A new Vatican document expresses a negative view of elective plastic surgery for women, warning that procedures such as face lifts and tummy tucks can become a form of “aggression” that threatens female identity.
Surgical alterations in appearance, the document says, can “amputate the expressive possibilities of the human face, which are so connected to empathic abilities,” and “can be aggressive toward the feminine identity, showing a refusal of the body.”
The text suggests that elective plastic surgery may reflect the stress many women feel about their bodies, which sometimes result in “pathologies” such as eating disorders, depression, and dysmorphic disorders.
Americans are among the biggest fans of this form of aggression;
More Than 12 Billion Dollars Spent on Surgical and Nonsurgical Procedures in 2013
NEW YORK, NY (March 20, 2014) – The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) today released its complete 17th annual multi-specialty statistical data indicating a 12% overall increase in cosmetic proceduresperformed in the United States in 2013. More than 11 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed by board-certified plastic surgeons, dermatologists and otolaryngologists in the United States, totaling more than 12 billion dollars for the first time since the Great Recession began in 2008. Of that total, more than 7 billion was spent on surgical procedures and more than 5 billion was spent on nonsurgical procedures.
This year, liposuction replaced breast augmentation as the most frequently performed surgical procedure with a 16% increase and more than one billion was spent on the procedure nationwide.
The top five surgical procedures were:
- Liposuction (363,912 procedures, up 16.3%)
- Breast augmentation (313,327 procedures, down 5.2%)
- Eyelid surgery (161,389 procedures, up 5.4%)
- Tummy tuck (160,077 procedures, up 2.3%)
- Nose surgery (147,966 procedures, up 2.9%)
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