There are now huge waiting lists for non-surgical treatments like fillers and fat freezing. For my generation it’s becoming an everyday thing to have cosmetic treatments. The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments II: The Body II
How to achieve a curvier bottom: by far the biggest trend right now is finding ways to enhance your bum … The Brazilian butt-lift is a dangerous surgery where fat is removed from the stomach and injected into the bum … But now there are now-surgical treatments on the market. ibid.
It promises to lift and tone the bum using heat and stimulation of thee muscles. ibid.
Celebrity culture and social media are massively influencing this surge for cosmetic treatments. ibid.
The quest for body perfection has led to a huge rise in procedures known as body contouring. ibid.
Is it worth it? I guess it depends on how much you hate your lumps and bumps and how much you want to pay to get rid of them. ibid.
The average person will take 25,000 selfies in their lifetime. I want to know if this is affecting our body image … Selfies could be making us feel worse about our appearance; could they also be increasing our desire for cosmetic treatments? ibid.
The muscle look: which could explain the tripling in the use and abuse of muscle-building Anabolic-steroids of the last decade … Around a million people in gym around the country, and that is worrying because they have some really nasty side effects … a long list of potential side effects. ibid.
The cosmetic treatments we use to improve our appearance are becoming increasingly extreme. ibid.
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. Numbers 16:19
And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. Deuteronomy 31:15
A painter paints the appearance of things not their objective correctness. In fact he creates new appearances of things. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner