The San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier this year that an increasing number of South Korean men are undergoing plastic surgery in order to look more Western so it will be easier for them to get jobs with international business firms. The most common operation involves adding layers of skin to the eyclids to make them look less Asian, the article stated.

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