Chinese women who are entering South Korea seeking skilled plastic surgeons are undergoing such transformative procedures that they are struggling to get past airport security on their way home.
The extensive surgeries, which can include reducing excess skin in the upper eyelid to make the eyes appear bigger and more 'Western', are transforming some Chinese women's entire faces, rendering them almost unrecognizable.
To combat the issue, some hospitals have resorted to handing out 'plastic surgery certificates' - which include the patient's passport number, the name of the hospital they were treated at and the length of their visit to South Korea - to enable the women to re-enter China.
Xu Yan, a 21-year-old kindergarten teacher, pictured before (left) and after surgery (right). Xu underwent the V-line surgery, nose reconstruction surgery and received Botox injections
Yan Xu, a 22-year-old broker, pictured before and after surgery .
She had eyelid surgery, a nose job, and chin implants.
China Daily reported that some women have been stopped at passport control because they were noted to have bigger eyes, higher noses and slimmer chins than in the photographs shown in their passports.
A 26-year-old Wuhan woman named Yumei Xie, who works as a
jazz instructor, before and after her extensive surgery
Huang Silan, a 20-year-old lounge singer, before and after surgery
Liu Yi, a 25-year-old office manager for real estate sales, before (left) and after (right) surgery. Liu had double eyelid surgery and eyelash extensions.
Plastic surgery is now such big business in South Korea that it is attracting thousands of clients daily from across the border in China.
And the mostly female clients return to China as 'live adverts' for the South Korean surgeons.
Before and after photos, which feature women who have undergone sometimes numerous procedures, have been drawing attention since they were posted on Chinese news sites.
Yang Jiayi, a 21-year-old clerk, before and after surgery. Yang had her eye shape altered and received eyelash extensions
Wang Pingping, a 24-year-old tour guide, pictured before and after surgery.
She underwent surgery to change the shape of her face, as well as a nose job and eye reconstruction surgery
The photos, which list the type of procedures each woman has had - ranging from Botox to rhinoplasty to jaw contorting - are accompanied by candid captions detailing the features each woman disliked about herself.
For, example, Liu Yisong, 26, a dance teacher from Chengdu, said she disliked her eye shape, her flat nose, her round face shape and narrow forehead. So she underwent a double eyelid operation, V-line surgery, nose reconstruction surgery and had collagen injections as well as a skin rejuvenation treatment.
Meanwhile, Wang Pingping, a 24-year-old tour guide, underwent surgery to change her pear-shaped face. She had a nose job and eye reconstruction surgery.
Gao Shanshan, a 28-year-old cosmetics agent, pictured before and after surgery.She underwent a nose job, eyelid surgery, and had Botox face lift injections.
Julie, a 29-year-old full-time mother, before surgery and after.She underwent breast reconstruction, waist and abdomen liposuction and IPL skin treatment.
Zhou, a 21-year-old student, pictured before and after surgery.
She had double eyelid surgery and is wearing colored contacts.
Lin Wen, a 21-year-old senior student, pictured before and aftersurgery.
She had a nose job, Botox injections, double eyelid surgery, and received eyelash extensions and colored contacts
South Korea is rapidly becoming world's plastic surgery leader, with more cosmetic procedures per head of population than any other nation, according to global figures released last year by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
One in every 77 people in South Korea now goes under the knife or needle in a bid to improve their looks.
Shockingly, some 20 per cent of women aged 19 to 49 in the capital, Seoul, admit to undergoing cosmetic surgery. One of the most popular procedures involves reducing excess skin in the upper eyelid to make the eyes appear bigger and more 'Western'.
This unidentified woman is pictured before and
after cosmetic surgery
A 56-year-old woman (pictured before surgery, left, and after, right), sought treatment for the sagging skin on her face and neck, wrinkles, eye aging and age spots. She also had work done on her nose
It is believed that the rise of the country's music industry is behind the boom, and many patients visit clinics with photos of celebrities, asking surgeons to emulate American noses or eyes.
Some women for example also undergo Intense Pulsed Light treatment, a procedure which can, among other things, be employed to lighten the skin
Dailymail reportage*I just wonder if changing ones appearance like this is a sin?.....I wonder!
Will the surgery increase their life sperm?
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Sperm ko ovary ni
DeleteIt's 'span' and not sperm.
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It will not increase their life "sperm" considering they are females, but it might increase the number of "sperm carriers" a.k.a male suitors, checking them out. Mtscheewwww, must you comment?
DeleteReally? Life"sperm"?? Ok oo
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Life sperm biti bawo! E de beru olorun ah ah!!!
Delete"Life sperm" or "life span" odiegwu!
DeleteMy God.....sperm kee...you need a refund from your secondary school.
DeleteUhn uhn life '...ertozoa' lo ma increase. Mcheww
DeleteNo, nobe only sperm na life semen
DeleteLife sperm? Kikikiki......
DeleteKikikikikikikiki...I laugh in Swahili. Ok naa. Now that you mention it Stella, I wonder too oo. Kai! See the huge difference in all. Nawa ooo
ReplyDeleteWhether sin or not,I am so doing surgery after I birth my next child. Breastimplant and botox injection. Wouldn't do facelift until I am 55,then I'll go for faceklift,removing of wrinkles around the neck and excess skin on the body
DeleteYes,I am that vain.
They no come resemble them selves again oh! Wetin?! Tell me something? You see What Kim West and Mikky cause for this generation.
DeleteChinese people that their eyes look like a straight line. As for surgery being a sin, well, I don't think so. There are lots of things to worry about in the spirit being and surgery ain't one.
ReplyDeletewhen it comes to beauty things nigerians are learners ,asians ,,arab and south american women their life depends on surgery .
ReplyDeleteNa wa oooo d difference is clear. ...
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Omg... This is serious... Those doctors are just out of this world.....
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Dey all look so amazing after surgery. D doctor is doing an awesome job!!.i need a nose job and chin reduction too. Who doesn't wnt 2 look good dese days.Plastic surgery is d in thing dese days.plss I need d Dr's contact ASAP!!!!!
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DeleteI wonder too
ReplyDeleteOMG this is great,look at their before photos you will know surgery is great,will visit Korean some day
ReplyDeleteWhatever rocks their boat! As long as the job is not botched.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question Stells, I candidly believe sin is sin, I don't think hell fire is categorised in anyway.
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Hmmmmmm nawa oooh!
ReplyDeleteIt is well
DeleteI juo m juo onye?heaven go fit recognise dem so?
ReplyDeleteI juo m juo onye?heaven go fit recognise dem so?
ReplyDeleteCan't deny the fact that they looked better after the surgery tho. Whatever rocks their boat!
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Oh please, they should spare me the BS! Surgery didn't really change much about these women, make up did and excessive make up at that! There is only so much surgery can do. If these Chinese or whatever Asian country of which they are citizens of,put the same amount of make up and did the same face contour before the surgery, they would almost look the same after the surgery with the exact same make up IMO.
ReplyDeleteTrust me makeup did this job not surgery! Hollywood celebrities go under the knife everyday and they don't "transform" this much. I have seen people make up to the extent of looking exactly like another person (check YouTube), so please the surgery barely did anything and if it did, not as much to make them unrecognizable.
This is more like an advert of South Korea's surgical prowess which is not that much after all considering all the after surgery makeup, than it is news of Chinese women changing their looks and being unrecognizable.
Had a fun while trying to pronounce their names
ReplyDeleteHehehehehehehe
Their cup of tea not mine.
Plastic surgery may be beautiful at the beginning. But the after effects after some years of addiction is scary.
ReplyDeleteSome of the surgery make sense sha. Nigerians oya oo.
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Awesome jobs....don't know if it's a sin tho....peraonally I won't mind it someday, but mostly for abs......flat abs look so sezy! TC
ReplyDeleteWell they should go back and re-plastic their face simple and problem solved. I laugheth laugh.
ReplyDeleteSdk you copy this from linda blog abi? Lmao
ReplyDeleteAsians and surgeries
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ReplyDeleteAsians and surgeries
ReplyDeleteI love everything about MOI. Nothing to change don't know why some people do it. I have this natural likeness about MOI, anywhere i go people just love MOI. I feel lucky.
ReplyDeleteTo be candid, they look amazing after d surgery than b4- Hadassah
ReplyDeleteIf ordinary makeup is a sin for those spiri koko reconstruction should be a one way ticket to hell.. I don't like doing thing I can't. Undo to my body, im still a struggling Christian my understand of the Bible is still limited, in future I wouldn't want to be stuff with a tattoo or a face look, what if I get called to serve?
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ReplyDeleteAshually most of them needed the surgery. God no go vex.
ReplyDeleteworse things like the killing of kids on Gods pissed off books
Yes aunty Stella it's a sin...why would change what God has made in his own likeness.. my opinion though
ReplyDeleteSurgeons in Asia will continue to ball and roll in Mani #LetsTalkNigeria #weAreHere #AliciaKeys
ReplyDeleteThis one pass sin sef Stella. They look completely different.
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