As technology improves, plastic surgery is getting cheaper, safer, better, and more popular around the world.
Nowhere is it catching on faster than in South Korea, where one in five women in Seoul have had some type of procedure, according to a 2009 survey by Trend Monitor.
It has become so common in South Korea that most of the stigma regarding surgery has dropped away, and celebrities and beauty queens openly discuss treatment.
Americans should take a good look at what could be a glimpse into the future.
Everyone in Korea wants the same look: Light skin, tiny nose, wide eyes with double lids, and a small face with a V-shaped chin.
Source: The New York Times
Koreans get plastic surgery to achieve this idealized look more than any other nation. It's estimated that one in five women in Seoul has had some type of plastic surgery.
Source: The Atlantic
Even the 2012 Miss Korea was revealed to have received plastic surgery. Critics claimed that it was an unfair advantage, while Yu-Mi countered, "I never said I was born beautiful." She kept her crown.
Source: KoreaBANG
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