endless war

Women are under pressure from society to meet unrealistic beauty ideals and as a result damage themselves and other

women.

Endless war

Constantly worrying and obsessing

Unrealistic beauty icons

Trying to please someone who doesn’t exist

Going to extremes to alter their

appearance

Starts young

Jealous Mother Syndrome

Suffer from the lowest levels of self-esteem

18-24 year olds approve

cosmetic surgery

72%worldwide

50%would consider

cosmetic surgery

1 in 3 pre-adolescent

girls

3-6half of

year olds

AnorexiaBulimia

Binge Eating

Disorder

Behaviors:Intense overwhelming fearBody type = self-worthStarvation, fasting, or severe restriction of foodHiding foodChewing/cutting up food for an extended period of time

Infertility

Heart irregularities

Kidney failure

Muscles and organs become energy source

Behaviors:Recurring episodes of binge eatingFeeling ashamedSecretivePurgingStrenuous exercise

Behaviors:Obsessive thoughtsFrequent episodes followed by guiltNo controlSecretive

Imagined

Ugliness

20%drop out

Unnecessary risks

1 in 3 girls

ages 6-12

20-40%diet by age 10

$7 billionper year

“I counted 19 products in all --- 230

chemicals, most of them applied…before I

even left the house.”-Stacy Malkan

UVB

UVA

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Melanoma

Dose-response Effect

Hydroquinone

When you first use it, as fast as 3 days, the skin starts to peel and it gets really red…you can see the veins, and

the peeling doesn’t stop. The skin gets lighter and lighter

and thinner and thinner.

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Chromium & Mercury

20 – 23 inches