Gangnam clinic under fire for displaying human bones

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

A plastic surgery clinic overdid a marketing job when it decided to display human remains in its lobby, touching off a wave of criticism on social media against the booming cosmetic surgery industry in South Korea.

Oin Plastic Surgery, a hospital located in the affluent Gangnam district in southern Seoul, had installed two transparent towers filled with the remains of human jawbones, which were left over from jaw surgeries according to the clinic website.

“We exhibit the bones cut from our surgeries so that you (patients) can see for yourself,” read a caption from the hospital’s homepage before the picture was pulled down.

The Gangnam-gu office fined Oin Plastic Surgery 3 million won ($2,800) after the picture of the so-called “jawbone towers” sparked an uproar on Twitter, Facebook and local blogs. Government officials called the levy an “administrative measure” because there was no proof the display had violated medical hygiene laws.

“The bones themselves do not seem to cause any environmental problems at the moment, so we can’t contact the police about this matter as of yet,” said an official at the Gangnam-gu office. “We will resort to exacting fines for now.”

Human bones are considered medical waste according to related laws, and must be “incinerated or disposed of in similar methods.”

Oin Plastic Surgery declined to comment.

Korean netizens expressed mixed views on the so-called “human jawbone towers” in a nation known for its advanced level of plastic surgery, which is drawing foreign medical tourists who want to reconfigure their appearances based on Hallyu stars.

“Wow. Future archaeologists might find these bones and think there was a mass murder or the like,” said one Twitter user, while another user called the bones an “overexcited marketing” scheme.

South Korea’s high-flying cosmetic surgery industry, which leads the world in per-capita plastic procedures at 0.65 operations per 1,000 people according to a much-cited statistic from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, has been raising eyebrows lately.

Top celebrities were accused last year of illegally self-administering propofol, a psychotropic drug that is used as an anesthetic, after they became addicted to the substance while receiving doses during cosmetic procedures.

A National Assembly document disclosed during last year’s parliamentary audits criticized plastic surgeons for their lack of concern for patient safety, citing that of the 1,091 registered cosmetic surgery clinics, less than 24 percent had installed emergency medical equipment.

source: koreaherald

Comments

[diplodorkus.livejournal.com]

uh... ew? shouldn't those have been medically disposed of or something?

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

mte
where i live hospitals used to have big ass furnaces in the basement and stuff like amputated legs would be burned there

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

lol me too

[tothechangmin.livejournal.com]

kinda torn between "ewwwww" and "i wanna see!!"

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

waa I've always imagined the doctors shaving little by little the bones and that nothing was remaining. I never thought they actually cut one bone.

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

i think it should be done it one cut. everytime i read plastic surgery clinics sites (http://idhospital.blogspot.com/2013/06/prominent-mandible-angle.html), they always take pride in doing it with one cut. there are many techniques (http://www.pitanguiplasticsurgery.com/clinic/face/Face-Contouring.html) tho, it all depends on how the pre-surgery looks like.

[batterydead.livejournal.com]

same reaction as big boy mino

[footballfina.livejournal.com]

(http://imgur.com/ir3kAq6)

um.

[pladpuss.livejournal.com]

yep basically

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Creepy and tasteless.

[coldhives.livejournal.com]

[hippodameia.livejournal.com]

(http://imgur.com/rqSx2oO)

[dio-elaclaire.livejournal.com]

wow this is pretty cool!

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

i think its cool lmao. i never thought about what they do with the leftover bits from plastic surgery

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

holy shit. jaw bones.
Fucking amazing. Hell doesn't bother me and shouldn't Korea, they just don't want their PS obsession thrown back in their face. For every 1 bone makes 1-2 new clients. The patient has kids, usually 2 and then they don't look like mummy or daddy so they need to get that shaved. SAD CYCLE.

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

ew D:

[undeadkennedy.livejournal.com]

[kinagyo.livejournal.com]

i wonder how many of them belong to the idols

//ok, i'm having weird thoughts about sasaeng fans stealing the bones of their precious oppars
//i think it's time to leave

[juhli.livejournal.com]

wow, never thought the bone was that big. It's baffling to see them all stapled like that.

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

How exactly did the Gangnam-gu office fine them if they supposedly didn't break any law? What exactly did they get fined for? Kinda seems more sketchy than the bones... although there is probably just details missing from the story.

I was imagining a few slices of bone hanging on strings in a tall tower-like glass case after I read the first bit... Not just a 'tower' of bone - how is that appealing at all? XD

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

[aiedailglow.livejournal.com]

nah, it's just waste, no one would want to care about their shaved off jawbones anymore

[hugtimes.livejournal.com]

this is sort cool but super gross at the same time.

[consequences.livejournal.com]

omg whose idea was it i'm dying "showing past patients' bones will surely lead to an increase of patients to come!"

[snmj.livejournal.com]

they should have thought it out more.... way more

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

I think if anything it may be a violation of the patient's rights, but I thought it was cool .-.

[syrenshaeda.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit "uh, okay" about it, but mostly I'm amazed about how big some of the pieces are, trying to compare them to my own jawbones. Some of the patients must have had huge ones :x

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

mte ._.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

This is confirming ALL the stereotypes about surgeons right now.

[riori-addict.livejournal.com]

why does it look like big nail toe clippings.....