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Some Korean Women Go To Great Lengths To Show a Little Leg
The Wall Street Journal looks at the controversies that result from some regularly performed extreme operations in "cosmetic-surgery-crazed" South Korea. The reporter describes how women "tired of their thick calves ... find surgical solution" kill nerves or cut muscle." The main finding is that even though some doctors claim that leg operations are safe, others admit the possibility for "too much bleeding" and "suspect results."
Tags: doctors; plastic and reconstructive surgery; orthopedic surgery; Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital; Kim Ing Gon; Kim Yong Oock