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Searching for Beauty: A risk to your health?

Searching for Beauty: A risk to your health?
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Published: 09/10/2013 - Updated: 01/25/2017

Author: Miriam Reyes3 Comments

The concern of always looking good can be a double-edged sword. Certainly we have all felt uncomfortable with one aspect of our body at one stage in our lives. Most of us would also change how we look or some details, but why do we worry about this?

It is due to the influence of television, magazines, movies, and yes to the standards of beauty that the media dictates: Tall and slim females dominate, with high cheekbones and a flawless complexion as well as muscular, tall and handsome men. These are the images which the media have established as the defining concepts of beauty today.

Contents

  • Unnatural Beauty
  • Perfect bodies puts health at risk
  • Nobody can stop the clock
  • Healthy Beauty

Unnatural Beauty

Since the beginning of mankind, there have been certain standards of beauty. However, thanks to new techniques and technology, nowadays the media sells us beauty stereotypes that are far from natural looks, for example faces without a line of expression, tiny waists, perfect skin. We often forget that behind these perfect bodies there is a production line of photographers, makeup artists and experts to make a model look perfect, not to mention the use of technologies such as Photoshop and other retouching programs to fix the smallest details, so as a result we have an unrealistic standard of beauty but yet many of us still aspire to achieve it.

According to statistics, 73 out of 100 women are uncomfortable with wearing tight clothes and about two in five women would like to have surgery to alter their face, thighs and busts, among others.

Perfect bodies puts health at risk

Possessing attributes that make us look "perfect" can not only be expensive, but also unhealthy. In a survey conducted in Spain, about 25 % of students aged 10 to 12 years usually do "something" to lose weight and cases of anorexia and bulimia are becoming more common in young people.

Many teens deal with issues of self-esteem and insecurity and there is growing concern about weight loss, which is not at all recommended without seeking appropriate advice. This is due to the fact that many of the methods employed to lose weight by young people can be hazardous to their health and even affect their development.

Cosmetic surgery is also becoming increasingly common; in the quest to achieve the perfect body and image, people are beginning to resort to expensive surgeries that entail many risks.

Nobody can stop the clock

The world belongs to the young, so it's no wonder we all want to look young and free of wrinkles and expression lines. Therefore, many have begun investing large amounts of money in cosmetic procedures that help us fight wrinkles. Anti-ageing creams, surgeries, Botox: We are willing to go to almost any lengths just to achieve an image that allows us to be part of a certain social circle, to meet high expectations and achieve current beauty standards. However, many of us ignore or forget the fact that beauty is entirely subjective.

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Healthy Beauty

Beauty does not have to be synonymous with obsession or illness; we must understand that our exterior is just a physical aspect, and it is not enough just to fix it with solutions that can be extremely risky for our health.

It's best to cultivate a healthy body; to do so, we must first accept ourselves as we are, our "flaws " are actually precisely distinctions that make us different from the rest, comparing is not a good idea to understand how beautiful you are, which is why you should focus on comprehensive and balanced beauty. For example, if you want shiny and abundant hair, feed your body so that your hair is well nourished. If you want to achieve a more youthful and radiant appearance, try to include antioxidants in your diet and drink plenty water each day.

Since your body is your temple, loving it, enjoying it and caring for it will project real, genuine beauty. Stop looking for "perfection", because in reality you cannot establish physical perfection, since beauty is subjective. That which is perfect for one person, may be completely repulsive for another and in that sense, no one is perfect. Instead, we are all perfect in our own unique ways.

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About the author

By Miriam Reyes

Miriam Reyes is a professional expert in nutrition and dietetics. She has more than 12 years of experience in caring for patients with overweight and eating problems. She studied at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA), where she obtained a degree in nutrition. Linkedin profile.

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Comments
  1. Gisselle

    23 de September de 2013 at 19:25

    Talking about this and that, we should learn that beauty is not somethings that is in the skin or the face, but in all the parts of our body, including our brain and our heart, and of course our feelings and thinking, so well you cannot harm your body to reach beauty, especially with surgery and things that goes beyond changing a couple of our habits

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  2. Stacy

    26 de September de 2014 at 07:27

    The term “searching for beauty” makes it sounds as if it were actually hard to find. Finding beauty within yourself and within others is one of the easiest things to do in the world. Is it hard to look at a flower, and know that it is beautiful? In just this way, we are all capable of looking at ourselves, and finding true beauty.

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  3. Emily

    14 de March de 2016 at 23:36

    This is quite a weak article, but I understand the jist of what it is trying to say… The media are responsible for so many ridiculous societal pressures with the mask of “showing real beauty” and it must be said: It is mainly women who are subjecting to this type of societal standardising. As the article highlights well, the concept of beauty is completely subjective and only when you cultivate love and gratitude for the body you have been given will you realise that you and your physical appearance are a gift and embodiment of 100% unique perfection, plain and simple.

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