Plastic Surgery: Good or Evil
American University of Beirut
English 204
Ms. Dorota Fleszer
Fatima Msheik
Research paper
Plastic Surgery: Good or Evil
Date: May-13th-2009
Introduction
God is beautiful and loves beauty. As humans, we are working on adopting this theory whereby plastic surgery is our leader. A large number of people undergo plastic surgery, adopt the latest medical techniques and make their body physically fit and beautiful. The practice of plastic surgeries is affecting our lives in many domains; in particular, psychosocially. For instance, the goal of this research project is to spot light on the pros and cons debate concerning plastic surgeries. Through this paper, I will be presenting the argument through relying mainly on quoting experts and using credible sources. I will be talking about plastic surgery done for ethnical, medical, psychological and human life improvement purposes. I will also go through the religious views toward the practice of plastic surgery and show the medical risks of this practice. Yet, this paper presents interweaving of the psychologist Dr. Nidal Najjar and the medical surgeon Dr. Nabil Kanj. Choosing this topic to argue was not so hard. As a Lebanese, this topic raises my interest. Lebanon has become “Mecca” of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery, being used for both cosmetic and reconstructive purposes, is being opposed by group of people who still believe that such surgery will lead to the dilemma of humanity, or because they are still prejudiced to the idea that what God created should never be altered. However, although of the large group of opponents against plastic surgery, proponents did prove that the latter affects people positively and can serve as solution for various humanity
English 204
Ms. Dorota Fleszer
Fatima Msheik
Research paper
Plastic Surgery: Good or Evil
Date: May-13th-2009
Introduction
God is beautiful and loves beauty. As humans, we are working on adopting this theory whereby plastic surgery is our leader. A large number of people undergo plastic surgery, adopt the latest medical techniques and make their body physically fit and beautiful. The practice of plastic surgeries is affecting our lives in many domains; in particular, psychosocially. For instance, the goal of this research project is to spot light on the pros and cons debate concerning plastic surgeries. Through this paper, I will be presenting the argument through relying mainly on quoting experts and using credible sources. I will be talking about plastic surgery done for ethnical, medical, psychological and human life improvement purposes. I will also go through the religious views toward the practice of plastic surgery and show the medical risks of this practice. Yet, this paper presents interweaving of the psychologist Dr. Nidal Najjar and the medical surgeon Dr. Nabil Kanj. Choosing this topic to argue was not so hard. As a Lebanese, this topic raises my interest. Lebanon has become “Mecca” of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery, being used for both cosmetic and reconstructive purposes, is being opposed by group of people who still believe that such surgery will lead to the dilemma of humanity, or because they are still prejudiced to the idea that what God created should never be altered. However, although of the large group of opponents against plastic surgery, proponents did prove that the latter affects people positively and can serve as solution for various humanity
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