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beauty 

Becoming the newfeminine ideal

requires just theright comBination of

insecurity, exercise,Bulimia and surgery.

G B Trudeau

ScalpelTo The ReScue

Body BattlesBy Sindhu nair

Gboey Sbe, te Precious 

st, ’t wlk off wt

sttette t te Oscs bt te

gt ws clely w fo e.

Se looke t o te e

cpet epote ppzz. it

ws wt gce tt Sbe stoo p to t – te pes-

se to cofom hollywoo. it otg to o

wt wt se woe o ow se looke; t ll to

do with how condent and comfortable she was be-

g ‘eself’.

i ecet tevew, se eve wet o to sy, “i

lee to love myself, becse i sleep wt myself

evey gt i wke p wt myself evey mog,

f i o’t lke myself, tee’s o eso to eve

lve te lfe.”

To hear this condent young girl assert her ‘self

love’ s efesg. afte ll, t’s ow cosee

oml to go e te sclpel to tp ose, tck

tmmy, boost te boobs, o pefect te pot.

Medical intervention for low

self-esteeM?

Jst tk of te my tmes yo ve looke ct-

clly to te mo? hel yo bet s yo tck

yo tmmy? Fowe t t e ook ose o pckee

fce? Te qckly pesse wy te fow les.

how my tmes ve yo seosly togt bot

xing all these ‘ailments’?

A growing number of women who are dissatised

with their bodies take extreme measures in an at-tempt to cge temselves. a ow, me e ot

syg wy fom sgcl pocees ete.

Oe sty fo tt 63 pecet of femle ptc-

pants identied weight as the key factor in determin-

g ow tey felt bot temselves – moe mpott

t fmly, scool, o cee. Ote esec sg-

gests that 86 percent of all women are dissatised

wt te boes wt to lose wegt. Wome

olescet gls eg sze, mc lke wegt,

as a denitive element of their identity. Some girls

ssme tee s sometg wog wt te boes

when they cannot t consistently into some ‘stan-

’ sze.

a te ele stgms gst vg cosmetc

pocees ppe to be msg ove tme. ac-

cog to svey by te amec Socety fo aes-

tetc Plstc Sgey (aSPS), te mbe of cosmetc

pocees s sge 147 pecet sce 1997, we

te ogsto beg tckg t. amecs

spet lmost $10.5 bllo o cosmetc pocees

2009, te ogsto sys wle Btos spet

ove 900 mllo pos o ejvetg tetmets,

te sme ye.

accog to ew aSPS epots, amec me

ely 1.2 mllo cosmetc sgcl osg-

cl pocees 2004, wc s 10 pecet of te

11.9 mllo cosmetc pocees pefome 2003

and the gures keep increasing. Liposuction, eyelid

sgey, oplsty, mle best ecto,

transplants were the top ve surgical cosmetic pro -

cees fo me.

Bt tee e some epots tt lso sy tt

te peo 2007-2008, tee ws ove 12 pecetecese te totl mbe of cosmetc poce-

es. Sgcl pocees ecese by 15 pecet,

osgcl pocees ecese by lmost 12

pecet.

So though the gures are still high, a lull is seen in

te plstc sgey mket.

Qatar scenario

Tog tese pocesses of ltetos ve bee go-

ing on for a while in Doha, there are no ofcial sta-

tstcs vlble. Bt ccog to svey oe by

pvte sttstcs compy te pecetge of tose

wo ve oe sc sgees s 25 pecet of te

total population – including expats and nationals.

Silkor Laser Medical Centre, Executive Director,

Lara Tarakjan, who shares this information, says that

in this era, women are expected to be attractive.

“Tey sol ot keep y btmks tt mgt

ffect te ote ppece. Beses, plstc s-

gey s become vey commo e to te ffoble

pces s well s te g-tec eqpmet se. a

t s e to ts poplty tt we bogt te sevces

to our Middle Eastern clients,” she says.

Dr Ahmed Seif Makki, Consultant Plastic Surgeon,

who was earlier with HMC and is now managing the

Plstc Sgcete, sys te pocees e jst s

popl wt me. “10 yes go oly bot 10 pe-

cet of o cstomes wee me bt ow o 35

to 60 pecet of cstomes e me.”

Te me te teet ve plye mpo-

tt ole mketg ts bety tool to te wole

wol, e beleves.

“Wome come ee to lte te cges te

boy egoes s eslt of cl bt. Te most

commo pocees oe ee e tmmy tck lposcto. Best sgey s ote commo po-

cee. amog me, te most commo pocees

oe e lposcto, fom te bome o eve fom

te best, lse emovls, fom te bck, fce

etc.”

Tog lge pecetge of te cletele s Qt,

Western clientele is also on the rise says Dr Makki.

“Tey fom goo 40 pecet of te totl. Te eso

fo ts wol be goo sevce esoble pcg

of the procedures here when compared to Europe or

ote cotes.”

risks and reasons

A jury in the New York Supreme Court is hearing a

cse gst te sgeo wo llegely left p-

tet wt te ppece of fo bests fte

enhancement operation that went wrong. Mother-

of-two Maria Alaimo wanted a pair of 36C cups for

e 40t bty bt ee p wt ‘oble-bbble’efomtes.

So wt o te locl octos ve to sy bot

tese complctos.

“Jst lke y ote sgcl pocee, complc-

tos e possble. de to te stte-of-t-tecol-

oges se t o mecl cetes te gly

professional and well experienced surgeons the

complications are extremely rare,” maintains Lara

fom Slko.

As Dr Makki makes clear, “Cosmetic surgery

“10 years agoonly about 10percent of ourcustomers weremen but nowaround 35 to 60percent of cus-tomers are men.”

Dr Ahmed Seif Makki

body ImageMen are happy with what they see

all esec to te o boy mge sows tt

wome e mc moe ctcl of te ppe-

ce t me – mc less lkely to me

wt tey see te mo. up to 8 ot of 10

women will be dissatised with their reection,

moe t lf my see stote mge.

Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be

ete plese wt wt tey see o e f-

feet. resec sows tt me geelly ve

mc moe postve boy-mge t wome

– f ytg, tey my te to ove-estmte

te ttctveess. Some me lookg te

mirror may literally not see the aws in their ap -

pece.

Wy e wome so mc moe self-ctcl

t me? Becse wome e jge o te

ppece moe t me, sts of

femle bety e cosebly ge moe

inexible.

standards of feMale beauty 

Getting progressively 

unrealistic during the 20th century.

i 1917, te pysclly pefect wom wsbot 5ft 4 tll wege ely 63.5kg.

Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty

qees wege oly 8 pecet less t te

vege wom, ow tey weg 23 pecetless.

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beauty 

etke ppopte ccmstces s postve

and can be life changing in a highly benecial way.

howeve, f tgs e ot gt te t s lkely to be

t lest stsfctoy , t wost, sstos fo

ll cocee.”

Tee ve bee stces wee yog gls wee

scoge fom egog pocees, e sys.But plastic surgery is not a nal solution.

Te ft tsse tt s bee tke ot c gow

bck, eye bgs c efom. Wle te clock c be

te bck, t oes’t stop tckg...

Mirror, Mirror on the wall

Te coce wt ppece s ot jst be-

tion of the modern culture. Every period of history has

ts ow sts of wt s s ot betfl,

evey cotempoy socety s ts ow stc-

tve cocept of el pyscl ttbtes. i te 19t

Century being beautiful meant wearing a corset –

csg betg gestve poblems. remem-

be Sclet O’h’s 16” wst?

But with technological and scientic advances, the

measures we take now are in the extreme, bordering

o obsesso.

Dr Madhu Padhwa, a local psychiatrist, attributes

this rising trend to both external and internal factors.“External trends are aspects like societal pres-

sures, professional pressures and to a certain extent

te me, te TV, bllbos, mgzes etc wee

we see ‘beautiful people’ all the time, making excep-

tol goo looks seem el, oml ttble,”

se sys.

aote fcto se pots ot s te level of pefec-

tionism we expect in everything. “The standards of

bety e cesgly e to tt, ptclly

fo wome. Te cet me el of tess fowome s cevble fo less t 5 pecet of te

femle poplto.”

“It’s the survival of the ttest; everything we do;

everything we wear; It is to have that extra edge over

otes. Kowgly o kowgly we e costt

competto. Ts s te fo bot me wome.”“i some pofessol setps, lke Pr, te fs-

ion industry etc, women are expected to be attrac-

tve. it s s tegl eqemet s pofessol

qualication. But in other professions like marketing,

t s peceve s e vtge,” se sys.

The internal factors that Dr Madhu is talking about

s te elyg ee ec peso to eve

sense of ‘self’ from external validation. And this in

most cses s ceve by lookg goo.

Bt wt s ts sese of ‘self’? is’t tt pt of

wt we e, wt we ve ceve lfe, o self

wot lso sese o competecy wt-

eve we o.

Dr Madhu feels that for some the sense of ‘self’

is derived from all the above but for others external

vlto s mpott.

steM the need

as pets, we c fse sese of self-wot ocle s ely s possble.

“The earlier the better,” says Dr Madhu, “Reinforce

the child’s condence and inculcate conversation.

Bl sese of ppose tem so tt tey e ot

steee by te me messges tey e bombe

wt.”

“Constant exposure to ‘ideal’ images of female

bety o TV, mgzes bllbos mkes y-

tg sot of pefecto seem boml gly.

it s bee estmte tt yog wome ow see moe mges of otstgly betfl wome

oe y t o motes sw tog te ete

olescece,” se sys.

Focs o te sklls, ote tlets, ot jst

studies and denitely not physical attributes, advices

te octo.

“We have to make sure that their condence is

blt p tog spots, sklls ts. We ee to

ess sese of self tog ote vees.”

The dependence on external factors to feel ‘happy’wt te self s to be esse tog tospec-

to.

“One has to nd true happiness from good friends,

excellent inter-personal relationship, academic

achievement, job, family and your nancial status.”

Two Qatari students from Education City, when

qzze wete tey wol opt fo cosmetc sgey

if they had the resources, were rm in their answers.

Bot vote gst, syg tey wee ppy be-

g temselves ot fke ‘pefect’ eplc oftemselves, fo fte ll, s’t bety ll bot beg

tl...

demystIfyIng botox Botox reduces and prevents further wrinkling

by plysg mscles beet te sk. Bt tlasts only for about three to ve months.

best age: 30 and overa cosltt plstc sgeo sys, “i wol’tgenerally recommend Botox under this age as

te sk s’t wkle eqtely to metcoecto. Tose offeg te tetmet topeople any younger could be exploiting their

ptets’ sectes.” it col lso le to unnecessary loss of facial expression.

LastIng effect 

Lasts for between three and ve months de-peg o te ose vl sestvty.

Americans spent

almost $10.5bnon cosmetic pro-cedures in 2009,while Britons hadspent over 900mnpounds onrejuvenating

treatments thesame year.