Culture of Plastic Surgery.
In South Korea, plastic surgery is one of the most prominent trend. Many news articles consider Korea as the “World Capital of Plastic Surgery”. Beauty ideals are very high and many people get procedures done on their face and body to fit into society’s standards. There are many celebrities that go under the knife procedures and there are rarely any celebrities that did not get at least one procedure on their face. These plastic celebrities are then praised for their so-called “natural beauty”. Nowadays, people do not see double-eyelid procedures as plastic surgery because many people get it. Back in my high school, most of the Koreans went to Korea after graduating school to get plastic surgery. This is similar in Korea where people get procedures done after high school to look “prettier” before college.
The culture of plastic surgery is the most ugliest side of Korea because it shows how people put an emphasis on outer beauty. This goes along the lines of how celebrities are shamed for their appearances if they are not too skinny or pretty enough. If celebrities add a couple of pounds, the public writes negative comments about their weight gain online. Thus, it is hard for people to avoid thinking about surgery and it has become a regular aspect of society, which is a problem. People are judged for their outer appearances and thus making the country more superficial.
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