Eye opening or self-mutilation?

At bioethics.com, there's a little piece noting that the latest fad in China is plastic surgery resulting in an extra fold that makes the eye look bigger. A google news search yields the information that the fad goes so far as look-alike nose jobs for lovers and $3 Billion dollars a year. Reuters compares the fad to the former mutilation of girls' feet by binding them to make them small (and crippled).

There are a few pictures out there, here and here.

It's true that each of us has the "right" to use our bodies as we will, and that it's not the purpose of government to protect us from ourselves. We get to do dumb things once we're adults, as long as we don't put anyone else in danger or cause another harm.

And this is a nation notorious for forced abortions and harvesting the organs of people on death row, as documented by this detailed Village Voice article. (Talk about a trade deficit!)

but . . .

My big concern is that age will affect the scars resulting from these surgeries in ways no one can predict - will the "double eyelid" droop and obscure the vision, requiring even more surgery later on? - and nothing, especially recreational surgery is 100% safe.