by Violet Kim
When I enter JK Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul's "beauty belt," the strip of plastic surgery clinics in the Gangnam district, a pretty receptionist greets me.
I can't help but look at her doll-like features and wonder if she, too, has gone under the knife.
Statistically, it's not out of the question.
According to a report from The Economist Online, a 2009 Trend Monitor survey says that one in five Korean women have had plastic surgery.
In a luxuriously decorated room at the clinic, I speak to "Lucy," a 27-year-old graduate student of education from Beijing. We talk through an in-hospital translator.
Lucy has come to get her face done, but she isn't quite sure what yet.
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