KINE 1000 Chapter 6: Gimlin- Cosmetic Surgery Reading
24 Mar 2016
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Health experts estimate that the chance of serious side effects from breast augmentation are between 30 percent and 50 percent (course. Those who have cosmetic surgery are so obsessed with appearance that they risk their lives to be more attractive (course reader). The body has come to be understood and related to as a commodity. The body is a symbol of selfhood, but its relation to its inhabitant is shaped primarily by the individual"s capacity for material consumption (course reader). Those who undergo it will complete one operation only to discover some new flaw (course reader). The author is critical of many of these criticisms. No evidence that cosmetic surgery is in general addictive. The ambitions of those women who undergo plastic surgery often stop far short of attaining ideal beauty . plastic surgery frequently achieves the exact goals intended by those who undergo it (course.
