Jenny Lee, a mom of two children and a plastic-surgery addict appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2004. At that time, Jenny Lee had already undergone 25 procedures. Seven years later, Jenny Lee had undergone 33 more procedures, accumulating a total of 58 plastic-surgery procedures.
You may ask, why would someone ever do something so detrimental to their body? And the answer is self-esteem. Jenny Lee admitted to Oprah during her appearance on the show that she had struggled with poor self-esteem for a very long time and she continued to fight that struggle for several years following. "When I look at my reflection, I still don't like what I see," Lee told Oprah. "I'm trying to grow to accept what I see... If I could be just OK with it -- just OK -- I would be very happy” (Oprah Winfrey Show).
Our society has brainwashed our minds into believing that we are only ever beautiful if we are perfect, yet perfect can never be reached. Human nature has taught us to aspire to be the girl we see on the cover of a magazine, the thin-waisted, stick-legged, thin faced, blonde haired model. Jenny Lee got procedure after procedure to fill a void in her life, to try and make herself perfect, to try and make herself look like the model on the front cover of magazines. Although some procedures left Jenny feeling temporarily happy with her reflection after 58 procedures, Jenny Lee is still not fully satisfied with her appearance. This idea of being “perfect” has dangled in front of Jenny her entire life. No matter what Jenny has done to her body, no matter what procedures she has gone through, it is has never been enough. That void in her life to be perfect, to be okay with who she sees in the mirror it will never be filled. It did not matter what significant change Jenny went through, as she looked at herself in the mirror she always spotted something more that could be done. Jenny Lee’s plastic surgeries were merely a temporary fix to her low self-esteem. It doesn’t matter how many procedures she has done in her lifetime because it will never be enough to fill that void in her life to be “perfect”.
You may ask, why would someone ever do something so detrimental to their body? And the answer is self-esteem. Jenny Lee admitted to Oprah during her appearance on the show that she had struggled with poor self-esteem for a very long time and she continued to fight that struggle for several years following. "When I look at my reflection, I still don't like what I see," Lee told Oprah. "I'm trying to grow to accept what I see... If I could be just OK with it -- just OK -- I would be very happy” (Oprah Winfrey Show).
Our society has brainwashed our minds into believing that we are only ever beautiful if we are perfect, yet perfect can never be reached. Human nature has taught us to aspire to be the girl we see on the cover of a magazine, the thin-waisted, stick-legged, thin faced, blonde haired model. Jenny Lee got procedure after procedure to fill a void in her life, to try and make herself perfect, to try and make herself look like the model on the front cover of magazines. Although some procedures left Jenny feeling temporarily happy with her reflection after 58 procedures, Jenny Lee is still not fully satisfied with her appearance. This idea of being “perfect” has dangled in front of Jenny her entire life. No matter what Jenny has done to her body, no matter what procedures she has gone through, it is has never been enough. That void in her life to be perfect, to be okay with who she sees in the mirror it will never be filled. It did not matter what significant change Jenny went through, as she looked at herself in the mirror she always spotted something more that could be done. Jenny Lee’s plastic surgeries were merely a temporary fix to her low self-esteem. It doesn’t matter how many procedures she has done in her lifetime because it will never be enough to fill that void in her life to be “perfect”.