Korea, Kingdom of Plastic Surgery
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 10, 2009 01:45 JST
- Tags: Actress, Comparison, Idol, Korea, Mass Media, Photoshop, Plastic Surgery
As you can see from the detailed comparison below, Korea’s reputation for being a nation whose womenfolk have embraced plastic surgery to an unprecedented degree is far from undeserved.
There are some rather impressive examples of surgical enhancement on display, with results which put to shame some of the efforts of Japanese idols…
Of course, another contributing factor must the application of Photoshop to the later professionally taken pictures, though this can only account for so much.
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Since when do Korea's women have this reputation? You say to anyone anywhere in the world "Name a country you associate with plastic surgery" and they'll all say "America".
Try saying it to an East Asian.
Korean
South Korean
This is depressing. I guess humans really are that superficial.
And like many people have pointed out, sure you hide your ugliness beneath fake plastic, but what about your kids? You have a strong chance of passing the ugly gene to them, so they're not gonna be any better.
Also, women have been "fixed up" to look pretty WITHOUT the need for plastic surgery. All those makeover shows where they just do common things like redo your hair, put on some light makeup, change your wardrobe, etc. That stuff can do wonders without making you look like a Barbie doll.
Imagine... when they try to get the same face as in the character in the anime...
*puke* :-P
FTW
Just Wondering how South Korea is "Kingdom of Plastic Surgery" when according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Korea is ranked 27th for plastic surgery per capita. 19 out of every 100,000 people. USA is ranked 19th (30 per 100,000 people). Japan is ranked 18th (33 per 100,000 people).
Venezuela is No.1?
say what you want, i would totally do it if there were no risk of horrible disfigurement. how much would it be worth to you to be beautiful for once? more than my college tuition, that's for sure.
the second to the last pic is Honey Lee.Miss Korea contestant to Miss Universe 2007.I beg to disagree that Korea is a kingdom to plastic surgery,how about Latin American countries?They've won loads of beauty contests but they keep a mum if their delegate done enough surgery that make Michael Jackson a shoo-in.
those bitches have too much money!!!
From eating crystals and inhaling vespene gas to banning Hetalia, and NOW THIS?!!!
It's really not that surprising. For a country that beats it's offspring to a pulp on a regular basis, both in the homes and especially in school, perfecting plastic surgery is an effective way to restore the damage on those who actually survive their childhood.
From what I can tell, double-eyelid surgery in Asia is like getting braces in America.
I have 15 friends who have gotten double-eyelid surgery. And since you brought in ethnicity, I'll break it down: 7 are Korean, 4 are Chinese, 1 is Vietnamese/Chinese and 3 are Japanese. I'll soon be adding to that number. I'm the only damned person in my family to not get double-eyelids! How fugly and ridiculous is that? Even my twin sister has double-eyelids. -__-;
This explains a lot. When I went to South Korea over Christmas, I was SHOCKED to see so many HOT HOT HOT women everywhere! On the subway, in the shops, in cars... everywhere! Now I understand why.
I didn't notice, the 3rd to the last pic was pointed from a guy?
lol man made beauty -,-
Last person in the picture was total WTF?!??!
I actually feel that picture is a horrible example...she could have simply grown up <.< and started using make up.
more asians trying to look white, how sad
Because asian guys rarely seen with white women?
Asian people are just ... ugly. No way you can fix that with plastic surgery.
A lot of these girls actually look a lot cuter pre-op. What the hell?
What can I say it's an 'eye opener.'
man eyelid stuff just gross its not like they have problems with vision or whatever ?
the last one looks like kim jong ll.
Sad really. No one wants to look like themselves and even if there is nothing wrong with them, they still opt to make "enhancements." When face-plant surgery is mastered why don't we all swap our faces to look like our favorite celebrities? People need to be less shallow and superficial. If you think you're happy because people think you look better, then you don't really know how to be happy.
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They can't stay within 1 metre from a CRT monitor or TV set, as it degrades the silicon inside their bodies lol.
It's true! I saw it in Scary Movie 2!!
Beauty is only skin deep, though admittedly most people can't see through human skin.
I also happen to notice that the pre-surgery photos are invariably of far worse quality than the photos taken after surgery. False advertising, yes?
What's wrong with this? If they look better then its all good. I dunno bout' u, but I wouldn't even look at those in the before pics
Whatever boosts your self-esteem...
I think some of the above photos are results of digital editings (in other words, photoshopping) and the use of makeups.
I think you are right.
There is plastic surgery in Korea, but there is hardly enough to warrant it as "Kingdom of Plastic Surgery". A piece by BAPRAS (GB's plastic surgery association) estimates that 35% of all women in Iran have plastic surgery (mostly nosejobs). I'm sure many women in Korea have plastic surgery, but I've never seen an estimate as high as 35% before. O_o
I agree here.
Korea's embrace of plastic surgery is hardly 'unpresidented', also. Just look at Iran and the Hollywood-ish bits of America.
I've got no figure, though.
Plus the 'before' pictures remind me of the ones weight watchers always use, where they find the ones with the worst haircuts etc deliberately.
>unprecedented
Fix'd.
I think a MAJORITY of women who can do plastic surgery in korea would do it, even with the small stuff like double eyebrow or nose job or something.
Personally, I would never go under, cos its scary, and I like the body and the face god gave me :D
/narcissist
What's the point of doing a nose job when they cover their face all the time.
They don't cover their faces, you dumbass. In fact, the face is the only part of the body that shows.
behold the power of science
noooes, I refuse to believe that the lovely kim ah-joong had surgery TT__TT
but they can't change their genes
Only a matter of time before we can.
I used to be involved in biotech education. Among the courses we did was one where school kids get to combine the DNA strands of their choice into wheat. Depending on which strands they choose, the wheat will glow green or blue in the dark.
This is akin to a basic electronic hobby kit where you make a light bulb light up. It is only a matter of time before the more complex 'assemble your own computer' kits show up... followed by a biotech future.
there's a less painful alternative to this, it's called photoshop~
They want to look the same in real life so photoshop won't work.
This reminded me of a Korean girl I know. I think she is cute but she said she want to do a lot of plastic surgery when she have enough money save. She wanted to change her eyes, nose, chin, even ears. Mostly everything about her. She even said she want to change her voice which I thought was strange. I kept asking why because I think she looks cute. She just say she want to and don't think she is cute. She even say once she has the surgery done she would destroy her old pictures even baby picture so no one would ever see her real face. I just think it's kind of sad. I think she looks fine the way she is. She just have the typical Asian eyes but it's not like it's a bad thing.
I call bullshit on the 2nd set of pics, there's no way that :3 queen used to be that bitch.
Can't expect less from Korea. They invented plastic surgery afterall!
Some of those girls don't look like they got surgery but a hell of a ton of makeup. If you wash their face, the monster is revealed.
wow, who ever was the plastic surgeon of those ladies did a great job