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    doing plastic surgery? What is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is ‘the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2010). Sushrutha from India, who is known as the ‘Father of Plastic Surgery’, had carried out plastic surgery a millennium before Hippocrates as well as two millenniums before European stalwarts such as Celsius and Galen (Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009)

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    In a brave new world there are multiple things that pop out like cloning, censorship, and marriage trends, but we take a look at plastic surgery. Plastic surgery in their world is different in than in our world. People in brave new world are already perfect. Born perfect because of their genetics are picked out. While in our world people are naturally born with our genes we are given from our parents. This causes the people in our world wanting to change their appearances to fit in to be better in

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    People make lots of sacrifices to fit in. Some sacrifices are getting plastic surgery. When people get Plastic Surgery it is because of pressure to look better. People also act dumber when they are trying to be more popular. People act stupid because being smarter than other people because smart isn’t cool. Some also stop being kind to their real friends to fit in with the more popular kids. They try to drive away their closest friends because they are not popular or cool. They do this fit in with

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    Teens are getting plastic or cosmetic surgery to fix flaws, and this is adding to the number of teens with BDD. Jane Martinson wrote in Cosmetic Surgery and Teenagers- a Disaster waiting to Happen “In 2008 more than 300,000 women and teenagers underwent surgery to have their breasts enlarged.” (Martinson 2). This quote provides us with details of how many women and teens get surgery to make their breasts bigger. This shows that they find small breasts, as a flaw, and unattractive to men. Body Dysmorphic

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    the help of the mass media, a number of computer edited images are presented to the public, and these images are often promoted as “beautiful.” Many people seek to alter their appearances through surgeries, and some even become obsessed with the thought of beauty that they go through numerous surgeries in attempt to achieve the “perfect look.” These obsessive thoughts with regards to beauty can be explained through the interactionist perspective, in which shared meanings are established through the

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    Cosmetic Surgery Alexis Thomas AHS 128 – Health Sciences Intro Professor Sloan Midlands Technical College - Airport COSMETIC SURGERY 2 Abstract Over recent years, there has been a rising trend in the demand for cosmetic surgeries. These procedures are typically carried out to change, improve, or enhance ones appearance. Cosmetic surgery, also called plastic surgery dates back

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    also artificial beauty is mutating the standard prescript and the view of beauty. Elective plastic surgery is becoming an acceptable solution for anyone who would like to improve the appearance. The statistics in Medical News Today showed that “approximately 65,000 surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in 2008 in the UK - 50% more than 2003.” Additionally, the official statistics of cosmetic surgery in the U.S. was far more popular. In 2007, there were a total of 1,435,444 of surgical cosmetic

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    world, South Korea is also a country widely known for its excessive execution of plastic surgery procedures. According to Zara Stone, based on data from a 2010 Survey by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, she addresses that one out of every five women of all age groups in South Korea undergoes some sort of surgery procedure, making South Korea the leading country of plastic surgery (2). Plastic surgery is popular among many women in South Korea today because of one reason, to escape

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    Silvia Arredondo Mrs. Kehrmeyer Cont Comp 14 April 2016 Plastic Surgery Can be Addictive if Done to Exces People today hesitate to go to the doctor for health reasons or due to cost, or to find out they have a disease, but they will not think twice about going to a doctor to get a flaw fixed. How much cosmetic surgery is too much? Is the rate of cosmetic surgery rising? Should cosmetic surgery be promoted? Plastic cosmetic surgery can be a last resort to fix a feature that is lacking when

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    Question One The merging between two competing companies often results in increase in their market power. Although the merging of two top competitors and the giants in the market can raise suspicious activities, this isn’t the case in our scenario. The merging has being to the advantage of the customer who is always the top priority in the market industry. Although the merging has significantly boosted the quality of the package provided to the customer to produce a more robust package, the price

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