Plastic Surgery opinions?

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ToraTiger said:

Otakumegane said:

ToraTiger said:
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.

....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.

 

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