Surgery to Look "More Western"?

k_amp_s
Fri, 27 May 2011 14:48:08 +0000

While many Asian-Americans who opt for the eye-lid surgery may do so due to what they perceive as getting features which are more “more white” - due to the sterotypical portrayal of Asians in the media, Asians in Asian who opt for the procedure do so not to look “more white” but to look more like Asians who have natural dbl eyelids (btw, blepharoplasty is one of the most popular cosmetic surgical procedures in the US due to white females wanting more of the “doe eyed” look).

This whole notion of Asians in Asia “getting surgery to look more Western” is the typical Western-centric POV of looking at this.

First off, 1/3 of NE Asians have natural dbl eyelids and 2/3 of SE Asians have dbl eyelids.

2nd, the NE Asian dbl eyelid is different from that of the caucasian dbl eyelid and they can vary from having a “hidden” dbl eyelid or partially hidden dbl eyelid, etc.

3rd, Asians who get the procedure usually pick out an Asian celeb whose looks they want to emulate.

4th, different Asian ethnicities go for a diff. look - for instance, many Japanese women who opt for the procedure want to get more of the anime/manga look, whereas in Korea or China, that’s not the case.

5th, NE Asians are known for having high, prominent cheekbones and fuller lips than what are typically found in caucasians; does that mean that white women who get cheekbone implants and inject collagen into their lips want to look “Asian”? Of course not - they want to look like other white women who have those desirable features.

This type of Western-centric POV is similar to the thinking that women in China, Korea and Japan use makeup/foundation which would give their skin a “creamy” complexion do so b/c they want to look “white” - when this has been going on for centuries.