Cosmetic surgery is of major interest for many teenage Arab girls. A recent survey by Dove revealed a whopping 37% interest in cosmetic surgery from teenage Arab girls - that\'s more than one in three 15-17 year old girls.

The Middle East in the recent years has developed a keen interest in plastic surgery and the demand for cosmetic procedures has escalated over the years. Now teenage girls have hooked onto this trend of cosmetic surgery, either because adolescence is the time when children want to look better or because they want to emulate their favorite celebrities.

In Lebanon, there is still a big boom in ‘beautification\' surgeries despite the political and economic tensions in the country following war with Israel. Local media say demand is increasing by up to 20% since 2006, with rhinoplasty - nose jobs - ranking most popular on the list of procedures.

Moving farther east, Iran has become one of the world\'s leading centres for cosmetic surgery since the 1979 Revolution.

While results show that 46% of young Arab girls wish they would see more women in the media who looked like them, it seems many are more concerned with permanently changing their own looks to mirror what they see.