Honestly, if you can provide a service that people are willing to pay for, take their money. If you don't somebody else will, especially if you're good at it and they're willing and able to pay. It doesn't matter what other people think and it's not their place to judge.
I have no idea where I would have read or heard this, but I was under the impression that many cosmetic surgeries in South Korea are double-eyelid and inner-eyelid-fold surgeries, which may not be what American or European audience think of first when they read "cosmetic surgery". I was not aware of South Korea as a destination for cosmetic surgery tourism, but I wonder what proportion of those tourists are members of the Korean diaspora coming to South Korea specifically for double-eyelid and inner-eyelid-fold. I've met some Korean-American Californians who often buy prescription eyeglasses, skincare supplies, and cosmetics when visiting extended family back in Korea.
I lived and worked in Korea for a year and a half in the 1990’s and that was the trend for plastic surgeries at that point. Less invasive cosmetic procedures like blepharoplasty may still represent the majority of plastic surgeries done, but in the past 30 years the medical system in Korea has advanced in capacity at a rate that I find hard to grasp. Korea is now widely reported as doing 25% of the cosmetic plastic surgery carried out across the world. More involved, complex cosmetic surgeries have become routine, to include “facial re-profiling” surgeries that alter, and in some instances fracture and reset, maxillofacial bones. Since 2009, when the Korean government made a number of policy and legal changes to facilitate and promote medical tourism, the number of foreign patients seeking all forms of treatment in Korea has exploded. Korea actually has a national licensure for International Meditour Coordinators - a role which is exactly what it sounds. According to articles citing the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) which is part of the Korean Ministry of Health, the number of medical tourists entering Korea was 27,400 in 2008 but had reached 364,160 by 2016 and was up to around 500,000 in 2019, before COVID crashed that statistic. By 2022 the numbers had increased back to 293,350 and the Korean government’s target is to bring in 700,000 foreign patients in 2027. In 2009 4.9% of foreign medical patients were seeking Plastic Surgery. That percentage had increased to 15.8% in 2022, or about 40,500 people. Interestingly, and perhaps in line with one of your points, 24.2% of medical tourists seeking Plastic Surgery in Korea were Thai, the largest group, followed by Chinese, Japanese, then U.S. patients. Those are the official numbers, though there seems to be a lot of speculation that there is a grey/black cosmetic surgery market which is substantial and not well documented.
Plastic surgery gives plastic surgeons more money...but...talk about medical school and how those students preffer going for plastic surgery instead of being a general doctor,general surgeon,trauma surgeons or even a PEDIATRICIAN(yes in bold,because thats something actually needed right now in SK)
Is it true that one of the most common plastic surgeries in South Korea is for those wanting to appear less oriental and more occidental, i.e. eye-related surgery?
Americans tend to confuse N.K. And S.K… I can only say that I like the way Koreans look in general.. Maybe because I studied Korean Martial arts and spent a lot of my earlier life around my Master’s family .. I would welcome you as a citizen of the U.S. if you desired it.. Your intelligence comes through in your videos. 수고하셨습니다
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Honestly, if you can provide a service that people are willing to pay for, take their money. If you don't somebody else will, especially if you're good at it and they're willing and able to pay. It doesn't matter what other people think and it's not their place to judge.
I love the Korean people. I'm certain we have many things in common!🇺🇸🇰🇷❤
I have no idea where I would have read or heard this, but I was under the impression that many cosmetic surgeries in South Korea are double-eyelid and inner-eyelid-fold surgeries, which may not be what American or European audience think of first when they read "cosmetic surgery". I was not aware of South Korea as a destination for cosmetic surgery tourism, but I wonder what proportion of those tourists are members of the Korean diaspora coming to South Korea specifically for double-eyelid and inner-eyelid-fold. I've met some Korean-American Californians who often buy prescription eyeglasses, skincare supplies, and cosmetics when visiting extended family back in Korea.
I lived and worked in Korea for a year and a half in the 1990’s and that was the trend for plastic surgeries at that point. Less invasive cosmetic procedures like blepharoplasty may still represent the majority of plastic surgeries done, but in the past 30 years the medical system in Korea has advanced in capacity at a rate that I find hard to grasp. Korea is now widely reported as doing 25% of the cosmetic plastic surgery carried out across the world. More involved, complex cosmetic surgeries have become routine, to include “facial re-profiling” surgeries that alter, and in some instances fracture and reset, maxillofacial bones. Since 2009, when the Korean government made a number of policy and legal changes to facilitate and promote medical tourism, the number of foreign patients seeking all forms of treatment in Korea has exploded. Korea actually has a national licensure for International Meditour Coordinators - a role which is exactly what it sounds. According to articles citing the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) which is part of the Korean Ministry of Health, the number of medical tourists entering Korea was 27,400 in 2008 but had reached 364,160 by 2016 and was up to around 500,000 in 2019, before COVID crashed that statistic. By 2022 the numbers had increased back to 293,350 and the Korean government’s target is to bring in 700,000 foreign patients in 2027. In 2009 4.9% of foreign medical patients were seeking Plastic Surgery. That percentage had increased to 15.8% in 2022, or about 40,500 people. Interestingly, and perhaps in line with one of your points, 24.2% of medical tourists seeking Plastic Surgery in Korea were Thai, the largest group, followed by Chinese, Japanese, then U.S. patients. Those are the official numbers, though there seems to be a lot of speculation that there is a grey/black cosmetic surgery market which is substantial and not well documented.
Plastic surgery gives plastic surgeons more money...but...talk about medical school and how those students preffer going for plastic surgery instead of being a general doctor,general surgeon,trauma surgeons or even a PEDIATRICIAN(yes in bold,because thats something actually needed right now in SK)
Actually...enlighten me about how Hospitals arent opened at night nor weekends? why? not even the er?
OH another specialty thats needed is EMERGENCY CARE!
I wouldnt be surprised if theres a lack of pschiatrists aswell...but,that idk...
Is it true that one of the most common plastic surgeries in South Korea is for those wanting to appear less oriental and more occidental, i.e. eye-related surgery?
Americans tend to confuse N.K. And S.K… I can only say that I like the way Koreans look in general.. Maybe because I studied Korean Martial arts and spent a lot of my earlier life around my Master’s family .. I would welcome you as a citizen of the U.S. if you desired it.. Your intelligence comes through in your videos. 수고하셨습니다
Medical treatment? which illness is treating,I wonder?