Beauty and attractiveness?

Well, when a person is ugly on the inside then whether they are beautiful or not on the outside will make no difference, they will me a horrible person bringing pain and destruction to those around them. I don't think looks are the be all and end all, but I can see how at times attractiveness wins. For example adverts always show beautiful people as they know this sells. Personally I like it when they use a person who is attractive but normal, ie not underweight or had that much plastic surgery they look like a cheap version of a Barbie doll.

I agree with you, beauty on the inside is what counts the most. Because your beauty on the inside will last for all your life but physical beauty only last temporarily, once you grow old, you'll lose that youthful touch but your personality won't change as age takes over. Young people are very concerned with physical looks and how to look good in order to impress, especially young women who try to look pretty for the guys. It's great when you're young but I don't get why some older women would try plastic surgery to look young again. It's unnatural! You can't defy the laws of nature. To me, it's the personality that attracts me with looks as a bonus.

I agree with you entirely. Beauty on the outside is absolutely no indicator as to how beautiful the character inside of the person is.

I also think beauty is from the inside, but the outside appearance is also important. Even if someone is not a beauty or handsome, there is an indication about self respect coming from peole who are neat and clean and take care of themselves.

There are some professions that actually requires a perfect package. If they are models, actors or something to that effect, they really need to put much attention on how they look. But if they do not have any use for it, yes you are right, being concerned on how you look should not matter that much. I, on the other hand, has problem with my weight. During the last few years, I have gained a lot of weight which makes me feel so unattractive. I can't wear the clothes that I want to wear and I feel some people are looking at me not so nicely. Although I still believe that beauty is skin deep, there are some matters that cannot easily say that is not important.

What should be our attitude to beauty and attractiveness? Let's put it this way, we all go for it if we like it or not because this is the first thing we see, already in a few seconds, in an other person. It's nonsense to say we don't notice it, it's normal behaviour to do so. It's also proved everyone likes beautiful people more, we all trust attractive people more and it's better to have attractive friends because it will make you more attractive. Yes in the end it's the inside that counts but the inside you don't see in those first seconds and many people are not even interested to take time for that. We are disappointed if the Juliet/Romeo we meet by the internet and we shared so many hours with turns out to be ugly and we will try to run out as soon as possible. What I think is that there is a big difference between a natural beauty and someone who let's renovate his/her whole body. I also do believe that if someone has a lot of self esteem and a shinig, positive character this will show in the first minutes and as long as this person is taking care of him/herself it doesn't matter if he/she is beautiful/great looking. Because this is wat we call: attractive! Not what they make us believe with all those Miss whatever shows. What attitude we should take depends on the kind of person we (you) are. We are not the same and we should go for what we trust most and like most. And mostly that is someone that looks like we do. Just ignore beautiful and attractive people because of the way they look is ridiculious too. That would mean that you are not interested in their character/inside either.

i think we should try to be as attractive as we can whatever age we are. character is very important as this is what we are really like. what is inside comes out and shows us on the outside. i always have to work on my character. it is a lifetime process. i want to look as good as i can on the outside as well without being too concerned about it.

Honestly and Unfortunately people always see the outside first of the person. If your attractive from the outside and they see you walking they say "wow that person it's really beautiful" however if your an plain person and see you walking " they don't get impressed". I think iner beauty it's real true beauty but many people don't see it like that! They don't realize that eventually outside beauty will fade away by the years as iner beauty it would be in there forever no matter if your 100 years old.