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The number of cosmetic operations and treatments has risen by 92% in just two years, and is set to break the '1billion barrier next year.
Yes # There's no relation between people's body image and their interest in cosmetic surgery ' even those without a poor body image express interest in surgical alteration, pointing towards some other trends.
# Our society places a high value on looking young and good and while opportunity abounds looking good has become more important.
No # These people are lying to themselves. People sought plastic surgery because they were addressing some deep-seated psychological issues.
# It is the mass media and the Internet that has changed all this, people look at the trends there and think that they're supposed to look like one of those.
