Medicalization has become too common all over the world. It seems that almost everything, from aging to deviant behaviors, is medicalized. Humans have a tendency to want things their way, so they strive to get what they want. It is not known that "every medicalization represents progress in the control of medicine over the human body" (Ferrante chapter 6). This may not seem like a serious problem, but with the increase in medicalization, the possibilities of danger to people's lives also increase. If the accounts stated in Neto and Caponi's article state that the data "cannot be found in the medical literature describing the anatomical details that make up the body's beautiful parts" Neto and Caponi 5), then why does the company make it appear that there are Rigid standards for body type? “Beauty is the combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form that satisfies the aesthetic senses, especially sight” (Dictionary.com). Just like this definition says, beauty can take on different shapes and sizes depending on how it is viewed. Unfortunately, everyone wants that unrealistic or “perfect” image. People continue to compare themselves to the unreal stars they see through movies, on television and in magazine ads. Most people today are never satisfied with what they see in the reflections in the mirror because of how society has changed the meaning of beauty to mean something that is ideal. They try to adapt to culture and social norms and fortunately for them, with the help of medicine and doctors, techniques have been created to achieve the flawless appearance that society has characterized as normal and ideal. While there are many resources - products, practices, and procedures beyond surgery - for one's desire to be beautiful...... middle of document ......le.edu/~galuskwj/Kaw.pdf>.Leve , Michelle, Lisa Rubin and Andrea Pusic. "Cosmetic surgery and neoliberalisms: risk and responsibility management". Feminism and psychology (nd): n. page Wise. Network. .Merianos, Ashley L., Rebecca A. Vidourek, and Keith A. King. “Medicalization of Female Beauty: A Content Analysis of Cosmetic Procedures.” The Qualitative Report 18.91 (nd): 1-14. Network. .Neto, Paulo and Sandra Caponi. "Medicalization of beauty". Interface 11.23 (2007): n. page Network. ."Reconstructive procedures: breast reconstruction, scar revision, skin cancer." The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. ASPS and Web. 03 December. 2013. .
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