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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Raphael Rashid

As South Korea draws visitors chasing beauty, dodgy practices pose risks

A pedestrian walks past advertisements for plastic surgery clinics at a subway station in Seoul on March 26, 2014 [Jung Yeon-je/AFP]

Seoul, South Korea – When Alex looked into the price difference between rhinoplasty, commonly known as a “nose job”, in the United States and South Korea, she thought that flying to the Asian country for the surgery was a no-brainer.

“$30,000 or $6,000, the choice was clear,” Alex, who asked not to be referred to by her real name, told Al Jazeera, describing her decision to undergo the procedure in the country “known to be number one in plastic surgery”.

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