Anne Christian Robertson

Period 3

Annotated Bibliography

(2017). New plastic surgery statistics reveal focus on face and fat. American Society of Plastic
Surgeons.
This article discusses American plastic surgery statistics from 2016. The article begins
with overarching statistics about American plastic surgery, and its immense prevalence in
the country, and then the author goes into the most popular surgeries and their quantities.
This is a helpful source for using specific statistics, and gaining insight as to what beauty
standards are most prevalent.

Brucculieri, J. (2018). Snapchat dysmorphia points to a troubling new trend in plastic surgery.
Huffington Post.

This article discusses the controversy of Snapchat filters as they relate to an increase in
plastic surgery. The author first talks about how the filters present an idealized American,
and then references quotes from different plastic surgeons and psychologists about the
motivating factors of social media to plastic surgery. This article will be helpful as it is
evidence of the influence of social media on plastic surgery increase.

Erikson, W., Billick, S. (2012). Psychiatric issues in cosmetic plastic surgery. Psychiatr Q, 83,
343-352.

This article discusses how self-esteem and motivation comes into play in plastic surgery
procedures. The authors list a variety of studies that show motivation and satisfaction of
patients. The authors also highlight the important factors of a successful pre-operative
assessment. This article will be helpful as it discusses patterns of self esteem.

Gilbert, S. (2009). Children’s bodies, parent’s choice. Hastings Center Report. 14-15.

This article discusses the controversy of underage children receiving plastic surgery
procedures. The article begins by stating how the state of Queensland in Australia has
made it illegal for underage teenagers to undergo plastic surgery. It then discusses
statistics about children under 18 getting plastic surgery, and finally the article discusses
the potential motivating factors for parents to want to have their child get plastic surgery.
This work is useful as it provides statistics and has evidence about the controversy of
underage plastic surgery.

Lieber, M. (2018). Selfies make your nose look 30% bigger, study says. CNN Wire.
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This article discusses the ill effects of selfies on the perception of oneself. In a study
conducted by JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, it was found that by taking a selfie at a
distance of roughly 12 inches, perceived nose size increases by nearly 30%. Since so
many people in the world take selfies, the article warns against using selfies as basis for
plastic surgery. The article then continues to list statistics about the effects of social
media and selfies on plastic surgery. This article will be extremely useful as it depicts
how social media impacts and increases the prevalence of plastic surgery.

Marx, P. (2015). About face: why is South Korea the world’s plastic-surgery capital? The New
Yorker.

This article is an account of South Korean beauty standards and the country’s obsession
with plastic surgery. It first begins by listing statistics about their plastic surgery rates, as
they are the highest in the world (per capita). It then discusses the societal factors that
influence the prevalence of plastic surgery. This article will be extremely useful to
compare other countries and their societal factors to America.

Milothridis, P., et. al. (2016). A systematic review of the factors predicting the interest in
cosmetic plastic surgery. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 49, 3, 397-402.

This article discusses the characteristics of a person in relation to their likelihood in

undergoing a cosmetic procedure. The authors list the characteristics and also discusses
how body dysmorphic disorder and psychopathy influence plastic surgery rates. This
article will be helpful as it focuses a lot of body dysmorphic disorder and other societal
influences that impact a person to undergo surgery.

Pao, M. (2013). Around the world, notions of beauty can be a real beast. NPR.

This article focuses on the differing beauty standards around the world. The author first
discusses how one beauty standard can be completely different in one country than
another, based on their societal values. It then discusses popular beauty products that
differ around the world. This article will be helpful as it discusses the difference in beauty
standards based on society in a plethora of countries that can be used to compare to
American standards.
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Smith, M. (2016). The ugly history of cosmetic surgery. Independent.

This article discusses the long, and often unknown, history of plastic surgery. The author
begins by tracing the origins of plastic surgery to the correction of syphilitic deformities
and racialized ideas about acceptable facial features. The author then continues to discuss
cosmetic surgery through the years, and how society has always pushed to change a
person’s body based on the current beauty standards. This article will be useful in
discussing the history of plastic surgery.

Stein, J. (2015). Nip. tuck. or else. Time. 42-48.

This article discusses the rise of plastic surgery procedures in America. The author first
lists the most popular invasive and noninvasive procedures, and discusses their
normalization. However, the article then discusses how even though surgery is
normalized, it is always monitored by societal expectations. This article will be helpful as
it offers current societal information on plastic surgery in America.