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Sam Dolnick, Plastic Surgeons in City's Enclaves See Beauty Trends Emerge by Culture. New York Times, Feb 19, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/nyregion/19plastic.html?scp=1&sq=cosmetic&st=cse
(buttock lift for Latinas; Korean woman wants jaw lines slimmed; Asian eyelids; face lift for Egyptians; nose jobs for Italians, Jews and Chinese (for different reasons); breast implants for Russians; Italians want to reshape their knees)
Quote: "'The bulk of those [bygone] operations were targeted at assimilation issues,' [professor Victoria] Pitts-Taylor said. * * * Rather than striving to fit in to their new country, [today] many immigrants reshape themselves to their home culture’s trends and tastes.
Note:
(a) buttock lift (belt lipectomy). Mayo Clinic, undated.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/cosmetic-surgery/buttock-lift.html
(b) Lee Hyori
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hyori
(born 1979)
(c) layaway (n; First Known Use 1944): "a purchasing agreement by which a retailer agrees to hold merchandise secured by a deposit until the price is paid in full by the customer"
www.m-w.com
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