Plastic surgeon redesigns wife

A German plastic surgeon has turned his wife into a sought-after model. Dr. Reza Vossough, whose practice is in Berlin, did a total of eight operations to transform his wife into an F cup model. Opinions of cosmetic surgery however, remain stereotypical.

According to the information provided (but not attributed as a direct quote in the original German BILD article, unless I missed it) , Dr. Vossough married his wife Cany for her potential as a subject. While the Vossoughs seem happy enough, comments from the world about the whole concept have been mixed. The almost totally negative view of cosmetic surgery is apparently the norm. For those who’ve forgotten, the original purpose of cosmetic surgery was to deal with serious injuries on visible parts of the body like war wounds and burns. Cosmetic treatments are actually bona fide medical procedures. Another issue which often gets lost in the rage against cosmetic surgery is that it often has important psychological benefits, including increasing confidence and removing downright unsightly features. Ms. Vossough had silicone implants in several procedures, and apparently she’s not entirely unhappy with the results. (Amounts of 1600 and 600 grams were reported. BILD originally reported 650g then removed the reference. Nice to know people read the news so thoroughly.) Unlike the large number of other people who couldn’t resist commenting. If you check out the Daily Telegraph’s comment section below the article, the reactions are largely predictable negatives, with the odd approval. One comment of Dr. Vossough’s has drawn flak and praise. It depends on how you read it, because the two obvious interpretations are almost diametric opposites:

Dr Voussogh said that for him, a woman has to be a piece of jewellery which a man values.

Some thought it was romantic, others were horrified or “sickened”. I think it’s obvious what he intended, but the natural interpretation of the other possible meaning seems to have been the default response. The fact that most guys don’t refer to their womenfolk as valued may or may not mean something. Some people seem to hate beauty and live on forums. Probably not a coincidence since they apparently have so little of it themselves, internally, that they can’t interpret a statement as anything but a negative. Pretty sad comment on something. Looks like Dr. Vossough has defined the current boundaries of this debate.