Korean Cosmetic Surgery – An Introduction
If you’ve spent more than five minutes if Los Angeles, more specifically Hollywood or Malibu, you’ve probably seen more than your share of cosmetic surgery advertisements. Chances are you left thinking “no wonder everyone is loopy over there?”. Well, what if I told you that there’s another place (a whole country) that makes Los Angeles look like they’re freaking Quakers?
You probably wouldn’t believe me until I told you a few things about the country.
Now, before you start embarking on any guessing games it’s probably not one of the ones you’d think of if you’re a red blooded American. So let’s just cross out: Iceland, Norway, Sweden (Swedish models anyone? Yep, they’re natural.), France, Italy, Monaco, and every other European country where there’s a good amount of people with bad taste in music and impeccable fashion taste. The country we’re talking about barely crosses our minds for anything other than how crazy their neighbors to the north are, yep I’m talking about the Koreans.
South Korea is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world when it comes to cosmetic surgery. Not only is Korean cosmetic surgery nearly legendary in the plastic surgery world, but Koreans seem to be in love with getting their own work done. How much do you ask?
According to the BBC, the conservative numbers suggest that over 50% of all South Korean women in their 20′s have had work done. They even have a word for it: Ul-jjang, which literally means “best face”. Even Americans don’t have an idea of what the best face is, sure we like looking at them, but we’re so focused on just not being fat when we can we haven’t gotten that far yet!
As a matter of fact, South Korean cosmetic surgery is such a big part of their way of life that it turns out Korean women are known to spend around 30% of their incomes on simply looking good (so regardless of whatever stereotypes you’re thinking about right now, you have to admit that’s an impressive amount).
Don’t think that Koreans don’t pay attention to the outside world, it seems that American and European culture has played a huge role of shaping the South Korean psyche since the most common form of Korean cosmetic surgery is what’s known as a double eyelid operation. It’s an operation that’s designed to make one’s eyes look bigger, essentially taking away from the Asian, slanted eyebrows that many Americans actually envy. Oddly enough this focus on looking more Western isn’t one that’s just held by white collar workers, but it seems to permeate through every social strata, from shipping clerks to nurses. There’s definitely a love affair with Korean cosmetic surgery.
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I rllaey don’t feel all the cosmetic surgery stuff. I believe teenagers need to be more in tune with their abilities as opposed to their looks. In this superficial society we have kids feeling their appearance is inferior from an early age. When 15 year olds begin wanting to get bigger breasts and nose jobs . that’s crazy. There was none of these scemes out back in the day and we all made it just fine. I don’t believe anyone should be allowed to do this until about age 25. By that time you have an idea if the problem is life altering or if they can adapt to it and move on. Sometimes defects are devastating and sometimes it is in the mind of the person and just ain’t that serious.I would have it done. The thing is I am 46. I know what I want. I know the consequences and repercussions behing having it. I am an adult. A teenager cannot think in the capacity of an adult. We know that by some of the bad decisions they make when it comes to life in general.I would have a tummy tuck because I have a pudge that I am too lazy to get rid of. Actually I need motivation. I’d consider breasts because mine are small and I believe I would have better choices of clothing and fit if I did. That would be it.I saw a woman on Oprah who have her body cut up so much she looked like a duck about the face. She had began obsessing on it and had about 235 surgeries. Imagine that. Does she even have a body left to work with. So you see altering your body is not always as glamorous as people would like to think.
Well, I suppose some kids would get the isopesmirn that cosmetic surgery is just another way of making themselves look better. And that improving your appearance is really important; important enough to spend thousands of dollars and subject yourself to the pain and risks involved with cosmetic surgery. And they might consider having it done themselves one day.But kids don’t always believe or agree with everything their parents do or say. When my neighbor got a boob job, her daughter told her she looked like a hooker and that she was ashamed to be seen with her!So you really never know what effect a parent’s actions or opinions will have on a child.
lets just get one thing straight, orcenstructive surgery is not the same as cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery repairs damage done by an accident or a congenital defect. You could also include girls getting breast reductions for very large breasts that cause back pain. These are medically necessary procedures.Cosmetic surgery is getting breast enlargement, nose jobs, etc. It is simply vanity surgery. A nose job could be done at a younger age if it was causing psychological problems (child getting severly teased, low self esteem, etc) but other than cases like that cosmetic surgery should not be done until at least the age of 18, but I wouldn’t recommend it until much later.
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