To the Point
South Korea's "Practical" Obsession with Plastic Surgery
Beverly Hills can take a back seat to a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, where there are 500 plastic surgery clinics in one square mile. South Korea now leads Brazil as the plastic surgery capital of the world. The US, speaking per capita, is only sixth.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readBeverly Hills can take a back seat to a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, where there are 500 plastic surgery clinics in one square mile. South Korea now leads Brazil as the plastic surgery capital of the world. The US, speaking per capita, is only sixth. Patricia Marx visited South Korea's capital city, Seoul, and wrote about what she calls a "practical" obsession in the New Yorker magazine.
