Sports supplements and
cosmetic surgery have some very similar attributes
and yet they are very distinct and differentiated at the same time.
Similarities:
-They both are using biotechnology and science to improve on natures
limits on our physical bodies. Supplements make an athlete stronger,
faster, leaner, etc... Cosmetic surgery makes a person thinner, look younger,
more "beautiful, etc...
-These two technological breakthroughs are at the discretion of the consumer,
"You can do it if you want".
-Both have very serious risks involved with them.
-Both can be used to better ones appearance.
Differences:
-These two topics have one defining difference in my opinion.
Cosmetic surgery is not dealing with competition. Whereas sports
supplements are increasing an athletes ability to "beat" another athlete or
team. So the ethical issues are a bit different. Someone with
cosmetic surgery will not be better at something due to the surgery meaning that
their decision will not give them an unfair advantage as do supplements.
-Supplements are primarily used to increase a persons ability not so much
appearance.
-Supplements usually use products already in the body and improve on them
whereas cosmetic surgy usually involves foreign objects being inserted into the
body.
To learn more on Cosmetic and plastic surgery go to Portrait of Self by Jessica Connell
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