Aphrodite of Milo or Venus de Milo as is more commonly known is an ancient marble statue of the Greek goddess of love. It has been considered a benchmark for the ideal human form for centuries. Where “penis envy” is very gender specific, “Venus envy” applies almost equally to both genders in this day and age.
Images are everywhere around us of beautiful people. Is it me or are they getting more beautiful every day? I know…most still images have been touched up, colour adjusted or airbrushed. But we are all caught up in the dream for youthfulness and for some it has become an obsession. Isn’t it ironic that we spend our youthful years doing everything we can to look older and our aging years attempting to look more like our youthful counterparts? Are we not just a little schizophrenic?
We are no longer satisfied with the hand that nature has dealt us and with the help of every kind of plastic surgery imaginable we can re-sculpt our human form to resemble whatever or whoever we wish. Just like the sculptor of Venus de Milo these surgeons can work their magic on our flesh and bone to reshape and mold us. If fat lips are in fashion you too can have them. If large breast are your thing, every form of augmentation is available. And since thin is in, don’t forget to have that fat vacuumed.
Some of these attempts for that eternal youthful look can seem somewhat benign such as the all too common use of Botox for removal of those character lines on your face. Others are not so benign. Any time you undergo a surgical procedure you are taking a risk. These risks run the gamut from just a simple scar, serious disfigurement, to possible death. A simple Google of the words “plastic surgery gone wrong” is extremely eye opening.
Our bodies are going to continue to age in spite your attempts to stave off the natural process. The reality is that some of these procedures result in a much less appealing look over time. Some people get caught up in an endless cycle of reconstruction with almost cartoonish looks. We are not that lifeless chunk of marble that Venus is modeled from and many of us, including the author, would prefer something real lying next to them not something crafted in an operating room.
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Everyone in some way or other wants to shape their mould or perhaps that little bit of narcissus is part of the human characteristics that make us up. There is makeup, hair dyes, fad diets, fashion,...the list goes on. Is it due to lack of self esteem because a person does not think they measure up or is it because they were never told how beautiful or pretty or handsome they are....after all beauty is skin deep is it not? However, to go as far as plastic surgery to reshape a body feature is another story. Does it really obtain a feeling of self worth in the end or is it just because it is so available (with a bit of cash of course) that these procedures can be done in hopes that the eternal fountain of youth will prevail itself or the resculptured look is exactly what makes happiness. I doubt it.
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