Today, more than ever, many people seem obsessed with how they look. Unfortunately, a large number of people place too much emphasis on their personal appearance and fashion.
One example of this is the amount of cosmetic surgery many people are having these days. Judging from the increase in cosmetic surgery recently, it is obvious that some people consider their appearance to be more important than anything else. Because of their infatuation with how they look, they waste their money, which they could spend on more important things, and have cosmetic surgery instead. For example, a magazine article reported on a mother who became addicted to cosmetic surgery and was obsessed with improving her appearance. Eventually, she ended up spending her daughter’s entire college savings to satisfy her vanity. Because of this mother’s actions, her daughter will have difficulty attending college in the future. Sadly, this is not an isolated case, as many more people are wasting money to have surgery. In these instances, cosmetic surgery can have serious negative financial side effects on people and their families.
Also, many young people believe that how a person looks is the most important quality in an individual. This mentality can make people become very superficial and narrow-minded, characteristics they will keep for the rest of their lives. Many students tend to value and accept others into their circle of friends for the sole reasons of how good they look and how fashionable they are. Because of this tendency, many students ignore the true personalities of their classmates and focus upon whether or not they look good. As these students grow older, they will continue to judge people based on their appearance rather than on their character, which may create later conflicts or problems. Undeniably, these days, young people focus too much on a person’s outside, that is, his or her looks, and not enough on the person’s inside, which is his or her personality.
In conclusion, the increase in cosmetic surgery and the weight young people put on appearances and fashion show how individuals in general place too much importance on how they look. These two factors can have negative consequences for people, however. People should be concerned about their entire being, not just what they show on the outside.
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