"And This is..?"

You think the concept of beauty in America is skewed? Then living in the East Asian countries is probably not the best idea for you.

It is said that 100% of Asian female celebrities have undergone some form of plastic surgery. In the U.S., we think of plastic surgery as face lifts, Botox, breast implants, nose jobs (which usually means making the nose smaller). However, in the east, plastic surgery means to westernize the face. Procedures usually consists of making the nose higher, making the eyes bigger and shaving the jaw line to make it narrower.

Above: Singer/actress Nam Gyu Ri

Below: Actress Park Min Young

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Actress: Han Ye suel

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The influence of the media definitely holds most of the responsibility in dwarfing the concept of beauty in young minds.

The before and after pictures of celebrity plastic surgeries are pretty unbelievable. It’s as if they are setting a trend of forever fixing your face. Some of the most famous celebrities that are widely known to have undergone huge transformations are Jaejoong (Hero), Nam Gyu Ri, Park Bom, and Hwanhee.

The concept of beauty not only affects the females of this country, but also influences the males of this country as well. The males definitely become more accustomed to this pretentious idea of beauty. And you would think the influence stops there. However, even males undergo plastic surgery to enhance their features.

Celebrity: Kang Hyuk Min

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Idol/Singer: 광회

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Many famous male celebrities have openly admitted to making their eyes bigger, nose taller and fixing their foreheads. Interestingly enough, this is not seen as a feminine act. This is simply a trend and almost a necessity these countries have grown extremely accustomed to.

In Seoul, Korea, the Apgujeong-dong area (a widely-known wealthy neighborhood) is filled with plastic surgery facilities. And when I say filled, I mean every street, every building is filled with different plastic surgeon offices.

To this day, it still surprises me how so many plastic surgery businesses manage to stay in business when there is so much competition around them in the same neighborhood. This demonstrates to what extent, this business has become a part of this culture.

It’s weird, yet terribly sad to see so many girls look so much alike on the streets of Korea. When everyone starts to slit their eyes, put silicone in their nose and shave off their jaw line, they all begin to look alike.

Singer/Actress: Sung Yuru

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Actress: Han Sun Hwa

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The idea of unique beauty has already been lost in the depths of one very specific look. This is apparent, not only in the people of Asia, but more obviously in their celebrities.

As singers, movie stars, and talents consistently flaunt their similarly made-up looks on the media, people definitely start to believe that they are the definition of beauty.

Female celebrities have gone to extremes of fixing their foreheads (making it more round and fixing the hairline) to removing rib bones to create a slimmer waist.

So many before-surgery pictures of celebrities have surfaced onto the web. As soon as people see them, they sincerely ask, “And this is…?”

Hopefully, Asia will one day begin to understand the meaning of unique beauty. I believe that attractiveness com in forms of different features, sizes and shapes.