Shocker of the day: plastic surgeons work hard to defend their profession. In South Korea, surgeons who perform “smile surgery” or plastic surgery that lifts the corners of the mouth (known in the ...

As a 20-year-old woman living in Seoul, South Korea, and working in the television industry, G (who has asked to remain anonymous because of contractual obligations with her employer) was determined ...

Almost one in three people in South Korea undergo cosmetic surgery, making the country a top destination for such procedures (ISAPS.org). The South Korea plastic surgery industry is popular due to its ...

Photographer Ji Yeo captures a behind-the-scenes look at K-Pop culture’s influence on standards of beauty. The South Korean plastic surgery industry is flourishing. One in five Korean women have gone ...

Gil did not specify what her first procedure involved. Since then, she has undergone hundreds of treatments as part of a ...

It's estimated that one in five Korean women under 50 go under the scalpel, but the Korean beauty ideal is not unique to Korea. Nowhere is the rate of plastic surgery higher than in South Korea. It's ...