African American Cosmetic Surgery
In our times wherever we look we see beautiful models with perfect skin and body. It is only natural to feel a need to become like them and this is the point when we might consider cosmetic or plastic surgery. Many Americans reached this point, among them African-Americans as well.
Not so long ago one didn’t hear much about African-American cosmetic surgery, but times change. Some statistics show that in 2002 there were 375,025 African-American surgery patients. In the next year an increase was visible: 487,887 surgeries were effectuated on Black patients. The increase didn’t stop in the next years, so if at that time an increase of 30 percent was observable, we can only imagine the numbers at this moment.
Today we can say that Black woman have found financial independence, they are making money for their families as well. This gives them the possibility to reward themselves with plastic surgery.For a long period of time cosmetic or plastic surgery was a taboo in African-American families, thanks to the media, the mentality has changed and today many women chose to enhance their natural beauty with certain procedures.
For a long time many people didn’t want to enter the operating room because they were afraid that they might lose their typical features. We also have to note that, while most patients are women, there is an increase in the number of men who are willing to make a change.
Even more, it is said that their number is increasing more rapidly than the number of women, so we can say that men are getting more concerned about their image.
The number of African-American patients isn’t the only thing growing regarding this topic, the number of Black plastic surgeons is increasing as well, but in a lower rate. Although they are relatively few, they still can manage to reach the top of their career. There is Dr. Gregory Antoine, for example, who is the chairman of plastic surgery at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Pollard who is the spokeswoman for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Dr. Julius W. Few who is an assistant professor at North-western University Medical School.
When talking about beauty we must mark that the term may have different meanings among African-American and Caucasian women. Black women find that in order to become beautiful, first of all they have to become more curvaceous.
In the case of mammoplasty, African-American women do not seek very large breasts. Usually Black women are blessed with larger bosoms than the Europeans. That is why they prefer breast lift or breast reduction surgeries over breast enlargement. Although such procedures are often effectuated on Black women, there are very few photos on the internet.
Regarding aging, African-American women age well, they usually don’t have those fine wrinkles, instead they tend to show dark circles around their eyes and many of them have eye bags, so they prefer eyelid surgery. Until not a long time ago rhynoplasty was quite rare regarding African-American cosmetic surgery, but nowadays it is more wanted by women. Even so, they are very careful to keep their African-American identity.
Not so long ago one didn’t hear much about African-American cosmetic surgery, but times change. Some statistics show that in 2002 there were 375,025 African-American surgery patients. In the next year an increase was visible: 487,887 surgeries were effectuated on Black patients. The increase didn’t stop in the next years, so if at that time an increase of 30 percent was observable, we can only imagine the numbers at this moment.
Today we can say that Black woman have found financial independence, they are making money for their families as well. This gives them the possibility to reward themselves with plastic surgery.For a long period of time cosmetic or plastic surgery was a taboo in African-American families, thanks to the media, the mentality has changed and today many women chose to enhance their natural beauty with certain procedures.
For a long time many people didn’t want to enter the operating room because they were afraid that they might lose their typical features. We also have to note that, while most patients are women, there is an increase in the number of men who are willing to make a change.
Even more, it is said that their number is increasing more rapidly than the number of women, so we can say that men are getting more concerned about their image.
The number of African-American patients isn’t the only thing growing regarding this topic, the number of Black plastic surgeons is increasing as well, but in a lower rate. Although they are relatively few, they still can manage to reach the top of their career. There is Dr. Gregory Antoine, for example, who is the chairman of plastic surgery at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Pollard who is the spokeswoman for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Dr. Julius W. Few who is an assistant professor at North-western University Medical School.
When talking about beauty we must mark that the term may have different meanings among African-American and Caucasian women. Black women find that in order to become beautiful, first of all they have to become more curvaceous.
In the case of mammoplasty, African-American women do not seek very large breasts. Usually Black women are blessed with larger bosoms than the Europeans. That is why they prefer breast lift or breast reduction surgeries over breast enlargement. Although such procedures are often effectuated on Black women, there are very few photos on the internet.
Regarding aging, African-American women age well, they usually don’t have those fine wrinkles, instead they tend to show dark circles around their eyes and many of them have eye bags, so they prefer eyelid surgery. Until not a long time ago rhynoplasty was quite rare regarding African-American cosmetic surgery, but nowadays it is more wanted by women. Even so, they are very careful to keep their African-American identity.
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