Love Island: How women with ‘fake’ faces have been belittled throughout history

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Love Island: How women with ‘fake’ faces have been belittled throughout history

The Conversation

The Conversation

Emily Cock and Catherine Han
Plastic surgery 16th century
Illustration of 16th-century plastic surgery on the nose

Emily Cock and Catherine Han discuss the history of reconstructive surgery after comments on ‘fake women’ made by a male contestant on the television show Love Island

After a recent episode of the British dating reality show Love Island, Twitter buzzed with the word “fake”. In a challenge designed to test couples