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South Korea's Plastic Surgery Epidemic Is Terrifying

2026-05-19 Education
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@-SP. 2026-05-19

I like how people use Koreans as beauty standards but when you bring up the fact that almost all of them had plastic surgery, you get K pop/ K drama fans sending you death threats

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@New.Beginnings88 2026-05-19

I’m glad I’m at peace with being ugly 😂

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@alexvalicko7122 2026-05-19

korea's beauty standards are some of the most toxic standards ive seen

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@MisterTelepathic 2026-05-19

I lived in South Korea for 8 years. It is a very shallow and materialistic society. Girls would get plastic surgery as a grade 8 graduation gift from their parents. Everything in Korea is a facade.

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@matwiej94 2026-05-19

"I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world, life in plastic, it's fantastic. You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere, imagination, life is your creation."

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@TheSoupCansLover 2026-05-20

it doesn’t even matter, they’ll have kids that inherited the same faces they had before they got surgery. it’s so superficial and gross

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@miketacos9034 2026-05-20

It's not a beauty industry, it's a self-hatred and shame industry.

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@ventz34 2026-05-19

750+ doctors being tried EACH YEAR for negligence isnt just bad, its nightmarishly bad

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@prettyindacity 2026-05-20

10:20 yikes so majority of the country has low self esteem? That’s sad.

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@gluttonyfang6674 2026-05-20

South Korea is the modern Cyberpunk 2077, everybody is chromed up, except it's not chrome, it's plastic.

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