[Cosmetic surgery and discomfort among young people] [Article in Italian] • Chirurgia estetica e disagio giovanile

• Main Author: Pierluigi Parisi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella 2018-06-01
• Series: Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
• Subjects: cosmetic surgery; teenagers; rite of passage; identity; anthropology; philosophy
• Online Access: https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/643

This essay analyzes the postmodern relation between cosmetic surgery, research of identity among teenagers and anthropological paradigms in the contemporary society of control and market economy. Different and several powers operate in the same cultural framework and create paradoxi­cal situations: on one hand our society is characterized by homologation, massification, manipulation; on the other hand, individualism, research of a personal identity, and a renewed sense of freedom and belonging are the most important aims of postmodern individuals.