I love plastic surgery if it's done tastefully. It's a fantastic thing that people who are born ugly or get worn out from high age can become better looking just by doing an operation. The only problem with it is that it costs so much.

I also wouldn't suggest my girlfriend to do it because it's a sensitive topic and chances are she would become very upset and feel like I didn't think she was beautiful enuff, and as I mentioned, it costs too much anyway lol.

I hope child protective services don't read VGChartz.

Don't worry ma I'm 19 they can't do anything about it now...with a great deal of therapy and weed all that trauma should go away one day.

for a man to suggest to his woman to get plastic surgery is by far the stupidest thing a guy can do! just imagine going to your girl friends and saying "hey baby, you know what would be nice? if you had some cosmetic surgery, dont you think?" ohh wow i can only imagine the hell he woulg go through, haha

It's a dilemma for me. On an individual level I don't have a problem with people altering their bodies how they see fit (within legal limits ofc). But when it's as widespread as it is in South Korea it becomes almost perverse how commonly valued beauty traits are ones that most of the population won't be born with, and will feel pressured into getting invasive surgery to acquire. It doesn't seem healthy. For individuals (particularly young girls) and for their society.

Here's an example, a very popular procedure (and one that will make up most of that 70% figure you quoted) is double-eyelid surgery. It's a naturally occurring and common facial feature in the West and most people don't think twice about it, but it's very desirable in SK to have them, despite not being a natural feature of the faces of most oriental Asians. It's now so widespread that getting the double eyelid is almost thought of as going to a dentist. Anecdotally I know of Korean girls living in England who, on a summer trip back to South Korea, saw a medical practice was giving a discount on double eyelid surgery and got it done in a day on a whim, and returned home to the Uk with double eyelids.

Before -> after comparison pictures of invasive and expensive surgeries are plastered up on billboards there in public. Imagine on your daily commute having to stare at the face of a girl (or guy) who looks like you, who has had this surgery done to make themselves look more like the accepted image of beauty. Imagine what that would do to your self confidence. Especially when some of those features are just a natural result of your own racial heritage.

A huge number of idols have surgery done. In some businesses like that girls and guys will feel under pressure to have work done if they want to compete with other trainees. It becomes just another expense in life if you want to compete for a job, just like paying for an education. That's a bit sick. I especially feel sorry for the girls with wide jaws. A thin "V" jaw is very desirable, and these girls will get hugely painful surgery to shave their jaw down to size.

So..again. On an individual level I have no problem with it in principle. But when it becomes so widespread I start to think again. Conclusion: undecided. Happy that people can do what they want with their looks. Sad for the people that are pressured to take such drastic measures to feel they fit in, or to compete for work.

Specifically talking about South Korea, It's just a small part of a much broader problem they have of massive pressure on the average person there to be perfect in all areas. It's the suicide capital of the world for a reason.

i understand it if someone has ears like an elephant or a nose like a boxer but i really hate those "ohh i look so old i need some botox here and some less wrinkles there". those people look so fake to me and no, a 70 years old woman doing it doesn't look like 40 to me, she looks still like 70 for me just with a fake face.

when they talk about some movie stars on tv and how young they look because of their surgeries i never understand that. they look different to the 70 years old woman in my neighbourhood but clearly not younger.

Yeah. It's their life, but I still think it's sick for people to spend thousands of dollars just to look more accepted and more western at that.

On a different note, this is probably because most South Koreans are pretty infatuated with the west and their cultures. Can't say it's a wrong thing, but I still think it's strange.

Why do people refer to it as plastic surgery? Cosmetic surgery, which is what they usually mean, is just one type of plastic surgery. I had plastic surgery when I had a benign tumor removed from my neck.

Fake breasts are my second biggest turn-off in a woman, and i am not a fan of unecessary surgery

I say get plastic surgery if you want. People already do things to themselves to better appeal to others. Many people already do similar things to alter themselves for the sake of being "better" or fitting in. In my opinion its the illusion and unfairness of someone that is okay with themselves to not like the idea of plastic surgery. If you were deformed or just really really low on the scale of looks you would probably feel different. Besides, we all alter ourselves to be part of the group someone altering themselves with surgery is no different then an everyday persons alterations.