The Price of Vanity

So… beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Nope… beauty is in the eye of the media methinks.

Mother of two, Vanity Wonder has written a book about the secretive world of black market cosmetic surgery; the world where you can get butt and hip injections for almost half the price that you would from a legitimate surgeon. And 30 year-old Vanity did just that.

Mother of two Vanity Wonder before and after injections

In her book Shot Girls she describes her own experiences with getting $15,000 worth of butt and hip injections as well as her time working as an assistant to a black market practitioner.

Talking to the MailOnline Vanity (her name says it all) says that there are so many lies about the women who get injections because it’s so secretive that she just decided to tell people.

Revealing the truth about the secretive black market

According to her the women that go in for these procedures “know that it is wrong” saying there have been “gospel singers, nurses and police officers” amongst clients.

There is no common reason why women get injections, Vanity says. Some women just want to jump on the big booty bandwagon and because the black market is more accessible now it makes it easier for women to follow the “trend”. Others want to “improve” the way that they look. But since when did improving your looks mean creating a caricature of what the female form should look like?

With the rising popularity of celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Coco it is proven once again that pop culture defines people’s aspirations. It defines how they see themselves and it defines their world view. At a time when people are finally starting to realise that size zero is not attractive or healthy it seems that society has gone the opposite way and is saying that you need to obtain these ridiculous curves to be considered attractive. What happened to the way nature intended? Apparently that is not good enough.

The new "perfect body"? From L to R: Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Coco Austin

People are willingly sacrificing their HEALTH for this TREND of beauty. Even Vanity admitted that there were several occasions when she did not know what was being injected into her body. It is just a sign of the sad state of society when the way you look becomes more important than your health.