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A teenage girl is recovering from undergoing a rhinoplasty.

Illustration by Annabelle Cheung

Beauty is pain

Zoe Goor August 26, 2023

When Clara Conrad '25 was 14 years old, she began thinking about how she would want her nose to look if she was to get a nose job. She thought about who she would want to do it. She thought about whether...

A stressed teenage girl is preparing to receive facial plastic surgery.

The harms of teenage plastic surgery

Jade Harris, Assistant Opinion Editor November 4, 2022

Being both Asian and white meant that visiting family in China was always accompanied by unwanted stares and frequent remarks about my appearance. My fair skin and double eyelids led to people telling...

Credit: Spencer Klink and Lauren Nehorai/Chronicle

Pretty in Plastic

Lauren Cho October 2, 2019

“What will everyone think? Is it super obvious?”As Violet* organized her books for the first day of school, these thoughts ran rampant in her mind, dampening her usual excitement for the new year....

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