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1、Zhang5CandyZhangJuniorCompositionandConversationPatriceYangCosmeticSurgeryNowadays,cosmeticsurgeryhasbecomemorepopularformodernpeople.“Cosmeticsurgery”issurgerythatisunnecessaryfromamedicalperspective,butiscarriedouttoreshapenormalstructureofthebodyinordertoimproveappe
2、aranceandself-esteem.Thingslikeskingraftsonburnvictimsorthecorrectingofanabnormalfeatureonthehumanbodywhichcanhelppeoplefeelmorenormalarecalled“plasticsurgery”.Thisessayconsidersonlycosmeticsurgeryanddoesnotaddressplasticsurgeryformedicalreasons.Withthedevelopmentoffas
3、hiontrend,peoplestartedtousecosmeticsurgery,nottolookmerelynormal,buttolookperfect.Theyevenwantedtheirfacesandbodiestolookliketheairbrushedgirls/boysinthemagazines.Today,televisionshowsandnewspapersupplementsaredevotedtocosmeticsurgeryandmakeoverprogrammesadvocateit.Mo
4、reandmorepartsofthebodycanbe“improved”.Oncethepossibilitiesforsurgerywererelativelyrestricted,butnowalmostanythingcanbethesubjectofcosmeticsurgery.Tonamebutafew,accordingtoMedicardFinance,acompanythatcollectsdataoncosmeticprocedures,commonoperationsincludeblepharoplast
5、y(eyelidsurgery),rhinoplasty(nosereshaping),otoplasty(earsurgery),rhytidectomy(facelift),lipectomy/liposuction(removalfatfromthebody),chinandcheckaugmentation,andfinallyandmostcommonly,surgeryforthebreasts:bothmammaplasty(breastenlargement/reduction)andmastoplexy(breas
6、tlift).Zhang5AstudyreportfromChinaDailypointsoutthatcosmeticsurgeryhasgrownby15percentayearsincethefadreallytookoffinChinaaboutfiveyearsago.Moreover,accordingtotheAmericanSocietyofPlasticandReconstructiveSurgeons,morethan219,000cosmeticproceduresweredoneonpatientsaged1
7、8andevenyoungerin2008.Ican’thelpwonderingwhysomanypeopleseekcosmeticsurgeryignoringtheriskswhichcancauseseriousdiseasesandsideeffects.Shouldwechangeourappearancetowhateverwewantbygettingcosmeticsurgery?Somepeopleclaimthatpeoplehavefreedomofexpression.AccordingtotheHuma
8、nRightAct,wehavethefreedomtoexpressourselves.Ifwefeelthatourbodydoesnotreflectwhoweare,thenwehavetherighttochangeit.T