The Ed.
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It's a simple and sad fact that plastic surgery is on the rise throughout the developed world. But, it's pricey so many are resorting to DIY solutions. The pressure, it seems, to look a certain way in our society is becoming so strong that even young teenagers are resorting to what look like Draconian contraptions to achieve results such as scalp stretching, nose slimming, nose lifts, double fold eyelids and face slimming.
Countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan put real pressure socially and in the workplace for people to look a certain way forcing some into extreme action. These three Asian nations all made it into the latest study of the top 10 most plastic-surgery dependent countries in the world. South Korea ranked first, with 16 procedures per 1,000 people, Taiwan took sixth, and Japan came in seventh. In the South Korean capital of Seoul alone, one in five women underwent cosmetic surgery in 2012. And two years earlier, it was estimated that more than 5.8 million procedures were performed across Asia.
Distressingly, children are not immune from having to conform to social pressures. "I'm having her do it," the mother of a 12-year-old Korean girl who got double-fold eye surgery told CNN, "because I think it'll help her. This is a society where you have to be pretty to get ahead. She's my only daughter."
But for those that don't have mothers pushing them through the surgeon's costly door, these awful looking contraptions are seen as a viable alternative.
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan put real pressure socially and in the workplace for people to look a certain way forcing some into extreme action. These three Asian nations all made it into the latest study of the top 10 most plastic-surgery dependent countries in the world. South Korea ranked first, with 16 procedures per 1,000 people, Taiwan took sixth, and Japan came in seventh. In the South Korean capital of Seoul alone, one in five women underwent cosmetic surgery in 2012. And two years earlier, it was estimated that more than 5.8 million procedures were performed across Asia.
Distressingly, children are not immune from having to conform to social pressures. "I'm having her do it," the mother of a 12-year-old Korean girl who got double-fold eye surgery told CNN, "because I think it'll help her. This is a society where you have to be pretty to get ahead. She's my only daughter."
But for those that don't have mothers pushing them through the surgeon's costly door, these awful looking contraptions are seen as a viable alternative.
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
