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Since 2019, 18-34 year olds consume more cosmetic procedures than 50-60 year olds. What are the reasons that push the youngest towards cosmetic surgery? This is the subject of Talk franceinfo. Every evening from 6 p.m., Manon Mella and his guests debate with Internet users on the franceinfo Twitch channel.
Injections and cosmetic operations no longer appeal only to adults. On the contrary, since 2019, 18-34 year olds consume more aesthetic procedures than 50-60 year olds. Liposuction, rhinoplasty or breast augmentation, people under 35 are now the first to resort to the scalpel. However, sometimes offered by charlatans, these interventions can be very risky.
Manon Mella receives in the Franceinfo Talk Elsa Mari And Ariane Rioujournalist at Le Parisien and authors of the investigative book Scalpel Generationpublished by JC Lattès (February 2023).
Behind clinic doors
On February 2, 2019, Le Parisien headlined the front page of the newspaper “Cosmetic surgery: the young peril”. Since then, between December 2021 and August 2022, Elsa Mari and Ariane Riou have pushed the doors of the clinics so coveted by the youngest to understand this industrialization of cosmetic surgery among the youngest.
Without denouncing surgical acts for aesthetic reasons, the authors challenge the trivialization of operations that are far from trivial and sometimes hide significant discomfort. How to explain that 18-34 year olds have become addicted to the scalpel?
Join us from 6 p.m. Monday to Friday on the franceinfo Twitch channel to participate in Manon Mella’s Talk. An hour of exchange, clarification, debate around topical and social issues.
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