Use and misuse of cosmetic surgery

Critical Interpretation of Culture
Annice Lappin and Larissa Boyhan
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This presentation examines the use of cosmetic
surgery and critically examines and evaluates the
cultural influences behind this.

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Cosmetic surgery is concerned with the
correction, restoration or enhancement of
the body. It has a history dating back to the
6th century in India.

Which of the following would you agree is cosmetic surgery
using the above definition.

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Movie of Heide from popular sitcom ‘The City’
reflecting on her plastic surgery.

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Use of
Cosmetic
Surgery

Misuse of
Cosmetic
Surgery

•Aesthetic
reasons.

•Aesthetic
reasons.

•Reconstructive •Body
reasons.
dysphoria
disorder
•Gender
dysphoria.
•Unattainable
body image
•Industry –
consumerism

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Healthy Effects
of Cosmetic

Surgery

Unhealthy effects
of misuse of
Cosmetic Surgery

•Increased self
esteem

•Debt

•Being able to
contribute
positively to
society.

•Major risks of
surgery
•Surgeons
operating out of
desire for money.

•Being able to live a
normal life
•restrictive models
of femininity.
•Empowering to
improve conditions
of life eg get a job

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A good plastic surgeon walks a fine line between the Hippocratic ideal of “doing no harm” and
giving the patient what he or she asks for. Obviously, the surgeon should put the health and safety
of the patient first in deciding whether or not to accommodate a patient’s request for a particular
procedure. Ethics dictate that he or she would not perform any procedure with the written consent
of the patient. Nor would the surgeon perform surgery on a minor without the consent of his or her
legal guardian(s).

Ethical Gray Areas
 the ideal of full disclosure to patients regarding the scope of the surgeon’s
experience with a new technique or piece of surgical equipment.
 The issues of ethics become even more complex where mental and
emotional state of the patient is concerned.
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How does the surgeon determine when “enough is enough”, in the case of
a person who displays signs of plastic surgery addiction?
A Judgment Call
 Ultimately, it is up to each surgeon to call upon his or her experience,
training, and judgment to make the decision.

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appearance-oriented ideology

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patriarchal ideology

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promises of power, pleasure, and freedom

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Body consumption.

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beauty ideal -unrealistic conceptions of beauty

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desire for self-improvement.

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Consumerism

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conforming to an acceptable standard of appearance

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Gain

lose

•People with disfigurements

•Females

•Females.

•Racial minority groups

•Western Culture.
•Doctors
•Fashion industry
•Cosmetic Product Industry

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Media - (TV, film, magazines, internet)

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The business of Cosmetic surgery

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Fashion industry

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Stockholders

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Positive
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Equality of opportunity for all eg Moira Kelly’s
work
Quality of life.

Negative
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Societies acceptance of women being judged by
their appearance more than men – inequality and
oppression.
Imperialism of a Culture to the detriment of
another e.g Asian American and Korean

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When aesthetic plastic surgery remains where it
commenced, in the realm of the medical system
where it was intended to seriously benefit
patients it is a positive contribution to society.

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But when cosmetic surgery crosses entirely into
the commercial world reinforcing naturally
unachievable stereotypes of beauty and its
immediate focus is on benefiting the business it
can have a negative impact on the social
construct of identity and feminism.
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When cosmetic surgery is used address social justice issues such
as to enhance the lives of the disadvantaged or marginalised

such as the work with Moira Kelly or with the work of Fred Hollows
foundation with the Indigenous communities of Australia then it is
having a positive impact on society.
Cosmetic surgery has a positive impact on the lives of people
when used in a responsible manner such as reconstruction after
trauma or due to disfigurements, as it can enable the recipients to
live a better quality of life.
When cosmetic surgery is marketed to society as a normal way to
achieve the unrealistic body images portrayed in the media it
becomes a manipulative and exploitive force that impacts on the
identity formation of some members of society.

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