The days when surgery was for those who were ill or who had been in an accident have long time passed. Surgery and medical technology are no longer simply for those who need it…
Ever since the break of dawn man has pursued perfection. The more knowledge we have obtained and the more we have developed throughout the years, the more we sigh for perfection. Today, it has almost become an obsession to be as perfect as possible. We use contact lenses instead of wearing glasses; we get all kinds of trendy haircuts and many girls wouldn’t dream of leaving the house without make-up on. As a result of this search for perfection plastic surgery has sprung up. Perfectly healthy people choose to undergo surgery and slice their flesh open without any medical reason – they simply want to improve their appearance. Plastic surgery was once a marginal medical procedure indulged in only by the rich whereas today, a British investigation shows, nearly half of the British women say that they would consider plastic surgery. There are even TV-shows where people have plastic surgery and don’t even get to choose for themselves how they want to look; some experts decide what is perfect for them. But it doesn’t stop here. In an article by Johann Hari which was in The Guardian on March 11, 2002, called “I’m having my wings done” the author writes about how bizarre the world of plastic surgery has become. A respected American surgeon, Dr Joe Rosen claims within five years to be able to graft animalistic features on to human beings such as tails and wings. It seems that people do not only want to be “perfect” anymore, they don’t want to resemble the rest. They want to stand out, to be unique. Apparently, it is not adequate for some simply to wear a different kind of jeans or have a different haircut than the rest. Some people would go to extreme lengths just to stand out - for example by grafting a pair of wings on to their back.
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