I've talked a little on this sort of thing before, after seeing an article on which countries have the most plastic surgery. But if we just look at America, which races and immigrant groups have the most plastic surgery, and what kind of procedures are popular with who?
Funnily enough, Irish immigrants are apparently big fans of ear pin-backs to look "more American". Jewish people are big fans of nose jobs and Koreans opt to have their jawlines slimmed, says Irish Central, quoting professor of sociology at Queens College Victoria Pitt-Taylor. Apparently it's mostly about trying to assimilate into American culture - everyone wants to look "more American" (read: more like white Americans, or even more specifically, the white standard of beauty popular in American media).
The numbers aren't as different as you'd expect though. Four percent of American Caucasians went under the knife in 2009, compared to five percent of American Asians and three percent of American Latinos.
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