Why do Koreans love plastic surgery so much?

Some American scholars who specialize in South Korea believe that Koreans have a "deep-rooted tendency of appearance first". There are also views that Koreans attach great importance to their appearance because they have been vassal countries or colonies for a long time and have an inferiority complex in national consciousness.

In fact, the birth of cosmetic surgery in Korea has nothing to do with people's love of beauty, but to help people injured in the war recover. Cosmetic surgery first had a relationship with South Korea in the 1950s. Just after the Korean War, because many people's faces were destroyed by the war, several American surgeons came to South Korea to help the injured people operate. One of them is Ralph Millay, who is mainly responsible for helping patients recover from injuries. In the process of constantly rescuing the wounded, he tried to be a double eyelid surgery for Koreans. In Korean academic circles, he is considered to be the first doctor to be a double eyelid surgery in Korea. Dr. Millay believes that double eyelids will make Koreans more westernized. By creating a more westernized appearance, Asians will better integrate into the international economic environment, especially relying on the United States. Some American scholars also believe that Koreans subconsciously have a kind of self-racial prejudice, and rhinoplasty and double eyelid cutting can eliminate the appearance characteristics of race.