Nowadays, it’s trendy to embrace yourself as you are. I recently came across a post on LinkedIn by an engineer named Joel Exebio, PhD, RD, who wrote (fragments from his post): “Today, it’s fashionable to accept yourself as you are. Just another excuse to do nothing to improve. If you love me, you must accept me as I am.” If that’s your idea of love, then it’s better to stay single. Why not try this concept: “If you love me, you must help me become better every day.’ That’s real love.” And he continues: “These new trends of ‘accept me as I am’ can create a truly mediocre society if used as an excuse to normalize what is not normal. Obesity is a disease, and it is in your hands to correct it.” Although he’s talking about obesity, it made me think…
He mentions that someone who loves you should help you become better. The truth is, I do love myself, and I do care about improving every day—physically, mentally, and intellectually. And while there are things that bother me and I haven’t been able to change (like wanting to be 1.85m tall and being only 1.55m), there are other things I’ve fought against and succeeded. There were things I could change but didn’t achieve 100%, but the effort and fight have made me feel better about myself and boosted my self-esteem.
On the other hand, there’s another trend that talks about being authentic and accepting ourselves as we are. This acceptance, though not impossible, can sometimes be hard to achieve—especially given the demands of today’s world: bodies, faces, and minds that seem perfect but are far from reality and heavily influence us. So much so that studies reveal current low self-esteem and confidence levels. More than 90% of teenagers want to change something about themselves, 25% want plastic surgery to alter their appearance, and 70% feel physically inferior to their peers or friends.
Bombarded from all sides, how can all this not affect our mental health?
What we project influences how others perceive us, and if we don’t feel good about ourselves, we can change and improve certain aspects. One of them is cellulite or “orange peel” skin.
Out of every 10 women, 8 will have cellulite at some point in their lives, whether due to heredity, poor circulation, hormonal imbalances, poor diet, being overweight, age, water retention, pregnancy, menopause, etc. But the truth is, looking good is not just a desire for vanity or ego. Our appearance or image has a direct impact on our self-esteem, and eliminating or reducing cellulite has restored confidence in many women.
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