Tourists flock to South Korea to get 'celebrity' plastic surgery
These days,people from all over the world are flocking to South Korea in a bid to look like their favourite Korean celebrities.
According to South Korea government data, overall medical spending by foreign visitors hit a record $116 million last year. Fourteen per cent sought plastic surgery or skin treatments such as botox.
Almost a half of all foreigners seeking a nose job, a facelift, a jawbone reduction or a tummy tuck were from China. Their number nearly tripled from 1,657 in 2009 to 4,400 in 2010.
According to a spokesman for the Korea Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Hallyu (Korean wave) boom has definitely played a key role in drawing new patients from abroad. These tourists understand that some Korean stars, rather than born beautiful, were made beautiful with a little bit of help from plastic surgeons.
A plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korea has their patients picked up at the airport by limousines and greeted by staff who speak English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese or Mongolian. About a half of its customers are non-Koreans, from China, Japan, the Middle East and even Africa. The clinic recently opened its own hotel to better serve deep-pocketed foreigners who spend an average of about 20 million won ($17,675) to get multiple surgery during a single visit.
Many tourists want to have a face and skin like popular South Korean actresses such as Park Min Young and Han Ga In. We agree that korean girls are the most beautiful girls in the world. World are belongs to asian women.
According to South Korea government data, overall medical spending by foreign visitors hit a record $116 million last year. Fourteen per cent sought plastic surgery or skin treatments such as botox.
Almost a half of all foreigners seeking a nose job, a facelift, a jawbone reduction or a tummy tuck were from China. Their number nearly tripled from 1,657 in 2009 to 4,400 in 2010.
According to a spokesman for the Korea Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Hallyu (Korean wave) boom has definitely played a key role in drawing new patients from abroad. These tourists understand that some Korean stars, rather than born beautiful, were made beautiful with a little bit of help from plastic surgeons.
A plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korea has their patients picked up at the airport by limousines and greeted by staff who speak English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese or Mongolian. About a half of its customers are non-Koreans, from China, Japan, the Middle East and even Africa. The clinic recently opened its own hotel to better serve deep-pocketed foreigners who spend an average of about 20 million won ($17,675) to get multiple surgery during a single visit.
Many tourists want to have a face and skin like popular South Korean actresses such as Park Min Young and Han Ga In. We agree that korean girls are the most beautiful girls in the world. World are belongs to asian women.
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