Watching the culture of today unravel, we can take notice that the human body is at it’s center and that many things are strongly correlated and in connection to the way others look, the way we look and the way we feel about the way we look. There are a lot of factors, that’s a sure thing!
Some people try to work with their ‘canvas’, while others go under the knife to achieve features we do not posses naturally. We’ve discussed a lot of times on Attire Club about plastic surgery and what it means for our culture, for men, for children and more.
In a way, we all have our ceiling of how much plastic surgery we would actually get done. This is what makes some celebs interesting, the fact that they have changed their appearance (at times not to their advantage) by going several times under the knife. It makes you wonder if you really wish to get plastic surgery, and if so what and how much.
There are people who have completely altered their look, while others have simply improved their appearance by becoming more harmonious, younger or softer. For example, a nose that points to the ground will make someone look older, so making it point a little higher will give that person a younger appearance. There are more ways to achieve a better look.
But what would you expect to look like if you had almost 100 surgeries?
Justin Jedlica, a man from the United States has had until this moment over 90 cosmetic interventions. The man who is in his 30s has spent over $100,000 on facial and body reconstructive surgeries across the course of many years.
The way one looks can be confusing. On the one side you know what you wish to look like and on the other side there’s the way you look. Getting inside the head of a person who gets so many changes done is rather hard, since we can’t know if he sees himself as a beauty ideal or as a bizarre work resembling the monster of Dr. Frankenstein.
What’s interesting about this case is that one can imagine what would happen to the New Yorker’s emotional state of mind if he would not have money to change his traits anymore. Can we consider that getting 90 plastic surgeries makes you a cosmetic surgery addict? If so, how does a surgery addict react when he cannot go on with this “hobby” and what happens when age finally catches up with him?
In the end, we can only say that each to his own and that we can all draw our conclusions. In the end, you know that old (yet very true) say: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.
Fraquoh and Franchomme
P.S. What do you think of Justin and his passion of plastic surgery? What do you think drives him to do all these interventions? How much would be too much for you? How do you think he looks? Share your thoughts below!
18 replies on “90 Plastic Surgeries: Is This Perfection?”
I think he’s insane.
He surely feels extremely bad to do so much things and keep unsatisfied.
I saw him on TV telling about this or that he wants to make surgery for, even if he had already has a surgery for.
I think his real problem isn’t on so much on surgery and beauty levels but psychiatry, self-esteem, being one-self.
I completely understand that we can need to change things but modifying the entire body in so much steps whithout never being happy with it denotes a pathology.
The too much can be variable, I would say it’s too much when you risk not to recognize yourself, when you’re still not satidfied of something which is meanwhile objectively good and conform to what you ask, when you become so strange that people turn on you on the street and not for compliments.
I don’t really think in term of number but maybe 6 to 8 surgeries should be enough for someone who doesn’t need reconstruction after an accident or something like that.
Hello Miss Ayo Dele,
Thank you for your comment! It’s great to hear what you think of the subject!
Now, I don’t have any issue with cosmetic surgery, if you are doing it to make yourself happy and to obtain the look you want, but to do so many and even redo what’s already been done, something else is at play here (self esteem issues, body issues). We all want perfection in some form or fashion, but perfection is elusive. No matter how much you change on the outside, if you’re not good with who you are on the inside, you will never be happy.
Hy Eric, we agree indeed that you have to feel great first on the inside and then decide what you do with the outside.
Thanks for your comment on the article!
When a man or woman feels that they’ve been born into the wrong body, we usually (not all of us, I know) don’t question their decision to surgically transform their body. I believe the same should be applied here. This man is not satisfied with his body, and if he’s able (including financially) to change and trasform it into the body he believes is an adequate one, its totally his choice. He must live with the consequences, be they good or bad. The good thing about cosmetic surgery is that most anything can be surgically undone.
Times change and every generation goes a little further into the unusual fashion. We’ve dyed our hair crazy colors and have contacts to change our eye color … Who knows if in a more advanced future temporary cosmetic surgery will be a natutal choice included in our fashion wardrobe.
Hi Daniel, you make a good point here! Transformations do go further and further and it’s interesting to see where the future goes! However, it makes you wonder how come many people are so dissatisfied with their looks to go to such lengths, don’t you think?
The article mentioned that he got muscle implants because he refused to exercise. It’s a lazy excuse. Yet, just as with what’s hot per season, I believe that there’s a physical ideal per generation. It just so happens that this ideal is a muscular one. I mentioned once that most models all look the same, with very, very slight variation among them. When you have these models modeling clothing many people feel they have to alter their bodies to fit the fashion. This isn’t the single thing that drives people to modify their body, but it does play a large part in it. or so i believe. And I’m not blaming the fashion industry. Some people just respond differently to what they’re exposed to. this was his response.
You definitely make an interesting observation, putting it as a action/reaction situation!
As everyone has different school of thought ,so as per that guy I would say ,people usually do such an unhealthy activites to have fame .it seems totally an abnormal activity but if statisfy his inner then we must respect him :)!
Hello Zoha,
We love your understanding view of the situation! It’s great to have people from all colors of the rainbow on our site!
Great post!
Thank you!
honestly I think all thay surgery has made him look like plastic. He looks fake
Your comment makes us wonder how he must feel like, does he feel like full of plastic?
by the way great article
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Perfect? No, no person is perfect, but if he’s happy, good for him!
That is a very valid point!