Liposuction

“The rich keep getting richer” this is a very common phrase in today’s society. The middle and poor class are struggling to put food on the table while the rich are getting plastic surgery. This is a common comparison to the book The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins. Where the Capital of Panem has more money than they need, and the poor district is struggling to stay alive. Panem is a nation that arose in the ruins of North America. Controlled by a very powerful Capital with twelve outlying…

Obsession With The “Perfect” Figure Due to years of objectification and sexualization of the female bodies tend to be more exposed to the public eye. Today, we are familiar with the pressure that accompanies ideal body image, especially among women. While skinny models may populate most of today’s magazines and media, pointing out an unhealthy obsession with thinness, women have always been under some form of pressure to look a certain way even if that meant being thicker in the 1940s and 50s.…

Is obesity a disease? Now in the days people believe that obesity is a disease, these people are the one that are or have alcoholism, depression, or anxiety, but because they believe they have the disease called obesity, they believe that they will have the help in this situation like they are getting help with their health issue in alcoholism, depression, and anxiety. Other people believe that obesity is not a disease, these people have the thought that people have the choice to stand away of…

These procedures depend on the person and their health status. Some of the most common procedures are bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, or simply a liposuction. All of these procedures require the assistance of a plastic surgeon who performs many steps in order to give a new stomach size to people. When people lose an extraordinary amount of weight their skin stays loose, most of the time the only option…

In contemporary society, on an everyday basis, people are bombarded with graphic images, advertisements and slogans which underline major problems of objectification and oppression of women in mass media “Over 80% of Americans watch television daily. On average, these people watch over three hours per day.” A study found that consumers view on average 247 ads/commercials each day. Even though it is beneficial for company’s profit sake, there are negative effects attached to the fundamental…

Advertisements are everywhere around us, and today it is one of the most vital marketing communicators. Advertisements are the foundation and fuel of the mass media. The main goal of the mass media is to introduce the audience to advertisers, just like the televisions programs attempt to introduce consumers for commercials. Advertisements are a form of art that are designed to persuade a consumer to buy a certain product or even look a specific way. Throughout the research, the main issue…

Africans, and African-Americans alike are beautiful. Every. Single. One. Its ridiculous that according to society, we are ugly and inferior but other cultures spend thousands of dollars to try to look like us. Liposuction, Brazilian Butt Lifts, Breast Enhancements, Lip Injections, and so on and so forth. These are things that we are naturally born with but are deemed ugly on us but beautiful on other cultures. This concept is something I will never understand. Cultural…

The healthy body weight of the average woman is about one hundred and fifty four pounds. The models and actresses seen in media such as magazines, television, and social media advertisements look significantly less than one hundred and fifty four pounds. The reason being that these models have been photo shopped with the technology provided today. The access to technology provides people the opportunity to take an overweight, eighty year old women with black hair and make her an underweight,…

In the United States, twenty million women and ten million men struggle with eating disorders (“Eating”). Society places high values on being thin, so it’s no wonder that men and women are pushing themselves to keep up with these ideals. People are resorting to vomiting, dieting, and starving themselves to fit in. The number of people with eating disorders has rapidly increased over the years as media has become a more prominent part of daily lives. Messages depicting “perfect” bodies are…

The biggest overarching theme I noticed among all of the different texts was the connection of body modification to passing. The method, cultural context, and reasons all varied; however, body modification in all cases was used in order to fit a certain set of standards. I originally used to think of passing in a different way, I mostly associated the term with the transgender community and biracial people (as in white-passing); however, I now realize that the term passing can mean different…