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| ¡@ | Taiwan is turning to cosmetic surgery like never before. More and more women and increasingly men too are having some form of plastic surgery done to give them better looks. Asian people want wider eyes, pointed noses, and fuller breasts. They try to remake themselves to look more beautiful. Traditionally, most Asians going under the scalpel were women but now male vanity is right up there with the feminine search for changing their natural looks. | ¡@ |
| ¡@ | The number one cosmetic surgery in Asia is double-eyelid surgery technically termed blepharoplasty (³ÎÂù²´¥Ö) in which a crease is created above the eye by scalpel or by needle and thread to make eyes bigger. In the U.S. this operation is used to remove bags from under the eyes. Likewise, Westerners use botulinum toxin (botox injection ª`®g¦×¬r±ìµß) to diminish wrinkles whereas in Taiwan botox is injected into wide cheeks so the muscles atrophy and the cheeks shrink. Asian women who don¡¦t like their radish can have a nerve behind the knee severed so the muscles atrophy. Virginity is highly prized in Taiwan. Young women have their hymen reconstructed in time for their wedding night. In Japan, men ask for penis enlarged operation. In Thailand, there¡¦s a large population of ¡§lady men¡¨ and a thriving industry has developed providing male-to-female sex changing operations. Meanwhile, in some towns, thousands of unlicensed surgeons are performing in this profession. However, patients with large wallets do not see it as recklessness to undergo unnecessary operations that could disfigure or even endanger life. After all, a definition of beauty is different from one person to another. And everyone is unique. Viewpoints about changing face or not are varied. | ¡@ |
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