Chinese women who
are entering South Korea
seeking skilled plastic surgeons are undergoing such transformative procedures
that they are struggling to get past airport security on their way home.
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Yan Xu, a 22-year-old broker, pictured before (left) and
after surgery (right). She had eyelid surgery, a nose job, and chin implants
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The
extensive surgeries, which can include reducing excess skin in the upper eyelid
to make the eyes appear bigger and more 'Western', are transforming some
Chinese women's entire faces, rendering them almost unrecognizable.
To combat the
issue, some hospitals have resorted to handing out 'plastic surgery
certificates' - which include the patient's passport number, the name of the
hospital they were treated at and the length of their visit to South Korea - to
enable the women to re-enter China.
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Zhang Cher, a 27-year-old aspiring singer, pictured before
(left) and after surgery (right)
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Yang Jiayi, a 21-year-old clerk, before (left) and after
(right) surgery. Yang had her eye shape altered and received eyelash extensions
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China Daily reported that
some women have been stopped at passport control because they were noted to
have bigger eyes, higher noses and slimmer chins than in the photographs shown
in their passports.
After careful
checks had been carried out, the women were allowed into China but they
were all advised to renew their passports immediately.
'After they took
off their huge hats and big sunglasses following our request, we saw them
looking different, with bandages and stitches here and there,' Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
officer Chen Tao told China Daily.
Plastic surgery
is now such big business in South Korea
that it is attracting thousands of clients daily from across the border in China.
And the mostly
female clients return to China
as 'live adverts' for the South Korean surgeons.
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Huang Silan, a 20-year-old lounge singer, before (left) and
after surgery (right)
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Liu Yisong, a 26-year-old dance teacher, before (left) and
after (right) her plastic surgery
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Before and after
photos, which feature women who have undergone sometimes numerous procedures,
have been drawing attention since they were posted on Chinese news sites
It is believed
that the rise of the country's music industry is behind the boom and many
patients visit clinics with photos of celebrities, asking surgeons to emulate
American noses or eyes.
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A 26-year-old Wuhan
woman named Yumei Xie, who works as a jazz instructor, before (left) and after
(right) her extensive surgery
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Some women for
example also undergo Intense Pulsed Light treatment, a procedure which can,
among other things, be employed to lighten the skin
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Xu Yan, a 21-year-old kindergarten teacher, pictured before
(left) and after surgery (right). Xu underwent the V-line surgery, nose
reconstruction surgery and received Botox injections
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