Health
As end to pandemic mask-wearing nears, South Koreans scramble to arrange cosmetic surgery – Sydney Morning Herald
When Ryu Han-na, a 20-year-old university student, got cosmetic surgery on her nose in mid-December, she had a simple reason: it might be the last chance to do…
That attitude is fuelling demand for such operations in South Korea, which had already experienced a pickup in cosmetic surgery in 2020.
The country has been a world capital of cosmetic surgery even during non-pandemic times. The industry is estimated to be worth about $14 billion in 2020, up 9.2 per cent year-on-year, and is expected to hover around $15.4 billion, according to Gangnam Unni, the country’s largest online cosmetic surgery platform.
Cosmetic surgeons say patients are interested in…
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