She wanted her jaw broken and rebuilt to narrow her face before next semester. She was also considering a few changes to her nose, chin and eyes.

A few feet away, a nervous-looking Amie Xu, a 20-year-old college communications major, sat with her mother. She had just returned from a year abroad and wanted her jaw broken and rebuilt to narrow her face before next semester. She was also considering a few changes to her nose, chin and eyes.

"They say it will be about $6,000," she said as her thin-jawed mother looked on approvingly....

...."We're already seeing Koreans and Japanese come over for operations," and Europeans and Americans could follow, clinic owner Shi said, running down her price list, which ranges from $1,200 for a nose job to $3,500 for extensive breast work. "We're cheaper and faster, so there's a real global market here, provided we boost our reputation.

"We'd need to become more adept at Western faces, though," she added after a moment's thought. "We won't get anywhere trying to make foreigners look Chinese." (L.A. Times)