Quoting stats from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, the Economist reports—and sit down for this—that Korea leads the world in popularity of cosmetic surgery:
Non-invasive treatments to plump out wrinkles, smooth lines and remove hair account for more than half of all procedures: over 3m of these are for botox alone. America is home to more cosmetic enhancement than anywhere else, but accounting for population reveals a different story. On that measure, more primping and preening goes on in South Korea, Greece and Italy, as the chart below shows.
Some 13.5 Koreans out of 1,000 undergo a cosmetic procedure. In the No. 2, Greece, 12.5 out of 1,000 get procedures.
Most of these are non-evasive procedures like Botox. As far as operations are concerned, nose jobs are the most common in East Asia.
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1 in 75 people isn’t that bad – especially in a country like South Korea – where looks mean everything.
“..goes on in South Korea, Greece and Italy…”
Damn peninsular geography.
The vast majority of Korean woman that I see has had a nosejob and I haven’t been to Gangstylenam in ages. But if I can add a little inspiration to the botox freaks, Nicole Kidman has recently come out and sworn off botox along with others… http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1347743/Bye-bye-Botox-These-celebrities-claim-given-frozen-faces–really.html
Jang,
Where do you hang out at? Nose jobs are expensive. How can the “vast majority” of Korean women have them?
I would say that the vast majority of roombang women have had nose jobs. One even let me touch it. It was cold and hard. But any ways, I don’t spend most of my time at roombangs.
Details, please
I’m shocked!
/sarcasm
Prastic suh-guh-ry
I will share a story that I think is okay to share. I have a friend. A young gal that we sometimes spend time with when we are both bored. She wanted to make some quick bucks to pay off some debts so decided to work at a roombang for three months. Me, being the economically curious person that I am wanted to know something about the roombang business model.
Since these ladies generate revenues for the roombang, the roombang itself invests in them. Kinda like capital assets. Businesses invest in maintaining their capital assets and roombangs invest in theirs, just like any other business. So, these ladies get top notch make-up and hair services. Usually get quantity discounts from the hair and make-up businesses. Same with cosmetic surgeries and procedures. She told me that botox, derm treatments and fillers were pretty common. She said that more expensive surgeries were possible, but that the roombang owner deducts it from their pay. This is how room salon women can afford the procedures. These procedures allow them to charge more, thus there is money available to keep doing them. It is not practical for the average women to do these procedures unless they come from a background of means, and most women don’t come from that background.
What about foreigners that come get it do because of skilled surgeons and affordable prices? Pretty sure they add on too the numbers.
That was interesting WK…i gather it’s really hard-earned money, i wonder whats the
rate of amortizationcareer span for an average room girl ?Not only for plastic surgery: last time i was in Abu Dhabi i was shocked to see the airport plastered with ads by Korean hospitals
What a Roombang? Whore house?
If they are counting things like double eyelid operations I’m shocked the ratio is not higher. Although, I suppose that in the Seoul megaplex rates are a lot higher than, say, Sejong city natives.
Usually no. Roombang and room salon are synonymous. There are some roombangs were you can take the girls home with you later, but the roombangs themselves generally do not have rooms on premise to take the girls to to have sex.
Having said that, there are a few roombangs that offer up to oral sex on premises, but that’s usually the minority and not the norm. At least that’s the info I’ve heard. My friend said that having sex with clients on premise can could get a girl fired.
From what I understand, many of the clients are in their 30′s and 50′s. From 60′s onward, men in general just have less interest in sex and women.
So, with that in mind, women in room salons can’t be too young where they can’t talk to or related to the stress and bs that these men face. They can’t be too old where they are not attractive for these men either. The age range is usually 22-32. All that drinking does take a toll and it’s probably the mileage, not necessarily the age, that affects “amortization.”
Corea es muy bueno en este año profesional, el pasado mi tío también hizo cirugía estética de abdomen … pero son demasiado costosas y he encontrado nueva Humberto Uribe Morelli Cirujano Plastico Colombia que sea asequible que otros.
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