The Root of the Problem
The pilot of the critically acclaimed
series Nip/Tuck highlights an
element of plastic surgery that is often overlooked. They do this by
implementing a general lack of morals when shown making questionable
decisions for their medical practice. This general lack of morals is
part of the same thought process that some plastic surgeons take
advantage of when marketing their services. A plastic surgeon would
not have been able to manipulate a model if not for the root of the problem of aesthetic surgery, which is, the existence of
an ideal beauty that is created by the mainstream media.
The only reason the consumer is manipulated into getting plastic surgery is because she
was already under the psychological distress imposed by the concept
of an “ideal beauty”. This “ideal beauty” is the real issue
that Nip/Tuck attempts
to confront. In the pilot it is clearly brought forth. The brutal way
in which the plastic surgeons analyzes and tears apart his patients
face, is the same mentality used in creating the ideal image that the
consumer is supposed to strive to achieve. A society that holds these
strict constructs of gender will always have populations under
psychological distress.
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