Plastic Surgery In Korea

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The cause of the popularity of plastic surgery Korea exports plastic surgery. Some doctors go aboard to do surgeries and many women in China and Japan want to come to Korea for plastic surgery. Korea is famous for high technical skill of plastic surgery. The reason why Korean plastic surgery skill is on high level is that Koreans have had plastic surgery as much as the operation technology has developed. Excessive popularity of plastic surgery is an issue and many people express concern about that in Korea. The danger of plastic surgery is known, but more and more people have the surgery. Thoughts of beauty keep people having plastic surgery. The causes of the popularity of plastic surgery in Korea are changes in the concept of beauty, an increase in the value of beauty, and a change of mind how to get beauty. The concept of beauty changes according to the times and differs from country to country. In Korea, the concept of beauty has changed since Korea accepted Western culture, and the change made plastic surgery popular. Previously, Western culture was a symbol of civilization, and people wanted to imitate westerners and accepted the western concept of beauty from watching movies and pictures. Westerners thought that luxury, sexy are important points for beauty, for example a full-bosomed woman. On the other hand, Koreans thought that personality, harmony, and atmosphere are important for beauty, and a woman with small eyes, a flat nose, and a round face was beautiful. These days, however, people think a person who looks like westerners is beautiful. As a result, people want to have big double-eyelids, a sharp nose, and an oval face. Anytime, beauty is important, but the value of beauty increased more and more. Even lookism is rampant in Korea. People don't judge a person by character, but do by appearance. People meant it for a joke that whatever
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