 Welcome to Teens on Topic. I'm your host Emma Arnson and today I'm joined by Eric Aguilar and Zoe Poppingay. We have a very interesting topic today But before we get into that let's hear what the people of Davis have to say about it Do you guys think that cosmetic surgery as a positive or negative impact on our society as a whole? I think it depends because in some cases cosmetic surgery for like for say a burn victim might be good But then when you have it meet like certain beauty standards, it gives like false ideals and impressions to like the masses of society But I think it just depends on circumstances sometimes I think nowadays you see it more in a bad way for like the beauty standard versus the more the helpful way that work Where it should be needed for sure. Thank you. Do you have any thoughts? Yeah, I think sometimes it just depends on like the person what they want like if they want something They should have it and if it's cosmetic surgery then it like they should go for it Yeah, it's simple-minded. I mean it's Some people who have undergone a say traumatic Action or something and they they can't go outside because everybody looks at them and say well They feel like a freak and we've got now we can take that face We've got the ability to remake that and you can't even tell they've had it Absolutely sure That's the same thing that is saying well, you know if a little child is born With a cleft palate you should never change it, you know because you know or that's terrible. Well, it's not terrible Basically love So you think that like for non-cosmetic reasons more reconstruction type things cosmetic surgery should be Allowed and it helps our society in that way. Well, sure. I mean, what you know, it's that's why we live here rather than Russia You know now well, I read in the paper a while back that There's one those little countries that didn't believe in any kind of cosmetic surgery and if you did it you got killed So all that stuff goes together, you know Yeah, all that stuff, you know, I mean we That's that's what that's why it's called progress and I'm old enough to know that Do you think cosmetic surgery for purely cosmetic reasons is beneficial to society and why I Don't see much benefit society like in terms of society But I do think people have the personal choice to get cosmetic surgery I currently don't see the benefits because I'm not a part of that industry What do you think economically there may be some benefits, but in terms of just like societal benefits I don't see a societal benefit to cosmetic surgery Yeah And I think another like more interesting question to ask is like why have cosmetic surgeries like come into existence And I think a lot of it has to do with our understanding of like what's the proper way to appear and like proper way to age in addition to like how like capitalism has developed and commodified beauty practices I Really think it depends on why the cosmetic surgery is happening And I feel like you don't really need it to look like everybody else or a weird ideal But if you need it because you've been in an accident, then yeah, please go for it. I think it's both I think that some surgeries can be like for like cleft-lipped and for like burn victims I think that works, but I think also like cosmetic surgery like women are beautiful the way they are and don't need it So yeah, I pretty much agree with that Good question, I don't I don't think not to my opinion if not that because it's like It's only like too much insecurity in the world and too much kind of hate in my opinion, so Just be who you are just love yourself who you are awesome. Thank you so much Well, it seems pretty unanimous What the people said around Davis? What do you guys think about? What the people of Davis had to say about it? Um, I think I definitely agree with this statement if it's helping if the cosmetic surgery is to reconstruct like burn victims or possibly When someone has been in abuse and they have been hurt in some way but I actually kind of Disagree that it shouldn't be allowed because I Think it's an entirely up to the individual in most cases It's it's different when someone has body dysmorphia That is it that is something a mental issue that needs to be fixed and that cannot be fixed with cosmetic surgery It has been proven that that doesn't help fix it at all It's about total that's about total dissatisfaction of something else Which is an entirely different problem But if someone has the money and the time to maybe get to get their nose their chest their bite I think that that's it's good for them that they are able to do that. But my problem is when Cosmetic surgery is expected or people have gotten cosmetic surgery are seen as Beautiful people to look up to like that money and Photoshop got them there like the Kardashians I don't know if I'm allowed to if I should or if I should be putting out names, but they're known for being They're known for putting a lot of money into that industry And the fact that they have the money and the time to do that good for them But it's when people say wow what a beautiful person they are what a beautiful family that are it's It's really sad because they didn't get that way naturally and I don't think that that should be the expectation Yeah, I agree with you. It's the choice of the person They give you want it want to go for it But as you say that the Kardashians will affect you use your money for other ways to benefit I guess other people could have so much money, but like you know That's their choice, but like I burn victims of south another one that helps them a lot. I guess yeah Yeah, I think most people agree that the Not that when something is when someone is disfigured or something and that they have that to make themselves feel more confident That's definitely a beneficial aspect to it I think personally, I think if you want to do cosmetic surgery and You want to get like your lips done and your nose done then more power to you as you said I think that it only becomes a problem when either you Are doing too much big because I know a lot of people go like overboard and they like you know It's don't really even look like people anymore afterwards like clowns Yeah, and then I Think also, I keep hearing these stories about people who go to foreign countries get really really cheap like boob jobs or different cosmetic surgeries, and then it just works out terribly for them. So I think That is definitely a danger of it that people would feel the need to do that but not feel Like they should do it in the United States or at least when it's a more Safe procedure. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's like this raise the prices on the surgeries because they're like Like they're good, but like they're kind of Not useful, you know Most parts. I know I know what side of the US Well, yeah, cosmetic surgery is definitely a worldwide thing South Korea is really famous for parts of I know Brazil Is it Brazil? I think they're very famous for cosmetic surgery And I think some people feel that it's a necessity to get like I said before and that's when I find that it's more harmful It's like when you go They they expect you to get all these things done or you will not be good enough to You'll not be good enough to function. I remember watching a documentary about it was skin bleaching and Surgery in South Korea and it was they they had all these ads in campaigns shoved in your faces get these surgeries Shave your jawline get that nose fix and pale your skin or else you will not be beautiful and you will not succeed and that is it's so incredibly harmful and also and Also when people can't get safe procedures done they'll go to a cheaper place They'll go to a more dangerous place and what that's when you see Iris implants. That's another cosmetic surgery, which is not FDA approved in any way she performed and It's one of these plastic surgery people exploit their customers Not every not every surgeon does that but some do and that's where I think where the problem is Yeah, there's like some people out there like surgeon time thing I don't know in the US but like other countries. I just tell you that's good for you To get money out of you and people just fall in the trap and trap me like they gave these surgeries and end up like Not working like harm them Yeah, I know that I hear a lot of stories about people who get implants that it's not What they were told like it's not silicon. It's not I'm not an expert on the type of Influenced they have but I've heard stories of that it was like cement or Stuff like that that it just doesn't work out I think I definitely agree with you when the campaigning goes as far as saying you need them or even Just to say that you would be beautiful if you got these surgeries is Harmful and I think that's definitely adding to a society that puts too much value on beauty and I Think if if a nose job is going to make you feel that much more confident about yourself like more power to you But like it's not going to make you feel better on the inside. Really. I Don't know that makes sense. I was just a show of love yourself who you are because there's only one person that is you So you just find a way to love yourself and how you are it was out with all this extra stuff Well, thank you very much for joining me Next week we'll have another exciting topic as we always do