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The Race of Beauty

August 10, 2012 Leave a Comment Written by sola rey

There’s a growing trend for people to alter their ethnic features — from double eyelid surgery, to chin implants, to skin lightening or darkening. In some cases, patients undergoing such ethnic cosmetic surgery say they are doing so to achieve a more ‘western look’. Others say it has nothing to do with trying to look more Caucasian — it’s just about being more beautiful.

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