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27-01-07, 10:27 PM
The Search for Beautiful. Cosmetic Surgery & Skin Bleaching.
Cosmetic surgery is no longer just for white women. Now record numbers of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Hispanics are lining up for a nip here, a tuck there. Are they chasing a Caucasian ideal of beauty? Or are they aiming for racial and ethnic ambiguity?
At left, Tamar Williams, 24, a bank teller, reduced the width of her nose and got a perkier tip. On her results, Williams said “I was always confident. But now I can show off my nose.� At right, Mei-Ling Hester, 43, a hairdresser, had excess fat removed from her eyelids, plus gets regular Botox injections into her forehead. On her naturally sharp nose, Hester said “I just got lucky, because if you look at my sister, she’s got a fl at nose.� (Photos by Tanit Sakakini)
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The Price of Skin Ligthning Creams.
South African woman disfigured by skin bleaching Chemicals. Ochronosis is the name given to skin damaged by skin lightning creams.
Twice a day, Kevin daly follows a bleaching regimen that includes steroid soap, a lightening shampoo, and two hydroquinone creams.
photos: Serene Ford
Fade to White: In May of 2001, veteran Ghanaian boxer Percy Oblitei Commey became the laughing stock of his country. The Ghanaian fighter not only lost his belt in a national super-featherweight bout, but he was also shamed before a championship audience who watched his skin quite literally peel away. As reported in the Ghana News Agency, Oblitei Commey's opponent opened a cut on his right cheek that cornermen just couldn't close. Then his nostrils and his right ear tore open, leaving him bleeding profusely, only to be jeered by the hostile crowd. The reason his skin fell apart? He'd been bleaching it, a popular treatment in Ghana and other West African countries, to trade his dark appearance for a lighter one. Article from the From the Village Voice.
By Anupreeta Das | January 21, 2007
Boston.com News.
For almost a century, the women who have turned to cosmetic surgery to achieve beauty – or some Hollywood-meets-Madison Avenue version of it – were of all ages, shapes, and sizes but almost always of one hue: white. But now, when there seems to be nothing that a few thousand dollars can’t fix, women of color are clamoring in skyrocketing numbers to have their faces and bodies nipped, snipped, lifted, pulled, and tucked. This is a step forward, right? In the land of opportunity, we applaud when barriers break down and more people get to partake in the good life, as it were.
There are many explanations for the new willingness of minorities to go under the knife: their swelling numbers and disposable income, the popularization of cosmetic surgery and its growing acceptance as a normal beauty routine, and its relative affordability. What’s significant are the procedures minorities are choosing. More often than not, they’re electing to surgically narrow the span of their nostrils and perk up their noses or suture their eyelids to create an extra fold. Or they’re sucking out the fat from buttocks and hips that, for their race or ethnicity, are typically plump. It all could lead to one presumption: These women are making themselves look more white – or at least less ethnic. For more on this story, check out the Boston Globe boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/.../the_search_for_beautiful
Black is Beautiful. Just look at the sister below. I can't understand why some Black-Women would want to change and bleach their skins when they have perfect and smooth skin like the sister below.
Side by side comparison. Which woman has the better skin complexion?
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