Comments on: Mochi Survey: Attitudes Toward Asian American Cosmetic Surgery

By: andrew kim

andrew kim — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:01:06 +0000

I think its bias to say that Asians opt for cosmetic surgery because they wanted to look like Western People. Have you notice that when white people have cosmetic surgery, people don’t bother themselves. but if asian people visited cosmetic clinic, issues like “being ashame of own race” arises? is this a good example of reverse racism?

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By: Philippine Lotto Results :

Philippine Lotto Results : — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:57:46 +0000

i think that plastic surgeries are becoming a routine procedure for very rich people :

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By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:35 +0000

I don’t think Asian want bigger eyes and smaller noses because they are the Western standard of beauty. It’s a more general standard of feminine attractiveness. Studies show there are some universal standards, including large eyes, “baby face” features, symmetric faces, and specific waist-hip ratios in men versus women.

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By: Kathy P.

Kathy P. — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:27:21 +0000

A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn’t curve. By where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers. By all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics, and statistics lie.

This quote from Nike’s campaign also holds true for the beauty standards of current Asian American women too.

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By: Xee

Xee — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:13:49 +0000

I don’t think the problem is only with Asians. I think the problem is with all women. No one seems to ever be satisfied with the way they look nowadays. It’s not because Asian women want to completely look Westernized that they undergo cosmetic surgery (although I’m sure that Caucasian is the basis of beauty for some Asian women; I mean, who doesn’t want to look more like Nicole Richie or Lauren Conrad?). They just want to look different than what they usually do, as most women seem to want. Women have a problem about that. We all look in the mirror and feel insecure about something; maybe our thighs are a little too big, our noses a little too small. I’ve met tons of Caucasian and Black women who say they wish they had my almond eyes or even my ridiculously short height. I think that because the option of change is so readily available now, women don’t think twice about whether it’s a necessity or a desire. If the option is available, why not take it? And the fact that societies worldwide have become more open to the idea of cosmetic surgery just leaves women with nothing to stop them.

It’s not such a horrible thing. Cosmetic surgery has helped many people. But the thing that bothers me is: Aren’t we sending the wrong messages to young girls by accepting plastic surgery so casually? Shouldn’t little girls know they’re beautiful regardless of what they look like? If we agree that casual plastic surgery is okay, aren’t we basically telling them that they should just change what they don’t like about themselves when they grow up? And that their outwards appearance is a bigger deal than what’s on the inside? (As cliche as that sounds.) I don’t think we should ban cosmetic surgery or anything; I just think we should be a little more wary of it.

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By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:29:44 +0000

@ tania. I think 70% of Asians get it because they honestly think that big eyes are prettier. When people talk to one another, they look at each other’s eyes. it’s the most noticeable feature on one’s face. why do people put more makeup on their eyes than anything else? that is the facial feature that girls want to look pretty.
i think 20% is because of medical reasons stated above. asian lids tend to droop, which results in the eyelashes getting stuck in our eyes or scratching it. it causes a lot of irritation.
then maybe like 10% get it done for trying to look like another race. I really do not like when people think that Asians who get the surgery just want to look more Caucasian because African Americans have double lids, lots of Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Koreans, -name them all- have natural doubles. So why do people assume that they want to be Caucasian?
Most people who think that they’re trying to be Caucasian are Caucasians themselves.
Because they want to bring Asians down?
Because it makes them look superior?
(I’m not attacking you personally btw. this is entirely in general.

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By: EB

EB — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:17:54 +0000

I agree, I am concerned that the beauty standard is based on Caucasian features. On the other hand, why can’t an Asian girl change her appearance if she wants just like the many Caucasian girl would? I had a Caucasian girl at school say she thought Asians shouldn’t dye there hair because it wasn’t authentic. This from a girl who colors her own hair, go figure. It’s like Europeans determine what’s beautiful, which is the first problem. Second problem, we can’t strive to be that so called beautiful without people saying we aren’t a real enough Asian, or asking why aren’t we confident with ourselves? It’s so easy for others to see it so simply.

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By: Tania

Tania — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:14:58 +0000

Quote: “Others, however, believe that it’s a poor assumption to make. “Of course bigger eyes and pointier noses are more associated with Caucasian attributes because facial features are prevalent with the race. However, I don’t think Asians are trying to look Caucasian by getting these surgical procedures done.”

Though it’s easy to make quick judgments and generalizations about standards of beauty, cosmetic surgery is very much a complicated, personal topic, as there are varying opinions about exactly which plastic surgery procedures are more acceptable than others.”

It’s odd to make a statement like that and not back it up with something. If a more Eurocentric appearance isn’t the reasoning behind getting surgery to change natural features to “Caucasian attributes”, then why IS it being done? I recognize that there were some medical reasons stated, but those are not the majority reasons why these surgeries are being done. What are these other reasons and why is it becoming so common-place and prevalent?

I’m really asking, not making a covert accusation. It was a very interesting article (I’m Black and I think about these types of things a lot), but I’d really like to hear some more follow-up on that statement.

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By: Madelena Sora

Madelena Sora — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:33:43 +0000

One of my best friends is fully Korean. When she first met me, her initial thought regarding my appearance was about my eyes. They were the biggest pair of eyes that she had ever seen on an Asian face; she almost wasn’t sure that I was Asian because of it. When we reached the topic of ethnicity, I told her that I am half-Japanese and she confessed that my large eyes made her doubt that I was even Asian at all. When I told her that I had always wanted more “almond-shaped and Asian-looking eyes” she stared at me in confusion and told me that her Korean friends would do just about anything for larger eyes. Her eyes, by contrast, are much smaller and distinctly Asian-looking. A part of me has always wished for smaller eyes so I could better identify with my Asian ethnicity. This debate over physical appearance and its ethnic connotations has led me to think about the possibility of cosmetic surgery. Due to my friend’s insisting, I have put that possibility to rest. By leaving nature’s work alone, I feel like I’m being true to my multiracial background. I wish that my other Asian friends could find the confidence I eventually found and opt out of cosmetic surgery.

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