Afternoon pages 10.10.08

"Sunset in St Tropes" by Danielle Steel
"What does the word "plastic surgery" mean for you? Is it an evitable part of our glamorized life or a resolute way to prolong beauty and enjoy yourself?

Plastic surgery is the most radical way to prolong one's beauty, but it can be a dangerous one: you can never predict the consequenses after operation, so you're running the risk of being the victim of the surgeon's scalpel.
However that may be, a lot of people make this step in their life. The reasons for doing it can be different. Some celebrities do it because they have to: they are always in the center of attention and their career depends on their appearance. Plastic surgery is the disease not only of famous people but ordinary: for example, a wife is madly in love with her husband, she wants to make him happy and she is ready to do anything to hold him, or husband raises an ultimatum like "If you don't change this or that I'll give you up". They aren't true relationships that based on love, this event is called attachment.
But there can be cases of inborn defects or the result of the accident that, of coarse, should be corrected.
I can't say that I totally disagree with the idea of changing one's appearance by means of palstic surgery, it's up to a person whether to call for such a drasic way or not. Personally I, appreciate natural beauty and would never dare to make this risky step in my life.