Why Idols getting plastic surgery DOES disappoint me: A Vent.

Agree and disagree, I really thing cosmetic procedures and surgeries aren't nearly as much of a black and white issue as they're made out to be. On the one hand, I think shaming people who get plastic surgery is sad because it really feels like a deliberate exclusion of anyone who doesn't naturally fit beauty standards.

On the other hand, I don't like the social climate that allows plastic surgery to become so ubiquitous and frankly expected (and on that, I don't think Korean celebs actually have more cosmetic procedures than American celebs... the general public maybe due to accessibility and cultural factors but majority of American celebs also get these procedures). I also think it's another way that beauty standards promote classism, which is definitely one of the biggest factors in cultural beauty standards (which for women are expressed prominently in beauty standards regarding thinness and skin tone)... if all celebrities get cosmetic procedures then looking like a normal person isn't "up to par" anymore... especially with the popularity of fillers, a lot of celebs get dragged for having bags or wrinkles around the eyes when that's just a normal feature of human skin. Not to mention the development of these standards is often problematic in itself (so an example in the kpop industry is colorism, or a prominent issue among American celebs rn is how many of them are getting procedures to appear racially ambiguous when they are actually white). I don't always think individuals are to blame but I really don't think we should praise a system that allows these procedures to become the new standard (especially when the stigma is so strong that many people will not even be transparent about how their look is literally impossible to achieve naturally).

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