Do ugly people grow up to be pretty?

Answer 1

Hey, I'm considered ugly to everyone. My friend told me that I'm ugly, and she can't hang out with me,because I have way to much pimples. I'm only 12, but I really need tips. People bully me at my school. They bully every ugly person, and everyone at my school are pretty. Please help!!

Answer 2

Your question voices many false assumptions and myths that many people commonly believe about themselves and others. The first false assumption is the whole beauty vs ugly debate. The media bombards us constantly with images of supposed "beauty" or "handsomeness". But here are some facts:

• Because cameras make people appear up to 10 pounds or more "heavier", the media picks thinner people to use in commercials, movies, news, etc. This gives the false belief that "thinner is more beautiful or handsome". This is untrue.
• Hollywood has traditionally depicted "bad" by making someone look ugly or less attractive, and "good" by enhancing someone's beauty. However, almost every movie star looks just ordinary without make-up and hairstyling. When a girl sees those images, however, teens grow up believing that if they have flaws, they are "ugly"-- Yet, ALL of us, including movie stars, have "flaws".
• Different cultures value different body types and features. So, for example, a heavier person may feel ugly by one culture's standards--- yet, be considered quite pretty in another culture.
• A commonly heard idiom is that "Beauty fades and intelligence never grows old" - or similar wording. The quote is meant to support self-esteem and emphasize that "beauty" is less important than what is inside a person. Hollywood emphasizes the OPPOSITE, though.
• Another stereotype is a strong woman, no matter how pretty, is less attractive than a compliant and less vocal female. Gentle, sweet males, on the other hand, are viewed as less attractive than the macho, in-your-face, strong male figures. However, neither stereotype is true! Women can be assertive; men can be gentle. Men can cry and still be "attractive" and women can be bosses without losing being feminine.

So therefore, most people who think they are ugly are instead beautiful just as they are. We ALL can "improve" our looks, but not because we are "unattractive" but instead, to enhance our features.

So myth #1 is that there are "ugly people".

Myth #2 is that "ugly people" must do something to become "pretty" or "handsome".

Myth #3 is that "pretty people" exist from birth or from teen years. Instead, all of us go through stages in which we (and others) pay more attention to what we LOOK LIKE. When we forget that what we "look like" is NOT who we are, inside, we can feel less confident, less attractive, and less desirable. Rather than focus on what you "look like" (in which we make a comparison of "like", for example, "The car looks LIKE a box." "My body looks LIKE a box, without curves."), we need to instead focus on who we ARE.

Myth #4 has two sides. One side boasts that people become more beautiful or handsome "with age". The more usual view is aging makes people look less attractive. However, neither one is true. Instead, people get more comfortable about who they ARE -- which is terrific! Older people often stop believing the other myths. They stop trying to LOOK LIKE some ideal of beauty-- because they realize, everyone IS beautiful / handsome. If older people choose, they can enhance their looks, just like younger people do. But many more older people decide to STOP trying to be a "look alike" and they decide to just be themselves, whether that means no make-up or covering up gray hair, or a man accepting that baldness occurs with age.

So there are no ugly people.

Ugly people therefore do not "become" beautiful people.

And therefore, beautiful people do not just become ugly because they age.

Aging does NOT mean a person "grows ugly", but instead, they grow up and grow beyond these myths.

Answer 3

yes u can in just 3 easy steps 1 never be mean it gives out a very ugly look 2 take care of yourself like your skin 3 makeup may help but dont use mac it can clog pores right when you put it on p.s i recomend mineral makup it helps the skin

Answer 4

It depends on what the source of your "ugliness" is and whether or not you're actually found ugly by a significant number of other people, or merely self-conscious about your own appearance.

Cosmetics, diet, hygeine and proper sleep and hydration are keys to physical beauty, but you will find that many people, even the so called "ugly" ones really CAN be found attractive simply by having a nice, outgoing personality.

If you really find that none of that works, there's always cosmetic surgery.

Answer 5

Can? Yes. Will? ... that's a different question that's impossible to answer.

"Beautiful" is a matter of taste, as is ugly. If you think you're ugly, and are wondering if your looks will improve as you age, the only way to know is wait and see. If you look at childhood pictures of movie stars, even as late as high school, most of them did not start out exceptionally attractive.

Answer 6

Anybody can be pretty. Most people believe they are ugly, fat, etc., when they are in fact the opposite.

Answer 7

Anyone can be pretty in there own way. Society makes it's own version of beauty but everyone may not agree....

Answer 8

yes and it can also be the opposite!