Korea's Crazy Cosmetic Surgeries and Products: A Billion Dollar Industry
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- Although it’s socially acceptable for teenagers to have cosmetic surgery within its six billion dollar domestic beauty industry, it is illegal to be a tattoo artist. From underground tattoo studios to specialist club nights, Grace Neutral meets the young South Koreans embracing alternative ideas of beauty and discovers the impact it has on their lives.
Grace Neutral is a tattoo artist and activist who explores how younger generations are challenging traditional views around beauty and body image across the world. Through a number of dramatic body modifications, Grace has evolved from self-confessed alternative weirdo to actual pixie dream-girl with purple eyes, pointed elf ears, a forked-tongue, scarification and no belly button. Interested in ideas of alternative beauty and pushing boundaries of positive body image, the 27-year-old navigates us through changing attitudes to how we look. We follow the tattoo-covered alien princess to South Korea as she investigates the ways in which Seoul’s youth conform and challenge mainstream beauty ideals.
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That was honestly the best response at 3:00 to say "i know, your eyes are beautiful too"
Hell yeah!
But Grace's eyes aren't beautiful...........
but they aren't. I understand the whole body positivity movement has everyone pushing for acceptance of things traditionally thought of as "weird" but a dangerous body modification where your turning the whites of your eyes purple is not beautiful at all. It really speaks volumes to the human pysche...also her double standards in this video is so hypocritical.
@@darkfeather111 Are we really going to act surprised by this backwards ass world we live in anyway? I swear I can't even write down things anymore according to logic and reasoning......
She fucks herself up. It's Art and she is brave and now somehow superior. And that's it. Don't ask questions.
This is the world now.
@@miredabraga5156 I think they are beautiful, so that alone DOES make them beautiful. Nobody is forcing the concept on anybody in this video. Care less about the actions of others, you're wasting valuable time with yourself :) Get that negativity outtaaa here
The journalist is so beautiful and so sweet but I think she may be a bit disillusioned .. she has had extreme body modifications herself, and seems to look down on it in korea .. when the western world is literally no different when it comes to beauty standards
all she‘s saying is it’s concerning if there’s a trend of young girls feeling pressure to get cosmetic procedures in order to conform to narrow mainstream beauty standards. these concerns are often voiced here in the west, too. and for good reason. getting tattoos in your 20s and getting Botox as a teenager are NOT the same thing. that is a false equivalency. the reasons and the why’s behind them are completely different.
It's a social pressure in Korea to get plastic surgery. Her tattoos and body modifications is self expression. It would be different if she was pressure to go through these modifications through social pressure. Years ago when I was vacationing in LA a Korean taxi drivers was complaining that American Korean girls were uglies because they didn't live up to the standards of beauty of South Koreans.
@@meadowgailer5659 except that peer groups are a greater influence and Grace's peer group looks like her as well so everyone defending it might as well say they think theres more risks in cosmetic procedure. Showing a young girl interested in the Kpop singer wouldnt really even show that 'society' is influencing her likes and dislikes... humans have a pretty innate nature to prefer what they prefer. I can only see the points being that age is a concern and society's overwhelming messaging is a concern, in America we entertain multiple interests, multiple networks, no limits to our internet and so in our advertising, in comparison, we are allowed to think for ourselves. There is not much I appreciate in this journalism, that being said. It does not dig deep enough... as with anything to do with with this geographical location. If you can't do the research, Korea is difficult to understand; It is a small country. Either side thinking either Grace is wrong or right is simply errant.
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking.
@instantchlassic you are right, its not the same thing. Its worse to have tatoos and botex, esp at such a young age. So the irony is quite funny.
gracie kept talking about k-pop.... does she realize that not everything in south korea revolves around k-pop??? its a musical genre not a lifestyle
Yeah, one of the things that bugged me to. The way KPop idols look is just another reflection of the (admittedly very narrow) Korean beauty ideals.. not the cause of them.
@@DM-nw5lu exactly.
Exactly what I am thinking. Why blame kpop???? And most of them dont give a fuck to it
@@ghieenel1775 k-pop is the biggest phenomenon that come from S. Korea and it has caused the ballooning of the Korean beauty demand worldwide
@@rf1283 What I mean in 'they' are south koreans. I dont think we're on the same page here dear
I was extremely surprised to hear the judgemental comments the interviewer was constantly making, in the same breath she herself complained about being judged for her tattoos. At one point she talked about the "young age" many of these impressionable young woman choose to have botox, again, I found myself wondering what age did she have her first tattoo? At what age did she inject dye into her eyeballs? Overall, it is my opinion that this presentation was far from objective, and difficult to watch because of.
nope: that is about normal
The thing is like you can get a noose job as a high school graduation. Nobody in west is putting pressures on girls to get tattoos or getting dyed eyeballs. But in Asia they are pressuring young girls to get a “nicer looking noose” or eating weird pills to get thinner. It’s a crazy world
@@saraandersson2962 I think you mean *nose, a "noose" is a kind of rope used to hang people. I wouldn't have commented but I saw you typed "noose", twice.
I like the contrast beteewn then. I think it is precisely what make this video so good
dead true.
Her issue isn't the surgery, but societal pressure to do so. Her tattoos and body mods are the opposite of societal pressure. It's not the same thing.
Teach them friend..teach them
Exactly
The Korean woman already implied in the interview that she doesn’t feel societal pressure to get plastic surgery. I don’t think anyone goes through plastic surgery/body modification because they want to fit in with the rest of the society. They want to look their best based on their own perception.
Not necessarily true.
@@sarahahn6074 People under estimate the power of sheer vanity. It's not much different than that Jordan Peterson interview where he was ranting about women wearing rouge. He said red lipstick mimics the flush of arousal and stated that basically women who wear make up at work do it to be sexually attractive to the men in the office. I was like Okay grandpa, ever think that women just don't want to look like shit when they look in the mirror? If it were the norm for men to put concealer on pimples, he would do so too.
One who went to the extreme to find her beauty judging another form of extreme beauty.
the point is literally that in south korea it is not extreme, it is the norm. if it was being identified culturally as extreme this would be a very different video.
@@JohnSmith-bg2yu If it is like that, that is perfectly fine, but what she has done with her body is extreme in all over the world, but she is still judging another norm/culture.
@@mohapagla i guess i am too because convincing people to risk their lives so that they can "be normal" is awful.
@@JohnSmith-bg2yu I am supporting neither of them, to me both are extreme.
FALSE EQUIVALENCY
1:27 THE GIRL LMAOO
Beat me to the comment 😂
She's shock
Me, lol
I saw that too and i died
She is even wearing a Metallica sweater oml
OK this girl was one of the worst journalists in this channel. She's sweet but she was biased
Most journalists on RUclips in general are just full of shit.
I find it weird how Grace would ask the Korean woman if she feels pressured by her society to get plastic surgery and even when she said no, Grace still went ahead and said it made her feel uncomfortable that these women feel like "they have to fit into this K-Pop ideal." Why ask that question if you already made up your mind on the issue of plastic surgery in South Korea?
Yeah I found that a bit off. Why bother asking if she wasn't gonna take her answer anyways?
Because what the girl said is not relevant to the point. That Korean girl just proves how brain washed they are from the whole beauty industrie in Korea. She said she does it for herself and that they feel no pressure to become more "beautiful" but if that were true then people in Korea wouldn't be spending so much money on makeup or getting very young girls plastic surgery... That is not normal else where, but yet, they feel like they have to, and I quote "to become more beautiful" cause that's what they're society asks of them. So yeah, she asked a question, she got a clearly not true answer so she just proceeded with what she was talking about.
@Infinity 8 I don't get the impression that Grace finds heavy bod mod or tattooing "normal" for anywhere. She's aware she's unusual, like how she responded about her eyes and the awareness that even in other places where tattooing is legal and even common people still take a second look at how many she has.
Neither are "normal" to her but one seems to stem from her own curiosity into body modding while the other seems to have an entire mainstream culture centered around it, with girls who aren't even fully grown getting significant plastic surgery and both genders of teens having elaborate beauty regimes to fit in. S. Korean culture is unquestionably one where conformity is valued and the conform that is currently in fashion is this strict K-Pop/K-Soap style.
@@michellebarragan1135 It can be both. Like society places a good deal on hygiene, but its my preferance to shower everyday when I could get away with every other day. Also while smelling nice is good, the perfumes I buy is because I like them. There is freedom even in conformity.
Who gives a fuck all of y'all opinions are shit
you fell unconfortable with young people getting botox ( 8:20 ) but had 100 alterations on your body and that makes you confortable.., because of course it is not the same right? come on!
She said the fact that 18 YEARS OLD girls get botox surgery bc of the influence. Omfg.
logic- blown.
@Michael Edwards dude, what are u even talking about
@@caramelhoney604 he's like I have to say something ...... Something
So wait, plastic surgery is extreme, but tattoos on your eyeballs where you can lose your vision are not???? WTF some people are so out of this world!!!
Phil Lenan they both are
oh shut up.
Jup they are, but it surprises me that they don't seem to realize.
Zero consistency
Me or her?
I understand what point Grace is trying to make here, but you also have to understand she's being hypocritical. Call it what you want, but tattoos are also a body modification just as plastic surgery is. Grace has her whole body covered in tattoos, even her eyes, and she has those imprints on her face, which are very cool! But if she feels like these things should be accepted, why is plastic surgery so different? If you're not willing to open up to the idea of something else that is different in another culture, don't expect them to open up to yours. I'm 16 and I have a tattoo so this isn't me being biased... what I think is that people seem to view plastic surgery in such a negative light, that they don't see that it makes people happier too.
sheshea what I think the video is trying to say is that Korean women are pressured to do body modifications, while she the reporter willingly did it not because of societal pressure but of her own free will.
This is what I think about the video, too. She pointed out that she is not comfortable for young people to get procedures, when if I understand correctly, the girl she is interviewing said that in "general, people get their surgery done after they graduate from university." I agree on her view, but I don't think that she can comment on people who get procedures done to feel beautiful. I think what she needs to understand is that there are differences in motivation and reasons why people modify their body. If she can get tattoos and other modifications, why can't others? Even if the reasons are different, the end results are the same: to feel good about your physical appearance. So yeah... I think she is being hypocritical here.
this is a well said comment
She can't see her own double standards because of all that ink in her eyes.
@@SmashBrosBrawl nice one 😂😂😂😂
It is hypocritical to assume that 14-year-old girls can get tattoos and body modifications but an 18-year-olds getting cosmetic surgery is wrong...
Neither should be happening. Piercings are one thing as they are pretty much reversible apart from maybe a tiny scar but no one should let a 14 year old get anything more permanent than that. And at 18 your body is still not fully grown so its pointless getting surgery as you could still change in the next few years.
One involves anesthesia, one does not. That's why in my opinion, it's much less risky.
@@sneepsnorp1404 Not all cosmetic surgery require anaesthesia
Cosmetic surgery is different from plastic surgery guys
Cosmetic surgery does not require anasthesia
Tattoos usually have a meaning to them but cosmetic surgery is a problem
I'm tired of westerns trying to prove that they are open minded and free and judging other cultures and ways of thinking..the interviewer barely listened to to girl's opinion and pointed out the whole time how bad k-pop beauty standards are... meanwhile she has transformed herself to look rebellious and free...I think vice and similar channels should try to make more objective interviews and provide us with helpful insights rather than opinions and stereotypes...the whole video was such and oxymoron and I'm actually disappointed that even the young generation doesn't try to accept a different way of thinking although they praise themselves for being open minded and unique
Yeah like that type of mind is dangerous i think, they think they are so smart.
how do they sleep in a spa room full of noisey people?
@Beck W most Korean ppl are pretty used to falling asleep everywhere bc of public transportation. Bc of the strenuous work culture, ppl tend to sleep on long bus or train rides. I always see many ppl sleeping on the train. Also, most Koreans prefer hard or flat beds bc that is what they are used to, so it's easier for them to fall asleep anywhere imo. I've lived here 3 years, but I'll never be able to do that very well. Not with my insomnia, haha. However a lot of 24 hr saunas here have 'snoring' and 'non-snoring' rooms
Better then sleeping on street when I was drunk in South Korea.
I used to sleep alot of times in loud places u get used to it
You dont sleep in a spa the fuck?
koreans can sleep anywhere lol
I edited my comment, so you won't know how i got this many likes XD.
😂😂😂😂😂
Brooo
I was just gonna comment that xD
I was hoping for this comment 😂😂
@@aliensushi5623 Same :P
I don't think she was a good pick for this report , she is covered in tattoos , so she shouldn't judge them for their religious use of makeup or choice to undergo plastic surgery. A better choice in my opinion would have been an American of an Asian descent who has a more relatible look .
I agree
What matters is if the content is true.
This episode is so annoying because she doesn't seem to listen to anything she's saying >.>
Like the girl says "I just get it for me" "we just change ourselves because we want to" "no one has forced us" but she just keeps insisting "children are getting surgeries because of pressures of kpop!!!!"
Plus dramatizing how young ladies usually are when they are getting surgeries , the girl says out of university but Grace still says that they're out of Highschool age??
Is this caused by poor translation in the subtitles or is this grace refusing to listen and pushing dramatized falsities?
I think they cut too much in the interview. The questions don't correspond to the answers, so I think they're just cutting together completely different parts of the conversation.
There are definitely children in Korea who get cosmetic surgery done before high school, and I think that's what Grace was referring to. It's not as widespread as surgery after university, but it happens. Some of these kids are even featured on TV. There was an episode on Hello Counselor where a girl outed her 12-year-old sister's eyelid surgery.
It's standard VICE procedure.
The girl saying that she doesn’t get plastic surgery because of societal pressure is bullshit. The pressure from society is the reason that so many people are doing it in S Korea. It’s why far more people do it there than in any other part of the world. If this girl lived in any other country she would be much less likely to get this stuff done and that is societal pressure. What’s really frustrating about this video is the Korean girls utter denial of reality and grace not challenging her enough on it. If you don’t get this stuff done in S Korea you’re probably seen as lame and ugly. This girl says she doesn’t get it done because of pressure from society?! Who the hell is she kidding?
DONKEY SHOW I’m sorry, do you really think that women in South Korea are not getting these procedures done because of societal pressure? And the fact that they spend more money on makeup than any where else in the world is just all a huge coincidence? Do a little critical thinking ffs. Just because someone says they don’t do it because of pressure from their surroundings doesn’t make it true. I cringed when I heard her say that because it’s such an obvious load of bullshit. What’s the alternative? That people in S Korea are just born with an innate desire to get plastic surgery and spend money on makeup in ways that far outnumber any other country in the world? Like are you guys a little slow or what??
To blame the whole thing on the K-Pop industry is foolish but it's not totally unrelated to the whole thing either. To say she gets it for herself though is even more foolish and not to mention naive. I understand that sometimes you can look at a part of your face or body and think that it's not perfect or that it doesn't look as good as it could but where else would you immediately think of surgery as a ready solution? When someone looks at everyone else or at least what has to be a vast majority of their peers "fixing" what they think are their imperfections or at least covering them up eventually they too will get that same idea in their head. Such that while it might not be as blatant as pressure but it's no less toxic. At least with pressure you can entertain thoughts of not conforming but with this the thought probably never even crossed her mind because even though she might not get to be the swan at least she won't be the "ugly duckling" either.
I like this report a lot, it was honest and open to a certain extend. I do however find it a bit odd that a woman who - by all accounts - started quite young at body modifications herself in order to find her ideal of beauty feels a bit strange about young people in South Korea striving for theirs at a young age. We all aim to find our ideal, be it purple eyes or straight noses.
She’s got her eyes tattooed, which is a very risky procedure considering she herself said less than 100 people have it, yet she acts so uncomfortable for girls a few years younger than herself to get nose jobs and other procedures. Besides, for her to keep assuming even when told otherwise that it’s all kpop influenced would be like if people kept saying she was influenced by punk music! She sits around judging them while in the same breath acts like it’s so strange for them to judge her bc of her tattoos.
yeah americans are very delusional
Thats human nature. Fat people will spend the most time talking shit about someone else's weight, when skinny people don't notice or even mind. She's mad at herself
You say you’re not comfortable with what they’re doing, however, judging from the looks you got, I’m sure the feeling is mutual. They’re modifying their bodies and so are you. Whether you realize it or not, you were also influenced at some point in your life, either consciously or unconsciously, to get all those things done. How is that so different?? Not for nothing, but most girls don’t normally get tattoos and body modifications to the extreme like yours.
getting influenced by something isn't the same as getting culturally pressured to look a certain way just to fit in, obviously korean women do it to feel more beautiful and accepted unlike the interviewer who did it knowing full well that she would always get stares and not be fully accepted by society so they are in fact complete opposite scenarios altho they have some similarities.
@@carolinecruz357 everyone (koreans, non-koreans) does it for the "STARES". maybe the interviewer KNEW she'd not be fully accepted. korean women also KNEW they'd be judged with or without plastic surgery.
@@b.t02 Correct, having the whites of your eyes tattooed purple is definitely a "look at me" type thing. The only other place I've seen that was in a RUclips video about guys in prison. And they did each other's in red and black, IIRC.
@@kenanmorg4677 EXACTLY! The driving force (or at least ONE of the driving forces) for having that done to her eyes is made clear when she finds it necessary to point out that "only about 100 people in the world" have had that procedure done to their eyes.
Apparently, her desire for you to "look at me" outweighed the risks for which I am sure she had to sign a waiver. Kind of hypocritical/ironic that she expresses concern about post-university (21-24?) Koreans having a nose job or v-line surgery when she's gone to the extremes that she has.
Yeah but she had no pressure to do that, it's more the opposite
I’m surprised she brought up kpop so much. In Korea I felt that everything from plastic surgery advertisements to the full length mirrors and the abundant makeup stores are what really made me feel self conscious.
Yeah. Not everyone in korea is into kpop, and there are factors other than kpop that will make girls in general feel self conscious and want to change the way that they look.
For proper journalistic etiquette, I believe a report should be devoid of biases and whenever you're planning to shed light on a way of life that is alien to the reporters country of origin. Imagine the Korean girl being on the other end of the stick coming to the west to document the tattoo culture with such ill-conceived prejudices. The responses of the interviewer sounded very formed regardless of a new light that might have been shed on the motives behind the high beauty standards of South Korea. I've lived there, the beauty and fashion industry is highly advanced and people from all walks of life come there for different kinds of cosmetic procedures and high fashion shopping. A personal friend had a tummy tuck done and she had never felt better in all her 42 years of existence. The west is usually very critical of any practices that doesn't originate in that axis of the world because they believe any generally acceptable trend has to originate from there or it's gonna be labelled bizarre. South Korean women as a result are one of the best looking in the whole world. And there is no pressure to look like that. These people only take advantage of the services because it's the expertise their country is famous for. As for their very thin appearance, that's how they are genetically and Koreans are more of health buffs than any other group of people, it's a common sight to see even senior citizens jog and their are public gyms everywhere. On top of that, they eat healthy. I've lived there, I know what I'm saying. Do your research. It's not enough to have a camera and a crew when making judgements. This report is crap.
What youre talking about is called cultural relitivism. Basically its where you ignore your own cultural influences when viewing another societies way of life, and simply observe whats happening through a neutral lense. This reporter has almost none. She framed her report through the eyes of a western audience, one that views cosmetic surgery as a negative practice based on hating ones features so much that they want to hide them, instead of viewing it through a korean lense, one where cosmetic surgery is both way more common and comes from a place of self imporvement rather than self loathing. This is an interesting piece and i enjoyed learning about the beauty standards in seoul, but the report itself couldve been handled better.
Agree
@@maccxxx11 yes! I completely agree
Mac Baker what do you mean by self improvement? 😂 if we look the way we were born, and it doesn’t fit the societies ideal, it’s somehow something that needs to be fixed?
Agree ! She already made up her mind. I visited Korea last year (May 2018) was so impressed of how well they take care of their body. You see everyone just jogging/walking regardless the age! All the apartments had walking jogging courses. And if they didn’t, their go to place was mountains nearby. Hard to find obesity there.
The thing that bothers me a lot is that the journalist says that girls get plastic surgery at a very young age in korea yet she isn't even thirty and has done so many body modifications herself 🤔🤨😑
@@solomona4591 Whats the difference between having plastic surgery and body modifications? I mean they are both meant to enhance or improve the looks of someone. It's not like they are forcing them (in South korea) to have a plastic surgery. It's their choice. And since technology has advanced so much in the past few years why wouldn't someone want to improve their looks. It's like wearing makeup. I think in a few years this is gonna become a thing not only in korea but all around the globe.
My issue lies not with making permanent alterations to yourself, but with those who gain a strange sort of superiority complex over a specific type of body modification.
@@solomona4591 The actual difference is in how we perceive these two procedures. Whilst one is deemed art, another is deemed vanity. Why is there a hierarchy in body modification, though? Why is there a double standard in how we view tattoos over tummy tucks?
I was saying the very same thing. She doesn't like being judge for having tattoos, but judges them for having plastic surgery.
@@solomona4591 With the rising popularity of both forms of altering our natural beauty, I would assume that both would be receiving a more positive reaction from the media and the public. Yet amongst my age group, I can notice a growing love for body mods from everybody, but a growing disdain towards plastic surgery. I feel like as a society, we're finally moving away from believing being fat is the same as being evil, but we're still closer to over-scrutinizing appearances than we are from leaving each other alone.
The reporter cannot really support her claims when she has more body modification then the Koreans... she seems more worried about her body then the Koreans
Ayesha Qureshi agree.
People dont give a crap about tatts in the west anymore, its maimstream so looks like she was in need to go
Somewhere where she stands out.. weak
The difference is that the reporter knows what she's doing is extreme but in Korea the extreme has become the norm.
Exactly...
@@humanbeing2722 what she's doing is totally basic these days in America... everyone is getting tattoos. She's doing it because she thinks its cool, if literally nobody accepted her and thought her tattoos were cool she wouldn't be doing it
That Lady in 1:27 (left side) reaction kills me 🤣🤣🤣
if i saw her(that tatooed girl) on the street i would also react like that
Even with heavy makeup or even anything different they will look at you that way. Im from asia and this is common 😂
Black scleras look more cooler. I think she went for the wrong color.
She could have walked into a lamp post :-)
@@KartikKumar-vn6wd not really
not true, was in seoul saw plenty of average people didn't care for BEAUTY industry
Seeing how so many people take skin care and beauty so seriously, meanwhile washing my face twice a day is my only beauty regime.
This video was made about a year ago, but even here in the “western” part of the world (particularly the US, because it’s where I’m from) lots of young girls get plastic surgery and are obsessed with beauty and skincare. I’d say about the same as South Korea. A lot of these “beauty gurus” and social media influencers, start off at a very young age. One of the biggest and most famous is Kylie Jenner, she literally got plastic surgery done before she was 18 (although, she claims to have only had lip fillers which could possibly be true but I haven’t found a good source to trust). I’m 17, about to be 18 and growing up I was already surrounded by makeup and skin care because it was very popular. I’ve also heard about girls who get plastic surgery done after they graduate from uni, just like the girl who was being interviewed said that most girl in SK get it done after uni but the interviewer seemed to ignore that. My point is that, this trend is apparent and not just in South Korea. But this video was very informative !
Real Korean here. First of all, when it comes to tattoos, it’s actually kinda thing that they won’t cut their flesh or remain something inappropriate on their skin from the confucianism. Also, on top of that, the plastic surgery like eyelid surgery, nose pillar, jaw surgery or etc is basically like cuz of the social judgement about the appearance around this recent society. To be specific, actually there are a ton of gals who usually get eyelid surgery from their 13 years old life. And adults are always agreeing what their kids do since the trend got worse. Well but I think the plastic surgery trend is in all around the world. Honestly, who’s the stupid people with the big big plastic kardashian’s butts?
Plastic surgery is only popular with people with too much money in America
a wrong host for this kind of topic lol
how so? she fits perfectly
I feel like you are talking about her not fitting because she has a different standard of beauty, but everyone has a different standard of beauty, true neutrality does not exist. She at least can understand why people would go to such lengths to be perceived as beautiful.
"The human body is beautiful to me in all its forms" - Me too. That's probably why I don't feel the need to cover myself in tattoos and other body mods.
As a Korean woman, I feel that everyone's perception of Korean women having a complex skincare routine is rather misleading..
especially on the notion that their skincare regiment is what led to their nice skin. My mom is 80 years old and for most of her life, she washed her face with whatever bar soap we had at the time. My point is, she doesn't look a day over 60 and has beautiful skin but it's certainly not due to her skincare practice. But if you're wondering, she washes her face daily and has been a loyal user of Estée Lauder products. I think it's all genetic. I genuinely feel that she'd have the same skin as she currently has, whether she had been using Estée Lauder or L'Oréal skincare. One thing of utmost importance is that, she's never tanned her skin on purpose but she never wore sunscreen either. She kept it simple, all of her life and never fell to skincare trends.
Damn I couldn't get that thin even if I starved myself. The different body frames that exist are so amazing. Art of the bones?
I think beauty standard always changing. If ur too thin it will look very scary. Medium size is the best.
Some people have smaller frames thats why they can be small and still look healthy
Has to do a lot with genetics. Obviously you cannot change your genes, but intermittent fasting is a good (and still healthy) way to lose excess weight. You should probably ask a doctor about that.
On topic of the Koreans being of smaller size: South Koreans became taller on average over the last decades. Food, soft eugenics and also medical efforts (growth hormones) are all somewhat involved. Yet the slightly smaller frame persists. It becomes quite comical when you see the propaganda billboards in the DPRK, which were made by taking old Soviet ones (depicting bulky Russians) and switching the faces for Korean's. 😂
Bones? Pardon?
I started using Kbeauty products a few years ago mostly because of skin issues I had and nothing I used from here helped me in a desired amount. Kbeauty is also focusing mostly on skin care and anti-aging than covering and concealing. I find this video misleading a little they don't really add up 18 layers of makeup as trending in western makeup trends. They rather focusing in using a lots of serums, essences, moisturizers, face masks and sun cream appropriate to your skin type so you can use only a light dewy bb cream during the day time without the need to cake up. I am not a fan of their craziness for PS but their skin care routines are to swear on.
found the stan
It would have been interesting if she had gotten a few different interviews. I'm sure there are young women who are not interested in getting surgery, it would be interesting to hear from them too.
The girl doing the interview is so pretty. She has a sort of enchanting, ethereal very calming vibe. Everything about her is fascinating
I busted out with laughter on 1:26 😂😂😂
The host is shocked by the plastic surgery culture and the Koreans are shocked by the extreme tattoos of the host.
can she just say she hates kpop and go. like .
I thought i am the only one who got annoyed when she repeatedly said kpop kpop. Like girl get outta here!
Your comment is pretty annoying and I don’t like your bitchy attitude is a turnoff
@@user-xc4pb1wt4l if that's for me then here is for you "no one gives a damn"
A okay? am i supposed to care or ?
you obviously did not get the point of this video
I find it crazy they are scared/offended by Grace’s tattoos and mods but find it okay for 18 year olds to get Botox and plastic surgery.
1:25 That woman's face XDD
Thank God🙏 I lived in india ❤️ and here we don't have to ourselves like that. I mean we apriciate natural beauty ❤️ more then anything 👍
No offense. I think You don't haven't seen whole India I think
@@vezhil8153 do you?
Seems hypocritical of Grace to criticize girls for getting cosmetic procedures done at a young age when she herself got her first tattoo at age 14 and has the whites of her eyes injected which is permanent.
1:27 that girls face when she walks by😂
Her eyes fascinate me
Some people have gone blind for doing it.She was lucky not to.But it could still be a problem as she gets older.Never mess with anything if its working fine.
@@GMLFree what is it that she did to her eyes exactly?
They inject ink directly into the white part of the eye. The problem is that is kind of unpredictable and in some people the ink goes into places that can cause loss of vision or complete blindness.It's not worth the risk.
1:26 that lady though with some serious staring issues hahaha.
She lives in a homogeneous society where NOTHING like that would ever be seen, yall acting like the white of your eyes being purple are the normal.
I hate ppl staring I agree
@@oldsoul29 That's why you don't get a procedure that makes you stick out like a sore thumb. Its obvious people will stare at her as her tattooed eyes scream look at me.
@@darkfeather111 uh yeah even if it's not normal it's not ok to fucking stare like that,and it's really rude.especially since the japanese are considered to be very polite people as far as i know.if u don't find sth normal take a look once and then judge all u want,but inside your head
@@yagirlceleste1497 You can think its rude all you want, but we cant police the way the whole world reacts or even put a moral compass to them especially in homogenous countries where they've never seen people dressing that way. I saw a video the other day of a group of african kids were gathering around a white women and asking if her skin was okay because they never saw a white person before her, are you gonna tell them to stop its rude? you find it rude because you grew up if that "honey dont stare its rude" but in other cultures if you dont blend in or look like ppl (since many countries are homogenous)...your gonna get stared at period its not rude you just look different and this girl is on a WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL of different.
We want new content with Grace! Not re-uploads 😭
Your channel was one of my RUclips recommendations and let me tell you, I plan on binging
That girl at 1:27 tho looked absolutely mortified🤣🤣🤣
It's kind of similar to people in western countries getting lip fillers
Hide tattoos because you may offend people but cosmetic surgery is fine lol ok Korea
Hide your plastic surgery procedure because you may offend people but tattoos and scarification is fine ok western world
@@septemberskye8499 tattoos are made to be shown, plastic surgery is done to hide something thats natural on you
Why do people diss cosmetic surgery I dot. See anything wrong with it
@@septemberskye8499 many people do get a boob job to "hide it" --- for example women that suffer from breast cancer, / mastectomy. another example women with very large breasts that are harmful to their physical and / or mental well being (breast reductions) - however I agree, most boob jobs are not to hide things. Some tattoos are also to hide some kind of skin issues (scarring)- but typically they are expressions and not for hiding.
@@septemberskye8499 you dont brag about the fact that you've gotten a boob job and you try to make them look as natural as possible to hide your flat chest and make people(mainly men) think that you got big boobs naturally, and saying a tattoo hides your natural skin is like saying a paiting hides the canvas its on. difference is we all know that a tatted person has natural skin underneath but with plastic surgery we might not know what's really underneath
I really hate how westerners feel like that they can immediately judge and stigmatize anything and everything that doesnt conform to their social norms. People from all walks of life are different. Deal with it and dont keep sticking up your nose into it. Its annoying. Let people be. And another thing, why is Gracie completely ignoring the fact that the lady she’s interviewing said she did it out of choice. I cant wait the double standards.
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Pie Lover that’s not how all westerners are tho. That’s kinda of offensive.
She is hypocritical to another level. She has done tattooing by her own choice, but when other girls said she did surgery with her own choice she kept on saying its societal pressure. Like seriously?
Mmmh, I feel like It´s narrow-minded to judge other societal norms, because when we look at things from a different view, every person´s look is pressured by the society to some extent. Tattoos, plastic surgery, Prada, diamonds, every one of those things. If it´s not to please others, it´s to feel better about yourself, and what you see beautiful, is often decided by society. Even if you decide to rebel against society, that too, comes from the place you rebel against. To me it makes no difference if a person has plastic surgery or tattoos, I quite find everything beautiful on it´s own way.
Judging at all is wrong, especially when you really have no clue what the culture and norms are in a completely different country than the one you live in. We should aim to live with mutual respect to everyone, that´s all there is really, the interviewer is kind of missing that.
It's not only westerners, people all over the world judge other cultures based on their societal norms
It's sad but it's understandable. When European beauty standards became the norm, it made sense why east Asians got double eyelid surgery, lighter skin, and surgeries for youthfulness. They wanted to feel 'beautiful'. It's happening around the world. South, SE Asia, Caribbean, and many countries in Africa are skin bleaching. White people in the west are tanning. People around the world starving for a thin body. And most of the victims are women. It doesn't surprise me anymore.
Kpop might perpetuate these beauty standards, but they already existed long before kpop was invented. I feel as though the beauty standards and expectations placed on idols by society outweigh their influence on it.
10 minutes of fascination then forgetting these stories forever …..ah Vice all the news that will never impact your own life but learning the world is a scary place.
she said that plastic surgery was not done from the pressure of society, but them she said it was done for her to feel more beautiful so that she can improve her looks, girl that means that the society has made a standard of how someone should look, you want to improve your look to a certain way where its persuade by the society that that is beautiful. i am not saying you should or should not do plastic surgery, its just what she said is contradictive
Fuck you. Wearing makeup and getting plastic surgeries are not all this bullshit like "oh well theyre forcing unachievable standards on to these girls" they do it for the same reason that Grace has all her tattoos and body mods. because they want to look like that and they want to be in a place where they're comfortable in their own skin. if they're most comfortable looking like a Covergirl then why is that a f****** problem, it's not like anybody is holding them down and making them get the s*** done they're doing it because they want to, and yes sometimes they do feel pressured by social standards but sometimes they just do it because they f****** want to, and it's their choice. so shut your pretty little ass up and sit down.
That isn't necessarily the case. Some people may feel pressured by society to get plastic surgery, but not everyone is. Beauty is subjective, even if society has conditioned certain beauty standards to be the highest of beauty. For you, beauty might mean brown hair and a round face. For someone else, it might mean red hair and a angular face. Otherwise, everybody would be attracted to the same type of people. Plastic surgery and tattoos, or other body mods, are really no different. The only thing that changes is the level of risk associated with each one.There may be some who do them because they feel pressured by society, but to generalize and say that everyone who does them feels pressured by society is foolish.
love meandyou you're the only person in all these comments who has any sense.
@@namjoonbrokemysternum Koreaboo no one give a fuck about Korea and if they want to do plastic surgeries to look the same it's their choice but saying that "oh society doesn't pressure me" it's just hypocrite thing to say. Kpop industry is based on look. Did you even thought why there is so much groups? When you have a group it's a lot easier to feel the gap if someone isn't talanted, so they just build a girl group that has 3 amazing looking people and 3 good to bad looking and the problem is its almost always the uglier people are the most talanted ones . You think that is a coincidence? Of course not. It's just ridiculous that to work you should look in certain way it's just stupid. If Korea didn't had problems they wouldn't have the highest suicide rate in world.
No offense to your reporter, but you guys shouldn't put someone with dyed eyes into the spotlight. It's a dangerous procedure that can result in blindness and featuring her could increase its popularity.
1:25 It just says everything.
I think they are both so pretty,
I hope that they won’t take it too far though in these
beauty and passion procedures/processes. ❤️Take care!❤️
What is the difference between plastic surgery and tattoos at a young age? Absolutely nothing. They are both forms of body modification.
But Ulyana IS GORGEOUS!!!!
When I see my friends outside of school: 1:27
i think they made a bad choice selecting someone with that body modification for such an interview especially with her biased judgements
this is... Not Great. first of all, tattooing is Heavily regulated, but it is not outright illegal. there are tons of tattoo shops freely advertised throughout Seoul, which would not be possible if the entire industry was illegal. I have coworkers with tattoos here in Korea, one who even has a full sleeve that was done in Korea. like I said, it's heavily regulated so there are a lot of underground tattoo parlors, but tattooing is not illegal in the way it's presented in this video.
second, the beauty standard is (ridiculously) high in Korea, but saying that "these girls are getting surgery in high school because of kpop!!!" is inaccurate. in my experience (I've lived in Korea for a year) the main reason people are pressured to have cosmetic procedures is because of how competitive Korean society is. there is a constant pressure to be the best, in school, extracurriculars, jobs, looks, etc. and when you apply for jobs you have to send in a photo. so yeah, it's definitely societal pressure, and kpop does influence the current trends a lot, but looking 'pretty' serves a practical purpose (as fucked up as that sounds) in that it can literally make or break how well you do in this society.
if girls are getting cosmetic procedures (i.e. fillers, nose jobs, double-eyelid surgery) at a young age, it's usually because the parents want to help them get ahead. again, this is deeply wrong, especially from the Western perspective, but this is socially acceptable in Korea. I'd say things are changing (slowly) but going into Korea with these somewhat sensationalized ideas is not a great way of accurately examining the culture.
(also the spa she's in is a massive jimjilbang, and everything happening in it is totally normal Korean spa etiquette lol)
Yes! All of this was exactly was I was going to say! I do believe Kpop idols do influence the youth, but the epidemic behind plastic surgery is because of the highly competitive and lookism society South Korea has.
However, I heard that President Moon Jae In is trying to pass a bill that outlaws the use of pictures in job applications. Also, by 2022 the use of plastic and cosmetic surgery advertisements in the Seoul Metro will be taken down. So there's some progress thankfully!
kpop is a symptom, not the source.
@@pris1145 Fun fact for brainwashed dumbasses:
The United States top the list of the country who does plastic surgery procedures the most
Your Sherlock Because the United States is a bigger country?? But do people in the United States get plastic surgery to improve their job opportunities? Are they discriminated based on their looks in the job seeking field??
This isn't a documentary about Korea. It's a documentary about that Western woman and her tattoos.
1:25 the lady on the left was shocked
they are both expressing their opinion on the standard of beauty in a different form, but same concept. There is no point judging.
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR FACE?
*STANDS IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR*
ME: "I'M SO BEAUTIFUL!!"
I don’t get why everyone is mad at the interviewer, her comments were correct and it is obvious she didn’t fit into the comments she made. The way she looks has nothing to do with the society.
‘on kdramas surgery is often part of the plot’ it’s not???? lmfao what
It made me thought wait! Have i been watching wrong kdramas😂😂😂😂because never have i ever seen a surgery scene in kdramas🤣🤣🤣
Sane Sana exactly i’ve watched a lot of kdramas in my time and i’ve never seen surgery be apart of the plot. except 200 pounds beauty (i think that’s what it’s called)
Sane Sana I mean unless they are talking about my id is Gangnam Beauty
right usually the surgery are actual needed surgeries from the dramas I've seen
She clearly has no idea.
One thing you'll notice when you visit Korea is that almost all the girls and guys look like they follow the exact same style (make-up, hair, and clothing). Not saying its terrible, but its a pretty conforming culture.
You tattoed your eyes,no,thats dangerous
People really don't get the difference between the opposite acts of expressing yourself and conforming to societal pressures.
she is not making any sense... women getting plastic surgery when they are over 20 seems drastic to her? Has she ever looked in a mirror lately? What is she even going on about? What makes her think that she has the right to alter her appearance however she wants to but young Korean women are too immature to decide to get plastic surgery because they want to look prettier? This woman is really the last person on earth who should judge others on their decision making. She's got her eyeballs tattooed and risked going blind, just to look a certain way. Never mind the fact that she does an interview with someone without incorporating the answers in her narrative. So they interviewed one single person for this and couldn't even be bothered to look for someone who agrees with their views?
I've been following Grace on instagram for quite a while and she looks so different now. She has fillers all over her face that it looks kinda distorted, so yeah, she's definitely not the one to judge. She also had her bellybutton surgically removed and gone through a lot of body modification.
yes this whole interview is cringe
Elena K what's her insta
@@Aly_224 @graceneutral
she looks way better than most koreans in this documentary to be honest
I think the interviewer has yet to get over some stigma of her own. Yes, it MAY be societal pressure that has yet to be recognized, but, right now, it's comfortable for them. It is a way of life that they are both happy with and used to so what is the use in judging and interfering with your outside opinions? Not to mention, she has body modifications of her own that she's judged for, so you would think she'd be more understanding of but it's simply a cultural difference. It's the same with the spa. It's a cultural difference she has yet to understand, same as everyone else is with her.
Not intending to offend but for spending as much as they do on beauty products there's zero originality in their trends. Everyone's makeup, skin and hair looks uncannily similar. It's creepy.
Best makeup ever love yourself inner beauty that u can't buy
She's freaked out by their addiction to plastic surgery. They're freaked out by her addiction to tattoos and piercing. LOL
Grace is actually one of the warmest and least judgemental hosts I have watched, and I think this particular doc is just too short to be meaningful. She entered a space that is not only hostile to alternative expressions of beauty, but that that delivers such pressure to look traditionally perfect that surgery is mainstream, and I see no hypocrisy in her reaction against it. She is someone who has modified her body in ways that are expressive and counter-cultural, which is the exact opposite of this. I encourage you to watch some of her other docs. They are great!
Two things can be true. People should be free to do what they want with their bodies. At the same time, it’s wrong for any society to put pressure on its people to get certain procedures done. So many Koreans (my family included) are brainwashed by the cosmetic industry for real. Even my sister got double eyelid surgery when she was young bc my mom told her to saying it’ll make her look prettier and help her find a good husband in the future… wild. Again no need to judge people for what they do with their bodies, but it’s still important to point out that many young kids are brainwashed into thinking they have to get surgery to look prettier.
2:57 she just casually walks in front of a car
Honestly, since you are not northeast Asian they would be staring at you even without the tattoos. Every foreigner in Korea gets this treatment.
Funny how in my country tattos and surgery are the same. My country is the exact opposite of koreea. Yes some people get plastic surgery but they are bullied. And i gotta say that koreea is better in doing plastic surgery. I hate koreea beauty standard. Just because the others are getting surgery you have to do that to . And to think that teenagers are getting surgery as a gift from their parents...thats a gift? my country has a saying...but thats what says in the bible. "We should let our skin how god gaved it to us."
Not once in this video did any Korean say, " i get cosmetic surgery and wear makeup because of kpop and i'm forced too." They literally do it because they want to.
I think it’s pretty hypocritical for the interviewer to be that heavily tattooed criticizing an entire culture for modifying their body in a different way. Ugh.
And stop talking about how everyone hates your tattoos. Jesus.
that spa is so cool what the heck
At 4:48 -
if you focus on the eye to "our" left, you can see her contact slide back over her iris! XD
Holy sh-!!!!
i feel like all she sees south korea as is kpop. its not all about kpop and not every teenage girl thinks she has to look like a kpop idol.
The most amazing thing about this video is those two men in the makeup shop just slayed with them skills 😳
3:53 Perhaps, you mean underestimated????? 9:43 whahaha, I did pee my pants a little bit from laughing.
She knew that tattoos are illegal in South Korea and she specifically went there to research on a topic which isn't that important. It sums it all.
Why are tattoos banned in South Korea?
I would LOVE to have a chill place to sleep like that. Honestly we should introduce sleep spas. Like renting pods for hourly charge and have essential oils, nature sounds, offer teas, have cafes, i would LOVE that. I think in the US peope would benefit from places like that. Not everyone is happy at home or comfortable.
I feel like this video is so heavily focused on Grace. I’d much rather hear about the Korean girls
This report is beautiful and brilliant. Thank you for raising awareness. I hope beauty standards are broken and Korean society starts opening up to more diverse ideas of beauty and how people should have the right to express themselves. Awesome report! Really fascinating how everything panned out. I'm sure some people wanted that courage though but couldn't express it.
Beauty outside...but empty inside :/
Things will change when person get older
So interesting, Thank you
also they see the beauty industry like we see tattooing, just changing the body expressing themselves how they feel inside.
But you should look good to work? No one is forcing it.
So they outlaw tattoos, but let their kids get injected with botulinum toxin which by the way is the same thing that causes botulism? Or having dangerous major surgeries with anesthetic? We live in a weird world alright.