Thousands of dollars to alter one's appearance

Can you imagine millions of people within a country spending thousands of dollars to "fix" what they see as a flaw in their appearance if they aren't naturally endowed with the "ideal," enduring extreme discomfort, a temporarily awkward appearance, and even painful surgery, in what is now seen as such a commonplace procedure that is essentially no longer remarkable?

In the US, it is braces. In South Korea, it is eyelid surgery.

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