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Hyped beauty takes girls under knife
By Echo Shan (Chinadaily.com.cn/cns)
Updated: 2004-07-07 13:58 Who will benefit
most from China's rampant plastic surgery? Those "duck-turned swans?"
Maybe, for good-looking faces may probably lead to money and success. While, on second thought, the answer would be
runners of plastic surgery trades. The beauty biz hyped by large-scale media
circus has laid them new "golden eggs".
 
Yang Yuan,
(L-R) before and after plastic surgery, has filed a lawsuit against the
Miss Beijing Pageant committee for refusing her competing. [file
photo] | A batch of Chinese young girls, most
average in looking, leave far behind them
traditional respect for the born
body given by parents and swarm to plastic surgeons
for a polished face.
Hao Lulu, (L-R)
before and after the plastic surgery, is crowned by the media as China's
first artificial beauty. [file photo] | Seasoned
businessmen, no wonder, grasp the opportunity by offering free services to
selected beauty freaks, as, with no exception, are covered from the very
beginning to the end by mass media. Then naturally, as changed
faces glitter before people's eyes, a large group of potential plastic
surgery customers are fostered.
Zhang Wei,
Shenzhen's first artificial beauty, waits to answer media questions after
a facelift. [file photo] | From
the widespread story of Beijing girl Hao Lulu, crowned as China's
first artificial beauty, to the heroine Yang Yuan, a recent entertainment page
hit, who filed a lawsuit against the Miss Beijing Pageant committee for
being barred from the contest as a man-made beauty, the idea of plastic surgery
creeps into average people's minds gradually.
A survey shows that money spent on beauty products and services by urban
well-offs is on the rise sharply. They more turn to themselves and spiritual
enjoyment than material comforts before. It's reported that the beauty service
has become the 4th consumption hotspot following housing, auto, and travel.
While people tend to be more and more tolerant to plastic surgeries, medical
experts continuously warn of the existing risks involved, saying it the last
resort for people.
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