MTV True Life: I Hate My Face"

This episode aired a few months back and I wrote a blog post (below) about it on my blog "Urban Chicagoan".  I received a lot of search engine hits from this blog posts (even to this day) and it makes me wonder if people were just interested in the episode or if they felt like they could relate to the girls featured.  Either way... I decided to re-post it to this blog.....

I was falling asleep last night when MTV's True Life came on.  Since the title was "I Hate my Face", I thought I was about to see the ugliest, most disfigured faces in history.  Then I noticed it was just your normal insecure female seeking attention and approval, until I notice that their problems were much deeper.  One sprayed water on her mirror so that when she looked into it, she can only see a glimpse of her face (which keeps her from being disgusted at herself).  Her whole life is a mess because she hates the way she looks. She shops too much, still lives at home with her mother, and feels that she can't hold a job due to her ugly face.  Personally I think both of them are a complete mess, and I've seen WAY uglier people than them, but at the same time that's how they see themselves and nobody can change that for them.  It's truly a disease, and a horrible one to have.

 The problem that I had with the show is that they both viewed Hiedi (from the Hills) as beautiful.  That's sickening.  This woman is has had over 10 surgeries to try and correct her imperfections and insecurities. She should not be considered a staple of beauty by any means.  These girls look in magazines, and at television to tell them how they should look, and that's their first mistake.  This is not a role model, this is an insecure girl with a lot of personal issues she thought she could hide from.

See the full episode over at MTV.com

*Updated to say*

I know everybody goes through body and image issues, it's been times in my life where I did to.  But it was never to the point that I couldn't do day to day activities. If you are suffering from this, it must be extremely tough to deal with on a daily basis.  What are your thoughts?

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