Lapho isakhamuzi saseSingapore uJennifer Lim, 28, edinwa abantu bembuza ukuthi ukhathele yini, noma esephapheme, wayazi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokulungisa izinto.
“Nginobuthongo futhi amehlo ayaxega. Abangane bahlale bengibuza, 'Ulele izolo ebusuku?'” kusho uLim, ephakamisa izinkophe zakhe ukuze abonise ukuthi umthungo ovundlile ngaphezu komugqa wamehlo uzobukeka kanjani.
Ukudala amajwabu amehlo amabili kuwukuhlinzwa okudumile, empeleni, okwenza amehlo ase-Asia abukeke eyindilinga futhi aba banzi. “Akuwona nje umuzwa omuhle, ngifuna ukuzethemba,” kusho uLim.
Ukuze afeze lokho, uLim wahamba emgqeni efuna odokotela phesheya. Ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa okusebenzisa iWebhu nokuxoxa, wahlangana nabanye besifazane abathathu ababenezintshisekelo ezifanayo. Bavuma ukuhlangana eSeoul, eNingizimu Korea, ukuze bajabulele amasonto amabili: isonto elilodwa ukuze bahlinzwe futhi balulame, bese kuba isonto lesibili lokunakekelwa ngemva kokuthenga nokuthenga.
U-Lim no-Elaine Teo, 34, bobabili abangabase-Singapore, bahamba ndawonye. Abanye besifazane ababili abaneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, abangathandanga ukudalulwa, bandize bevela e-Indonesia naseCalifornia.
“Yebo, sizoba sibi futhi sonke sizovuvukala ngemva kokuba sekwenziwe,” kusho uTeo, egigitheka egumbini langaphambi kokuhlinzwa lase-BK DongYang Plastic Surgery Clinic. "Kodwa singahleka sodwa, sonke sibhandishwe ndawonye emakamelweni ethu ehhotela."
Wakhetha inqubo “yokuxhunyelelwa amafutha” esusa amafutha esiswini athi kamuva ajovwe esiphongweni futhi agoqeke esihlathini esicwile ukuze enze iphrofayili egcwele. U-Lim ukhethe ukufakwa kwesilevu nokufinyela kwekhala lakhe, ngaphezu kwamajwabu amehlo akabili.
Umtholampilo ungomunye wemikhulu kakhulu yase-Korea, enkabeni yezitolo zase-Seoul's posh Kangnam lapho imitholampilo yokuhlinzwa yepulasitiki itholakala kalula cishe kuwo wonke amanye amabhulokhi. Izibhedlela ezingaphezu kwesigamu sezwe ezingama-699 sezivule ibhizinisi kulesi sifunda.
Kepha ukwehla komnotho kuholele ezigulini ezisekhaya ezimbalwa ezinyangeni ezedlule. Ngakho-ke uDkt. Kim Byung-Kun nethimba lakhe lodokotela abahlinzayo abangu-14 esikhundleni salokho bagxile emakethe enkulu yase-Asia, ekhuthazwa umkhankaso kahulumeni waseKorea wokuheha izivakashi eziningi zezokwelapha zakwamanye amazwe. UKim uvule imitholampilo emincane emithathu e-China futhi uhamba njalo eya e-Shanghai, e-Hong Kong nase-Singapore ukuze ahehe iziguli ezintsha ngezingqungquthela zokubonisana. “Ngemva komsebenzi, ngiphendula imibuzo yama-imeyili engaphezu kuka-100 evela emhlabeni wonke njalo ebusuku,” esho ngokuziqhenya.
Ukuze bagxume kulokhu, eminye imitholampilo ilandela okufanayo, iqasha abahumushi abakhuluma isiJapane, isiShayina kanye nesiNgisi. Amahhotela nama-ejensi okuvakasha ahlangana nemitholampilo edumile ukuze anikeze “uhambo lwephakheji yobuhle bezokwelapha” oluhlanganisa uhambo lwasemtholampilo, izinhlelo ze-spa, ukuyothenga nokubuka indawo.
Ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki e-South Korea kwase kunentengo encintisanayo kakade, nangaphambi kokuba ukwehla kwamahhala kohlobo lwemali lwasendaweni kwenza izindleko zikhange nakakhulu kubantu abavela kwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa akusona leso kuphela isicelo. “Abantu base-Asia bakhetha odokotela base-Asia ngoba abakufunayo kuhlukile kwabaseCaucasus,” kusho uKim, ngenkathi ethunga unqenqema lwamakhala kaLim kwelinye lamakamelo angu-12 okuhlinza asebenza ngokugcwele e-BK DongYang Plastic Surgery Clinic. "EMelika naseYurophu, iziguli ngokuvamile zifuna ukunciphisa i-hump noma usayizi wethiphu yamakhala azo. Kepha abantu base-Asia bafuna okuphambene, amakhala aphezulu nabukhali. ”
Isibhedlela sakhe, okuyisakhiwo esinezitezi eziyisishiyagalombili, sihlinza abantu abangu-60 kuye kwangama-70 nsuku zonke.
Imboni eqinile yaseKorea yokuhlinza ngepulasitiki isuka “esikweni lamaConfucius lokubheka ukubukeka njengento ebalulekile ekwahluleleni umuntu,” kusho uHyun Taik-Soo, uprofesa wesayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu eKorea University.
Lapho ufaka isicelo semisebenzi e-Korea, ukunamathisela isithombe sakho ozishuthe ekhanda kuyisidingo. Ezinye izinkampani zize ziqashe ama-physiognomists - abazama ukwahlulela umlingiswa womuntu ngokusebenzisa izici zobuso - ukuba bahlale ezingxoxweni zokuqasha.
Ukuthatheka komphakathi ngokubukeka kuvame ukugxekwa ezinhlelweni zezindaba zasendaweni, kubize iKorea ngokuthi “Kingdom of Plastic Surgery.” Izinombolo zifakazela lesi simo. Bangaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 abaphathi abaqashayo bathi babheka ukubukeka njengento ebalulekile ekwenzeni izinqumo zokuqasha, ngokocwaningo lwe-inthanethi lwe-JobKorea lwabaphathi abangu-761 abaqashayo.
Kolunye ucwaningo olwenziwe yi-www.career.co.kr, abantu abangamaphesenti angu-27.4 abafuna umsebenzi baphendule ngokuthi bacabanga ukuthi banqatshelwe kwinhlolokhono ngenxa yokubukeka kwabo, kanti abangamaphesenti angu-73.4 bathi baye bacabangela ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki ukuze bazame ukwenza ngcono isimo sabo. amathuba ngokuzayo. “Sesifike enkathini lapho ukubukeka kuyinto ewusizo. Futhi ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki kuwukutshala imali ngokushesha ukuze uthole inzuzo ephezulu, ”kusho uprofesa uHyun.
I-Nip and tuck iwumkhuba ojwayelekile eKorea kangangokuthi inhlolovo ikhombisa ukuthi amaphesenti angu-30 abesifazane baseKorea abaneminyaka engu-20 kuya kwengama-50, noma cishe abantu besifazane abayizigidi ezingu-2.4, baye baba nenqubo ethile, ngokusho kwe-ARA Consulting, inkampani yokubonisana ngezokwelapha.
Abazali bavame ukwethula okuhlangenwe nakho njengesipho sokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme futhi abaphothule ekolishi balondoloza imali yokungena ngaphansi kommese ngaphambi kokungena emakethe yemisebenzi. Ngomdlandla wakamuva we-“dong-an”, noma ukuthatheka ngokubukeka kwabasha, abesilisa nabesifazane abaneminyaka ephakathi nendawo bachitha izinkulungwane zamaRandi ukuze bakhiphe imibimbi yabo ngokuxhunyelelwa amafutha, imijovo ye-botox noma imithi yokwelapha nge-laser.
Isidingo esinjalo esiqhubekayo senyuse imboni yokuhlinza ngepulasitiki yaseKorea, lapho kuphela amaphesenti angu-1 aphezulu abaphothule esikoleni sezokwelapha aba ngodokotela abahlinzayo bepulasitiki, kusho uKim.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, isonto elilodwa ngemva kwenqubo, uLim nabangane bakhe abasha basegumbini lokulinda sebelungele ukukhumula amabhandeshi. “Sihambe usuku lonke izolo eHong-Dae ... “Kodwa kwakulungile. Ezweni langaphandle akekho owaziyo ukuthi singobani.”
Bephuma ehhovisi likadokotela bengabhandishiwe, bagijima baqonda ekamelweni labesifazane basemtholampilo ukuze bathole indawo eyimfihlo ukuze bahlangane futhi bahlole ukubukeka kwabo okusha ngokumangala.
“Angikukholwa. Bheka, ngibukeka ngimuhle kakhulu,” kusho uLim, ethinta isilevu sakhe esisha njengoba uTeo ebuka esibukweni ngokusivumela. "Manje, sizothenga ngaphandle kwezifihla-buso."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- When applying for jobs in Korea, attaching a head-shot photo of oneself on the resume is a requirement.
- The clinic is one of Korea’s largest, in the heart of Seoul’s posh Kangnam shopping area where plastic surgery clinics are easily found on almost every other block.
- More than 80 percent of job recruitment executives said they view appearance as an important factor in making hiring decisions, according to an online JobKorea survey of 761 recruitment executives.
