Women's Views on Cosmetic Surgery | Asian American Poll

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(Updated Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 06:39:10 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Assuming you are an Asian American woman, what is your attitude toward cosmetic surgery?
I would never consider undergoing it. | 42%
I might consider it in the future. | 27%
I am considering it. | 21%
I have had it performed. | 10%

Assuming you are an Asian woman willing to consider cosmetic surgery, which of the following procedures would you be most likely to consider?
Hip/thigh reduction | 4%
Breast augmentation | 33%
Reshaping the nose | 18%
Thinning the eyelids | 17%
Facelift | 8%
Removing skin irregularities | 20%

What is your attitude toward people who have had cosmetic surgery?
I have no particular feeling toward them. | 45%
I scorn them for being so vain and/or insecure. | 24%
I pity them for having the need to undergo it. | 23%
I envy them for being able to afford it. | 8%

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Chicky Poo, that was great advice but for me I never want to erase my asian ethnicity. I love being asian. Most if not all my friends are asian and my husband is asian too. I don't think just doing the eyelid surgery could camoflage myself from looking asian. I do not want to look white at all. I have been putting on eyeliner since i was 13 and now i'm 24 almost. I am so use to seeing myself with eyeliner that i am not comfortable without it anymore. I would rather do the surgery and not have to worry about putting any eyeliner on anymore unless i really wanted to.
Alot of people do plastic surgery these days. White people do too, get eyelid surgery, that's the second most popular plastic surgery called blepharoplasty. Look it up on the net and see how many people especially white people do it to enhance their eyes...why can't asians enhance theirs too? Why is it automatically assumed to be a want to be white thing?
Well, I appreciate your comments Chicky Poo because i'm sure there are alot of asians out there who are not happy with the way look and have an identity problem and do not like being asian. I'm sure your comments helped.
Sog, thanks for your tips, I'm glad it worked for you. I'm gonna check out the website you left in your post after i write this. Unfortunately, I am going to my consultation this July 16th. Within 2 weeks after that will be my eyelid surgery date. I will keep you all posted of my results.
Strawberry Monday, May 13, 2002 at 22:08:57 (PDT)

I've had my breast done about 2 years ago, it cost me about $6,000, all for the doctor's fee, saline implant, and other fees. It cost so much, before I had my breast done, I really really wanted to have big breast through implant, I saw alot of picture of women who have implant, and they look pretty good, but oh my goodness, after I had my boobs done, it was a nightmare more me, my boobs was too round and uneven, it looks just like two melons, so horrible, it was too hard, and I don't have feeling through my breast anymore and it just stay stiff when I lay down, my long time boyfriend, advises me against doing it in the first place, but of course I didn't listen to him cause I wanted big boobs so much, well, he told me that he liked my naturall breast before better, because to him it feel softer and at least I could get some sensational when being touch. And to make matters worse, one of the implant in my breast, it leaks, and it was so horrible , I went back to the same doctor, I wanted to get my money back plus remove the implant, but he didn't return my money, so I went to another doctor to get my implant remove, and that too cost alot of money, gosh, it was a nightmare more me having to go through that, going through that is not worth it at all to get bigger breasts. Well, that is my story, who knows they're other women out there who have success with it, but for me unfortunately it didn't, and even if it did until now, what about the future, I will never get my breast done again, I don't want to waste any more money and being afraid of something will happen to my breast or the implant later on in life.
Terrified_Woman Monday, May 13, 2002 at 00:43:27 (PDT)

AZN girl listen,

i got great news for you. I used to feel just like you. I hate to admit it but its true. I got awesome results permanant, WITHOUT EYE SURGERY, and ITS FREEEEEEE. I prayed and prayed and prayed, finally god answered my prayers.

Listen you dont need it at all. Just look up eye exercises. Yep eye exercises. It works. I'll tell you a few.

These exercsies take 1 yr to DRAMATRICALLY CHANGE. I cant tell you how awesome it is. It has better results than surgery, it's natural and FREE. and permanant.

1. place your palm against your upper eye and try to shut your eyes. Hold fro 5 min. the more you do it, faster results. Be obssessed about your eyes. Do it every spare minute. You will see dramatic results very soon. I promise. The more you work them the faster they lift NATURALLY.

2. another exercise, this is weird ok, but press your forhead backwards and raise your eyebrows, this lifts the muscles of the head and also lifts your eyes.

3. http://www.flexeffect.com/feedback.htm
this website is the key. learn it, read it, master it, and results will follow. LIke i said before you dont need to buy the book just read the feedback, however the book is worth the investment.
look on the internet about facial exercises. you can pay if you want, dont buy gadets because they are useless. ok, just learn the techniques, you dont have to pay a cent you can glean the exercises off. Like i said before, be obessesed about it, you will see results and also pray pray pray, it defniatley helps.
I found this out because i was depressed for 2 yrs and always obessed with my eyelids and because i always played with them, i started noticing small results, then i figured it out!!!! thank god. i want to help you too.

SOG Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 21:24:31 (PDT)

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