"Round Head" Plastic Surgery Seems Excessive, Even for South Korea

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

For better or worse, South Korea is famous for its plastic surgery. Maybe the procedures help some put a better face forward. One offers a rounder head.

One plastic surgery clinic in Seoul claims to offer the surgery for those "ridiculed" for having a flat or sunken back of the head.

The procedure takes under an hour and involves a small incision. Surgeons use a type of bone cement to create a round head. Yes, bone cement. Apparently, it adheres to the skull, becoming part of the bone and only adding about 20 to 80 grams to the weight of the patient's head.



Round head surgery isn't new; here's a story from 2011 talking about it, and here are photos from 2009 of patients who underwent the procedure. This month, it's once again appeared on South Korean internet forums. However, as far as plastic surgery goes, it certainly doesn't appear to be mainstream in the country. Recently, one South Korean site called the surgery "a bit much."

Perhaps, if someone suffered from an abnormally flat head, plastic surgery would make sense.
There is a condition called "plagiocephaly" or "flat head syndrome" in infants that is corrected by wearing a helmet for several months as the child grows, forming a round skull. Then, there are the rest of us, who might have slept a bit too much on our backs as babies, resulting in a somewhat flat head. That's... okay.

But in the above before-after photos, it's kind of hard to see a marked difference—or maybe I just don't care about the back of people's heads. Some folks, it seems, do.

Please check the source for more photos

Source: Kotaku

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Comments

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

"for those "ridiculed" for having a flat or sunken back of the head."

LOL WHAT

[robalunch.livejournal.com]

lol

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

This could be easily avoided by turning your baby when he/she's a sleep

[allegsiseu.livejournal.com]

so have them sleep on their side?

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

what in the world?

[nickle4apickle.livejournal.com]

You can get that exact same effect by teasing your hair back there and then flattening the outer layers. o0;

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

What if your hair is straight and asian stiff?

[pepper.livejournal.com]

The fuck is wrong with these people...

[kai-minami.livejournal.com]

[himenojigoku.livejournal.com]

+1

[nekkedness.livejournal.com]

shudder...

I understand why people want to do this...

but I wouldn't let anyone put a knife anywhere near my brain nopeee

[1111-am.livejournal.com]

omg what D: just tease your hair back. it can do wonders D:

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Okay this is just hyper critical nonsense.

[babyonions.livejournal.com]

I have a huge head, can Korea fix that? Lobotomy?
But if someone wants to do this, do it. But no cement is going near my brain.

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

it doesn't really go near your brain. if they're just putting cement on your skull it's honestly not that invasive, they just peel back a little skin and then paint your skull.

[footballfina.livejournal.com]

(http://imgur.com/zrzlNZZ)

[hitsujiga.livejournal.com]

i do have that and i hate it but lol no ps for me kthxbai UGH >.<;

OP's title though..."Even for Korea"

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

LOL

Re: OP's title though..."Even for Korea"

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

It's from the source. I'm not responsible for it.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

[achan123.livejournal.com]

initially this seemed ridiculous,
but the illustration on the right does look prettier

but its so wierd :S
why would u get this?

[achan123.livejournal.com]

btw,
dont know if this is related or not but some arab female friends of mine who wore the hijab used to put plastic yogurt cups over their hair bun to make it look more "prettier". i think its called the khaleeji hijab. lawlll
¬_____¬

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

LOL any specific brand?

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

People get ridiculed because flat back of the head in Korea? Seriously? Finnish bullies are so much less creative compared to Koreans.

[thewaynebrady.livejournal.com]

Imagine the ridicule a 115 lbs.+, square-jawed, mono-lidded, tan-skinned, low nose-bridged, non-aegyosal-having, big faced, and now...flat-headed Korean must get.

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

My goodness! Every single aspect of the head and body is an issue for them.

[love4movies.livejournal.com]

The amount of pressure this society must be under. They are like machines. One part doesn't work? Fix it.

I'm not very Christian, but somehow I feel it is better to live with what God gave you, than this. What will happen, when they get kids? Will they force a surgery upon them before they are adults, because they look juuuust like the parents pre-surgery?

I can't even.

[xkat-attackx.livejournal.com]

LOL oh Korea...

Unless it's for critically important brain surgery, ain't nobody cutting into my skull. The fuck is wrong with people?

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

i always hated my head shape and people (even my friends) always teased me about it which sucked
if someone offered it for free i would take it tbh

[annhh.livejournal.com]

Your face must be so gorgeous they had to figure out something else to tease about :D

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

DOING TOO MUCH KOREA!! STOPPPP.
Start rubbing your babes head and shape that noggin.

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

I have nothing against plastic surgery. I would get it if I could afford it and, ya know, didn't hate being in pain. But this, is just...I mean. I get it. The few Asian kids we did have in my schools growing up, had flatter heads, but so did a lot of the Polish kids too. Kids made fun of the Asian kids about it, but never the Polish kids (aren't humans wonderful?!) But this is just...yea...

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

im polish and i got made fun of for it
i guess it depends where you live

[annhh.livejournal.com]

Wow gross people are voluntarily doing this.. Sad really

I don't even pay attention to little things like that. Just hairspray it, that'll avoid the health risks. One might end up wearing wigs for the rest of their lives if surgery goes bad.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

lmfao are you fucking serious?? I can't.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

for that ~*glamours hollywood look*~. makes a great stocking stuffer!