I have a confession to make: I’ve caught “Lift” fever.
“Lift” as in an eye lift, face lift, chin lift, jaw line lift, etc.
When and where did it begin? Believe it or not, it began recently with the young Asian women who are in my closest circle of friends and colleagues. So far, it’s all talk–about the trend sweeping across China.
Cosmetic surgery among Asian women or anyone at any age is nothing new, of course. But when it re-surfaced as a hot topic among girlfriends, it grabbed my attention in a whole new way.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they’ve all done that laundry list of “lifts,” and now I want to follow suit. Quite the contrary, I have simply become fascinated by the widespread casual and conformist attitude that young Chinese women have towards cosmetic surgery.
“Many Chinese women in big cities now flock to South Korea to get the job done. It’s common, not just for celebrities, but for everyday folks.” Bu, my Chinese friend, told me.
“Do you want to get a lift?” I asked her.
“Umm….” Bu hesitated. “Probably not. But many Chinese women want to change their eyelids, or their noses. Cosmetic surgery used to be a taboo topic, but now it’s no big deal!” she exclaimed.
It’s no big deal, it’s common, it’s out in the open. But does it make it desirable? Is it for everyone just because almost everyone is doing it? There’s nothing inherently wrong about any of these procedures, except when it’s done out of a conformist attitude or without regard for potential side effects.
Perhaps I am old-school; perhaps I’ll arrive at a stage soon when it becomes necessary for me to get a “lift” too. But I want to do so after carefully weighing benefits versus costs, considering suitability or desirability for me as a person, and not because I feel I need to yield to a popular trend or mass culture.
It’s often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and let’s not forget–it’s also more than skin deep.
我招了：其实我也被这所谓的“拉提”风给感染了。
眼部拉提，拉皮，下巴拉提，电波拉皮等等。。。
这到底在那里，是什么时候，开始的呢？其实这话题是我最近跟一群亚裔女性朋友聊开地。我们暂时未有任何行动——只是在讨论最近风靡全中国的整形风。
整容手术已经不是什么新鲜事了但因为我的朋友门都开始讨论这话题所以我对此开始感到一种前所未有的兴趣。
可别误解我哦。我并不是说我那些朋友都去“拉”过而现在我也想去做。恰恰相反，我只是对这个现象感到好奇。中国现在整容颇为普遍而且女性门好像都默默的顺应这个整容潮流。
我中国的一位朋友跟我说，“现在很多中国城市女性都特地飞去韩国整容。这已经不是明星的专属了。大家都在做了”
我问她，“那你会不会去拉一下整一下呢？”
她迟疑了一下。“扼。。。因该是不会。但现在很多中国女性都想去做双眼皮垫鼻子。以前大家是比较忌讳整容这话题但现在已经没什么大不了！”
整容是很普遍也没什么大不了。大家现在也都知道这是什么一回事了。但即便是如此，也不能代表整容是大家都该追求的。是不是很多人都整所以所有人都要开始整了呢？整容本生并没有什么不对。只是如果大家做时没有慎重考虑过后果，只是顺着潮流，那么可能就会有一些问题了。
我可能有点古板；说不定有一天我也会觉得要“拉”一下了。但到时我也是会经过慎重的考虑才去做的。我会好好地衡量一切利弊，到底合不合适我个人。肯定不会因为顺应一种潮流而去做的。
常言道情人眼里出西施。但可别忘了美也是由心而发的。