Swedish girls' desire for beauty ops spikes
Published: 19 Apr 12 10:50 CET | Print version
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Interest among Swedish women in beauty-enhancing plastic surgery operations has ballooned dramatically in the last two years, especially among those aged 15-29, according to a new survey.
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A survey by market research company Sifo revealed that almost one in five women in Sweden would consider having a beauty operation, an increase by almost 40 percent in two years.
Among women in the age group 15-29, as many as one in three could imagine enhancing their looks through some form of plastic surgery, reports the broadcaster.
According to Bäsén, young people specifically have always worried about the way they look.
“The difference is that now there are all these possibilities to do something about it,” she said to SVT.
The numbers are based on information that the research company has gathered by interviewing 1,000 people for a television programme called Skönhetsbubblan (The Beauty Bubble) which airs on Swedish TV on Thursday night.
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I always thought cosmetic/plastic surgery is for those with hideous face/body disfigurements.
There seems to be an insidious 'body fascism' at work these days - leading to people feeling inferior with how they look
and for u to know there are so many beauties around the world who doesn't even let u see the swedish girls ... if u'd open ur racist eyes.
And for you to know, people have a surgery not because they're not perfect the way they are it's because the satisfaction level and the lack of confidence they have on themselves. and it doesn't need to be swedish , german , american , eritrean , kenyan , thai .... to have a plastic surgery.
anyone can do that . it's just a personality . not a race !!!
put that racist attitude away towards all the things .
Besides the fact that you are a trolling racist pig, the fact is that such procedures are costly and the majority of people who go through such operations have good disposable incomes. Still sound like your refugee profile?
"Swedish aren't beautiful?!" What planet do you live on? I'm going to use the favorite word of The Local commentators and call you a racist!
Otherwise, botox potency is tested on mice. If the right number die, the batch is ready to go. Survivor mice are gassed. Modern version of double-double-toil-and-trouble, eye-of-newt, cauldron-style beauty enhancement. :(
I was fortunate to have grandmothers with hearts of gold, so I generally see age as strength of character and acquired wisdom. I've worked hard for my wrinkles, and I'm keeping them dammit.
People experience beauty in different ways, it is a subjective experience, there are no written rules that says "a beautiful woman is symmetrical" or any other nonsense like that. You said the most beautiful woman you've seen in Sweden was from Burundi, for me it was a woman of Estonian origin. See what I mean?
Gimme a break: Swedish girls are HOT!!
Yes, I noticed that too.
Can you describe what a true ethnic Swede looks like? Haircolor, eyecolor etc..
Humans interpret symmetry as physical beauty, so that a face or body, no matter how narrow/wide the eyes, nose, lips, hips, etc. is interpreted as beautiful when such features are proportional to one another. That's why Jens Lapidus - see upper right advert - looks infinitely better than Mr. Bean. Symmetry signals health. Glowing skin, white teeth, youth, energy, pheromones, etc signal health. And health = reproductive capacity.
I seriously doubt any woman in the world would choose Mr. Bean over Lapidus if the two were presented in photos alone. Mr. Bean, however, might prove the better companion. (I don't know.)
Of course, cultural norms get lopped on top of everything else. But scientists have noted that people equate symmetry and health with beauty. :)
Well thank you for going more in-depth/clarifying what you meant :)
12:47 April 19, 2012 by Spuds MacKenzie
Most "real" Swedish girls are absolutely perfect the way they are. It must be refugees who feel the need for such enhancements.
I find 100% Swedish women to be gorgeous until 28... After that point they brittle into something incredible ugly.... Nothing racist with that...