Extreme cosmetic surgery

"Extrême chirurgie esthétique"
French B2 writing exercise

Anella had several operations to look like her idol, the Barbie doll.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "all over the world", "to cost an arm and a leg", "no pun intended", "to be able to afford to [do]", "a surgery (operation)", "to have one's [part of the body] done", "to get breast implants", "liposuction (procedures)", "silicon injections", "to make [something] [adj]", "a waist size reduction", "to get ever closer to", "speechless".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-20

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Anella had always dreamed of looking like the doll which is known all over the world: Barbie. But cosmetic surgery costs an arm and a leg - no pun intended - so Anella had to put money aside before being able to afford her first surgery. She started by having her nose done, then she got breast implants. She had several liposuction procedures in her tummy and thighs as well as silicon injections to make her lips bigger. And she wants her next surgery to be a waist size reduction to get ever closer to her idol's extreme proportions. Her transformation leaves us speechless!

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