Seoul Touts Cosmetic Surgery Center
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to launch a project to attract more tourists who want to undergo any kind of cosmetic surgery operation. To achieve this, the city plans to establish the Seoul Center for Aesthetic Medical Tourism General Support.
Seoulstyle.com states that the popularity of plastic surgery particularly in Korea is growing at a staggering rate.
The current statistics are hard to estimate, but after a search of the internet, one article claimed that about 50 percent of Korean women in their 20’s have undergone some kind of cosmetic operation. Many patients are high school students. Some get cosmetic surgery as a graduation present from their parents and some are doing it without their parents consent. Statistics also point to an ever increasing number of men opting for elective surgery.
Moreover, eTurboNews reports that a recent survey shows that the number of people who want to undergo cosmetic surgery has increased over the years.
There are about 1,300 plastic surgeons in Seoul alone. A survey found that 40 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 24 and 60 percent of those aged between 25 and 29 said they have had cosmetic surgery. It is not uncommon for graduating students to undergo cosmetic surgery before beginning job hunting.
According to The Daily Yomiuri, the Seoul Cosmetic Surgery center would dispatch interpreters specialized in the fields to hospitals caring for the center’s clients.
“It also would have its own Web site and brochures in foreign languages to promote plastic surgery.”
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