Beauty can be painful to achieve, and maintaining it can also be a pain to possess. Pain? What does it mean? Maybe it's the physical type, where you spend thousands of dollars to get that perfect nose or jawline. The price of perfection, found in beauty, is higher than ever and many are turning to cosmetic surgery to look good. Nowadays it is not only women who settle down, but also men, children, teenagers and even animals. Cosmetic surgery alters a person's true beauty, although there are times when it is the only way to give them a chance to be normal. Once you begin the journey of replacing your body with something that others will think is more attractive, you begin to get lost in an endless battle of what you should and shouldn't. “It's hard not to become addicted” in this society that has surgery for everything we want to fix. There is otoplasty for those with Dumbo ears, rhinoplasty for noses like those of Mount Everest. For men there is male breast reduction, fat injections and labia expansion. For women, they do the whole package, eyelids, breasts, nose, lips, body fat, etc. New surgeries are added and performed in an ever-growing library, the cosmetics business is growing. In a recent statistic, it was said that almost 1/3 of patients have had previous facial reconstruction. For women, it has become so exaggerated that one surgeon said, "I know many women whose husbands have never seen them naked. I know women who never go to doctors because they don't want to be seen by them." So, finally, they offer themselves to the surgeon for aesthetic work on their body, they transform. They can be seen, held in the hand, admired. Gradually, we are all becoming movie stars, internally framed by a camera... in the middle of paper... with natural curves and lines. There are different types of surgeries and each has its separate consequences. Beauty is, so to speak, painful to have and painful to achieve. Bibliography Blum, Virginia L. “Cosmetic Surgery May Be a Form of Self-Mutilation.” Flesh wounds: the culture of cosmetic surgery. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2003. 268-290. Rpt. in self-mutilation. Ed. Mary E. Williams. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing points of view in context. Network. December 12, 2013.Schneweis, Erin. “Cosmetic surgery can be harmful to teenagers.” Body image. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Adolescent Decisions. Rpt. from "Cosmetic surgery can be harmful". Kansas State Collegian October 24, 2001. Opposing Views in Context. Network. 12 December 2013. "Essay on cosmetic surgery". Hot essays:. Np, nd Web. 12 December. 2013.