A Chinese city is set to ban minors from having cosmetic surgery under
draft rules aimed at tackling the country's growing obsession with going under
the knife, an official statement said. The rules for Guangzhou city have been
drawn up as concerns grow about the dangers of plastic surgery in a country
where three million people have operations each year to change their
appearances, according to state media.
If passed by local lawmakers later this year, the law will also require
parents of minors to consent to any cosmetic surgery for medical reasons
performed on their children, according to a statement on the city's official
website. "If approved, the regulation will be the first rule that has
addressed the issue of plastic surgery for under-18s in China," medical
lawyer Zhao Yin told the state-run China Daily newspaper on Wednesday, adding
that she hoped the laws would be rolled out across the country.
The regulations for Guangzhou, which is the capital of Guangdong
province in southern China, would come into force early next year. Chinese
youths are turning to plastic surgery as they become increasingly obsessed with
beauty, experts claim. "Cities nationwide have seen younger and younger
people undergoing plastic surgery in recent years," Yang Jianguang, a law
professor at Sun Yatsen University in Guangzhou told the China Daily. "In
the pursuit of a fashionable or pretty look, these youngsters may make an
ill-thought out decision to undergo a procedure that could harm their
health."
Concern about patient safety heightened with the death of aspiring pop
singer Wang Bei during plastic surgery in 2010. The Ministry of Health in
August urged local health officials to tighten controls. The most popular
treatments include minor adjustments to the face, such as nasal enlargement and
"double-eyelid" surgery, which makes the eyes look bigger or more
"Western". Other procedures include liposuction, nose jobs and breast
enhancement.
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