PLASTIC SURGERY is not universally admired, and following the 14.6 million of them that took place last year, says the Utne Reader, a backlash has set in. Breast augmentations, nose jobs and liposuction are the surgeries in the lead, followed by eyelid surgeries, face lifts, and tummy tucks. Halle Berry calls this proliferation “really insane, and I feel sad that’s what society is doing to women” and a trio of stars—Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Rachel Weisz—have formed what they have dubbed the British Anti-Plastic Surgery League. “I feel like we’ve reached a tipping point and women are waking up,” says sixtyish model Cindy Joseph. “It’s exciting to see how many women are beginning to see themselves proudly”. In France, of all places, the movement seems to be even further ahead. “French women see aging as a stage of life, and wrinkles come with it and are an expression of who we are” proclaims Mireille Guiliano, whose book French Women Don’t Get Facelifts was just published [Her last book was the best-selling French Women Don’t Get Fat]. “We like a natural look” she says, “and think it’s disconcerting to see a stretched face without any expression of life”.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 07:08:43 +0000
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