plastic surgery, botox, fillers are no longer limited to the wealthy and famous. thanks to social media, it's now normal and common to cut open our perfectly healthy bodies and inject foreign substances all in the name of beauty.

are we really any different from the victorian ladies who used to powder their faces with poisonous lead based makeup? or the chinese ladies who broke the toes and arches of their feet to achieve a tiny fist shaped dainty foot?