"The face is the first sign from which the ethics of a society begins. [...] The face of the mature person is an act of truth, while the mask behind which a face treated with surgery hides is a falsification that reveals the insecurity of those who do not have the courage to expose themselves to sight with own face. Preferring a showgirl to a mature person means preferring the anonymity of a body to a body formed by a character, which in mature age appears in its uniqueness, finally letting us know what a person really is in his specific uniqueness. [...] It ends up giving credence to that myth of youth which visualizes old age as the antechamber of death. (Umberto Galimberti)"
Cosmetic surgery

January 1, 1970

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