Sheila Jeffreys is no fan of cosmetic surgery or of the wider beauty industry. In her book Beauty and Misogynyshe discusses the powerful money forces behind today's beauty culture. Here's an excerpt;

There is, however, a major difference in the way that harmful beauty practices are inscribed in culture and enforced on women in the west. This is the fact that they have been constructed into major industries that make large fortunes for transnational corporations and are a significant force in the global economy. The profitability of these practices to the cosmetics, sex, fashion, advertising and medical industries creates a major obstacle to women's ability to resist and eliminate them. There is so much money in these industries based on commercializing harmful cultural practices that they constitute a massive political force that requires the continuance of women's pain.