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Michael Jackson's racial
transformation shocked the world.

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At the time, many
saw him as a freak.

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But today, behind the closed doors

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of clinics across the globe,
people are changing their race.

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Michael Jackson's actions symbolised
that you can be whatever you want,

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especially in this modern world.

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You have all the technology,
the cosmetic surgery,

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the knowledge and the
power to change your life.

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Welcome to the brave new
world of deracialisation.

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Where surgeons can
change your identity,

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making you whiter, more European.

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Look at Victoria Beckham.
She's not small.

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She's not big. She's just perfect.

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Isn't it?
That's the look I'm going for.

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It is a part
of globalisation process,

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where the ethnic differences are
going to be narrower and narrower.

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Whether you want a Caucasian nose,
wider eyes or a stronger jawline,

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longer legs, less body hair
or even a larger penis,

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in the hidden world
of deracialisation,

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science is making anything possible.

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Be happy in the skin that you are in.

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Stop fooling yourself and finding
different excuses to pretend that

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you're doing it for other reasons.

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You're doing it to try
to become white.

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There are major differences in
the body shapes of ethnic groups.

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Black women tend to have
more rounded figures.

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Oriental women typically have
smaller breasts and narrower hips.

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Southeast Asians are
also on average shorter.

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The white body, however,
is held up by many as the ideal.

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The greatest impact of imperialism
was sending a set of messages

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to the world about the supremacy
of the white body.

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Whiteness equals power
equals glamour equals success.

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28-year-old, Sy has recently
moved to the UK from Malaysia.

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He hates being short.

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And he's so embarrassed
about his height that he

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hasn't measured himself for years.

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How tall are you?

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You know, I don't really
know my actual height.

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I know I'm roughly around five
foot five, maybe five foot four.

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I'm not really keen on
finding out my actual height.

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So you're going to be 62 inches.

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That's five foot two.

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I'm not five foot two.

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I'm five foot two. Gosh!

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See, I told you.

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I didn't really need to know that!

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Southeast Asians are amongst
the shortest people in the world.

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The average height in Malaysia
is five foot four inches,

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compared to five foot nine
in the UK.

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He goes to buy drinks,
nobody serves him.

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He's twenty-something, but
he still has to show ID.

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If you're in India and you're short,
there's nothing wrong.

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You come to UK, everybody's
six foot. Six foot five.

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You go to America, you're dead.
Somebody will trample over you.

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Sy feels his height is a major
barrier to his career

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in hotel management.

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Do you think people don't
take you seriously at work?

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Definitely.

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It's the size.
They think you're a teenager.

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Even if you're 30, 35, they still
treat you like a teenager.

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Because he's not their eye-level.

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He needs to be like...

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no, you're not going to be.

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Trying to succeed in a white
world is very, very difficult,

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I think, when you're not white.

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I think it's hard enough when you
are white, but try not being white.

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Someone else who feels their body
shape is out of kilter with a white

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world is 29-year-old Frederica.

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A mother of three, she was born in
Jamaica and now lives in Brixton.

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Frederica wants to
reduce her breast size.

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You see this one?
You can see this one is really tall.

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All the way down to the belly button.

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You can see how there is nothing
to hold them up at all here.

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Flat and heavy.
It's like an African tribal breast

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because those are the only people
I look like.

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Are the breasts like this.

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On a night out in Brixton,
the plans to change her body shape

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face opposition.

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Black woman figure
is sort of different.

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They're much more fuller.

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They're blessed with the hips
and the boobs and you name it.

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Personally, I like big breasts,

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so I wouldn't be happy with

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my woman wanting to reduce.

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You know what I mean?

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So, if I was your man, I'd have to

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physically see you suffering
to agree with you doing it.

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Look at Victoria Beckham.
She's not small. She's not big.

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She's just perfect. Isn't it?

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That's the look I'm going for.

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For many in the black
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changing your racial features
is seen as an act of betrayal.

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Jeff Schuman is a writer
and broadcaster.

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He's angry at the thought of people
selling out their ethnic heritage.

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When a black woman gets up and says,
"I wanna have more perky

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"European-type like figures",
do me a favour.

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I'll even pay for you to go abroad.

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I'll pay for the flight ticket.
Get out of my culture.

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Haven't we learnt the lessons of
Michael Jackson? Kanye West's mother?

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Her breast reduction and
boy, oh boy, did they pay the price?

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That woman never recovered
from that surgery.

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Didn't wake up from that operation.

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Sy's also considering
radical surgery.

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There's a special clinic in
France that can lengthen your legs.

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Sy's keen to find out more.

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But his friends have
serious concerns.

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I want longer legs.
That's basically it.

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Wouldn't you have to have surgery?

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Yeah, they do have.
They chop off your legs here and they

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chop off your legs there and then
they kind of extend it longer.

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Why would you do that?

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Because then I can be
naked and just be tall.

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It's not just about your legs.
It's about the proportion.

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Your waist up to here which
is shorter than average.

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You can't extend your legs
and look in proportion.

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It won't work. It's fake.

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It's not really you.

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It's all about being white.

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Lengthening my legs to be more tall
and be like a white guy.

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Having my breasts, I'll be
more noticeable

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and more like Victoria Beckham.

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There's something wrong
with people who want to do

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those sorts of things to themselves.

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Michael Jackson's
radical transformation

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has inspired people across the globe
to change their racial features.

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He was in white America when
he became the super megastar.

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He broke that barrier and when he
broke that barrier he also decided

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he wants to change himself.
He wants to make himself fairer.

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And then he showed to everybody in
the world that, yeah, you can do it.

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You can do it. You have the option
to do it if you want to,

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if it's going to make you
feel better.

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Sy is seven inches shorter
than the average British male.

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He's keen to boost his height
and hopefully his career.

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Recent reports suggest the taller
you are, the higher your salary.

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I'm trying to get a job in a hotel

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cos that's where I've got
my qualifications from.

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I'm just tired of listening to people
saying,

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"Oh, you're so small, you're so tiny.

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"Are you sure you can do this job?"

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Before he considers surgery,
Sy is trying out some shoe lifts.

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An estimated nine millionpeople
wear them worldwide.

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The packaging is discreet,
so that's quite good.

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Don't really want the mailman to know
that there's a short person living in
this house.

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Oh, my God!

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That goes...

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That goes...
What do you think?

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I think it's really weird,
this thing.

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My concern is that it goes in my
shoe, where is my heel going to be?

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They feel funny.

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I don't feel much taller.

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There is a difference,
but it's not that major.

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It's not as exciting as I thought
it was going to be, really.

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I mean, the whole idea of wanting to
be taller is that you can be proud,
or you can just be more confident.

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But wearing a such things,

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knowing that
it's there, it just makes me feel
more self-conscious about it,

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and it
kind of makes me feel a bit shameful.

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It like, kills your self-esteem.

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But there is
a more permanent solution.

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At a clinic in the south of France,
surgeons can increase your height.

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Dr Guichet is one of
the world's leading
limb-lengthening specialists.

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During his career he's performed
over 1,000 operations.

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Today he is seeing a patient who
wants to be three inches taller.

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The patient is of
South East Asian origin

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and is terrified that his friends
and work colleagues will find out
about his operation.

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I fear I won't be able
to walk after the surgery.

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The following morning,
the patient is in theatre.

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Cosmetic limb lengthening
can last up to four hours

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and cost around 40,000.

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It can increase your height
by as much as four inches at a time.

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DRILLING

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The limb-lengthening procedure
involves hollowing out

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the thigh bone using a drill
to create a cavity.

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Then the thigh bone isbroken in
two, often aided

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by the surgeon's bare hands.

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After that a specially designed
metallic rod

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is placed down the newly created
cavity, bridging the point of
the fracture.

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So the only connection between
the two ends of the bone is a nail.

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Now, when it is set inside the bone,

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by turning the leg, we can turn
the nail and ratchet the nail.

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As the knee is turned, the metallic
rod expands, widening the fracture.

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We need 15 clicks...

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CLICKING

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..for getting one millimetre of gain.

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Over time,
new bone will grow to fill the gap,

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thereby lengthening the leg.

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Patients have a dream of growing
and so they can grow gradually

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in a surprising way.

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After the operation,

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the patient recovers on a machine
that keeps his legs in motion.

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Over the next three months,
he should grow by around
a millimetre a day

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and then face up to six months
of painful rehabilitation.

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Back in England, Sy is still
searching for a solution

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to his short stature.

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He's heard about
the clinic in Marseilles

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and wants to find out more.

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I mean, why are you considering
such radical surgery?

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Think about it - limb lengthening is
quite new and that is why people are
thinking that it's crazy.

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20 years ago getting a nose job

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is considered ludicrous,

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but now people do it over lunch.

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You know, it is a big deal,
but then again,

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there's a lot of other things
ten years ago that was a big deal
and now it's normal.

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Someone else who is struggling to
fit into Britain is 32-year-old
Sum Wong.

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She's a single mother of three
and lives in a small seaside town
in Essex

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that is almost exclusively white.

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She feels she doesn't measure up
to the fuller Caucasian figure.

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At the moment, I'm size AA
and I'd like to go to a C cup.

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If I had breast augmentations,
it will change my life a lot.

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I don't dare to go
to swimming pool to swim.

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I can't wear a swimsuit.

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If I wear a swimsuit, everyone
will see that I am like this.

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Totally flat.

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So how does it make you feel
being the body shape you are?

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I feel sad.

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Like I've got no confidence at all.

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I could only imagine
the sense of shame

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that one must experience if one
feels at the bottom of the pile
aesthetically.

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If, from the time you wake up
and look in the mirror,

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society tells you and you start
to believe that you are ugly.

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Cosmetic surgery is not
that acceptable for Chinese people.

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I'm worried about
telling people about

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me having the surgery

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because I don't want them to think
or to look at me in a different way.

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Sum Wong has recently split
from her Malaysian partner.

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She thinks he prefers
the fuller figures of white women.

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The average chest size in China

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is seven inches smaller
than in Britain.

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Chinese women who have small tits,
they look less attractive

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because the way they look,
the way they wear some clothes. Yeah.

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Where you seek English people,
they wear tight-fitting clothes.

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They look really, really nice
and attractive and sexy.

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After 16 years in Britain,
Sum Wong is convinced

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that most men find the Western body
shape more desirable.

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In a cafe near the seafront she
meets up with her best friend,
Pamela.

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Now, most of the Chinese men,
when you ask them, they want
a bigger breast woman.

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Really?

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Yeah. Yes!

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When I talk to ten men,

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nine out of them say they would
prefer an Englishwoman's body.

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I prefer big breasts.
The way they dress is

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really, really nice with anything.

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Out of these ones, I would prefer
this size of breast, yeah.

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As some Oriental women
opt for breast enlargements,

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the average black woman
faces a different problem.

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Fredrica is out shopping
with her friend Louise.

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It's estimated that black women's
busts are on average two inches
larger than white women's.

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Turn to the side for me.

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OK. You could be talking about 36J.

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J?! Oh, my God! My breast is so big!

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It's unbelievable.
It's too big, it doesn't look nice.

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It looks disgusting.

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I have to change my body shape
to a white-person look.

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If not, I'm not going to get the
clothes that I like in the shops,
the clothes that really look nice.

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Fredrica has lived in
Britain for seven years

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and at times finds the day-to-day
racism she's encountered painful.

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Some places I go, I do get stared
at and I do get a lot of attitude

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because I'm black.

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Like in the shops and the buses,
in the street.

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In the West End area,
you do get that a lot.

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Sometimes, I'm not going to lie
to you, if you go in the bus,

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you have some really rude people.

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They will stare at you
and then you stare back at them

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and some of them you can barely
hear them grumbling, "Black bitch."

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If you are a member of
the black minority in this country,

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I think from the time you are born,
you are branded

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and you will certainly be confronted
with hostility.

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I think it's really difficult to
imagine the kinds of pressures

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that are put on black minorities in
a white society that, by and large,

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still entertains very pernicious
notions about racial inferiority.

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Sum Wong is attending her final
consultation with her surgeon,
Mr Vadodaria.

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The Oriental genetic make-up is
such that the volume of the breast,

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unlike in white Caucasian,
is significantly small

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and that is why breast augmentation

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is a pretty common procedure
in the Oriental population.

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Fredrica is also meeting
her consultant, Mr Aslam,

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on Harley Street.

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OK.

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You have typically large breasts.

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Generally speaking,
in Afro-Caribbean ladies,

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because your build
is slightly larger,

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it is commonly perceived
that the breast is the bigger

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in Afro-Caribbean ladies.

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The upper chest circumference
is 29.5.

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Sum Wong hopes to increase
her cup size from a AA to C.

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12 centimetres on the left,
12 centimetres on the right.

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Fredrica is a J cup.

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She's hoping to go down to a D.

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Sternum to nipple distance is
38 centimetres. It is quite low.

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Where the nipple should be is
the point which is your crease here.

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So we'll transpose thatcrease point
onto the front to there

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and at the first stage of operation,

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put the nipple back into that
position, yeah?

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Ideally what you're trying to do

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is create a round shape
like that out of it.

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This is a silicone implant.

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Either we introduce the silicone
implant between muscle of your
chest wall and your breast gland,

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or sometimes we go beneath
that muscle.

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Because you have got
very little breast tissue

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to support the implant,

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I would certainly prefer
to put it behind the muscle.

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Sum Wong will have to wait a month
before her operation.

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I just want to do it quickly,
as soon as possible.

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I want to see myself
in the mirror with boobs.

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Yeah, really happy about it.

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For others, their racial
differences are less easy to alter.

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Sy feels trapped
in a tall white world.

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He's travelling to Marseilles
to find out more about

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the hidden world of
limb lengthening.

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Why are you considering
such major surgery

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just because you're not tall?

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Can't you just live
and fit in the way you are?

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Hmm. I can...

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..if people stop looking at me in
a weird way,

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then and might be able to live
my life the way I am

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without changing myself.

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If people don't make fun of me,

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if people don't
make me feel so insecure about myself

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every time I go out, then of course
I can live my life the way I am.

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Sy is 5ft 2 and feels his
height is holding him back.

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He's travelling to Marseille for
a consultation about radical

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leg lengthening surgery.

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The main area of
concern would be how long

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it's going to take, not just
the surgery,

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but the entire process
from the beginning until coming out

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through physiotherapy, being able
to continue back to my daily life.

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WHIRRING

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And how much pain is it going to be?

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At the airport,
Si is reminded of his arrival

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as a new immigrant in Britain.

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When the plane landed in the UK,
you're kind of in a forest of tall,

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Caucasian people whose butt comes up
to your face,

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and people "accidentally"

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pushing you not deliberately, but
because they really don't see you.

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It makes you feel sort of hopeless
and in a way you feel like you just

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want to run back to the plane
and say, "I don't want to do this."

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Sum Wong is on her way to a London
clinic for her breast enlargement.

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Her surgeon thinks it could
be a difficult operation

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as there is little breast
tissue to support the implants.

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This operation means a lot to me.

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I've been thinking a lot about
it for the last few days.

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I've been telling my friends that

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I'm afraid I
might die during the operation.

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But my friends kept
reassuring me that I will be fine.

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'I'm feeling really nervous at
the moment.

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'I'm worried that I
might not be able to wake up.

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'Or there's something wrong
during the surgery.'

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Fantastic.

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00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:14,779
Why do you want to look
like a Western woman?

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In Western countries everyone looks
beautiful, who have bigger breasts,

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it looks nice.

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What do you say to people who say
you're betraying your Chinese roots?

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I don't agree with that

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because I think that's what I want,
I want bigger breasts,

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I want to have my confidence back.

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00:24:39,980 --> 00:24:43,979
There are no guidelines in the UK
governing how far surgeons

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can alter ethnic features.
As long as it is medically safe

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and the patient is
making an informed choice.

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Mr Vadodariasees no problem with
patients wanting

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to fit into mainstream society.

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'If you're live in Rome you have
to learn the Roman language,'

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if you live in a white populated
area possibly the best way to...

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blend with the society,

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you may wish to look like them.

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How do you react to people who say

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surgeons who do these procedures
like yourself, are deracialising?

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I would disagree with them.

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So you're not deracialising people?

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00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:39,059
No. On the contrary,
I'm bringing the...

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races together, so they can adapt
to each of their lifestyle.

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Modifying minor ethnic features
for the right reason is helpful for

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bringing two races living together
in a much more amicable way.

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Three days before
Fredrica's operation, she visits

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her church for spiritual guidance.

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Breast reduction is one of the
most dangerous cosmetic procedures,

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carrying risks of blood loss,
infection and even death.

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You're about to have your operation.

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Describe how you're feeling.

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Confused.

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Shattered.

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I just want to get it over and
done with quickly as possible.

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My main fear is to
pass away and leave my kids.

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I am gonna be really
worried about that.

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00:26:53,860 --> 00:26:55,859
Nobody would like to pass away and
leave their young kids,
especially a mum.

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A mum...

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is a main part of a kid's life.

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00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:08,619
Let's be clear, what I find very sad
is anybody who says,

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00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:13,419
I want to change myself, I look too
dark, my nose is too big,

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my lips are too wide, too broad,
these are God given things.

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If you're religious these are
the things that are given to you.

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00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:23,099
I'm sick of these people
who keep on using excuses,

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00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,539
who keep on trying to say,

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00:27:25,540 --> 00:27:28,699
"I love being black, but,
but, but..."

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00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:31,699
Well, if you love being black,
stay the way you are!

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Some say it's like losing a part
of your blackness, or ethnicity.

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I think they're stupid.
I'm not losing my culture.

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I'm naturally born a black person.

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If I do surgery I'm still a
black person,

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I still remain as a black person.

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Our God is a really forgiving God,
so if I'm doing something wrong,

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he'll forgive me anyway.

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00:28:13,540 --> 00:28:16,619
Fredrica's big day has arrived.

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As part of a new look,
she's dyed her hair blonde.

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00:28:20,260 --> 00:28:23,659
Breast reduction operations are
one of the most expensive

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00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:28,859
cosmetic procedures,
costing up to 6,000.

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00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:32,419
I have operated on quite a few
black ladies.

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In the past six months,
for example, if I was to say

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I think have operated
on at least 12, 13 such patients,

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00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:44,899
'that's about two or three a month.

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00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:48,899
'That's almost like 10%
of the breast operations I'll do.

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00:28:48,980 --> 00:28:52,339
'It's quite a
significant proportion.'

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00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,179
I'm just praying for that minute

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to come, I wake up and recover and
say, "Thank you, Jesus."

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The first thing we'll do,
we liposuc...

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You can see clear yellow fat

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00:29:16,180 --> 00:29:18,699
coming in there.

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The fat in black people is
distributed differently.

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The volume is different.
There is more fibrous tissue.

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00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:30,419
So during liposuction
it's more difficult,

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00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:33,779
but consequently the
retraction of the skin is better,

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00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:37,979
so the chances of the skin going
loose are a lot less

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compared to a white person.

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Over a pound of breast tissue is
removed during Fredrica's operation.

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It's a complex procedure,
typically lasting up to four hours.

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Some people might say
having big breasts and hips

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00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:08,579
are a black characteristic
and that to reduce your breasts

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would be Westernisation, or
deracialisation.

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00:30:12,420 --> 00:30:14,579
How would you respond?

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00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:18,579
There are serious physical issues
with larger breasts.

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Neck ache, backache,

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00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:24,779
bra straps dig,

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00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:28,779
people get rashes in the middle,
they get dermatitis.

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If you look at the physical problems

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of the whole thing you would
not call it deracialisation.

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But my other point of view is,
for example, if somebody really

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wants to the deracialise it,

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00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,699
I think...

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00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:48,699
we live in a global society and it
is normal we will be influenced by

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different civilisations
and cultural variables and all that.

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00:30:54,460 --> 00:30:59,459
At the end of the day, if a person
is making an informed choice,

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00:30:59,780 --> 00:31:03,779
I don't think there's anything
wrong with that.

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00:31:10,340 --> 00:31:13,579
Two weeks ago, Sum Wong underwent
breast enlargement surgery.

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00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:17,579
She's now struggling to
adapt to her new figure.

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00:31:19,140 --> 00:31:21,819
I feel really, really
uncomfortable because

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00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:26,819
there's a kind of heavy pressure
against my chest when I lie down,

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00:31:27,940 --> 00:31:30,259
and a...

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tightness around my
breasts after the operation.

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00:31:34,180 --> 00:31:38,179
I found it really difficult to sleep.

448
00:31:38,860 --> 00:31:42,859
I'm very conscious about the scars
underneath both breasts, and this is

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what the scar is like.

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It's about three inches long.

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00:31:51,580 --> 00:31:55,579
Hopefully it will be gone soon.

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Deracialisation surgery
is thriving across the globe.

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No body part is off-limits.

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00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:09,179
From thigh reductions in Europe
to calf reductions across Asia,

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00:32:09,940 --> 00:32:13,939
and even penis enlargements
in South Korea.

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00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:18,739
The Adams Clinic is at the
forefront of radical penis surgery.

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00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:23,979
Dr Lee, the clinic's leading
specialist, believes there is

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significant differences in
penis size across racial groups.

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00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:11,459
Dr Lee sees up to 40 patients
a month for penis enlargement.

460
00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:15,539
The surgery has no effect on
erection size,

461
00:33:15,540 --> 00:33:18,499
but can increase length in the
flaccid state.

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00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:22,059
Today, he is
operating on a local businessman.

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00:33:22,060 --> 00:33:25,099
His penis is 2 inches long and he
wants to

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00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:32,979
lengthen it by over an inch
and widen its girth by 1 inches.

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This is the whole penis.

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00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:38,579
This part is the hidden penis

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00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:42,579
and the penis is attached
to the pubic bone.

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00:33:43,340 --> 00:33:47,339
This is the suspensory ligament.

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00:33:48,380 --> 00:33:50,819
For lengthening surgery I...

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00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:54,819
cut part of the suspensory ligament.

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00:33:54,940 --> 00:33:58,939
Once the suspensory ligament is cut,
the penis drops down

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00:33:59,260 --> 00:34:03,259
and gains some length in
the flaccid state.

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00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:08,139
To increase circumference,
a synthetic outer layer

474
00:34:08,140 --> 00:34:12,139
called a dermal graft
is wrapped around the whole penis.

475
00:34:12,140 --> 00:34:15,779
This is almost 4mm,

476
00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:19,019
so I wrap this now.

477
00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:22,419
The patient's blood vessels
grow into the graft which is then

478
00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:29,419
accepted by the body, eventually
becoming the patient's own tissue.

479
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:36,899
Two months later, Dr Lee says
the surgery has been successful.

480
00:34:38,060 --> 00:34:40,379
He says the penis in
the flaccid state has

481
00:34:40,380 --> 00:34:50,499
been enlarged by one inch in length
and 1 inches in girth.

482
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:54,419
With images of white beauty so
dominant across the globe

483
00:34:54,420 --> 00:34:58,419
even body hair has become an issue.

484
00:35:00,380 --> 00:35:03,859
White men tend to be less hairy
than those of Middle Eastern

485
00:35:03,860 --> 00:35:07,859
and South Asian origin.

486
00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:12,339
I like a bit of hair, but
mine is too much really.

487
00:35:12,340 --> 00:35:15,939
Especially on my shoulder,
back of my neck and my back.

488
00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:19,939
It's too much,
it's unnecessary hair.

489
00:35:20,020 --> 00:35:23,419
I hate them so much I
want to just grab them

490
00:35:23,420 --> 00:35:25,059
and take them off.

491
00:35:25,060 --> 00:35:29,059
But of course it's too painful.
I can't do that.

492
00:35:29,140 --> 00:35:32,499
Matin is a 32 year-old Iranian man

493
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:35,659
who's lived in
Britain for eight years.

494
00:35:35,660 --> 00:35:38,459
Laser hair removal is one of
the most popular non-surgical

495
00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:42,459
cosmetic procedures in the UK.

496
00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:47,099
Generally I find the hairiest
tend to be Greek or Cypriot males,

497
00:35:48,060 --> 00:35:52,059
obviously Matin is from
Iran, he is very hairy.

498
00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:54,659
You generally find that Thai,

499
00:35:54,660 --> 00:35:58,659
Chinese, they don't really have any
hair at all, but you will find that

500
00:35:59,260 --> 00:36:03,259
the Asian community and Saudi areas,
the men will be very, very hairy.

501
00:36:06,140 --> 00:36:10,139
We treat a hell of a lot
of Saudi clients here.

502
00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:17,019
OK, you're going to feel a very
short, sharp heat sensation, OK?

503
00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:22,939
We are shooting the IPL down the
hair follicle, down the shaft

504
00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:26,859
of the hair, and it's attracted
directly to the bulb.

505
00:36:26,860 --> 00:36:29,739
There's a heat reaction

506
00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:32,179
and if it's caught in the
correct stage,

507
00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:36,179
the hair will fall out
and it shouldn't come back again.

508
00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:45,139
Six weeks after her operation, Sum
Wong is going for

509
00:36:45,140 --> 00:36:49,139
a check-up with her surgeon,
Mr Vadodaria.

510
00:36:49,220 --> 00:36:53,019
Symmetry in terms of the level

511
00:36:53,020 --> 00:36:56,899
and the shape and size. Very good.

512
00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:00,619
Left nipple is 21,
between two nipples...

513
00:37:00,620 --> 00:37:04,619
Over a period of six months your
breast is going to drop down a lot

514
00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:08,299
and the implant will position in
the lower part of your breast so

515
00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:11,099
it is going to be slightly changed.

516
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:15,099
Fantastic. Are you happy?

517
00:37:15,860 --> 00:37:19,859
The results are much, much
better than I expected.

518
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:27,899
I am very happy with myself now
because I have bigger breasts,

519
00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:30,659
like the white women.

520
00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:34,659
It boosts my confidence lots.

521
00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:48,739
After a long journey, Sy
has finally arrived in Marseilles.

522
00:37:49,220 --> 00:37:51,259
Tomorrow he'll find out

523
00:37:51,260 --> 00:37:55,219
if he's a suitable candidate
for leg lengthening surgery.

524
00:37:55,220 --> 00:37:59,019
Tomorrow is quite a pivotal day.

525
00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:05,019
It will mean either I could
get what I want, or not.

526
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:09,299
So very nervous about it,
definitely very nervous.

527
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:13,299
Kind of like,
the night before your wedding maybe,

528
00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:16,499
thinking whether or
not you really want to do this?

529
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:20,499
You know you want to, but
is the answer gonna be yes, or no?

530
00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:36,659
Sy's in Marseille to decide
whether to have his legs lengthened.

531
00:38:40,180 --> 00:38:42,299
For reassurance,

532
00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:46,299
he meets a patient
who's recently had the surgery.

533
00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:55,819
I was all for thinking
about going through the operation.

534
00:38:56,300 --> 00:39:00,299
I'm just really worried about
the pain, though. How painful was it?

535
00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:04,019
Well, the first week,
you're gonna have a lot of pain.

536
00:39:04,020 --> 00:39:06,899
Some patients have pain
for the first four weeks.

537
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,539
Gosh, like...
So how long has it been now?

538
00:39:10,540 --> 00:39:13,219
It's been about a month and a half.

539
00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:15,139
At the moment, then,

540
00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:16,179
how difficult is it...

541
00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:16,619
To walk?

542
00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:18,179
Yeah, to walk.

543
00:39:18,180 --> 00:39:19,699
It's not as strong as before.

544
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:20,459
I still need crutches.

545
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:21,899
Right.

546
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:24,059
But once the bones form,

547
00:39:24,060 --> 00:39:25,819
I should be able to walk
without crutches.

548
00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:29,039
So do you think it's worth it?

549
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,339
Yes, definitely worth it.

550
00:39:34,140 --> 00:39:38,139
If he could, Sy would like to grow
around six inches taller.

551
00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:43,499
He meets Dr Guichet
for a psychological assessment.

552
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:45,979
How do you see yourself currently?

553
00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:49,499
like a little child...

554
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:50,339
What do you mean? >

555
00:39:50,340 --> 00:39:51,779
..like a 16-year-old.

556
00:39:51,780 --> 00:39:54,659
OK, so what do you expect
by the lengthening?

557
00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:57,859
I could see myself
being more successful at work

558
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,859
because I look more normal,
like everybody else

559
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:05,499
and I get to look at people
straight in the eye, you know?

560
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,099
Yeah. OK.

561
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:10,939
So you need to understand
that the lengthening procedure

562
00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:12,379
is a heavy procedure,

563
00:40:12,380 --> 00:40:14,339
so you must be very aware

564
00:40:14,340 --> 00:40:16,219
that the lengthening

565
00:40:16,220 --> 00:40:19,619
is not the solution
for everything in your life.

566
00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:23,919
Dr Guichet now gives Sy
a physical examination

567
00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:28,659
to determine
how tall he could become.

568
00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:37,219
So...

569
00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:42,219
you have only 60 degrees
of straight leg raise.

570
00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:45,259
Your tendons behind are very stiff.

571
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,259
It means if you do lengthening,

572
00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:53,579
you will get problems from about
three to four centimetres

573
00:40:53,580 --> 00:40:59,579
there are limits of stretching.

574
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:04,699
Although Sy is a suitable candidate
for leg lengthening,

575
00:41:05,140 --> 00:41:06,699
there are complications.

576
00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:09,219
The lack of flexibility
in Sy's legs

577
00:41:09,220 --> 00:41:12,819
means they can only be lengthened
by three to four centimetres,

578
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,379
unless he commits to many months
of tough physiotherapy.

579
00:41:19,380 --> 00:41:20,919
three or four centimetres,

580
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,719
to white people?

581
00:41:24,140 --> 00:41:26,939
I'd still be short compared to
white people.

582
00:41:26,940 --> 00:41:31,939
I am 160cm. An average white person
is 170-something.

583
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:35,299
Yeah, so I'm still going to be short.

584
00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:40,779
It's definitely an eye-opener

585
00:41:40,780 --> 00:41:45,979
to see. You know, it's not just
about, "Oh, I want to look nicer
now."

586
00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:50,919
It's not just about
cosmetic self-satisfaction any more.

587
00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:55,899
It's...It's am I strong enough
to do it?

588
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:59,899
Seeing it so real.

589
00:42:03,380 --> 00:42:07,379
Three weeks ago, Fredrica underwent
breast-reduction surgery.

590
00:42:07,820 --> 00:42:09,619
Once the swelling goes down,

591
00:42:09,620 --> 00:42:12,979
she'll complete the procedure
with an uplift.

592
00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:16,979
Her friend Louise is keen to see
the results so far.

593
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:19,459
Are you happy with them?

594
00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:21,859
Are you happy with them?
I'm not 100% happy, not yet.

595
00:42:21,860 --> 00:42:24,419
Because I want them to go down
smaller.

596
00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:25,019
Yeah.

597
00:42:25,020 --> 00:42:26,619
And I want them to go up.

598
00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:27,179
Yeah.

599
00:42:27,180 --> 00:42:30,259
So he said that... Dr Aslam said

600
00:42:30,260 --> 00:42:33,339
it's mainly skin now,
so if you do this,

601
00:42:33,340 --> 00:42:36,619
you can see,
when you go like...this...

602
00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:38,579
Yeah, he needs to lift them up.

603
00:42:38,580 --> 00:42:42,579
He's going to go in much smaller.
See?

604
00:42:42,820 --> 00:42:43,539
Yeah.

605
00:42:43,540 --> 00:42:47,499
It's going to be like the size that
I want when he tightens the skin.

606
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:49,139
Yeah. And they'll be more round.

607
00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:51,739
That's what you wanted -
more rounder.

608
00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:52,179
Yeah.

609
00:42:52,180 --> 00:42:53,219
Like Victoria Beckham.

610
00:42:53,220 --> 00:42:57,719
Is this the end of the
plastic-surgery road for you, or...?

611
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,139
Not really.

612
00:43:00,140 --> 00:43:03,219
People say that when you do
plastic surgery, you get addicted.

613
00:43:03,420 --> 00:43:06,779
I don't know if I'm getting addicted,
but it was my dream anyway

614
00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:09,819
when I started to see this flab
on my tummy.

615
00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:13,179
I know that gym can't get rid of
the flab.

616
00:43:13,180 --> 00:43:17,179
So I'm going to do my tummy as well.
Tummy tuck.

617
00:43:23,540 --> 00:43:25,859
Two months after his trip
to Marseille,

618
00:43:25,860 --> 00:43:29,859
Sy has finally come to a decision.

619
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,179
I've decided I will not do
the operation,

620
00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:38,179
simply because, um,

621
00:43:39,300 --> 00:43:43,299
I don't see that it was going to do
me any good.

622
00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:47,499
DRILLING

623
00:43:48,260 --> 00:43:53,759
I've realised that you can't just
change your life

624
00:43:54,180 --> 00:43:57,259
simply by changing the way you look.

625
00:43:57,260 --> 00:44:02,259
It's not going to make the demons go
away, just by turning on the lights.

626
00:44:02,980 --> 00:44:04,499
Is that dream over?

627
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:08,499
Yeah, that dream of being
taller is over.

628
00:44:09,620 --> 00:44:18,619
But...the dream of being smarter,
being stronger, being more...

629
00:44:19,420 --> 00:44:22,699
..self-assured...

630
00:44:22,700 --> 00:44:26,099
That is a new dream.

631
00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:30,659
Amonth ago, Sum Wong underwent
breast enlargement surgery.

632
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:34,959
She now feels more comfortable in
her English seaside town.

633
00:44:35,860 --> 00:44:40,859
After the surgery, I feel like
I am less of an outsider.

634
00:44:41,820 --> 00:44:45,459
I feel that I fit in
more into this society

635
00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:49,459
because I have bigger breasts,
like the white women have.

636
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:52,939
One of the things that changed

637
00:44:52,940 --> 00:44:56,939
is that I can go swimming
with my children.

638
00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:02,819
After having this surgery,

639
00:45:02,820 --> 00:45:06,619
I think that it will help me
to attract a partner

640
00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:10,619
because I have a better
figure now than before.

641
00:45:21,780 --> 00:45:25,779
'Across the globe, people are
transforming their racial features.

642
00:45:32,380 --> 00:45:36,979
'With technological developments
opening new surgical frontiers,

643
00:45:37,940 --> 00:45:42,739
'are we all heading for the same,
homogenised, Western body?'

644
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:47,859
Do you think, with the advancement
of plastic surgery,

645
00:45:48,580 --> 00:45:51,819
there'll be a different
concept of race?

646
00:45:51,820 --> 00:45:55,179
The concept of globalisation

647
00:45:55,180 --> 00:46:01,179
is diluting the boundaries of
different countries, different races,

648
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:06,379
and I do believe that this is,

649
00:46:06,580 --> 00:46:12,379
this concept of globalisation
is essentially...

650
00:46:14,220 --> 00:46:18,219
..allowing us to think loudly
for a common race,

651
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,979
which is better
than all the existing races.

652
00:46:21,980 --> 00:46:27,979
And...plastic surgery would,
within its reasons,

653
00:46:28,460 --> 00:46:32,459
contribute to achieve this goal.

654
00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:41,259
Next time, de-racialisation
and the face.

655
00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:43,339
I've always wanted
to look like Barbie.

656
00:46:43,340 --> 00:46:47,039
That is the perfect nose.

657
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:51,419
It's not cool to be Indian, and
it's not attractive to be Indian.

658
00:46:53,540 --> 00:46:57,539
What I dream about
is how to look white.

659
00:46:58,140 --> 00:47:02,339
How to become white,
how to look white and beautiful.

660
00:47:28,420 --> 00:47:32,419
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