Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture

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201 Index abdominoplasty, 3, 27, 41, 49, 55, 68, 130–131, 133 addiction to cosmetic surgery, 9, 18, 29, 35; as distinct from BDD, 120–121; media as cause of, 65, 111; terms for, 5. See also Body Dysmorphic Disorder; feminism fears of addiction Adler, Alfred, 26, 115 American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 60 American Board of Medical Specialties , 59 American Board of Plastic Surgery, 59 American Medical Association, 63 American Psychiatric Association, 105 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 12, 27–30, 35, 59, 67, 117–18, 148, 150– 153 American Society of Plastic Surgeons , 9, 12, 27, 59–65, 67, 130, 141, 152–153 Ancheta, Rebecca Wepsic, 90–91, 92, 93 autoethnography, 4, 9, 14, 163, 164–180 blepharoplasty, 5, 57, 87, 130, 137, 166 Blum, Virginia, 74–76, 78, 80, 84, 114, 165–167 body lift, 1, 54, 68 Body Dysmorphic Disorder, 2, 6, 10, 19–20, 24, 100, 104–127; as complication to informed consent , 131–142, 143–144; cosmetic surgeons’ reactions to, 12–13, 29, 114–123; and depression , 119, 132, 136–137, 139, 152, 153; DSM definition of, 105–107, 110, 111, 119, 150, 156; and feminist beauty ideals theory, 111; and litigation, 2, 10, 108, 123, 124, 128–157; media as cause, 111, 120, 121; media reporting on, 12–13, 107, 109–114, 125–126, 136, 145, 150–152; prevalence of, 106–107, 117; screening for, 19, 108, 109, 116, 117–121, 145, 151–153; treatment for, 2, 105; usefulness of, to cosmetic surgery industry, 124, 182–183; and vanity, 111, 113; and violence, 108, 112–113. See also addiction to cosmetic surgery, psychiatry Bordo, Susan, 81, 84 Botox, 3, 4, 79, 96, 136, 137, 172, 178 Bouknight, Hayward, 147 breast implants, 1, 21, 42, 45, 46, 78, 136, 171–172 breast lift, 41, 130 Butler, Judith, 93, 159, 163, 176–179 buttocks implants, 3 chemical peel, 41, 57 chin implant, 3, 4, 42, 47, 169. See also skin resurfacing Collini, Susan, 30 Conrad, Peter, 106, 109–110 consumerism, 15, 24, 28, 34, 35, 36, 168 cosmetic surgery: bad candidates for, 5, 32, 35, 66–67, 115–116, 127, 170 (see also BDD); and class, 3, 53–54, 167–168; and conspicuous consumption, 4; good candidates for, 4, 5, 29, 30, 35, 65–66, 92, 127, 170; ethics, 59–61, 185; expansion of, 3, 5, 40, 60–62, 100, 102, 125, 156; health insurance coverage, 54, 85, 90, 166–167; informed consent , 147–149; moral judgments of cosmetic surgery, 17–18, 21, 86–87, 94, 135, 145–147, 175; normalization of, 4, 9, 31; pain, 54–57, 91, 173–174; after pregnancy , 46, 48–49, 50; and race, 11, 17–18, 31–32, 35, 36, 48–49, 115; scars, 57, 69, 71, 130–131, 133, 142; as self-care, 40, 45, 50–53, 54, 66, 68, 115; surgeon’s criticisms of patients, 115–116; after weight loss, 43–45, 54, 68–72 Curnutt, Hugh, 42 Davis, Kathy, 8, 13, 15, 184; cosmetic surgery patients’ agency, 20, 80, 87–88, 92–93; on ethnic cosmetic surgery, 18, 32; history of surgeons’ attitudes toward patients, 115–116, 147; interview research, 8, 13, 15, 51, 84–86, 87, 89–90; moral dilemma, 85, 92, 94, 97–98 Deleuze, Gilles, 24, 28, 34, 36, 37–38, 156, 161 Delicate Self-Harm Syndrome, 76, 144–145 dentistry, cosmetic, 41, 42, 44, 46, 56 Dufresne, Raymond, 107, 126 Ensler, Eve, 13, 77–79, 84, 97, 98 eyebrow lift, 47 Extreme Makeover, 9, 13, 31, 33, 39–72, 86, 89, 184 face lift, 3, 26, 27, 57, 85 Faer, Alyda, 83 fat injections, 130, 137 feminism, 2, 14, 15, 27, 136, 144; and beauty ideals theory, 20,74, 83, 88, 102, 111, 114, 115, 165; and critiques of psychiatry, 37, 114; and fears of addiction, 4, 9, 20, 73, 76–79, 83, 100, 123, 165; and liberal empowerment, 52; structure-agency debate, 7, 9–10, 20–22, 73–99, 127, 183; view of cosmetic surgery as mutilation , 3, 6, 20, 36, 76, 144, 165; view of cosmetic surgery as self-hatred, 20, 22, 36, 75, 79, 80, 88–89, 97, 165 forehead lift, 57 Foucault, Michel, 8, 37–38, 99, 156–157, 183–184; confession, 160; discipline, 23–24, 81; “hermeneutics of the self,” 9, 11, 38, 129, 158–159; techniques of subjectivation, 160–162 Fraser, Suzanne, 35, 40, 96–97, 98, 126, 155, 162 Frost, Liz, 79–80, 90, 93 Gaier, Matthew, 150 Ganny, Charlee...