No Pain, No Gain

Many people think that the torture of beauty has now drastically lessened. People are no longer forced to adhere to the cruelty of tight-laced corsets or foot binding shoes. However, beauty and pain often work hand in hand. Times may have changed and the severity of the conquest for beauty may have declined, but it has been replaced with modern torture devices ranging from simple to downright absurd.
Waxing, plucking, wearing high heels, skintight jeans, and thongs are but a few simple ways that women inflict pain on themselves just to look attractive. Beneath the glamour of timely styles that are subtly enforced on women are hidden physical pains that they hide from inside out. The process of acquiring beauty in the modern times has not always been the same for every woman. Some people nowadays tend to look into the extremes of solutions. With the help of technology; it has made these solutions costly and sometimes hazardous. Botox, nose lifts, tummy tucks and liposuction are some of the various resolutions to a woman's dire need for enhancement. These contemporary surgical procedures have gained much acceptance this era not because of the creation of a miracle product but because of two underlying psychological reasons. First, is that cosmetic surgery is not built out of vanity alone but of two more powerful feelings: rejection and envy. This industry thrives on man's refusal to accept his limits. It also makes a person think that contentment can only be possible through perfection and attainment of nature's ephemeral charms - youth, beauty, and fertility. The second reason is inferiority complex, a school of thought that was created in the early twentieth century by Viennese psychologist, Alfred Adler. It was this idea that gave an important bond to mental health and appearance. This meant that psychological suffering because of physical unattractiveness required medical intervention in order to ease emotional pain.