“There’s a full-length mirror and a scale on every single floor of the all-girls high school where Julia Lurie works. She’s an American teaching English in South Korea, and apparently, South Korea has the highest per capita rate of plastic surgery in the world — one in five women in Seoul have undergone some kind of procedure. Most popular: Eyelid surgery, to make the eyes “more Western,” and getting your jawbone shaved or chiseled down for a less-square and more V-shaped look.”*
A tumblr blog highlighting before and after pictures of South Korean people with plastic surgery is becoming popular, with people wondering why the particular surgeries are so popular. However, the country has a different view of beauty and plastic surgery than the U.S. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola discuss.
*Read more from Dodai Stewart/ Jezebel:
http://jezebel.com/5976202/i-cant-stop-looking-at-these-south-korean-women-whove-had-plastic-surgery
View the Tumblr:
http://kpsurgery.tumblr.com/
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