Abstract
This paper discusses Balsamo's introduction to the plastic surgery industry supported by women and a popular media source reporting that a celebrity woman is less interested in her appearance, both pointing to the foolishness of women in so adhering to external ideas of what beauty is, and to points of self-mutilation. The general point highlighted in this paper, is that one of women's reality being skewed, rather by choice, in accepting and complying with social constructions of beauty, in a day of relative choice.

From the Paper
"Anne Balsamo's chapter on cosmetic surgery in 'Technologies of the Gendered Body' expresses the contrast between Anthropometry as a past measurement of men, and a plastic surgeon's assessment of what is ideal in women's appearance. (1996) Pseudo-science once allowed persons' characters to be assessed in terms of the shape of their skulls, nature of their noses, or the ways in which their eyes were set. In the early 21st century, women consult the plastic surgeon as an expert on what can be done to alter imperfections that the woman would `logically' wish to correct. "

Tags:balsamo, popmedia, femalebeauty