The choice to look better doesn’t make you fake or plastic: Aashka Goradia
18/08/2018
Aashka Goradia Goble, who has been seen in soaps like Kkusum and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, and was an inmate in Bigg Boss 6, has been sporting fuller lips of late and admits to getting a lip job.
And unlike many of her contemporaries, the 32-year-old actress has no reservations about it. “My husband (Brent Goble) made me realise that there is nothing to hide.
Yes, people will shame you but there is nothing to be ashamed of. I wanted to do something to my face, and that’s my choice. And I know that opening up sometimes is the only way to shut people up,” she reasons.
Aashka goes on to reveal that she always wanted fuller lips and would use lip liners before she decided to go in for the procedure. “I’ve always loved make-up, human faces and all that we can do with it.
With technology I had the choice to do it even better and I went ahead with it. But the procedure was preceded by a lot of research,” she explains, adding, “I wish I had a sob story to tell you but there is none. I just wanted fuller lips and decided to go for them.
But being asked things like, ‘How much plastic went into your lips?’ at a press conference with 20 people around is not how I would like to address it. I want to reiterate here that I decided to do something to my face and that’s my choice. I am my own sculptor, my own painter!”
She cites the history of makeup to back her point. “Make-up has existed for over 7000 years and lipsticks for over 5000 years. We as people have always wanted to look better. There has to be a demand for the existence of supply.
The thousands of beauty applications wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the demand. When a girl chooses to get something done on her face, why do we call her plastic?” she argues.
On her contemporaries shying away from the topic, Aashka rationalises, “It’s because the media and society label them as ‘fake’. I believe that real or fake attributes come from within. The choice to look better doesn’t make you fake or plastic.”
The actress is quick to add that she believes in the privacy that one’s choices should be accorded. “Everyone has different reasons to keep the procedures hushhush. Even doctors take an oath of secrecy.
Besides, why should anyone have to admit anything, more so if they aren’t ready to talk about it?
We fail to realise the damage we cause by commenting on appearances.
Criticism has never been about breaking someone’s spirit.
It exists to make things better,” she argues, adding, “Your judgments aren’t making you any superior and body-shaming others doesn’t build a community.
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