22 Mar 2013
Desire for Beauty
Four people turn to plastic surgery as the last resort in their search for perfection - their appearances will change, but will their lives?
Beauty Refugee
Twenty-eight of my family members and relatives have been operated at least once by my brother who is a plastic surgeon in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Having grown up as a 'work-in-progress' where the premise, myself, was constantly questioned, as an adult I had to ask my family: could that premise be changed?
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