Asian Americans want to look White

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Posted on Apr. 2, 2007, 12:00am - by George Lindemann in Plastic Surgery News
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A survey conducted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reveals that more and more Asian Americans living in the United States are undergoing plastic surgery to look more like a White Caucasian.

It has been a general notion that the pressure to alter one's features and body prevalent in every group and ethnic community in America. However, the minorities like Asians and African-Americans are the ones at the receiving end of such heavy pressures.

Statistics from ASPS show that the number of minorities getting plastic surgery increased dramatically through the years. From 1997 to 2002, the figures quadrupled. And in 2005, Asian-Americans had 437,000 cosmetic surgeries, up by 58 percent from 2004.

It just takes one to open a Vietnamese magazine or newspaper in San Jose or Orange County to see the point. There are tons of ads for cosmetic surgery such as eyebrow tattoos, dimple and split chin fabrications, laser treatments for skin blemishes, facelifts, breast augmentations. And all these come in an easy-to-pay credit plan to make sure everybody gets the chance to get the procedure. Moreover, the online business directory of the Southern California, where the largest Vietnamese population in the United States resides contains at least 50 local listings for cosmetic surgery.

The most famous procedures done on Asian-Americans are nose and eye surgeries, which is obvious. Asians are always told their nose is too small and too short. And getting the Caucasian beauty requires them to alter that very feature. Going under the knife to alter ethnic features seems to be the trend for Asians at present; a dramatic shift from how they held on to their traditions proudly in the past.

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