Nowadays, people change their appearance by dying their hair, buying fashionable clothes, wearing make-ups, and even undergoing plastic surgery. What are the reasons?

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Question:
Nowadays, people change their appearance by dying their hair, buying fashionable clothes, wearing make-up, and even undergoing plastic surgery. What are the reasons? Do you think it is a positive or negative development?
Answer Hints:
Mixed topic. At first, you should give the reasons; then state your opinion about positive or negative development.

Reasons
  • Popular culture creates idols and drives fans to follow
  • A wealthy society encourages diverse consumption.
  • Some people think changing appearance is a shortcut to get confidence and respect.
  • A few jobs need some appearance criteria, like dress code.
Positive development
  • Create more diverse consumption, good for the economy.
  • Bring a colorful society and life, and personal satisfaction.
Negative development
  • It's an extra burden for not-rich people, impact their regular life.
  • The trend will lead to appearance prejudice in certain circles, such as school.
Answer 1
With the advent of globalization, people began to pay great attention to their appearance, which has many origins; that's why plastic surgery and beauty procedures are pretty popular In contemporary society; however, this newest trend could have a detrimental effect on people's health...

Such a grave challenge is usually rooted in many grounds, one of which is a human natural desire to look good and attract the opposite sex...

Considering the origin of such a knotty problem, the negative impact of using decorative creams, artificial dyes, and plastic procedures should not be neglected...

The main conclusion here is that the latest fashion trends, like changing appearance, are often created by the natural human desire to find love and a marriage partner, which might be helpful for society, but at the same time harmful for individuals who will eventually suffer from various unpleasant diseases caused by misusing of modern cosmetic's procedures...
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Answer 2
Dying hair with colors, wearing fashionable clothes, wearing make-up, and having plastic surgery are means of changing appearance that is getting increasingly popular nowadays...

On the one hand, transforming a person's display could bring benefits. As I mentioned, it helps people express themselves and have a better life...

On the other hand, every way of transforming the appearance has potential risks for health and lives...

In conclusion, I think that as long as people have full awareness of whose lives they put at risk, they will find other safer and healthier ways to express themself and gain more confidence than using chemicals or having plastic surgery...
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Answer 3
The growing fashions make people change their outer skin and appearance because they want to follow the trends, making people apply different modern methods, techniques, and equipment...

Firstly, when people use such things, it has a somehow lousy impact on their health physically and mentally, which is called side effects...

Secondly, these things make people more greedy and make their lifestyle materialistic. However, the feelings of greed make it hard and unbearable for their body to have money to achieve those things, and the consequences raise materialistic people; meanwhile, it directly affects the environment by poring more trash, and more trash means pollution...

Recapitulating through things like buying cosmetics and clothes or changing the body's appearance can bear some benefits...
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Answer 4
We live in a world where Fashion has become synonymous with looking good and becoming a new way of living...

Mainly among Working class people, you are much more accepted among colleagues and peer groups when you look good, and that also becomes the reason for their growth...

Yes, this has more positives because it also brings confidence in yourself when you look pleasing and people compliment you...

My final thoughts on appearance are that our Looks are God-given, and we should cherish and value them...
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