セイケイ＝整形 ― facelift

英国出身の女性英会話学校教師を殺害した嫌疑で指名手配になっている容疑者のニュースが話題になっています。

保険証の提示が不要な美容整形を利用して、指名手配写真の特徴を見事につぶすような整形手術を行ったらしく、整形後の写真までが公開されました。速報が見逃せませんが、もはや容疑者の逃避行と警察当局の逮捕への飽くなき執着をドラマティックに描く映画さながらの盛り上がりを見せているようにも見受けられます。

整形、いわゆる美容整形、顔の整形の標準的な英語表現は言う迄も無く、"plastic surgery"です。

A man resembling Tatsuya Ichihashi recently had plastic surgery in Japan, according to news reports. Mr Ichihashi escaped as police arrived at his Tokyo...
(BBC News. November 6, 2009.)

報道によっては、敢えて標準的な表現を使わない例も見られます。"facelift"はどちらかといえばなじみの無い表現でした。

Lindsay Hawker murder suspect reported to have had face surgery
The man accused of killing Lindsay Hawker, the British woman murdered in Japan in March 2007, has undergone several rounds of cosmetic surgery in an attempt to transform his appearance, the Japanese media has reported.
(The Guardian. November 5, 2009.)

Facelift for Lindsay murder suspect
Images of the facelifted fugitive who allegedly killed Briton Lindsay Hawker have been released by Japanese police.
(The Press Association.)

These photos show portraits of Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man wanted in connection with the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker. The photograph on the right, released by police on Nov. 5, 2009, was taken after he underwent cosmetic operations that significantly altered his appearance, while the photo on the left is the one released at the time the police put him on the wanted list in 2007.
(Kyodo News. November 5, 2009.)