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Why overseas cosmetic patients are turning to China’s ‘born-with-it’ beauty philosophy
['Bong Xin Ying']
Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
SHANGHAI: Lee So-hee, 29, flew from Seoul to Hangzhou to have her nose done.
Chinese women’s noses look “three-dimensional”, “refined” and “especially natural”, she said, adding that “a lot of South Korean girls lately” had been travelling to China for medical aesthetic procedures.
She made the trip in 2025 and was pleased with the results.
“I heard analyses that I never heard (before) in South Korea,” Lee said.
But after examining her, her doctor advised against it, saying her cheekbones were already somewhat asymmetric.