| Survey: 37% of Arab girls would consider plastic surgery |
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| Monday, 21 May 2007 | |
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The survey involved 3,300 Arab women and girls across ten different countries, including Saudi Arabia, a country with a culture that most western women would consider repressive. Surgeons in the region said that they notice a different attitude towards cosmetic surgery between different age groups. "Teenage girls coming in for plastic surgery don't see the procedures as dangerous, as women over 30 tend to view cosmetic surgery," said plastic surgeon Dr. Buthainah Al-Shunnar. "They see it as a simple procedure that is a real option which they are aggressive about." Such is the demand for plastic surgery in the Middle East that there are three thousand plastic surgeons working in Tehran, the capital of Iran. "In some Arab countries, it is becoming a status symbol to wear the nose bandage that follows plastic surgery," Dr. Shunnar said. The survey also found that 63% of Arab women feel pressurised by the perfect images of beauty as portrayed in the media, while 9 out of 10 Arab women felt unhappy with their appearance. |
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