Spray on Tan

I was watching Dr. Phil the other day, yes I know I just admitted I was watching Dr. Phil. Now in my defence it wasn't like I sat down with a fresh coffee and a bowl of popcorn to enjoy the latest airing of the show. No, rather it was on the operatory TV I was working in. Mid procedure the patient made urgent gestures while I was working away. I of course assumed the worst and thought the gentleman's freezing was wearing off, but no. To my relief the patient wasn't referring to the procedure being done but was indicating he wanted us to stop and look at Dr. Phil's guest. A poor(not in the monetary sense) middle aged woman who had become addicted to plastic surgery. It opened the discussion about how so many cultures are fixated on a perceived beauty, and what lengths people will go to to achieve their desired beauty. The real interesting thing to me is the differences of what is considered beautiful to different geographic, racial,cultural, societal, or social groups. Just because the expressionless botox forehead and collagen rich duckbill platypus lips are popular in Beverly Hills doesn't mean its what tickles my fancy too!

I just received some update photos from Dale at PET Autobody, Fillmore is getting primed! He is sitting in the spray booth with the important parts covered, and getting some color sprayed on...not unlike the spray on tanning booths of today. It made me think of autobody not being that far off human cosmetic procedures. When we talk about a restoration  some would shutter at the thought of putting non traditional paint colours or scheme on a classic car. Some would want the restoration to be all original, some want to modify and redesign what the original manufacturer produced. Some would argue that a vintage car should be like a rat rod, displaying it's scars and blemishes of the ravishing years like a badge of honour. With the human body it's not far off colouring our hair, facelifts, or growing old gracefully.

Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. Although we are all influenced by our culture,our society, as long as there is a comfort about the inner beauty then the outer beauty is less important. At least that is what I hope for everyone(particularly the youth of today) to believe in. You don't have to be perfect to be beautiful, frankly it's our ability to embrace imperfection which gives someone that 'je ne sais quoi'

Thus, it may not be perfect, but it looks perfect to me.

And I'm good with that.