ABSTRACT
Cosmetics are products applied to improve the appearance of our physical being. They constitute anything that is rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Cosmetic foot surgery is intended to make women's feet more attractive or to make the feet amenable to wearing high-fashion shoes. There has been a growing social acceptance of plastic surgery and growing numbers of people engaging in it. Corresponding with the growing social acceptance and use of plastic surgery is equalization, democratization, of beauty. Mostly, it is women who have cosmetic surgery, who apply cosmetics and use cosmeceuticals, who spend money on hair dressing and grooming. But increasingly, men are attending to their physical appearance by wearing makeup, getting their hair colored, getting facials, having surgery, and becoming anorexic.
