Plastic Surgery in Corea

As south korea's economy grew in leaps and bounds, american media picked apart what they saw as a country devoted to over consumption with a twisted obsession with beauty. Much of the covert suggested the plastic surgery craze was all about corean women's desire to look whiter. This is he ginle from southern california who says it had nothing to do with America at all. She argues cosmetic surgery in corea is actually a form of being competitive in an intensely competitive environment.