Cosmetic surgery is simply a form of "putting on permanent makeup" --no more artificial than cosmetics. Others worry that as more and more people turn their efforts to improving their image through quick, superficial cosmetic surgery, the long-cherished values of "the face reflects the heart" and of cultivating an inner beauty through wisdom and virtue will go neglected.
也有人擔心，當愈來愈多人把改善形象的心力，放在追求速成而膚淺的美容整形上時，中國諺語講的「相由心生」、或藉由智慧薰陶而錘煉出來的「內在美」，豈不就乏人問津了嗎？