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In seven pages this paper examines why people in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly addicted to cosmetic surgery in an overview that includes history, symptoms, treatment, and also discusses body dysmorphic disorder and its implications. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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File: TG15_TGcossurg.rtf
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the ever-growing number of cosmetic surgeries being performed, many twenty-first century women (and men) seek to achieve the Snow Queens goal of being the fairest of all. One patient
who has undergone several Botox and rhinoplasty procedures observes, "When surgery enters your experience, the mirror becomes a kind of blueprint on which you project and plan the future of
your body (Blum, 2003, p. 4). What is the mirror telling such people that encourage them to undergo complex surgical procedures not once but several times? According to
University of Kentucky English professor Virginia L. Blum, author of Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery, who is a frequent cosmetic surgery patient herself, cosmetic surgery patients hope to
find eternal love and perfection "at the end of the surgeons wand" (p. 4). But is too much of a good thing too much of a good thing?
There are addictions to nicotine, drugs, alcohol, and now there are legitimate concerns that cosmetic surgery is rapidly becoming an addiction. A body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is when
a patient is obsessed with an imaginary physical deficit that causes emotional distress (Hunt, Thienhaus & Ellwood, 2008). First described by Italian physician Enrique Morselli back in 1891 as
dysmorphophobia, BDD has been defined as "the fear of having a deformity" (Hunt, Thienhaus, & Ellwood, 2008, p. 217). People who have BDD obsess about many body part defects,
and the degree of worry associated with this mental condition vary according to gender (Hunt, Thienhaus, & Ellwood, 2008). While not uncommon, BDD is frequently misdiagnosed, and cosmetic surgery
cannot treat such a condition effectively (Hunt, Thienhaus, & Ellwood, 2008). If left undiagnosed, BDD can result in permanent mental disability, prolonged periods of depression, and suicide (Hunt, Thienhaus,
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