needing it after an accident$
-ome people need surgery so that they can carry on with their lies after an accident. If you get into a car accident or are in a fire and there is permanent damage to your face, in order to be treated somewhat normally, plastic surgery should be an option for these people. %oweer, it should not be an option for insecure womenJmen.
It should not be banned!!!!
ecuase it helps a lot of people out there in the world. It gies hope to thoses who had been in terrible accident
or those who hae deformed bodies. If you hae no desire to get plastic surgery then don't but let others do what they want to do with their life.
I had acne hich led to lo self%esteem
)uring my teens, I had acne ulgaris which left darkish colored deep pits on my cheeks. I felt embarrassed when people asked 'oh, what is that on your faceM' or 'how sad, your skin is become disfigured, why dont you do somethingM'... I hated looking into mirror and meeting people out of fear that they might comment on my skin. I remember the turmoil I went through. If I could afford it, I would hae gone for plastic surgery right away. 2ow I am in my ;s but the marks are still isible. I would definitely like to go for skin resurfacing cosmetic surgery. %ow can others decide that I must not hae it by asking to ban cosmetic surgeryM
&o it should not banned !!!!
3nly when needed we must use it like in case of fatal accidents or such cases like that what if people really need itMM 4nd it is bannedMMFhat if people really hae un presentable scars which they really really need to hideMM -o that is why don't use it to look beautiful Jhandsome use only when really need it
Its their right$
Cosmetic surgery should not be banned, it helps a lot of people. es there are risks, but eerything in life has risks. (aybe it should be a little more regulated to weed out the humans who would feel bad afterwards. ou know the risks going in, no one is forcing people to get it... ut to feel a home in their skin, some people need cosmetic surgery.
"ndergoing plastic surgery for some people is acceptable,e have to rights to comment on it$
(aybe some people would say that our appearance is gien by our parents and we should respect that.%oweer,in th century,people hae the rights to choose whateer they consider as necessary.Fe simply hae no rights to *udge other 's alues as eery indiidual in this world is not the same.Therefore,we can not force the other people to accept your alues .
&o it shouldnt
2o,it shouldnt be banned .(any people out there might be lacking self esteem and confidence in front of their peers and it's only right for us to allow them to do as they wish with their lies .If u dont want to do it )32T )3 IT but let others feel better with themseles
oes it effect you if they get plastic surgery( &o it doesn't
-ome people can be ery self conscious and when they compare themseles to other people it makes them feel een worse and they feel they need to meet society's e"pectations. (any people are bullied and criticiAed because of their flaws .-o what if they want to change the way they look to make themseles more appealing or the way they want. It doesn't effect you if they get plastic surgery and it's a free country so let the m do what they want. It can help people who are scrutiniAed by things they otherwise could not change, for e"ample if they get reast cancer and lose a reast, they'd hae to deal with that for the rest of their lies
)udging, something everyone has done
eople are *ust fed up of being *udged, of how they look and other things like that, but these days it's mostly physical *udging. I hae been *udge by the way I look, been laughed at, and I'm *ust 1: years old, imagine the rest of the world being *udged. 2o one wants that, yes there are risks, but people are aware, lets *ust stop the *udging part and maybe eeryone will be happy.
)udging, something everyone has done
eople are *ust fed up of being *udged, of how they look and other things like that, but these days it's mostly physical *udging. I hae been *udge by the way I look, been laughed at, and I'm *ust 1: years old, imagine the rest of the world being *udged. 2o one wants that, yes there are risks, but people are aware, lets *ust stop the *udging part and maybe eeryone will be happy. F* I saw this debate or whateer this is and I made an account #ust to say my opinion. THJ=J I/ GFTHIGK W=FGK WITH 82%/TI0 /L=KJ=; WHJTHJ= IT/ 0F/JTI0 F= =J0FG/T=L0TIMJN ost people don3t approe o! plastic surgery because 3Kod3 made us one way and we should learn to loe ourseles the way we are. Jxcuse me i! I3m wrong but isn3t it the same thing when someone dyes their hair, or wears coloured contact lenses5 They are doing it to change their appearance5N
%nd yet because it would only cost about A'euro to dye your hair people don3t loo* down upon it. I! eeryone was really concerned about the !act that people shouldn3t change the way they loo*, then eeryone needs to stop dying their hair, getting spray tanned, wearing coloured contact lenses etc. It3s the indiidual3s choice about what they do and it shouldn3t be anyone elses problem. %nd others are saying well oh, we can use the money spent on plastic surgery to help fnd a cure !or some disease. Well then CFG3T KF FLT %GC /8JGC %FLT 1-'JL=F KJTTIGK HIKH 2IKHT/ %GC 2FW 2IKHT/ %GC WH%T H%MJ ;FL. I! you weren3t blessed !rom 3Kod3 to hae platinum blonde hair then that3s too bad cause apparently we now lie in a world where murderers and rapists roam the street !ree but when someone decide3s to improe the way they loo* by a small procedure which they do WITH THJI= FWG FGJ;? it3s not as i! they are going to rob - grand to pay !or their surgeryB people are outragedN %nd now my rant is oer, how re!reshingN
