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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_beauty_standards

      Questions : 
        1. How much money is spent on beauty products and surgery
        2. How important is beauty to Koreans
        3. How are things like tattoos and piercing looked upon 
        4. How does the government view this and what they do
        5. Korean beauty data compared other countries beauty

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I would like to add more to the page. I would like to answer questions about this topic. Like how much money is spent on beauty products and surgery. How important is beauty to Koreans. How are things like tattoos and piercing looked upon. What does the government think about this and what do they do. And just in general how is Korean beauty data compared to the rest of the world. My sources would be: http://go.galegroup.com.db07.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA460483622&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ecc&it=r&p=GRGM&sw=w , http://go.galegroup.com.db07.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA443058066&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ecc&it=r&p=EAIM&sw=w&authCount=1 , and http://go.galegroup.com.db07.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA398145834&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ecc&it=r&p=EAIM&sw=w, https://www.seoultouchup.com/korean-plastic-surgery-cost/,http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/tattoos-in-korea/ , http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/about-face, http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35408764

Compared to 1 in 20 women in the United States.

Beauty Products

Women in Korea spend more money on cosmetic than any other country. In 2015, South Korea exported more than 2.64 billion dollars of cosmetic goods. It is much higher than in 2014 where they exported around 1.91 billion dollars . Some of the most popular products used in Korean are BB (blemish balm) creams, CC (color correction) creams, serums, essences, ampoules, sea weed face masks, and scrubs. Korean beauty products contain ingredients not commonly found in Western products such as snail extract. In 2011 BB cream hit the shelves in America which prior was only exclusively used in Korea had a massive effect. In 2014, the US market for BB cream was around 164 million dollars just by itself.

A massive difference between American and Korean beauty is how they achieve beauty. Americans mostly have a three step beauty regime which includes cleanse, tone, moisturize. Korean on the other hand have a ten step beauty regime which includes makeup remover and oil cleanser, water-based cleanser, exfoliation, toner, essences, serums, booster and ampoules, sheet masks, eye cream, moisturizer, and lastly sun protection.

Asian cosmetic are gaining an increasing amount of success in the beauty industry. The Euromonitor International say by the year of 2019, around 80% of global skincare revenue will come from Asia. At the moment there is many more Asian beauty products in the West specifically from Korea and Japan.

Surgery

Most often Koreans have surgery to have an attractive face because they believe that will help them have a successful career. It is very common for graduating students to receive surgery as a gift from their parents such as double eyelids surgery. In Korea it is very common for relatives to make comments on your face like “You would look better if you had your nose done” and it is not considered offensive rather more as helpful advice to help you. The United States have the greatest amount of produces done in the United States but is number six for plastic surgery. Men make up about 15% of the plastic surgery in Korea. Even a former President of Korea has had a president undergo surgery while in office. Park Geun-hye has done a double-eyelid surgery while still in office.

There is many advertisement of plastic surgery in Korea. They are prevalent in many bus stations as well. Many of these clinics are located in Seoul, Korea. It is especially in the high-end of Gangnam district, which the equivalent the Beverly Hills in California located in the United State. In this area, you will find many young adults between the age of twenty and thirty with bandages covering their faces . A main reason why surgery is so common is that Korea is a competitive society. Since they value the opinion of other above themselves, they want to look more beauty to give them an edge in society. 

Tattoos in Korea

Tattoos in Korea are frowned upon. There is a tattoo movement but it is relatively small. The tattoo movement remains underground since it is a small movement. Most of the people you see with tattoos are artists, musicians, gangsters, and foreigners. Tattoos are not allowed on Korean television. If someone with tattoos is on television they are asked to cover up the tattoos with clothes such as a long sleeve shirt. They will even blur out the tattoos if can visual see that tattoos. Most Koreans associate tattoos with bad people and with a bad image and reputation.

 For someone one in Korea to legally (official certified) give tattoos in Korea they must be a doctor. A doctor is the only legal person to give tattoos to the general public.

Most tattoo parlor are not advertised to the general public in such form like a neon sign saying tattoos. Most of the time you have to get in contact with someone who knows where to find a tattoo artist. Most tattoo parlors are in apartment building. In this places they have an office feel. These places would most often have sterilization machine, clean leather seats, workers who are covered in tattoos. The few places that advertise themselves to the public have a similar setup but are more open in the eye of the public. These places often get raided by the police, get expensive fines, and are even forced to close down. You can also find travelling tattoo artists. They are more likely go to the clients’ house or the client will come to their house.