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People who do this are REALLY foolish...

People who idolize celebrities and go so far as to have plastic surgery in hopes of looking just like them are beyond ridiculous.

Being a fan is one thing. But facial reconstructive surgery is, in my opinion, going one step too far. There have been reports in the news of girls going under the knife to look like Kim Kardashian and other celebrities. 

But it gets worse. Some girls have had surgery to look like Barbie dolls, anime characters, and other inanimate idols!

I understand impressionable children wanting to look like people or cartoons they look up to, but some people continue adulating them well into their 30s and 40s. 

I think it's important for everyone to build a personal identity. As much as we may want and aim to be or resemble Lebron James, Taylor Swift, or Wonder Woman, we'll never be them.

You are you -- and that's good enough. Embrace who you are. No one else in the world looks or acts just like you. (Even twins have different views, tastes, and quirks.) No one else shares your exact DNA. No one else has the same fingerprints you do.

Many people who go down this road look for someone beyond themselves to intimate -- sometimes as a result of depression or lack of self-esteem. But if they only realized that they, like everyone else, have something unique to offer the world, they would not try mimicking someone else to feel better about themselves.

Maybe they're great writers. Maybe they're good at telling jokes. Maybe they make the meanest sandwiches in town. 

We all have things we're good at and appreciated for. Why try to be like, say, Britney Spears, when you know that her voice will never be yours? If you're good at singing, sure, you can use her music for inspiration and even buy some of the same clothes she wears. There's a difference between that and actually trying to be Britney Spears. 

Again, we all have something valuable to offer the world. There's no sense in changing everything that makes you unique -- your face, body, style of dress, mannerisms -- to act and look like someone you'll likely never meet. It's important we teach kids this valuable lesson before it's too late.

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