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19 4월2015

Cosmetic Surgery Trends for Asian Youth in 2015

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Eye Surgery, Asian Plastic Surgery, Eye Lid Surgery, Korean Eyelid Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery, Korean Rhinoplasty

cosmetic-surgery-trend-asian-youthWhere success and image goes hand in hand, even primary school aged children are starting to care a whole lot about their looks. Since the last decade, it is common for children to own ipads and iphones, and lately, there are even children who are thinking of someday altering their faces through cosmetic surgery. In fact, you’ve probably heard about it already: there are children and teenagers that decide that enough is enough, and if they did not have the money then they were going to go the DIY route. Despite the potential dangers of such DIY cosmetic surgery tools, there was little to stop the young and reckless. You’ve probably heard about it, ever since it had made the headlines.

It may have been an oddity a couple of decades ago, but it is an unmistakable fact that right now South Korean high schoolers are getting plastic surgery as graduation gifts from their parents. It has become socially acceptable for youth under the age of 25 to undergo surgery in many parts of Asia. If you’re a young person with any reservations, don’t fret because there certainly is a growing trend of Asian youth who are far from shy when it comes to these matters. Perhaps you did not know, but as many as half of the Korean youth have already had some form of surgery done.

In a culture that embraces change and a sense of competitiveness, beautifying the body is a way to demonstrate drive and ambition. Whereas Korean culture used to be much more conservative, decades ago, this is no longer true. Most of the young and old embrace this change, and as the country became wealthier, so did they have more time to indulge and pamper themselves.

Top 3 Cosmetic Surgery Procedures for Asian Youth

Alright, just what types of cosmetic surgery are popular with the young? The numbers say it all. According to plastic surgery statistics, the most popular types of surgeries coincide with types of surgeries that many Korean celebrities have done. This is not surprising at all, since the popularity of cosmetic surgery is often said to be due to your favourite idols in the South Korean pop music industry. So let us get to the point: what procedures are all the rage these days with the youth of Asia? The top three plastic surgery procedures are blepharoplasty, liposuction and rhinoplasty, among others.

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16 4월2015

Asian Celebrities and Cosmetic Surgery Trends: Part 2

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Eye Surgery, Asian Plastic Surgery, Facial Bone Surgery, Korean Eyelid Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery, Korean Rhinoplasty, Plastic Surgery News

K-POP and Cosmetic Surgery

In the first part of this series, we looked at Vietnamese celebrities who have undergone surgery. As mentioned in the Asian celebrities and cosmetic surgery trends: part 1, in the next part of this series, our focus will be on other celebrities in Asia who have admitted to surgery. For many Singaporeans K-POP inspired cosmetic surgery has become a big part of their culture.

Whether through plastic surgery in Korea, or a cheaper alternative such as Thailand, or even in their homeland, famed Singaporean bloggers and celebrities have documented their plastic surgery journey. In this article, we will show the most popular and successful results coming from the country’s most beloved stars.

Korean Plastic Surgery in China

That aside, Korean plastic surgery trends are not just popular in Singapore, but in China too. In the last decade, the beauty trends in Korea has grew into a trend that is followed by many in Asia. Many Chinese tourists with Korean drama stars in mind, flock to Seoul for cosmetic surgery. Whereas American entertainment, fashion and culture once permeated into Asia, the popularity of Korean media and culture is also attracting crowds in the West. In 2015, Korean entertainment and culture is fast growing a trend of its own in modern day America. Even so, the latest plastic surgery statistics suggest that more Chinese than Americans are entering the country for surgery work, even celebrities in China are following suit.
In part 2 of this series in Asian celebrities and cosmetic surgery trends, we will be looking at both Singaporean and Chinese celebrities who have publicly announced or conceded that they have gone under the knife.

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12 4월2015

Asian Celebrities and Cosmetic Surgery Trends: Part 1

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Plastic Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery News

The Asian Beauty Trends that Started in Korea

In the last few years, Korean cosmetic surgery has become a widely embraced phenomenon. If you are from China, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia then you’re surely no stranger to the latest Asian beauty trends. Many choose Korea to get surgery work done, and this is perhaps due to the fact that Korean plastic surgery had already set the standard over a decade ago, with some of the best surgeons. With over a decade’s worth of experience in shaping the Asian body, Korean surgeons is recognized for knowing what it is that people want. We can look to the latest plastic surgery statistics for a better overview on what exactly these are.

What the Plastic Surgery Statistics in 2015 Show Us

Would you say that it’s a common occurrence to find your peers coming back from a holiday trip, looking like an entirely different person? If you’ve ever had a friend who did just that, you may have wondered then; maybe an eye surgery was done, a nose surgery or some combination of the two.

Most people in Asia want to look as youthful as possible and to be as dazzling as their favourite idols. Seoul TouchUp has found that the most successful results produces large lidded eyes, a straight nose bridge, high cheekbones, or an angled jawline that are in harmony with the whole face.  Those are extremely popular with the crowd, and this is also because many favourite celebrities have those facial features as well. Furthermore, when we think about G-dragon or Bi-Rain, instead of bulky beefcake bodies, they are slim but with model perfect shapes. They also have pristine and clear skin. Likewise, many people in Asia are after this ideal body type and complexion. According to the latest statistics on plastic surgery in Asia, this facial structure, complexion and body type is what many are striving for.

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09 4월2015

How Much Should You Rely on Plastic Surgery for the Perfect Career?

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Plastic Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery

It’s easy to fall under the impression that physical appearance is everything when it comes to success. With so many magazine front pages showing successful people who are also attractive, and with what seems to be a general acceptance in society that beauty is the key to happiness, it is no wonder that so many people are flooding towards plastic surgery with hopes that it will solve all, or at least the majority of their life’s problems. Although this may be partially true, before you come to accept this view as fact, you must first come to realize where you and your present or future career come into this whole debate.

BEAUTY DOES NOT ENHANCE QUALIFICATIONS

Think what you will of the importance of beauty in the world, but you must first realize that your qualifications and ability to complete a job successfully are far more important than your physical appearance. Even people who may have been hired because of their appearance will soon face problems at work, and may even lose the job, if they cannot show that they are also capable of doing the job properly. Before you take your body for granted, look for ways to develop your education and to collect as much work experience in that particular field as possible. Plan your life in such a way that you are spending every day in ways that will take you closer to your career goals. Study, experiment, take chances, grab opportunities, and learn as much as possible about your dream career.

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05 4월2015

Does It Matter Where Your Surgeon Gained His Experience?

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Eye Surgery, Asian Plastic Surgery, Eye Lid Surgery, Korean Eyelid Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery

Choosing the right surgeon for your procedure will likely be a journey with many bumps on the way. However, people tend to choose surgeons based on the number of patients that they have worked with in the past, and the reviews that they have gotten from those patients. But there is a lot more to choosing the right doctor than just relying on what other people have said about him, especially if the other people do not share your cultural background. Every surgery is always designed to fit the specific needs of the patient, so if your doctor isn’t familiar with the structure of your body and the features that specifically represent you and your culture, you may not be in the experienced hands that you think you are.

YOUR SURGEONS BACKGROUND AFFECTS THEIR STYLE AND PERFORMANCE

Every profession requires a certain amount of knowledge about the country and the culture that the practitioner will end up working in, and this may be especially true when it comes to plastic surgery. Depending on where a surgeon has received their education and how familiar they are with the prospect of their future patients, the results of their procedure will follow accordingly. As an Asian patient hoping to receive any kind of plastic surgery done right, you will need to focus on how well your potential surgeon is familiar with your own cultural background.

There are many wonderful universities and specialty programs all over the world when it comes to training and educating future plastic surgeons. But each one of them has their own curriculum of education, which has been specifically adapted to fit the area of the world where the patients will mostly come from. This doesn’t mean that surgeons are automatically categorized into those who are good are those who are bad, but more on the lines of how well they are equipped to handle specific patients.

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Take the Korean eyelid surgery as an example. Suppose that you want to have a plastic surgery done on your eyelids that will create a bigger look to your eyes. Because you are already starting out with an Asian eye style, the procedure will also need to be planned out to reshape your particular style of eyes into a bigger look that will still remain true to your own culture and national background. This means that your surgeon must have the adequate knowledge to not only know how to make your eyes look bigger, but also the detail of what your eyes are like in their natural state. What this mostly has an effect on are the incisions that will be made on your eyelids in order to create the extra crease. If a surgeon does not posses this previous knowledge, they will not know how to plan the surgery properly. Even worse, they may use the style that they would usually use on a Caucasian eye for example, which would instantly give you very different results, and in many cases, not the result that you were hoping for.

Now imagine how important this difference is for more complex procedures if so much though must be placed into something as relatively simple as a double eyelid surgery. Each bigger and more complex procedure would, in the hands of someone who does not have enough experience in your cultural background, start with many smaller mistakes which would build up to a procedure that was actually meant to be made on someone else. This is true for everything from facial augmentation, to dental surgeries and liposuction. You may think that the human body is composed of very universal features, but the truth is that each body is entirely dependent on the part of world that it was born in, and the genes that have been passed on to it from previous generations. So when you embark on finding the right surgeon, think of all these things before you make your final choice.

SURGEONS TAUGHT IN KOREA ARE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR ASIAN PATIENTS

This does not mean that every surgeon that is trained in Korea will automatically be the best one, because there are of course still other variables that must be taken into account, but it does mean that they will likely be especially well-suited for patients who are Asian. With its worldwide popularity as the top destination for plastic surgeries, Korea has focused a lot of attention, and a lot of financial support, into training the best surgeons possible. And if you happen to be Asian, then you have an abundance of great surgeons to pick from. Because plastic surgery is a very open topic in Korea, and one that people are in no way ashamed to talk about, doctors have the freedom to be very open with their patients, and to explore ways in which to structure surgeries to specifically fit the needs of people from Asia. Korea is also well-known for its fantastic medical tourism opportunities, which are supported by a large number of travel agencies who specialize specifically in organizing plastic surgery travels plans for patients who are coming to Korea to have something done. However, patients aren't the only ones who benefit from such well-designed travel plans. Doctors also benefit from these options because they are able to get in touch both with the patient and the travel agency if needed, and to set up the perfect time for a procedure to take place. This is very different from having to travel to other countries that do not offer these options, because patients are often left to plan everything on their own, and they do not have a support system to fall back on, or ask anyone else to organize it for them.

WHAT IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD A TRIP TO KOREA?

Regardless of how well designed and planned Korean plastic surgery is, the bottom line is that it still requires a certain budget in order to be used to its full potential, and this is something that may people simply cannot afford. Luckily, just because you cannot afford a trip to Korea doesn't mean that you cannot enjoy an experience that is very similar to it. What is does mean, however, is that you will need to do an additional amount of research in order to ensure that you find the best doctor possible as close to where you currently live as you can.

The first thing to look for is of course someone who has received all, or the majority of their training in a Korean institution, because they will likely have the best techniques specifically for Asian patients. Additionally, it is also a good idea to look for a surgeon who is also Asian, because they have an understand of your culture better than any foreigner ever could, regardless of how much thought and effort they would put into such a feat. Someone who is as close to your own background as possible will be able to complete a plastic surgery in a way that will not change you for who you are, but that will only remove your insecurities and make you better. Many patients overlook the importance of national identity when it comes to changing their appearance. But while this may not seem like something that you think would affect you in the beginning, in the long run, it could cause a lot of emotional pain and confusion.

Looking for a doctor close to where you live should be done in the same way as you would if you were actually going to Korea. Additionally, try to find someone whose patients are mainly from Asia, or even better, someone who hasn't spent a lot of time working outside of Asian countries. The longer they work in a Western environment, the more likely they are to be influenced by the new culture, and the style of their procedures may also change accordingly. While these may all seem likely very high requirements for a doctor, and ones that can never really be achieved to perfection, remember that plastic surgery is not something that is done frequently. Ideally, one great procedure could be enough for the rest of your life.

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