Center Cosmetic Surgery
Plastic Surgery?
I had the wierdest thought. I heard in Korea, something like 50% of hte girls get plastic surgery before age 18 because for girls, being successful is all about snagging the best guy you can get. (best meaning richest). And being hott is naturally the easiest way to snag men. So my question is: All these ugly/average girls are getting surgery to become better looking, but how do the doctors know what to do? Its not exactly easy to take an ugly person and list 1 or 2 things (like a nose lift or whatever) and have them suddenly become beautiful. I mean like, with your own face, if you could have painless surgery, its not like I would know what to change. Is there some common thing that everyone gets done? Its just totally puzzling me.
Public Comments
- The patient usually brings in pictures to represent what he/she thinks is "ideal" for perceived beauty. Plus the doctors are taught to measure ones face in like thirds. If someone has disproportions than the doctor can make suggestions. By the way I think the breast are the most common to have augmented.
- One of the procedures that Asian girls have done is to have a tendon in their calves cut so the muscle will atrophy because very small calves are a sign of beauty. It may seem very hard-core, but all societies have some type of obsession about beauty, the standards just differ.
- A really common type of cosmetic surgery in Asia is 'double eyelid' surgery to give a more westernized appearance to the eyes. 50% of Asians are born without an eyelid crease, so this particular type of surgery can create this crease. Other common surgical procedures in Asia include brow/cheek/jaw bone shaving, rhinoplasty, liposuction and breast implants. I think it's crazy that so many Korean women are opting for cosmetic surgery so young, but as long as they are aware of the risks and dangers surgery involves, not to mention who phsyically and emotionally draining it is, I guess it's their choice. HTH : )
