美麗【酷刑】

W hen you look in the mirror， what do you see？ Do you see the things you like most about yourself？ Probably not. Because， for most of us， our eyes automatically dart straight to those all-familiar flaws， the things we desperately wish we could change about ourselves； that furrowed brow and crows’ feet， or those Samsonite-sized bags under my eyes （my own personal bugaboo）. The thing is—I’m a guy. And the pressure on men to look good is nowhere near the type of pressure women face everyday. Whether it’s advertising or peer pressure or even wellintentioned prodding from a spouse or parent， a woman’s selfimage is under constant attack. And her last line of defense is an operating table！

We’ve got three featured articles for you this month， all dealing with the sensitive subject of plastic surgery. Our first story， Ji Yeo： Dispatches from Cosmetic Surgery’s Frontline， follows a photographer who had two dreams growing up： to attend a prestigious college， and to have a full-body makeover through plastic surgery. Next we find out how Chinese Cosmetic Tourists Reap Regret in South Korea， as women from all walks of life spend their hard earned cash to visit the face-changing capital of the world only to be disappointed， disfigured or worse. And in our third story， as England bombards its female consumers with time sensitive botox ads and Valentines’ Day facelift specials， Eva Wiseman begs the question Is Cosmetic Surgery Now a Normal Part of Modern Life？

My wife often looks in the mirror and says how she wants to cut the sides of her face off to make it more triangular. So what should a devoted husband do in this situation？ Do I agree with her and start pooling money together to pay for a trip to Seoul？ No， I don’t. Instead， I tell her the truth. I say “Honey， I love you just the way you are.”

你照鏡子時(shí)，看到了什么？你看到了最滿意的自己?jiǎn)幔看蟾挪粫?huì)。因?yàn)槲覀兇蠖鄶?shù)人都會(huì)不自覺地盯著自己那再熟悉不過的缺點(diǎn)看，我們極度希望能改變自己——眉頭的皺紋和魚尾紋，或是雙眼下皮箱似的的眼袋（我個(gè)人的難看之處）。但我是個(gè)男人。男人和女人在外貌方面所承受的日常壓力是不一樣的。不管是廣告、同輩壓力還是配偶或父母的善意提點(diǎn)，女人的形象常常受到攻擊。而她最后的防守陣線竟是手術(shù)臺(tái)！

本期主題的三篇文章均討論了當(dāng)下較為敏感的話題——整形。第一篇文章《池茹：來自整容外科前線的報(bào)道》，聽聽一位攝影師的故事：她成長(zhǎng)過程中有兩個(gè)愿望，一個(gè)是考上名牌大學(xué)，另一個(gè)是進(jìn)行全身整形手術(shù)；第二篇《整形噩夢(mèng)：愛美無罪！》，看看一些有著不同生活背景的中國(guó)女性為何在花了大筆辛苦錢，遠(yuǎn)赴世界整容之都后換來的竟是失望、毀容甚至更糟糕的事兒。最后一篇《整形已成現(xiàn)代生活的一部分？！》，作者伊娃·懷斯曼看到英國(guó)的女性消費(fèi)者被限時(shí)優(yōu)惠的肉毒桿菌廣告和情人節(jié)拉皮特惠推銷連番轟炸后，她不禁提出這樣的疑問。

我妻子常常邊照鏡子邊說想把臉的兩側(cè)削去，這樣就有一張瓜子臉了。作為一個(gè)深愛著妻子的丈夫，在這種情況下，我該如何是好？我要同意她的想法，然后給她一大筆錢去首爾？不，我才不會(huì)這樣做。我會(huì)告訴她事實(shí)。我會(huì)說：“親愛的，我就喜歡你現(xiàn)在的樣子。”