The tragic cost of vanity
What has the world come to? How crazy have things gotten? The need to ‘perfect’ has now begun to drive young women, girls really, to extraordinary lengths.
Last Saturday Stephanie Kuleba, the 18 year old captain of her cheerleading squad died after undergoing cosmetic breast surgery to correct congenital defects, and augmentation. Her surgery was in a doctor’s surgical clinic, not a hospital and her death appears to have been caused by a reaction to the anaesthesia. Her surgery, like millions of other cosmetic procedures, was elective, not necessary. Like others who have died this year during cosmetic procedures (Kanye West’s mother Donde), Stephanie would still be alive today if not for vanity. Is ‘perfection’ worth a life?
Come and share your thoughts, and your grief over this tragedy with us at Stephanie’s Tribute.
28 Mar
Comment by Jasper de Fries at 4:53 am, March 28th, 2008