Nollywood actress, Maureen Solomon, has addressed her colleagues who share videos of themselves recovering from Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgery on social media.
According to Solomon, these videos can oftentimes influence a younger female audience negatively.
Speaking specifically to her female colleagues in the movie industry, Solomon criticised these colleagues’ casual approach toward body enhancements, arguing that it sends the wrong message to young girls.
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The actress stated that she has no issue with BBL or other cosmetic procedures but draws the line at posting such content online.
“I don’t have anything against BBL. I‘ve never had anything against surgical enhancement. I believe it’s your body. Do whatever you wish with your body,” she said.
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“But where I have a problem with it is televising it, putting on social media, your recovery, making certain comments. As an adult, it’s OK, but because we have a younger generation looking up to us, there are things we should be mindful of.”
“I saw this video; I am not shading anybody. I saw this video of two lovely, beautiful people I love. They know I love them. Their bodies are banging. I’m all for it, but I have a problem when you post it on social media because we all have girls that are growing up, daughters, nieces, cousins looking up to us.
“For crying out loud, those of us who are influencers, you have millions, thousands of younger ones, looking up to you, copying what you do because what you say is not what they do. It’s actually what you do that they copy.
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“You are here showing them how you are recovering from BBL, how December is going to be kpo kpor how the water water nyash is going to be….. c’mon babes, ladies, what are we doing?
“We have children that we are training to believe that they are wonderfully made, grooming them to have self-confidence in themselves, in who they are, and how they look.
“I get that people put the video out there so they won’t come for them. I get that part, but there are other ways you can do that. We have girls following you, looking up to you. You are a big auntie to them, and you are there telling them BBL is okay. If you don’t have nyash go and pay to get one. Do you know how many young girls will be saving up money to go and get one?
“Like I said I don’t have a problem with it but when the message you are passing to this children intentionally or not is that “my friend if you don’t have money you can go and buy it” are we not teaching this children a different kind of confidence that is not what it is supposed to be.
“I will be teaching my daughters, like other mothers do too to have confidence in themselves, and when they go on Instagram, they are met with that kind of video.
“Like I said, I am not against it, but there is no need to bring it to social media if we see i,t we know you have done it. Anybody who wants to gossip, that is their business.
“We have boys looking up to you, so tomorrow if they want to marry, they will take the girl to the hospital to go and do it. What is it nahhh? When you do a video to post on social media, please go over it again. Whatever you put on social media won’t go away.”