The pursuit of an aesthetic ideal is driving many to alter themselves in irreversible ways. Zena Almeida-Warwin PO ’28 and Anna Yost PO ’28 examine the growing popularity of keratopigmentation, a procedure that permanently changes eye color. With most patients having naturally dark-brown eyes and a majority being Black or Hispanic, this trend reveals how deeply Western standards distort self-perception, turning cosmetic procedures into tools of self-erasure.
Tag: Beauty
OPINION: We need to dismantle the beauty standard
Comments putting down your friend’s appearance can still be hurtful even if they aren’t very overt, writes Anna Tolkien CM ’24.
OPINION: Don’t buy into the false allure of dieting products
Avoid diet plans and products that promote unhealthy habits, and instead prioritize your health, argues Mishaal Ijaz SC ’24.
OPINION: Embracing aging is body positivity
Aging is a normal bodily process; Embracing rather than resisting it is a form of body positivity, writes Mishaal Ijaz.
OPINION: The case for destigmatizing plastic surgery in college communities
Lying on the table, I really didn’t know what to expect. This was, after all, my first time. He soothed me, told me it would be alright, that it always hurt the first time but the pain would become bearable after a certain point. What have I gotten myself into,