Posted: Soumis par Wocca (748) le mar, 2005-11-08 16:21. | Sujet: Cosmetic Beauties

When Xiao Huo came back to school after summer vacation, he was surprised to find that the faces of some girls in his class had changed. Their eyes were bigger, faces thinner, and noses appeared less crooked. "I couldn't help asking myself: 'what's the matter?' " says the college student, who is a part time teacher. A tour of some of Beijing's plastic surgery hospitals provides the answer.

"Every day, we receive about two dozen girl students asking for cosmetic surgery, which accounts for about half of all our patients," says Zhang Wei, a nurse with the Department of Plastic Surgery of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital. "Many students come during their summer vacations though summer is not a good time for such surgeries."

The Union hospital is the most prestigious medical institution in China. According to a survey undertaken by China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, more than 40 per cent of those having undergone such surgeries are college students and 30 per cent are high school students

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