I was going to write this entry in a letter format addressed to Heidi Montag but I decided that she probably doesn’t have enough brain cells to comprehend what I want to say to her. I mean, as if she’d even care what I had to say. This is a woman who underwent 10 plastic surgery treatments last November after already having had three procedures a few years ago and she allegedly still won’t rule out future surgeries. Why is she going to listen to/read the rants of a teenager who is so incredibly disturbed about what she’s done to herself in the name of beauty and is worried about the effects it’ll have on girls who sees her as a role model?

There was absolutely nothing wrong about her looks before she had her first round of surgery¹ where she had a breast augmentation (boob job), collagen lip injections, and rhinoplasty (nose job). All of these procedures were done for vanity purposes and not for health reasons. The 10 procedures she had done in her latest surgery were a mini eyebrow lift, Botox in the forehead, revised nose job, fat injections in cheeks and lips, chin reduction, neck liposuction, ears pinned back, revised breast augmentation, lipsocution in waist and thighs, and butt augmentation. Let’s remember that Montag is only 23. If this is what she is willing to do to herself at age 23, what on earth is she going to do to maintain her “beauty” and “looks” when she’s 30? 40? What’ll she do when, God forbid, she gets a single wrinkle on her shiny, plastic forehead?

Montag states that her desire to “improve” her look is a result of being bullied as a child for the way she looked. Sure, Montag. Whatever you say. If the words of bullies made becoming a real-life Barbie a life goal for you, so be it. But if you lived for a day in my childhood shoes – or anyone else’s – you’d realize that people learn not to take stock by what bullies say. And if you can’t take the heat, then don’t be in an industry where there’s criticism about how you look because everyone gets scrutinized². If you feel insecure about how you look and who you are, then take time out of the spotlight and figure out who you are and before trying to make something of it. If you try to become what you feel others think you should be rather than staying true to yourself, you will never gain any respect.

I have nothing against plastic surgery when it’s necessary, such as for health reasons, but for vanity purposes? Get real. In trying so desperately to become something other than the freak she felt like she was singled out as in school, Montag’s image is now the very thing she was trying to escape. Her self-created tragedy is a lesson everyone can learn from: appreciate what you are born with, because that’s what makes you you. Character and individuality is what makes a person stand out. All you need is confidence to rock your own look – not the knife of a plastic surgeon.

1. Daily Mail has two photos of Montag, one taken before her first surgery and one of her now. [↩]
2. I’m not even going to address my opinions on her lack of talent in any and all areas of work she’s tried her hand in. [↩]

Tags: health, rants