Is Plastic Surgery a Sign of Confidence or Low Self-esteem?

Art Beauty

When we think of plastic surgery, there can be immediate connotations, positive or negative, that come to our minds: our favorite celebrities, our guilty-pleasure reality TV shows, or even our friends and families who have had procedures. There tends to be an air of negativity around plastic surgery: assumptions about people’s motivations, and judgments about before and after transformations, can make plastic surgery feel like a taboo topic. We talk to Dr. Chloe Carmichael about how plastic surgery can be a way for someone to increase their self-confidence and empower a person to choose how they want to present themself to the world because they have a clear sense of self, and they know exactly how they want to look.

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