Days are gone when beauty was all about being natural, when beauty was compared with simplicity, innocence and grace. A natural beauty may not be perfect all the time but it presents you in a way you actually are, it is all about inner beauty, whereas artificial beauty is about injections and surgeries. Thus, the word ‘Beauty’ has now changed its meaning.
Now days, people are getting into a race of looking perfect and beautiful. For getting flawless beauty they are even ready to go under knife without knowing its side effects. People are under pressure of looking perfect all the time. Women and even men these days have developed an innate desire to vividly enhance their outer beauty. Many people perceive their reflection in the mirror to be disgusting or even ugly. Because of these insecurities, make-up is often used to hide their blemishes and imperfections.
People find Cosmetic surgeries, drugs like steroids, chemicals and injections an easy way for achieving improved looks in a short period of time. These surgeries involve facial implants, lip augmentation, nose job, liposuction, brow lift, stretch mark and scar removal, etc.
But has anyone ever wished to stare at its side effects. If not, let’s take a quick ride to discover disastrous results of these plastic beautification treatments:
Steroids
People take steroids orally or inject mainly for bodybuilding. Several beauty creams also contain steroids used for skin lightning, vanishing wrinkles and fine lines. Both oral and topical steroids can develop major side effects such as:
- Muscle weakness
- Acne
- Cataracts
- Stomach irritation
- High blood pressure
- Infertility
- Painful erections
- Menstrual irregularities and masculinized female fetus in women.
Plastic Surgeries
Plastic surgery is defined as a medical procedure that is performed to change the appearance of the body. With this, there is a chance that undesired side effects or complications may occur. These side effects include:
- Brain damage: A person who undergoes the procedure can suffer from brain damage because of less oxygen or blood during the surgery. The reason is; sometimes, breathing problem is caused by the use of anesthesia, then the blood may not be able to carry enough oxygen to the brain.
- Temporary paralysis: a patient may find it difficult to move or speak immediately after cosmetic surgery. This condition occurs when the effects of painkillers used during the procedure have not yet subsided
- Seroma: a condition when clear fluid pools underneath the skin. This type of swelling may require an additional surgery to drain the fluid.
- Blood loss: If a large amount of bleeding occurs, the patient’s blood pressure may drop and serious side effects may result.
- There are countless side effects of Plastic surgeries such as infection, scaring, malignant hyperthermia, numbness, slow healing, airways obstruction and even skin death.
Injections
Facial Filling Injections have become a common and integral part of the modern beauty industry. Facial injections, including dermal fillers and muscle relaxants can help to address many of your facial and aging concerns such as facial sagging, lines, wrinkles and size or shape inconsistencies. Their side effects include:
- Allergies
- Liver and kidney failure
- Enlarged prostate
- Sleeping disorders
- Skin and blood cancers
- Heart failure
Several other drugs and beauty products contain extremely harmful contents such as sodium sulphates, phthalates, parabens, triclosan, PEG compounds and Siloxanes that can damage your health.
Small mistake can make big blunders. There are times when these procedures go wrong and believe me it’s like a worst nightmare. So my advice to you is- ‘Go Natural’… Look below the effective substitutes to enhance your looks:
Milk, Eggs, Garlic and Red Meat for Muscle Building
These products are highly rich in protein which helps in strengthening muscles. If you are gyming and wish to have toned body, then these items provide you amino acids, which are the ‘building blocks’ of tissue in the body.
Use Herbal Beauty Products to Improve Skin Texture
If you are the one who is constantly looking for ways to look beautiful that too without side effects, then ‘Khadi’, ‘Himalaya’ and such brands can be trusted. You can also use the home made packs such as gram flour with milk, honey with lemon, yogurt, aloe vera gel to brighten your completion.
Practice Exercise, Eat Healthy to Reduce Unwanted Fat
‘Slow and steady wins the race’. Liposuction might be a rapid solution to cut fat from body but to get perfect shape without side effects; you need to work hard and have to control your tongue. An hour of daily exercise followed by balanced diet can bring wonders to your life. Foods like cucumber, broccoli, lettuce, oats, nuts, beans have tendency to speed up your metabolism and hence, burn fat.
Honey and Lemon Juice for Acne & Pink Lips
Ladies, your lipstick come packed with chemicals which when ingested can cause cancer. So dump them and get soft and pink lips by applying almond oil and lemon to it. Lemon helps removing pigmentation and reveals the fresh skin and also helps to control acne and wrinkles.
Olive Oil to Get Rid of Stretch Marks and Blemishes
Olive oil, which is used in the treatment of a number of skin problems such as wrinkles, age spots, moles, dark spots, fine lines and pimples, can also be used to get rid of stretch marks.
You have to love yourself, don’t work against it. You will find that when you have this mentality the journey to healthy life will be easier.
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