Monday, April 29, 2013

Plastic Surgery Capital in the World

  • 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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