Transformation

Before and after

Korean plastic surgeons have become so proficient that patients who come to Korea on "plastic surgery vacations" no longer match their passport photo:

South Korean plastic surgeons are among the best in the world. In fact they’re so good that people from other countries like China and Japan are actually having trouble getting back home.

It's too easy to deplore the vanity behind these surgeries, but we must stifle our criticism when we look at the transformative results. The beautiful have a much greater chance of being well-liked, wealthy, and happy---they just have to explain to their starry-eyed spouses why their kids don't look like them.

The Western standard of feminine beauty has been adopted by the Asian upper class.