The article I have chosen for this brief is titled "Woman dies in Thai cosmetic surgery clinic", which was taken from The Independent newspaper on Saturday 25th October 2014. It is about a 24 year old woman who died during having corrective cosmetic surgery on her tailbone in a cosmetic surgery in Thailand, where the doctor undertaking the operation, Dr. Sompob Sansiri, wasn't fully qualified to undertake the operation, and is now facing charges of causing "reckless death".
Since choosing this article to research, I have carried out research into the composition of the article, Google reviews, I also found out that Dr. Sompob Sansiri's SP Clinic website and been removed from the internet following this recent incident. I have also looked through Dr. Sansiri's SP Clinic blogs on blogspot and wordpress, and researched statistics and facts on so called "surgery tourism" on a very useful website called Patients Beyond Borders', where I also found out what certain countries specialise in cosmetic surgery-wise, and on average how much you can save by having surgery abroad rather than in the UK, even when you factor in transport and accommodation costs.
Today I have had a critique session with a group of peers and one of my tutors, where I had to present my research to the group. I got some really interesting feedback from this. One of my peers said that Pippa Middleton initially sparked an increase in the number of women getting bum implants after her appearance at the Royal wedding in her famous slinky dress shown below.
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| Pippa Middleton at the Royal Wedding. |
I could research into how much the actual increase in people getting bum implants was after the Royal wedding.
My tutor also suggested I could research into people getting tattoo's or piercings abroad, as this is a similar kind of thing as cosmetic surgery, only on a smaller scale in some cases, as people travel all over the world to get the best tattoo artist to do their latest tattoo. Or people getting tattoo's or piercings abroad on a whim on holiday, not knowing fully the hygiene of the place they're getting it done, or how qualified the person doing these tattoo's or piercings actually is.
One of my peers also suggested I could research into how people from the UK and other European countries often travel to the US to get specialised medical treatments done, as this treatment may not be offered in the UK due to how expensive the equipment and training of medical professionals is, and how few people it would be beneficial to.
The recent article on a woman getting bum implants, who actually had concrete injected into her bum was also raised, as an example of cosmetic surgery really not being worth your money, and how so called "professionals" in foreign countries can get away with this due to less stringent laws on cosmetic surgery and other medical rules they must abide by.
The group also suggested I could look into how the presentation of the article in The Independent differs to that in the "i" and "The Sun", as all three have the same photograph, but differ vastly in layout, especially in the case of "The Sun", this could be a really interesting thing to analyse.
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| Renee Zellweger before and after surgery. |
Renee Zellweger's plastic surgery was also mentioned, as her face has changed dramatically since her part in Bridget Jones' Diary back in 2001 and the sequel in 2004, and now. The question has been raised as to whether there will be another Bridget Jones film, after the recent release of the new book "Mad about the Boy" as Zellweger looks nothing like her old Bridget Jones character, as shown in the photograph below. This shows how plastic surgery can so vastly change people's appearances, and questions why people do it.
Josie Cunningham was also suggested as a point of research, as she has managed t achieve breast implants under the NHS, research could be done into the morality of this, with the NHS paying for this unnecessary boob job, where the money could be much better spent elsewhere.
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| Jaw surgery in Korea. |
Another peer also told me that Korea is massive in cosmetic surgery, especially with jaw surgery. I could research into the market in Korea, and other Asian countries, as this is where the market seems to be. I was also told about an article of a man
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| Korean man sued wife for ugly baby. |
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| Smile surgery in Korea. |
suing his wife, as their children turned out really ugly, as this is what she looked like before she underwent massive cosmetic surgery on her face, of which the husband wasn't aware of. Korea is also known for it's "smile surgery" which turns a previous downward smile into an upward one.
This has given me a lot to think about in terms of what direction I will conduct my research in, although I think I will research more into facts and statistics of what specific countries are best for, the money people can save, and stories of plastic surgery gone wrong, rather than the more scientific risks of cosmetic surgery and what different kinds of surgery there is available to you, and what each one involves.
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