Why do Koreans like cosmetic surgery?

Korea has a higher rate of plastic surgery than any other country in the world, one in 77 people has used cutlery for beauty. The strong development of the entertainment industry in the land of Kim Chi is considered the culprit of this trend.

The figures published by the International Association of Cosmetology Physicians said in 2011, 15 million people worldwide had beauty surgery. Occupying a fifth of the total number of surgeries is lipoplasty - a method of using high frequency sound waves to liposuction under the facial layer. Next is breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, abdominal skin stretching; The last stand in the top 5 is nose surgery.

Korea ranked first in the proportion of plastic surgery (2011).

Besides, beauty surgeries also depend on regional culture. Brazil with a liberal beach culture has a very high rate of surgery to reduce chest size in men and buttocks. Asian countries like China, Japan, and Korea are famous for nose surgery. America is again the leader in breast augmentation cases.

The plastic surgery industry in Kim Chi area is booming rapidly with the rate of surgery being 1 in 77 people. In 2010, 20% of women between the ages of 19 and 49 in the Seoul capital admitted using cutlery for appearance. One of the most common cases is double-eyelid surgery, removing excess skin from the upper eyelid so that the eyes are larger and 'West'.

The strong development of the entertainment industry in Korea is considered to be the reason for this growing trend. Doctors say many patients come to the clinic with pictures of famous stars, wanting to have a high nose and big eyes like their idols.

Singer PSY with Gangnam Style hit the world over the past few weeks also said that his record label had pleaded with him for plastic surgery to improve his appearance.

Even Miss Korea 2012 Yu Mi Kim was discovered to have cutlery when her student image with her usual beauty was spread online. She said: 'I have never said that I am naturally beautiful'.