*I have changed my topic for my culture project to looking at the attitude of South Koreans to North Korean defectors*
A very prominent cultural trend in Korea that I would like to learn more about is cosmetic surgery. Though I am aware of the ideal Korean beauty standards of having a small V-shaped face, big eyes, a high-bridged nose, and a rounded forehead, I am curious as to how these standards came about and also why these standards are so ingrained in Korean society that a significant number of men and women end up "going under the knife". My learning goals for this topic is to find some historical background on these beauty ideals and the main reasons these ideals are so prevalent in Korean society today. Furthermore, I aim to find information of possibly evolving beauty ideals to see if these standards are unchanging or if they are capable of being flexible over time.
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