{"id":1830,"date":"2014-04-22T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2014-04-23T01:35:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T01:35:40","slug":"korean-plastic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/korean-plastic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Plastic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korean Plastic Surgeons Are So Good, People Now Need Certificates To Prove Their Identities<\/strong><\/p>\n

In South Korea \u2014 the plastic surgery capital of the world \u2014 many patients who go under the knife are leaving the doctor\u2019s office a totally new person\u2026 almost literally.<\/p>\n

\"Korean<\/a><\/p>\n

After having a number of procedures done, some patients are so unrecognizable that hospitals and doctor\u2019s offices have started issuing certificates to prove they\u2019re the same person as the now-outdated passport photo suggests.<\/p>\n

With some of the most popular procedures being eye enlargements, chin reductions and higher noses, many women from neighboring Asian countries who come to South Korea for plastic surgery need to prove their identity when traveling through immigration control to get back home post-surgery.<\/p>\n

\"Korean<\/a><\/p>\n

These \u201cplastic surgery certificates,\u201d which are said to include a person\u2019s passport number, the name of the hospital where the procedure was performed and the length of their visit to South Korea, have become a necessity for those who alter their appearance so drastically.<\/p>\n

Security guards at various airports have reported a lot of confusion when patients present a passport of a person who looks nothing like them.<\/p>\n

\"Korean<\/a><\/p>\n

The plastic surgery epidemic in South Korea is quickly getting out of control, with an estimated one in 77 people undergoing a cosmetic procedure.<\/p>\n

photo courtesy KP Surgery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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