据报道，全球美容整形手术的数量在增加，客户的平均年龄也在下降。
2018年接受整容手术的2200万中国人中，28岁以下的客户占54%（近1200万）。
与此同时，青少年占到了总量的8%。
全球整容手术的客户都呈年轻化趋势，医生和心理学家指出，这是受社交媒体兴起的影响。
整容手术早期的标志性趋势是要求把五官整成名人的样子。
现在，以自拍为主导的社交媒体文化促使更多年轻人去做美容手术。
55%的整形外科医生声称曾见过想改善自己的自拍形象的客户，提出这种要求的更多的是青少年，他们使用社交媒体比成年人更频繁。
专家表示，社交媒体对心理健康和幸福度会造成一定的负面影响。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 据 | jù | according to |
| 报道 | bào dào | report |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 球 | qiú | ball / sphere / globe / ball game / match |
| 美容 | měi róng | to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify |
| 整形 | zhěng xíng | shaping / reshaping / plastic surgery or orthopedics |
| 手术 | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation / surgery |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 客户 | kè hù | client; customer |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept; to acquiesce |
| 整容 | zhěng róng | plastic surgery |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower / that amount or less |
| 占 | zhàn | to take possession of / to occupy / to take up |
| 近 | jìn | approximately |
| 与此同时 | yǔ cǐ tóng shí | at the same time; meanwhile |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent / youth / teenager |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 总量 | zǒng liàng | total |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 呈 | chéng | to present to a superior / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color) |
| 年轻化 | nián qīng huà | to make more youthful / to promote younger staff |
| 趋势 | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 心理学家 | xīn lǐ xué jiā | psychologist |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate / to point out |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 受 | shòu | subjected to / (passive marker) |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | interaction / social contact |
| 媒体 | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 兴起 | xīng qǐ | to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 早 | zǎo | early |
| 期 | qī | a period of time / phase / stage / time / term / period |
| 标志 | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo |
| 性 | xìng | suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 五官 | wǔ guān | five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears) / facial features |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 名人 | míng rén | personage / celebrity |
| 样子 | yàng zi | appearance / manner / pattern / model |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 自拍 | zì pāi | a selfie |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 主导 | zhǔ dǎo | leading / dominant / prevailing |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 年轻人 | nián qīng rén | young people / youngster |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 外科 | wài kē | surgery (branch of medicine) |
| 声称 | shēng chēng | to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert |
| 曾 | céng | once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image / form / figure / visualization |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) |
| 这种 | zhè zhǒng | this kind of |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 成年人 | chéng nián rén | adult person |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 频繁 | pín fán | frequently / often |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 心理 | xīn lǐ | psychology; mentality |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happiness |
| 度 | dù | measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 一定 | yī dìng | a certain ...; a given ... |
| 负面 | fù miàn | negative |