Stretch My Legs, Doc

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In the article "Stretch my legs, Doc!" the author writes about a surgery that became very popular among the Chinese people, despite the high cost of the surgery, which is costing more than the average of Chinese people's income in a year. The procedure called leg lengthening surgery, which is done by breaking the bones and stretching the legs in order to add eight cm to the length of a person. Also, he mentions the experiences of many patients who had done this operation. For example, the Chinese young girl who did that operation despite the surgery is very slow and painful which takes at least 18 months to recover, but she was happy and restore their self-confidence and a lot of other patients who were satisfied and advised their colleagues to do that procedure. Also, he mentioned the height of a person is very necessary and required in many jobs in China like in the foreign ministry, air stewardesses and many law schools. Finally, he noted about how the Chinese society was closed, but now became more open to western influences and how the shops and magazines show many of western models and celebrities image of long legged so that affected in young women and men, and they became interesting about this surgery to follow fashion and beauty. For me, this surgery is very useful for many people, especially if that had a …show more content…
Indeed, cosmetic operations turned to a type of serious addiction, especially for people who had always looked for self-improvement and perfection, and they will never feel satisfied with any changes they do because they are looking for perfection and that cannot be achieved. Also, many characters deal with cosmetic surgery as something that cannot live without it. In these cases, should be subject to psychiatric treatment because it is no longer for reform, but turned to the psychological obsession that requires

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