Abstract
Objective: Review in the literature about the emotional impact that the dictatorship of beauty causes in contemporary society, so that a foundational and uniform theoretical framework can be built to add knowledge and achieve physical, mental, social and emotional well-being. Methods: The present work is an integrative review of evidence-based literature, which was elaborated through the following steps: identify a theme and select the research question, search the articles in digital databases and establish inclusion and exclusion criteria with subsequent analysis and discussion of the results obtained in the journals. Results: The society of the show causes there to be a spectacularization of life and a progressive display of the i, bringing as consequence the alienation and appreciation of what is extrinsic, making the intrinsic and introspective reflections expendable. Final considerations: It is considered that the unbridled search for a perfect body causes people to submit to sacrifices and aesthetic procedures, and when they cannot reach the ideal standard of beauty, they feel frustrated, thus triggering feelings of impotence, which can break the fine line between the healthy and the pathological.