Kohei Nozaki's general blog

Physical appearance is one of the most important factors in expression of personality, whether you like it or not. No matter how good you are as a person, everyone tends to judge other people by physical appearance according to their preferences, especially in the short term.

Forever and ever, physical appearance is a big concern of people of all generations but perhaps teenagers are the most sensitive generation about their physical appearance. I remember my classmates in high school who tried hard to make their appearance better.

As for Japanese teenagers, their single-edged eyelids are a typical source of headache. They try to make their single-edged eyelids double-edged ones so their eyes look attractive. There is a best-selling product for Japanese teenagers called "Eye Putti" which helps make their eyelids double-edged. Their desire for double-edged eyelids is quite strong - some people even have a cosmetic surgery to get them.

Personally, to be judged by physical appearance is a negative factor to me because I’m not so good at physical appearances all the time. But it’s not such a big matter to me because I work as a software engineer - I believe that I will be judged by my skill and knowledge, not my physical appearance.