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Bored with the same old candlelit dinner, red roses and chocolate truffles on Valentine's Day? Newly rich Chinese are looking to something decidedly more edgy -- matching plastic surgery for him and her.
In Shanghai's increasingly competitive plastic surgery market, clinics are offering Valentine's Day discounts to lovers looking for something extra to signify their emotional bond.
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Some medical facilities in Shanghai have reported a surge in business by as much as 30 percent in the lead-up to Valentine's Day.
Plastic surgery, which was illegal in China until the early 1980s, has proliferated over the past five years as people have become richer.
The official Xinhua news agency estimates that cosmetic operations are now a three-billion-dollar business in China, with more than one million clinics nationwide.
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