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Will Cosmetic Surgery Make You Happier?
Is cosmetic surgery just what you need to make you happier?
I don’t know. Will it?
You’re the only one who can answer that question. It depends on how you measure happiness and success.
If you truly believe that you’ll be happier after cosmetic surgery and that you will find your soulmate and true love, or you’ll be more popular and have many friends and followers, then cosmetic surgery may be your answer.
If you believe that you’ll be more successful and that you will get a promotion or secure a new and better job, then cosmetic surgery may be what you are looking for.
Then by all means, go for it! It’s your life, after all. But before you do, here’s something to think about.
If people like or dislike you based upon what you look like, does that mean they like or dislike the person that you really are? The real you? What if cosmetic surgery ends up not being a prescription for happiness and success? What if equating the idea of physical appearance to happiness and success leads to disappointment because you realize in the long run that the old sentiment just might be true: Happiness comes from within.
A question
What is it about yourself — your face or your body — that you don’t like or…
