CHINA: New faces for the lunar year in China
AFP
SHANGHAI, Jan 21:
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Shanghai’s plastic surgery clinics are fully booked during the Chinese New Year as clients scramble for a new look in the Year of the Monkey, state Press reported today.
Plastic surgery centres such as the Shanghai Shiguang have never been so busy, the Shanghai Youth Daily said, quoting clinic director Xu Beihua.
Shiguang has doubled its business ahead of the holiday, which officially starts tomorrow, scheduling some 40 surgeries per day, with procedures starting early in the morning and ending late at night, Xu said.
During the Lunar New Year people from various parts of the country such as eastern provinces of Shandong and Zhejiang and the southern province of Guangdong stream into Shanghai to brave the surgeon's knife, the report said.
"Most characteristic during this time of year are the big types of operations," Xu said.
"People used to come for nose jobs and a procedure to make the eyes bigger, but now many come for surgeries to realign the forehead, the cheekbones and the chin," Xu said.
These bigger procedures now account for 20 per cent of the operations, Xu said, adding that many people want surgery because they believe it will guarantee professional success.
The newspaper cited the case of one Chinese man who had scheduled surgery during the Lunar holidays before heading overseas to his newlyappointed managerial position. — AFP
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