Saudi veils hide results of booming nip and tuck

Nose jobs, liposuction gain in popularity, even if few will ever see results

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hidden beneath robes and veils, women´s bodies in Saudi Arabia are undergoing a transformation.

Over the past few years, plastic surgeries and cosmetic procedures, hallmarks of the western world, have begun booming in this place where religion covers every facet of life — even those cloaked from head to toe.

Clerics are grappling for the first time with particularly delicate questions: Does Islam frown on nose jobs? Chemical peels? How about breast implants? Does it matter that the results will never see the light of day?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32205966/ns/health-skin_and_beauty

I would venture to say that these women have the same body image problems as the rest of us even though they are covered.  I guess this is something we all share.

Yeah but if no one ever really sees them...of course maybe their husband.  I find this actually a little humourous...

I was just wondering what the possible motivation would be if nobody would ever see the results.  It just goes to show you that it means more to us (women) what we think of ourselves....not so much what other people think of us.  We are really, very hard on ourselves.

 Actually Elisabeth, it´s not true nobody would ever see the results.  They have female parties and get togethers.  Of course their husbands and sons would see.  Most of all, they feel different. I do agree with you though, it is sad to think one would go through all of this to change one´s looks.

I had several Arab and Turkish friends who got nose jobs.  They felt happy with the results, but to me they lost much of their uniqueness and the new noses did not fit the face.

 Unless one has been horribly disfigured, I think it´s best to learn to love what one was born with.