Should Cosmetic Surgery Be Abanned

Should Cosmetic Surgery Be Abanned

  • Submitted By: yanzeng
  • Date Submitted: 12/18/2010 1:26 AM
  • Category: Psychology
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The number of cosmetic surgeries have increased, according to the Washington Post, by 440% compared to the number in 1997. The side effects and black market society has increased as well.

Today, I brought up a question-should cosmetic surgery be allowed or not? My motion is to restrict cosmetic surgery through the Korean Medical Association(KMA), making qualifications to get plastic surgery harder and limiting outside or private institutes.

I define cosmetic surgery as an operation performed in the beauty industry, not including reconstructive surgery.

These days many people are exposed to the black market. A normal student, like teenager, can go to any place, and go to a clinic to get liposuction or surgery and buy clothes to fit my new shape all in the same area. This unlimited freedom of surgery needs a solution. I propose a policy that restricts the black market's activities.

In this round, I will talk about the needs and I will talk about the benefits in round 2.

I have 2 points to talk about.
First, costmetic surgery is a harmful influence on people
Second, unlimited surgery causes the increase in black marketing.

Costmetic surgery is a harmful influence on people. As time changes so do the standards of beauty. People follow the trends whenever they change. People ask surgeons to make them look like the latest famous star. Doing this ignores the natural beauty and diversity that our culture is made of. For example,a notable chacteristic of a native Korean citizen is to have small eyes of small nose and wanting them to be bigger. Therefore, Koreans should not be ashamed of our appearance and shouldn't tamper with it.

Having unlimited surgery increases the activity of the black market. Lots of money goes into the cosmetic surgery market. Rich people can afford it, but poor people can't. So many unqualified surgeons do the surgery for cheap. This increase of surgeons has jumped up about 300% since 1999.

Therefore, Cosmetic surgery...

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