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Women go overseas for plastic surgery, get stuck when faces no longer match passports

TRAVEL didn’t go “swell” for three Chinese women — who were detained at an airport in South Korea because their puffy post-plastic-surgery faces looked nothing like their passport photos. read more

China’s embassy in Seoul against plastic surgery in South Korea

China's diplomatic mission is warning its citizens of risks, ranging from nonrecognition at border controls to death, after a Chinese woman died from complications following multiple liposuction s ... read more

Chinese embassy warns of plastic surgery risks in South Korea

The note follows the death this month of a Chinese woman after receiving liposuction surgery three times at a plastic surgery clinic in the Gangnam area of the capital, the Yonhap news agency said ... read more

‘Deaths have occurred’: Chinese embassy warns against plastic surgery in Korea - Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea’s plastic surgery market size was valued at $1.5 billion in 2023, based on data from U.S. market researcher Expert Market Research. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s data on ... read more

Beauty beyond borders: the rise and rise of South Korea’s plastic surgery empire - MSN

In 2023, there were 114,000 foreign patients who visited plastic surgery departments in South Korea, a stark rise from 2,850 in 2009 when data was first collected by the Korea Health Industry ... read more

South Korea's Plastic Surgery Boom: A Quest To Be 'Above Normal'

According to a 2015 survey by Gallup Korea, 14% of South Korean women have undergone some form of plastic surgery — although that statistic jumps to 30% for women in their 20s in particular. read more

CHINA – SOUTH KOREA China’s embassy in Seoul against plastic surgery in South Korea - AsiaNews

China's diplomatic mission is warning its citizens of risks, ranging from nonrecognition at border controls to death, after a Chinese woman died from complications following multiple liposuction s ... read more

Chinese embassy warns of plastic surgery risks in South Korea

South Korea had 2,718 plastic surgeons in 2022, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a number similar to China’s estimated 3,000 surgeons, despite China’s ... read more

Chinese embassy warns of plastic surgery risks in South Korea

SEOUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's embassy in Seoul has warned citizens against the dangers of having plastic surgery done in South Korea, from the risk of death to major facial changes that make ... read more

Chinese embassy warns of plastic surgery risks in South Korea

South Korea had 2,718 plastic surgeons in 2022, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a number similar to China's estimated 3,000 surgeons, despite a population that is ... read more