Plastic Surgery Persuasive Speech

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If you are walking on the road and hear the word “Liposuction”, what kind of ideas would come into your head? Perhaps dangerous, risky, scalpel and bloody, or all of those terms I just mentioned. I think that’s how those rich celebrities who have more than 7 digits in their bank account spend their money with. Liposuction is a type of plastic surgery that can involve both a person’s appearance and confidence. In today’s society, the beauty standard is a skeleton-thin model being over-published by media trying to convince us to believe how “beauty” is being defined. Media nowadays brain-washed us that for a person to look beautiful, he or she must try to become like the images that are seen on television, movies, and/or magazines. They all have this in common: …show more content…
If we are not blessed with genetic, the easiest and fastest way to achieve this is through a type of plastic surgery call liposuction. The Hollywood figures that are so famous also encourage the common people like you and I that staying thin equals beautiful. With all these images and beauty standards that are seen everywhere, one can feel being compelled to look just like those images. Although by doing liposuction, the person CAN improve the appearance and self-image, yet it can also cause a lot of detriments which may lead to the serious health risks or death.
One of the disadvantages in liposuction is the cost. Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty or body contouring surgery, is considering as cosmetic surgery. I recently had a personal consultation with Dr. Tony Pham, who has a practice clinic located at the convenience of downtown San Jose. During the initial consultation, first I had to tell the doctor what areas of my body I would like to have improvement, then I had my clothes removed so he could exam the areas that I find displeasing. At very first

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