...Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery, the practice of reshaping body tissues for reconstructive or aesthetic purposes dates back to antiquity. Derived from the Greek plastikos, meaning “to mold,” plastic surgery holds a critical place in cultures all over the world. For centuries, tribes would disc their lips, stretch their earlobes, bind their feet, file their teeth, and tattoo and scar their skin. If contemporary popular series such as Extreme Makeover and Nip/Tuck are any indication, plastic surgery has not lost any of its cultural power. While filed teeth may not appeal to everyone, men and women of today still have a wide range of surgical procedures from which to choose, including liposuction, nose jobs, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, and breast augmentation and reduction. The term “plastic surgery” also includes nonsurgical options such as Botox, microdermabrasion, collagen injections, laser hair removal, and chemical peels. Plastic surgery, however, was not always so readily available or varied and was even shrouded in mystery, magic, and eroticism. For modern people, plastic surgery nowadays has become more and more popular. Some people believe that it is a technique to raise the beauty of a person. The basic intention of this surgery is to enhance the appearance of the individual by changing the parts of the body. On the other hand, other people disagree with it, saying that cosmetic surgery can post a risk of serious diseases such as heart attack. According to debatewise...
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...The Increase of Plastic Surgery Worldwide These days it seems like everybody is getting plastic surgery without hesitation. Plastic surgery was limited before to repair or correct birth defects or injuries of people. When the procedures became less invasive, the doctor’s techniques improved and the material needed for procedures cost less, society began to use plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes. Cosmetic surgery has become more accessible to a wider segment of the population worldwide and be accepted in many countries as a normal procedure. There are many people from different parts of the world that are obsessed to change their physical appearance. In the article “Mannequins Give Shape to a Venezuelan Fantasy” Meridith Kohut who writes for The New York Times, talks about a Venezuelan business man who owns a mannequin factory and he decides to reinvent the figurine’s shape in order to reflects the curvy body shape of the Venezuelan woman and increase his sales with the new mannequin created. Kohut shows on her article how obsessed Venezuelans have become for international beauty competitions and cosmetic surgery, she even points out their socialist’s government concern about the commercialism associated to those cosmetic procedures. I agree with the author that shows the increasing grow in popularity of cosmetic surgeries and treatments in Venezuela. However, there are so many countries besides Venezuela that are tangled with the same cosmetic obsession and the procedures...
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...ASAM 10 Plastic Surgery Recent study investigated that the rate of Asian American plastic surgery has been increasing through years. For Asian Americans, the three most common plastic surgeries are nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, and breast augmentation. Even though most of the Asian Americans decided to do plastic surgery based on different reason, their purposes are eventually similar, to look more Caucasian. Especially for American born Asian Americans, they suffer more between Asian culture and American culture. Plastic surgery might be an appropriate procedure for them to assimilate into the American culture. While Asian Americans are relying on plastic surgery to gain their assimilation into the mainstream, Asians in Asia want to look more westernized because of the ideal beauty they are looking for in the ‘white’. Asians are looking for the beauty more in westernized recently. They want to look better; beauty means so much to them. When talking about beauty, obviously it’s referring to female. Gender plays an important role here because according to a research group, 91 percent of plastic surgery patient were women, only nine percent were men. (Plastic Surgery Demographics) When plastic surgery is being mentioned, it is being referred to cosmetic surgery, to look more beautiful. As a result, the focus of this topic will be mainly on analyzing Asian American women’s story behind plastic surgery. Class status is also an important criteria in this topic. Plastic surgery...
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...lets us meet three teenagers, who had got a cosmetic plastic surgery. They have all been bullied of other kids and therefor had low self-esteem. But with a surgery that made up their cosmetic mistake, they all got a better feeling of themselves and higher self- confident. Now they are much more happy and live out their lives. So the first text presents, it is all right to get a plastic surgery, if it helps the person psychological. It shall not only be because of what other thinks about them, but how they fell about themselves on a deeper level. Many young girls get breast augmentation just to fit in with their friends and Valerie Ulene thinks it’s the wrong reason to get a surgery. In text 2 Camille Sweeny starts to mention how a 15-year-old British girl decided to get breast implants. Then Dr. Darrick Antell says in will be more normal for teenagers to get cosmetic surgeries. It gets more normal in families, that one of the parents have god a plastic surgery and then it seems normal enough for the child to get operated. And a 18-year-old girl named Preiss says, that she and her friends plays a game called “What would you have done?”. Preiss also says that she could grow up and realize there are more important things in life than her nose, or it could bother her so much that it will take her to a point where she would get a surgery. Dr. Antell gives us an example of a girl, whose self-esteem was much better after her surgery. But Dr. Brown thinks, if young teenagers have problems...
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...ironically not California, to tax plastic surgery and related procedures. Through out the course of this document, we will discuss the effects of the tax. Including the relationship between the industry and demand and price, and who will actually pay the tax in the end. The view of this paper is through the eyes of a brand new economist (my self); which is to say that is lacking any profound breakthroughs in economics. It is, however, the issue as I see it, sprinkled with a little humor. Enjoy. The Botax The primal instinct to procreate is in all forms of life. We project our best attributes forward in the hopes that someone might recognize those attributes as necessary in their offspring. We have created a monster. Today a lie is just as good as the truth. To those that can afford it, they can look like what ever they want. Hell, there is a guy in the mid west that is making him self look like a lizard! Medical science can wipe the acne off your face, give you twenty-twenty vision in twenty minuets, and grant instant confidence to the insecure through a vast variety of surgical procedures. This has caught the eye of various state legislatures, and they want in on the action. These states are hurting as it stands with budget deficits, and are looking for new ways to make some money. One such idea is the so-called “vanity tax”. Here are the details. It puts a tax on cosmetic surgery and Botox injections with various...
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...Argument Paper of Plastic Surgery Ran Yu ENG 112 Professor Katharine Studer 8/05/2012 Is plastic surgery good? Should everyone be encouraged to get plastic surgery? Nowadays, cosmetic surgery has become more popular for modern people. Some people believe that it is a science to increase the beauty of a person. The basic aim of this surgery is to enhance the appearance of the individual by altering the parts of the body. As quoted in a journal published the “Surgeons sometimes suspect their patients are trying to solve emotional problems by altering their bodies (Gimlin)”. However, there are people who disagree and don’t believe cosmetic surgery will help people improve self-esteem. Cosmetic surgery should not be encourage for normal people unless it is used to correct health related issues. The simple reason is because there are high risks associated to cosmetic surgeries. It is expensive and it can also result in some negative psychological impact. Plastic surgery is the surgical removal and to correct people’s physical defects. The science and technology with ever-growing development has made surgical procedures less risky and more effective. The number of people getting plastic surgery is increasing every year. In today’s society, it’s difficult to resist wanting to look perfect, everyone want look like younger than their own age. The decision to make one’s appearance match their inside may have very positive effects. Plastic surgery is the surgical method of...
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...the rapidly increasing number of plastic surgeries on adolescents. “… They’re constantly bombarded with images of beautiful men and women who are held up as the norm”(P. 2, L. 10-11), Valerie Ulene, who’s a specialist in preventive medicine, writes. A norm which neither the youth nor anyone else has the slightest chance of reaching. The pressure of fitting in that especially lies on the teenagers makes them want to change even the smallest of “flaws”. While people like Dr. John Canedy, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgery, sees the good sides of this epidemic, most people agree that the good things don’t outweigh the consequences. While Canedy sees the surgeries as a boost of self-esteem to some as much as an improvement of appearance, others see the surgeries as an easy way of changing something that in reality perhaps shouldn’t be changed. Since our body isn’t fully evolved when in the teenage years, changes in these years can really mess things up. Many teenagers aren’t aware of the permanence of the operations, and furthermore do their ideas often appear from day-to-day – parents as well as doctors should therefor be careful not to give permission to a quick and spontaneous idea. 2) Valerie Ulene starts of her article by telling a personal story about her struggles with her body back when she was an adolescent. “To say I disliked my nose as a teenager would be an understatement… At the time, the plastic surgery boom was just beginning to gain steam...
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...1 Contents 1 Thesis statement 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Plastic Surgery 5 3.1 Methods 1 3.2 Reasons 3 3.3 Reputation of Plastic surgery 3 3.4 Pro´s and Con´s 4 3.5 Safeness 4 4 Discussion 7 2 Thesis statement “Plastic surgery does not always work” The following text deals with the plastic surgery. Whether plastic surgery always works is questionable. When people hear about plastic surgery, most of them tend to connect it with Hollywood. At the present time it is no longer surprising that people operate their body parts, even at the age of 18. But why not think about reconstructive surgery. There are thousands of cases of skin cancer, sears or deformity of body parts. The following paragraphs also report issues such as, reasons for plastic surgery, pro's and con's, and safety or the risks of surgery. In the last part of this thesis I will introduce a discussion and finally a conclusion. 3 Introduction A plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery is a surgical procedure without a medical indication. The plastic surgery is so often a perceived beautification of the human body. Cosmetic surgeries are aesthetic surgeries. The society places a high value on appearance and beauty. Even as a small child, we learned, without to realize, to look beautiful and have good manners. All the media, the Internet and Hollywood have created a generation, that thinks to be beautiful is more important than anything else. People are bullied because of their appearance, both verbally...
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...Plastic surgery for teens 1) Give an outline of the various views on plastic surgery for teenagers, which are presented in texts 1 and 2. A woman named Valerie Ulene has written text 1. She is a specialist in preventive medicine in Los Angeles. She has a 14-year-old daughter, and she thinks that it is wrong to let teenagers get plastic surgery. She writes “But, in general, cosmetic surgery may not be appropriate for adolescent”. She can still remember how it was when she was a teenager, who did not like her nose. Today she is happy that she did not do anything about it. She says that many plastic surgeons argue that cosmetic surgeries do not only help the teenagers with improving appearances, but it also helps with the teenagers’ self-esteem. To shoot that down, do Ulene quote Diana Zuckerman that says, “Although patients who have undergone a cosmetic procedure often do feel better about that particular body part, there’s really no data to suggest that it improves their overall body image or self-esteem”. Another view Ulene puts in are a doctor named John Canedy he says that he is convinced that some teenagers can be helped by cosmetic surgery, but it is important that they are committed to take that decision by themselves and they do not feel any pressure from a partner or the parents. Overall, the discussion is about if it will benefit the teenagers to have a plastic surgery and if it will make their lives better or not. In Text 2, we get to hear about a girl named...
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...more a fiction with the worldwide spread of plastic surgery in the last decade until it became within reach in Morocco. At first, plastic surgery for esthetic purpose shouldn’t be confused with the reconstructive surgery that is used to get rid of serious imperfections caused by an accident or a birth defect. In our research paper, we are dealing with the plastic surgery also called cosmetic surgery. One of the team members’ relative who is surgeon has told her about a Moroccan woman who died because of a liposuction. Chocked by this story, we decided to learn more about the cosmetic surgery in Morocco which has lately raised many ethical issues. We believe that plastic surgery is unethical because it is against the Islamic principles and because it causes psychological and physical harm. We are trying to find out the opinion of Moroccans about it and we suppose that Moroccan people believe that plastic surgery is unethical and that they are aware of its danger. Competent plastic surgeons, reasonable prices, medical technology and infrastructure explain the rise of plastic surgery in Morocco. According to Salaheddine Slaoui, a specialist in cosmetic and reparative surgery, “the number of plastic surgeries had also doubled in the last decade. About 80 plastic surgeons -- working in both private and public clinics -- are operating in the country, mostly in Rabat and the economic capital Casablanca” (2011). However, plastic surgery has raised many ethical issues including...
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...Not only do people accept plastic surgery, they embrace it as a solution to personal and professional problems. While appearance has always been important, mainstream acceptance of plastic surgery has created a society that values appearance over ability. Teenage girls and middle-aged women seek acceptance based on their appearance in all aspects of their lives. Teenage girls want to be the prettiest and the thinnest due to the pressure of society and their peers. Middle aged women pursue plastic surgery in hopes of enhancing their looks and looking younger than what they are. Today’s society is so centered on appearance that it can be very misleading to the minds of young girls and women. There are images of female bodies everywhere in today’s society. Women are used to sell everything from cars to food. Television and big screen movie actresses are typically tall, young looking and thin. The majority of these famous women have used some type of fad diet or practiced mal nutrition. There are articles everywhere urging women and young girls to lose weight. They make claims that beauty and the perfect body will provide the perfect marriage and rewarding lifestyles. Beauty truly is only skin deep. One cannot achieve what they desire based on their looks alone. You can turn on the TV or open any magazine such as US Weekly and see the latest cosmetic surgery that some actress recently underwent. There are publications everywhere promoting what’s new in...
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...Not only do people accept plastic surgery, they embrace it as a solution to personal and professional problems. While appearance has always been important, mainstream acceptance of plastic surgery has created a society that values appearance over ability. Teenage girls and middle-aged women seek acceptance based on their appearance in all aspects of their lives. Teenage girls want to be the prettiest and the thinnest due to the pressure of society and their peers. Middle aged women pursue plastic surgery in hopes of enhancing their looks and looking younger than what they are. Today’s society is so centered on appearance that it can be very misleading to the minds of young girls and women. There are images of female bodies everywhere in today’s society. Women are used to sell everything from cars to food. Television and big screen movie actresses are typically tall, young looking and thin. The majority of these famous women have used some type of fad diet or practiced mal nutrition. There are articles everywhere urging women and young girls to lose weight. They make claims that beauty and the perfect body will provide the perfect marriage and rewarding lifestyles. Beauty truly is only skin deep. One cannot achieve what they desire based on their looks alone. You can turn on the TV or open any magazine such as US Weekly and see the latest cosmetic surgery that some actress recently underwent. There are publications everywhere promoting what’s...
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...Plastic surgery is common things among people nowadays. The cost incurred to do the surgery also not too expensive. Mostly we heard female are desired to do the plastic surgery but now men`s also desired to do the same thing. There are the reasons why people choose to have plastic surgery and the several risks involved. The first reason why people choose to have plastic surgery is low of self-confident. As we know, have many factors why people feel like that such as their body appearance, ugly faces, and so on. Even though they always do exercise and try to cut their eating, their bodies still same and not have any improvement. As Van Dusen (2008) pointed out in her introduction, they do not think they look as good as they feel before do plastic surgeon. Other than that, the reasons why people choose to have plastic surgery are to improve their looks appearances. Of course, for those people who are fat, will hope to be slim further on to easy build their level of self-confident. According to Van Dusen (2008), ‘spare tire’ are involves in the typical male demand. Furthermore, some other people choose plastic surgery because of want to be like their idol celebrities. Meanwhile, the first risk may occur to those who are choose to have plastic surgery is temporary numbness. As we can see, people who had doing the surgery was effects on their face are become too stretched. For instance, when their smile or laughing the skin in their face was became stretch. Some other people...
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...Plastic Surgery - Enormous Increase in Uptake by Younger Women Professor Laurence Kirwan, one of the world's leading plastic surgeons, who has appeared on BBC Breakfast to comment on the PIP breast implant scandal and who wrote in the Mail on Sunday (British newspaper) how cosmetic surgery can prolong life, has said that more and more young women between the ages of 35 and 40 years have cosmetic surgery. Professor Kirwan says that the number of women between 35 and 40 years who have cosmetic surgery every single year for 5 years has risen by 5%. He says that most young women opt for 'liquid lifts', injections of facial fillers, which typically consist of hyaluronic acid, a gel-like substance that occurs naturally in the skin and helps retain moisture to make cheeks look fuller and lift sagging jaws. The 'liquid lifts' together with Botox freeze the muscles to lift drooping eyebrows by interfering with nerve transmission. Younger women tend to choose a short-scar facelift (SSFL), whereby the skin is pulled upwards and then pulled back over the bony structures of the face, whilst fat pads that have dropped with aging are repositioned into their proper place. This new and nonintrusive procedure only has a maximum two-week down time costs about £10,000 ($16,000) with results lasting for as long as 10 years. Kirwan says: "This is a miracle treatment for many young women wanting to cut off the effects of ageing at the pass. They don't want to wait until they look older...
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...Plastic surgery is common things among people nowadays. The cost incurred to do the surgery also not too expensive. Mostly we heard female are desired to do the plastic surgery but now men`s also desired to do the same thing. There are the reasons why people choose to have plastic surgery and the several risks involved. The first reason why people choose to have plastic surgery is low of self-confident. As we know, have many factors why people feel like that such as their body appearance, ugly faces, and so on. Even though they always do exercise and try to cut their eating, their bodies still same and not have any improvement. As Van Dusen (2008) pointed out in her introduction, they do not think they look as good as they feel before do plastic surgeon. Other than that, the reasons why people choose to have plastic surgery are to improve their looks appearances. Of course, for those people who are fat, will hope to be slim further on to easy build their level of self-confident. According to Van Dusen (2008), ‘spare tire’ are involves in the typical male demand. Furthermore, some other people choose plastic surgery because of want to be like their idol celebrities. Meanwhile, the first risk may occur to those who are choose to have plastic surgery is temporary numbness. As we can see, people who had doing the surgery was effects on their face are become too stretched. For instance, when their smile or laughing the skin in their face was became stretch. Some other people...
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