Live boob job causes controversy in China
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): A live broadcast of breast augmentation surgery in China has sparked some controversy around the country.
The surgery on Wen Liuhuan, a part-time model and freshman at Guangxi University, was done at the Huamei Cosmetic and Surgery Clinic in Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, reports China Daily.
A video of the one-hour operation appeared on the clinic’s website on March 18 showing Wen’s barely blurred breasts.
Wen openly stated that she had reached an agreement with the hospital about the broadcast: “I believe the medical procedure will achieve better results with public supervision.”
But the degree of openness led to questions about the ethics and morality of the approach, in a country where public nudity is still largely taboo.
Clinic director Li Xinsen, speaking on the video, said simply: “The live broadcast was an attempt to give the public a deeper, more rational understanding of plastic surgery.”
However, some lawyers said that the clinic should think more carefully about the broadcast and about what kind of surgery is suitable.
“A video of surgery might be useful for hospitals as a record or for teaching or supervision, but it’s improper to show it on the Internet for people of all ages,” said Yi Shenghua, at Beijing’s Yingke Law Firm. (ANI)
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