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"  It seems even when the plastic surgery buzz decided to die down, there are still outrageous ways to mutilate your body in order to conform to the past ideal of &amp;#039;beautiful.&amp;#039; Now a clinic in Dallas are offering up a cold laser therapy called Zerona, which will zap your thighs until you can&amp;#039;t hold a pencil between them. Invasive, yes. Offensive, yes. Desirable, it is not. But there are thousands of young girls, teenagers and women who would consider this surgery, a horrifying side effect of our universal &amp;#039;social body image&amp;#039;. One girl who spoke to CBS about the clinic&amp;#039;s latest offering said, laughing, &amp;quot;The gap. Every girl wants the gap.&amp;quot; But, do we? Since the &amp;#039;thinspiration&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;thigh gaps&amp;#039; hashtags were banned on Instagram and have since returned with a feeble &amp;#039;content advisory&amp;#039; warning, this social body image ideal has made a terrifying comeback, despite our efforts to discard it. Sadly all forms of media, be they newspapers, websites or social feeds will never cease to promote this sort of dysmorphia. Surgery which gives girls a &amp;#039;quick fix&amp;#039; to change their bodies could only do more harm than good.  More big issues INSTAGRAM LIFT BAN ON #THINSPO HASHTAGS ANN TAYLOR LOFT APPEAR TO HAVE REMOVED HALF THIS MODEL&amp;#039;S WAIST THE SCARY TRUTH ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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