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Dec 5, 2022 · K-Beauty’s market size was valued at $9.3 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach $21.8 billion by 2026. Korean beauty standards have evolved to a face that, according to Ji Yeo, a ...
Apr 10, 2021 · South Korea’s dangerous ghost doctors are putting plastic surgery patients’ lives at risk. By Yoonjung Seo and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN. 12 minute read. Updated 12:59 AM EDT, Thu April 15,...
Mar 11, 2024 · By Cleo Yong. 11 March, 2024. Mirror, mirror on the K-wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Every single Korean celebrity with flawless complexions, chiselled jawlines, and perfectly symmetrical features, of course. In South Korea, the global epicentre of the “Korean Wave”, plastic surgery is often embraced as a stepping stone to success and beauty.
Jan 19, 2024 · SEOUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's embassy in Seoul has warned citizens against the dangers of having plastic surgery done in South Korea, from the risk of death to major facial changes that...
Oct 7, 2020 · Indeed, South Korea has become the “plastic surgery capital of the world,” where there has been over a 197% increase in the total amount of cosmetic procedures from 1997 to 2011. [3] This has garnered much criticism from many who view this aspect of Korean culture as shallow, artificial, and oppressive.
May 13, 2022 · But between 2008 and 2014, about 100,000 patients were victims of ghost surgeries, the Korean Society of Plastic Surgeons has estimated. Under the new law, hospitals performing surgeries on...
Feb 5, 2018 · South Korea has the world's highest per capita rate of plastic surgery procedures. But growing pushback against ads touting facial fix-ups has prompted Seoul's public transport system to ban...
