- South Koreans are considered as the most cosmetically enhanced people in the world with one in five South Korean women admiting to have undergone cosmetic surgery at least once
- Eventhough the United States is still considered as a country with most procedures done, South Korea is a country where most treatments is done per person
- Plastic surgery is so common in South Korea
- The surgeries are done with the most common reason which is to look more 'western'
- Most people did the double eyelid surgery where the skin in the upper eyelid is reduced to make the eyes look bigger and rounder
- Besides double eyelid surgery, nose surgery is also common in Korea in order to make the nose looks 'western'
- Again, k-pop is mentioned as a factor that influenced people into getting plastic surgery in order to look prettier or more handsome
- Even teenagers did plastic surgery
- The plastic surgery industry made it look that plastic surgery is not just OK, but even necessary to be done
- Besides those reasons mentioned, the competitive price of surgery in South Korea encourages people furtherly
- There are results that is less than desireable
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- Australians are getting cosmetic surgery in order to give themselves an edge against young co-workers
- People are worried about getting discriminated against at work because of their age
- They are having facial procedures in order to appear more fresh and young
- One of the many examples is Linda Ayles, 43, who had her first botox when she was 32 to increase her confidence in her career life
- Linda Ayles said that if women in her 30s looks tired and not energetic, people will doubt their capability
- Dr Ashley Granot, the director of medicine at the Ashley Centre said that 80 percent of his patients had cosmetic surgery because they lacked confidence and half of them said that it affects them at work
- It doesn't apply just to women, but also to men. Men also needs to look younger in order to impress
- The first impression is based on look, while what's afterwards is based on brain
- We are at a dangerous point in society where cosmetic surgery was getting normalized in order to boost self confidence
- Aging is actually something normal that everyone will undergo someday in their life
- People got addicted to cosmetic surgeries once they started
- One in five South Korean women did plastic surgery.
- In Gangnam district, there is a strip that is called 'beauty belt' which is filled with many surgery clinics.
- In the past five years, Dr Rhee whose clinic is located in the beauty belt, has seen an increasing number of young people getting surgery. Ninety percent of the clinic's clients are under 30 years old and half of them are under 18 years old.
- K-pop is an international phenomenon where the pop stars are known for their catchy tunes, synchronized dance moves, trendsetting fashion and also flawless faces.
- K-pop stars are known to have those big eyes, high noses and slim jawlines, which are not the inherent features in Koreans.
- It is said that k-pop is one of the major factor that influenced people in South Korea to get plastic surgery.
- Getting plastic surgery in South Korea is something normal, even teenagers are allowed to do plastic surgery as a graduation gift from their parents.
- South Korean women are influenced by majorly the k-pop industry, where the k-pop stars are all pretty.
- A class of girls would go to plastic surgery clinic in order to 'fix' some parts of their faces.
- Beauty plays important role in the Korean society. People there believed that the prettier you are, the more successful you will be.
- There is an ideal standard of beauty in South Korea, it doesn't particularly matter whether the beauty is natural or not.
