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何のために整形手術を受けるのか?
容姿が仕事に影響するモデルたちが整形手術を受けるのは理解できるとしても、なぜ普通の女性が手術を受ける必要があるのか? 外見より大切なものがあるはず、と筆者は言う。
Plastic Surgery Is Not the Answer!
By Christine Cunanan-Nomura
I watched a television special recently that featured various people who had decided to undergo plastic surgery. While the show was very interesting, I was shocked at the foolish reasons many people had for wanting this major operation.
A normal 8-year-old schoolgirl, for example, was brought to a plastic surgery clinic in Fukuoka by her ambitious parents, who thought that giving her a prettier face would help her pass a school entrance examination. A plain-looking Tokyo OL changed her face so she could find a husband
What is wrong with society?
Modern science and technology have brought rich countries many benefits, including first-rate plastic surgery for anyone who can pay for it. However I was always under the impression that plastic surgery is basically for people who really need to repair or change physical features that are preventing them from living ordinary lives.
Plastic surgery's beneficiaries include accident and burn victims, people born with physical deformities or those who have contracted deforming illnesses, and those who must change their appearance because their lives are in danger (such as witnesses of crimes). Many such people have improved their lives thanks to science.
Other people, such as models or actresses, opt for surgery because their careers depend on keeping themselves beautiful. Elderly people who want to get rid of the signs of old age might also be forgiven for wanting to keep young.
However, I cannot imagine why perfectly normal young people would undergo surgery ― or how their parents can let them do so. There are few valid reasons why a regular schoolgirl or OL should have surgery. To me, such actions only imply foolishness, vanity and a mistaken notion that appearance matters over substance.
For sure, people who look nice have an easier time being liked or accepted by others ― whether for friendship, membership in a club or a new job. Attractiveness, however, is not about having the right shape of eyes or a smaller chin. It's about making the most of what you already have : keeping clean, healthy and fit; maintaining a good haircut and wearing the fashion style and colors that best suit you; keeping a smile on your face; and, most important, having a warm and friendly personality that makes others feel comfortable
As for entering the right school or company or finding the ideal marriage partner, what's in your mind and heart is still far more important than having perfect features. It's wrong to assume that success depends only on physical attributes.
The misguided parents who wanted to get their daughter into a good school by giving her a new face should have given her books, a tutor and various learning opportunities to develop her mind instead. The OL who blamed her lack of a boyfriend on small eyes and a large face should have first worked on becoming attractive, friendly, sensible and kind to others.
Life's problems and challenges will not be solved simply by a stint under the surgeon's scalpel!
I watched a television special recently that featured various people who had decided to undergo plastic surgery. While the show was very interesting, I was shocked at the foolish reasons many people had for wanting this major operation.
A normal 8-year-old schoolgirl, for example, was brought to a plastic surgery clinic in Fukuoka by her ambitious parents, who thought that giving her a prettier face would help her pass a school entrance examination. A plain-looking Tokyo OL changed her face so she could find a husband
What is wrong with society?
Modern science and technology have brought rich countries many benefits, including first-rate plastic surgery for anyone who can pay for it. However I was always under the impression that plastic surgery is basically for people who really need to repair or change physical features that are preventing them from living ordinary lives.
Plastic surgery's beneficiaries include accident and burn victims, people born with physical deformities or those who have contracted deforming illnesses, and those who must change their appearance because their lives are in danger (such as witnesses of crimes). Many such people have improved their lives thanks to science.
Other people, such as models or actresses, opt for surgery because their careers depend on keeping themselves beautiful. Elderly people who want to get rid of the signs of old age might also be forgiven for wanting to keep young.
However, I cannot imagine why perfectly normal young people would undergo surgery ― or how their parents can let them do so. There are few valid reasons why a regular schoolgirl or OL should have surgery. To me, such actions only imply foolishness, vanity and a mistaken notion that appearance matters over substance.
For sure, people who look nice have an easier time being liked or accepted by others ― whether for friendship, membership in a club or a new job. Attractiveness, however, is not about having the right shape of eyes or a smaller chin. It's about making the most of what you already have : keeping clean, healthy and fit; maintaining a good haircut and wearing the fashion style and colors that best suit you; keeping a smile on your face; and, most important, having a warm and friendly personality that makes others feel comfortable
As for entering the right school or company or finding the ideal marriage partner, what's in your mind and heart is still far more important than having perfect features. It's wrong to assume that success depends only on physical attributes.
The misguided parents who wanted to get their daughter into a good school by giving her a new face should have given her books, a tutor and various learning opportunities to develop her mind instead. The OL who blamed her lack of a boyfriend on small eyes and a large face should have first worked on becoming attractive, friendly, sensible and kind to others.
Life's problems and challenges will not be solved simply by a stint under the surgeon's scalpel!
Shukan ST: March 27, 1998
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- Plastic surgery
- 美容整形
- featured
- 特集した
- undergo 〜
- 〜 を受ける
- major operation
- 大きな手術
- ambitious
- 野心家の
- entrance examination
- 入学試験
- plain-looking
- それほど器量のよくない
- have brought 〜 many benefits
- 〜 に多大な利益をもたらした
- first-rate
- 一流の
- (was)under the impression that 〜
- 〜 と思っていた
- repair
- 修復する
- physical features
- 体の形
- are preventing them from living ordinary lives
- 普通の生活をできなくさせている
- beneficiaries
- (手術の)恩恵を受ける人
- accident and burn victims
- 事故ややけどの犠牲者
- people born with physical deformities
- 生まれつき体に奇形のある人
- have contracted deforming illnesses
- 体が変形する病気にかかっている
- appearance
- 外見
- witnesses of crimes
- 犯罪の目撃者
- have improved their lives thanks to science
- 科学のおかげで生活が改善された
- actresses
- 女優
- opt for 〜
- 〜 を決意する
- careers
- 職業
- Elderly people
- 高齢者
- get rid of 〜
- 〜 を取り除く
- valid
- 正当な
- regular
- 普通の
- imply
- 意味する
- vanity
- 虚栄心
- mistaken notion
- 間違った考え
- 〜 matters over substance
- 〜 は中身(性格)より大切である
- For sure
- 確かに
- have an easier time being liked or accepted by others
- 人に好かれたり、受け入れられやすい
- Attractiveness
- 魅力
- chin
- あご
- making the most of 〜
- 〜 の良さを最大限に発揮すること
- (keeping)fit
- いいコンディションを維持すること
- maintaining a good haircut
- きれいに整髪していること
- personality
- 個性、性格
- As for 〜
- 〜 に関しては
- ideal marriage partner
- 理想の結婚相手
- assume that 〜
- 〜 を当然のことと思う
- attributes
- 特徴
- misguided
- 心得違いの
- tutor
- 家庭教師
- learning opportunities
- 学ぶ機会
- blamed her lack of a boyfriend on 〜
- 恋人ができないのを 〜 のせいにした
- should have first worked on 〜
- まず 〜 に取り組むべきだった
- sensible
- 思慮のある
- stint under the surgeon's scalpel
- 手術を受けること(stint は「一時」、scalpel は「外科用のメス」)