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Slice of heaven: One surgeon's duty to beauty

Started by LostInTime, March 06, 2007, 09:19:59 AM

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He also carried a tool case filled with all kinds of rulers for body measurements and gesso for making models.

"Beauties are the best textbooks for plastic surgeons. If they do not know about beauties, how can they perform beautiful surgeries?"

Before he rose in the plastic surgery ranks, Chen was regarded as a transsexual surgery pioneer. He claims to have conducted about 80 percent of China's sex-change cases.

In 1990, Chen underwent a doctorate study in transsexualism, which was still a new area of expertise in Chinese medicine.

To prepare for his thesis, he buried himself in the laboratory for six months and conducted autopsies on more than 200 bodies of men and women.

"Transsexual surgeries refined my plastic surgery techniques," he said.

"Transsexual patients don't care how much I change their bodies. They only want to turn into beauties."
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