Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Cosmetic Surgery Among Asian American Females

Asian American females have the highest level of elective surgery to alter facial features (Iijima-Hall, 1995). For example, popular procedures may be to create a double-eyelid or taller nose. Plastic surgery is so mainstream among some Asian females that there are tourism packages that are available. The industry associated with this is known as "medical tourism." A booming economy is associated with altering racial features so that the individual may adopt a more Western look. Kawahara & Fu (2006) have pointed towards the reason being that the racialization of facial features may have something to do with why this may be so. Why do you think this phenomenon may be occurring?