How far would some women go to look beautiful?<\/p>\n
By Irene Sugiharto<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Beauty is only skin deep.<\/p>\n
Really? Then why do some women break their bones in pursuit of
\nit?<\/p>\n
Many people believe that looking beautiful is every woman's
\ndream. Beauty has different meanings for different women. To look
\nbeautiful, some women prefer the simple look, while others prefer
\na more extravagant look.<\/p>\n
For Tari, a 29-year-old catwalk model at a modeling school in
\nJakarta, \"being beautiful is about living healthy\".<\/p>\n
\"I always drink a glass of water every morning after I get up
\nand then continue with my meditation routine. My meditation is in
\nthe form of a breathing exercise that keeps me emotionally calm
\nduring the day.\"<\/p>\n
She eats a light breakfast, nothing heavy, that enables her to
\nkeep going until lunchtime. This routine is followed strictly, to
\nkeep her fit and healthy. She referred to dieting programs that
\nsuggest you should eat only fruit for breakfast and nothing
\nfatty.<\/p>\n
Tari admits that cravings for fatty foods such as chocolates
\nand ice cream always haunt her, but her modeling career
\nencourages her to resist food temptations.<\/p>\n
\"However, for lunch I eat normally -- meat, chicken, anything
\n-- because my body needs the nutrition these foods provide,\" she
\nstates firmly.<\/p>\n
It is often said that women try to look their best to impress
\nmen, and to what extent this is the case, as opposed to simply
\nfeeling good about themselves, is another issue still to be
\ndebated.<\/p>\n
Ines, a 27-year-old employee at an insurance company in
\nJakarta, told The Jakarta Post that her husband always wants her
\nto look feminine and beautiful. She says she follows her beauty
\ntreatment partly because of her husband's wishes.<\/p>\n
\"He doesn't mind if I don't want to, but if I'm able to it
\nwould be great, he says. He's not a leg man but rather a makeup
\nman.<\/p>\n
\"I regularly go to my hairdresser to get my hair done and have
\na routine cream bath, which usually takes hours and it bores me
\nsometimes.\"<\/p>\n
Tamara Geraldine, a 25-year-old model and sports presenter at
\na private television station, who has just started an acting
\ncareer, takes vitamins and exercises regularly to stay fit.<\/p>\n
\"Body language is my regular exercise. It helps me to be
\ninternally healthy. I'd rather spend my money on health programs,
\ni.e., aromatherapy or going to the spa, than on makeup,\" said
\nTamara, who spends around Rp 1 million (US$148) a month to keep
\nher fit and beautiful.<\/p>\n
\"I agree that women do go through ridiculous beauty
\ntreatments, which is normal, I guess, but I am strongly opposed
\nto plastic surgery.<\/p>\n
\"Those that have plastic surgery are people who lack self
\nesteem,\" she added philosophically.<\/p>\n
No body is perfect. Physically, all have their flaws, but that
\ndoesn't mean we need to change them, especially not with surgery,
\naccording to Tamara.<\/p>\n
\"A beautiful woman is one who can make herself look internally
\nbeautiful, who is able to attract attention not with her physical
\nappearance but maybe from other things such as her body
\nlanguage.\"<\/p>\n
There are many beauty products that are practical to wear, but
\nnowadays some women are willing to undergo surgery for the sake
\nof beauty.<\/p>\n
Emma, a 36-year-old employee at a management consultant
\nagency, admitted that she regularly visits a private doctor in
\neastern Jakarta to undergo beauty treatment involving the use of
\nsyringes.<\/p>\n
Syringes, acupuncture needles, eyelash curlers and other
\npainful beauty devices are used by many women to look good. \"No
\npain, no gain,\" says a beauty specialist at a South Jakarta
\nsalon. Many women, like Emma, do not mind a bit of pain to
\nachieve the look they want.<\/p>\n
\"I have sensitive skin and the treatments are with vitamins
\nand not some heavy chemical products. I used to go through what
\nis called an ozone treatment, where a needle is injected into my
\nartery and about 250 cc's of blood is sucked out. This helps
\nsmooth my skin,\" she explained.<\/p>\n
Now Emma goes through a lighter skin treatment where a small
\nneedle is injected into either her cheeks or hips, depending on
\nwhich part of her body is to be altered. Emma says, \"This kind of
\ntreatment enables me to be pimple free and to contract my big
\npores. The fantastic part is that it is cheaper and less
\npainful.\"<\/p>\n
So far, Emma has spent more money on the blood suction than on
\nthe vitamin injections. However, through experience she says both
\ntreatments are great and have given her similar results. Emma
\nconfessed that she could spend Rp 250,000 per consultation for
\nozone therapy, while only Rp 41,000 per consultation for the
\nvitamin treatment.<\/p>\n
The prices differ greatly according to the results of each
\ntreatment. Ozone therapy can help those with heart problems, and
\nthe vitamin injections enable women to have smoother skin and
\nslimmer bodies. After five years of beauty therapy, Emma says she
\nhas not experienced any side effects. \"The treatment has given me
\nsmoother skin.\" Her ultimate goal now is to have slimmer hips.<\/p>\n
However, women that put themselves through such trauma for
\nthese beauty therapies still have to watch what they eat. Dieting
\nprograms always haunt them. They need to be careful so as not to
\nwaste the precious money spent on beauty therapies.<\/p>\n
Sari, a 20-year-old graduate from a personality development
\nschool in Jakarta, offered her definition of a beautiful woman:
\n\"Beauty on the outside as well as beauty on the inside, and
\nsomeone who isn't a snob.\"<\/p>\n
For Sari, everyone is beautiful, but some people cannot
\nmaximize what they have through inner capabilities. Although she
\nbelieves ugliness does not exist, however, she confessed she
\ncould spend up to Rp 500,000 in one month on beauty treatments.<\/p>\n
Some people say that feeling confident about yourself will
\nmake you beautiful. Beauty shines from within, as they say.
\nDifficult to believe for some people, but this old piece of
\nwisdom still has the ring of truth about it.<\/p>",
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