Bodies

My decision to fix my nose was mine alone. I didn’t feel peer pressure or that I would look awful for the rest of my life without getting it fixed.

Along with technological advances in the field, the last decades have brought about a major shift in attitudes toward plastic surgery.

Along with technological advances in the field, the last decades have brought about a major shift in attitudes toward plastic surgery.

No doubt there are times when cosmetic surgery provides life-changing experiences. But I oppose surgery that promotes homogenized beauty.

No doubt there are times when cosmetic surgery provides life-changing experiences. But I oppose surgery that promotes homogenized beauty.

Unfortunately, all too often the media presents the most obscene in aesthetic plastic surgery.

Unfortunately, all too often the media presents the most obscene in aesthetic plastic surgery.

Since man and woman first saw their face in a pool of water, body image has been an integral, inexorable element within the psyche of humankind.