A couple of days ago, I came across a clip on a girl in China who is getting plastic surgery to look just like Jessica Alba:
Self-esteem and freakish ex-boyfriend issues aside, I think it’s interesting that this young woman is out to not only fix up her nose or skin, but to assume the likeness of a celebrity icon.
The segment reminds me of a WIRED “Found: Artifacts from the Future” piece that featured branded ears or noses or something- the idea was that in the future, we would be able to not only wear Tiffany’s earrings, but have perfect Tiffany’s ears. That kind of thing.
Do you think that a future of branded cosmetic surgery awaits us? Will we be able to buy whole faces or bodies that look like our favorite idols? Already we’ll buy their perfumes and clothing lines… marketed body parts doesn’t seem that outlandish, even today.
With plastic surgery both on the rise amongst men and women (between 1992 and 2005, annual us cosmetic surgery volume increased 725%) and forecasts predicting significant future growth), I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see branded and mass-marketed options in the future. We’ll see how things turn out soon enough, eh?
Surely everyone changes with time, that is just how everything works. Cosmetic surgery is not an exemption.
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