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In today's world, people are obsessed with their appearance, striving for perfection in their face, body and self-image. Whenever a celebrity has plastic surgery, whether it's another facelift for Joan Rivers or Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's nose job, it's front-page news all over the tabloids. The number of plastic surgery procedures done each year grows in leaps and bounds, and now production companies are finding ways to capitalize on this phenomenon in reality television. Television shows highlighting plastic surgery continue to sprout up everywhere with their Cinderella stories of how plastic surgery has changed a person's life in a blink of an eye. The Swan and Extreme Makeover are prime examples of how many view plastic surgery. But it can be somewhat deceiving as plastic surgery is shown as a "quick fix," so to speak, and is misleading to the general public. Oftentimes, the producers and directors will seek out the most outrageous stories of plastic surgery, as it makes for goo