Plastic surgery on the rise in Afghanistan

Name: Plastic surgery on the rise in Afghanistan
Uploaded: 2012-11-19T20:29:49.000Z
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: In a country where plastic surgery was traditionally used for victims of fighting, more and more Afghans are now using cosmetic procedures in pursuit of the body beautiful.

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There has been an increase in the number of cosmetic treatments and plastic surgery procedures carried out in Afghanistan in recent years.

Plastic surgery was first introduced to Afghanistan in 1990 when hospitals offered free surgery to victims of war.

Marzieh Mashkoori reports.

Video produced by BBC Persian's Wase Soroush

Asia

19 November 2012