However, even plastic surgery has evolved far beyond nose reductions. Watching the above video probably made most of you feel ill. Is this real? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. This new trend now takes on cartoon-like characteristics, including elf ears! Why would anyone want to mutilate their face this way? It’s not like changing your hair color, or popping in colored contacts, or getting a tattoo (those can be removed), but these go skin-deep and can be permanent. Yet, trends change constantly. What may be “in” for a couple of years will soon be replaced by another trend. Then what?