cosmetic disfiguring

I've been watching lots of silly afternoon TV shows recently, just to have something on in the background while I'm doing my homework or the laundry or cleaning the house. And they've mainly been What Not To Wear and Ten Years Younger. And I've noticed a trend in Ten Years Younger of doing teeth-whitening, botox injections, collagen lip injections along with the usual makeover stuff. And I've been thinking how ridiculous so much of it is. I don't know if you've ever watched The Swan. I saw a couple of episodes, I don't even remember when, but the creepiest thing about it is that, at the end, every girl looked exactly the same. Long hair, big boobs, skinny body, plump lips. Any individuality about these women was erased and seen as a flaw. It's so sad that uniqueness is seen as an imperfection, instead of a part of who that person is.

Anyway just a few thoughts about what I find annoying about this world and it's influences on what people think is beautiful.