Does Tv Feed Cosmetic Surgery Desires?

Plastic surgery is a hot TV topic. Millions tune in every week to watch ’makeover’ shows. They see new noses, breasts, stomachs, lifts and maybe a little lipo.

As it turns out, it may be more than entertainment for some people. A new study shows that it’s making people wants to get procedures done themselves.

Fox 29’s Kerri Lee Halkett interviewed Patrick Markey on the Fox 29 News at 5.

Markey is a psychologist at Villanova University. Markey and his wife conducted the study along with a group of researchers out of Rutgers University. It examines whether or not people exposed to reality TV shows centering around cosmetic surgery wanted to get surgery on themselves.

Watch the video and tell us what you think ’ the discussion is eye-opening and a bit disheartening.