Plastic Surgery

[Gerlinde Goschi]

Thank you for sharing this story, Joy.  I have a lot of students from East Asia and I only recently understood how important image and appearances are.  I feel this is not so different here in the U.S. in certain areas.  Prof. Jung-Kim explained it so well today with many examples.  Plastic surgery has been associated with privilege and status in so many societies.  It is surprising to find out that South Korea is the world's leading country with the most amount of plastic surgeries.  I wonder if it is related with the South Korean economical  wealth as well?