The voice of Dixie State College of Utah:” Dixie Sun” published an article “plastic surgery solution for some, access for others”. The author is Alissa Curto. She focused on a specific niche: plastic surgery during college. Since most college students are older than 18 years old and are generally younger than 30 years old she has defined a specific population to look at. More women are attending college than men. This fact may of influence the population sample.
Here is a sample from her articleon plastic surgery during college. The different characters contrast makes excellent reading.
plastic surgery during college
“I would never get plastic surgery myself,” said Jaron Polatis, a sophomore biology major from Rigby Idaho. “You can really tell when other people have it, and it makes them look completely fake. I don’t think it’s necessary unless somebody has gotten in an accident.”
According to the ASAPS statistics, approximately 1.6 million people underwent surgical cosmetic procedures in 2010, about 200,000 more than in 2008 and has increased more than 164 percent since 1997.
“Plastic surgery is freedom of choice and that choice should start at a legal age,” said Cory LeMieux, a junior computer engineering major from Beaver Dam, Ariz. “But I think that everyone should be proud of the natural beauty bestowed upon them.”
Though only 1 percent of young adults 18 and younger get plastic surgery, one student feels as if it’s the perfect age to start.
“Plastic surgery doesn’t change a person’s personality,” said Alexa Terakawa, a St. George Paul Mitchell hair school graduate. “It is perfectly OK [to have plastic surgery], just like men and women color their hair, put on make-up, or tattoo their skin. Eighteen should be the legal age for cosmetic purposes.”
She uses from the American Society of plastic surgery to make several powerful points. She says plastic surgery is growing in popularity. In 2010 20% of the women fewer than 34 years of age had either breast augmentation or liposuction. Also in 2010 there were 200,000 more cosmetic procedures performed in the United States then in 2008. Another interesting fact was that Salt Lake City had more plastic surgeons per population than New York City.
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