I don't think anyone should be able to judge other peoples choices on this, If any person has reason to get it they should be free to do so imo

Plus a lot has to do with your lifestyle, social group & aspirations. If you are not the person getting it, its impossible to truly understand why people would.

....No.

See I'm a South Korean and all, and it honestly isn't an obsession with the west at all. I'm sorry but that just really ticked me off for some reason.

It's honestly more of an extreme case of "I want to be like that girl in magazines" you thought America has it bad with self-esteem.

I'm fine with other people doing what they want. For myself though I wouldn't get cosmetic surgery until the results were more, um, natural.

Its fine with me anybody should be able to decide it for themselfs if they want to change anything on their bodies. But people should also have the chance to get a neutral view on this topic in realistic terms this means teaching kids early how to decide things for themselfs by using critical thinking.

My apologies.  I just figured that because their media and cultures seem so much like America's to me.   I mean,  some of their idols look just like actors you'd see on Hollywood or something.   And also in their music.

Though, I'm not from there and I not intimately familiar with it, so I guess I'll take your word for it.

First off,  OMG! Lovin the games you are playing at the moment, you have good taste, last story and the xeno's are great!

I think sick is a pretty strong word to use, and speaking from a western standpoint, I grew up in a major Australian beach city, me and my friends spent a large part of our life at the beach, and a large part of the late teen/ early adult years in bikinis/swimsuits there. Cosmetic plastic surgery is sooooooo common in my home (I no longer live there, but my family/friends still do) it is the cultural norm to anyone who is anyone (it is one of the wealthier aresa of the state though too). I myself have it also, and I think my life is better for it, and would recommend it to anyone considering it. Its just a social norm for girls in my home and is accepted as the 'standard' without a second thought. You'd actually get judged much harder for not having it, than having it.

2 of my good friends are professional models, others are hairdressers, stylists, surgeons receptionists, P.R people, you simply wouldnt get any of those jobs without it. The pressure is intense and it is a competitive living environment, but I wouldn't say it was sick in any way to want to be popular and have the friends/career of your choice (especially where in most cases, the above people don't actually need to work to live).

Not trying to rant, just trying to put the alternative viewpoint out there

They should play Trauma Center before thinking of doing a surgery.

If you asked any Korean why they wanted surgery I'm sure you won't find one who says, "I wanted to look more Western." Every story of PS I've read (that has come out of SK) was that they wanted to look more like their idols. They wanted those Double Eyelids because their idols had them, or they wanted that V-Line Jaw because their favorite K-Drama Idol had one, or that they just wanted to "fit in."

I've never seen one person say they wanted to be more Western. I doubt any of them see it that way.

And here in the US, a growing number of white women want features of blacks and latinas. This world is bleeped up.

google search bad plastic surgery or plastic surgery gone wrong lol