Plastic surgery is thriving in Afghanistan—to the outrage of some
Surgeons are often targets of kidnapping—or worse
FROM THE outside the Arvin Hospital in Kabul is unassuming. Tucked away in a residential neighbourhood, it looks like a pharmacy. Yet enter the warren of treatment rooms and offices concealed behind the façade and you discover a quiet revolution. For prices that range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, Afghans can get a rhinoplasty (a nose job), a blepharoplasty (tautening the skin around the eyes), hair implants or liposuction.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Vanity at war”
Asia March 13th 2021
- India seems to have suffered surprisingly few deaths from covid-19
- Plastic surgery is thriving in Afghanistan—to the outrage of some
- Getting information about North Korea’s gulag is harder than ever
- America’s top brass responds to the threat of China in the Pacific
- Myanmar’s generals have not thought their coup through
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