Cosmetic Surgery? What's That?

Figure 1: Comes in handy

Have you ever seen someone with a new face when you know it was different the last time you saw them? Some people get pretty weird looks for changing their face around, but no one bats an eye when Mr. Potato Head does it! Changing the way your body looks to make it look better is cosmetic, or "aesthetic" surgery (1). Don't tell the Potato Heads, but it's a lot harder than just switching parts around. So, what is a cosmetic surgery? 

Some Cosmetic Surgeries

Some surgeries change the size and shape of your nose! Those are called a rhinoplasty. Now, the Potato Head family can put their noses where their ears belong but they can't change the size. There are even surgeries to suck fat out of a person's body, called suction lipectomies, but Mr. Potato Head doesn't seem too keen on being turned into a french fry (3). But what makes a cosmetic surgery a cosmetic surgery is that it makes you prettier, and it's elective! What's elective? That means it's something you have to choose to have done. Only you can decide if you want to have these surgeries.

But Why?

Figure 2: No one judges a potato

A question a lot of people get is why do they get cosmetic surgery. Sometimes, people give others weird looks because they had plastic surgery. Most people have plastic surgery to look better and feel better by matching how they look with how they feel (2)! They want people to see them the way they want to be seen. However, you have to remember that beauty, and appearances in general, aren't what you should judge people on! After all, no one gives Mr. Potato Head a second look when he changes his normal eyes to his angry eyes.

Final Thoughts

One thing you really have to remember is that not only is cosmetic surgery completely up to you, but you have to be really careful with it!  It's a big decision to make, so you have to think about it a lot before you get a surgery. If you don't think about it enough, you might feel bad after it's already been done. When you play with Mr. Potato Head, you can move his parts around a lot, and keep moving them around. But you're not a toy, so whatever changes you make are permanent unless you want to get another surgery.

Figure 3: Swap out his parts

(1) Aesthetic surgery. (n.d.). In MediLexicon. Retrieved April 11, 2017, from http://www.medilexicon.com/dictionary/87052

(2) Antonetti, J. (2016, April 28). Am I vain to want cosmetic surgery? Prime Women. Retrieved from https://primewomen.com

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Figure 2: Sassy Mr. Potato Head[Render]. Retrieved from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDT9P_cjOSunA5zJ4k48q56yaW8MoDLnrLO6-Uz4P5fxJN4vBX36Ol9Q9LvlhX8Ja53hDOAPf-QrheyNI1xERLLsLo5936Yb-Gy8BjDmbRxZUxh0gO2IUDhRy-JtB-WjMl6GlF_TPzPc/s1600/potato+head.gif

Figure 3: Mr. Potato Head parts [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://firstchristianchicago.org/hp_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/121217-Potato-Head.png

(3) Walden, J. (n.d.). Top 5 most popular plastic surgery treatments. Shape. Retrieved from http://www.shape.com