Shockingly, a new survey by the University of the West of England (UWE) has revealed that 30% of women would trade at least one year of their life for their ideal body weight and shape.
It’s a fact that most women aren’t satisfied with their bodies – a truth that’s leading to a consistent increase in plastic surgery around the world – but for women to trade years of their lives in order to obtain their perfect body image is rather concerning.
The study found that 16% of those questioned would trade one year of their life; 10% would trade between 2 and 5 years; and 3% would trade a whopping 6 years.
The dramatic findings demonstrate exactly how much pressure women feel to look good. Whether it’s because of pressure from society or health issues, a huge number of women are dissatisfied with their appearance: 79% claiming they’d like to lose weight and 465 saying they’d been ridiculed for their looks.
With this in mind, cosmetic surgery is surely a far more reasonable option than sacrificing years of your life? Some certainly seemed to agree, with 39% saying they’d actually like to have surgery to improve them aesthetically. 30% want more than one procedure performed, and 5% had already had plastic surgery.
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Men and especially women usually want to make sure they look good most of the time, and if only we could keep it that way for the rest of our lives…then most would pay for it surely. I would trade years of my life if it means getting back to my old shape. But since that will never happen, the only option would be surgery to keep me looking good all the time.
Who can blame women who are willing to trade years of their lives just to have the body and looks they dream of? We live in a society where looks matter. If this can be achieved through the help of science then that has to be a good thing?
Everybody wants to look good. By looking good, it means having a figure to die for or a face all women will envy. However, not everybody is born with beauty and figure. For those who are unsatisfied with their looks then they can opt for cosmentic work. There’s no turning back in our society, just make sure that it’s what they want and it gives them happiness.
Looking good is not enough according to me its better to have good looks only if you have a pure soul, purity within our heart should be our first preferance rather than running behind good looks.