Xa umhlali waseSingapore uJennifer Lim, oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala, wayekruqukile ngabantu bembuza ukuba udiniwe na, nangona wayevukile ngamandla, wayesazi ukuba yayilixesha lokuba atshintshe.
“Ndinobuthongo kakhulu kwaye amehlo awile. Abahlobo basoloko bendibuza, 'Ubulele phezolo?'” uLim watsho, ephakamisa iinkophe zakhe ukubonisa ukuba unokukhangeleka njani umthungo othe tyaba phezu komgca weliso.
Ukudala iinkophe eziphindwe kabini lutyando oludumileyo, oluthi, ngokwenyani, lenze amehlo abantu base-Asiya abukeke engqukuva kwaye ebanzi. “Asiyomvakalelo nje ilungileyo, ndifuna ukuzithemba,” utshilo uLim.
Ukufikelela oko, uLim wahamba kumgca wokukhangela oogqirha phesheya. Emva kweeveki ezininzi zokusefa kunye nokuncokola kwiWebhu, wadibana nabanye abafazi abathathu ababenomdla ofanayo. Bavuma ukudibana eSeoul, eMzantsi Korea, kuhambo lweeveki ezimbini: iveki enye yotyando kunye nokuchacha, emva koko iveki yesibini yokhathalelo lwasemva nokuthenga.
U-Lim no-Elaine Teo, abaneminyaka engama-34, bengabemi baseSingapore bobabini, bahamba kunye. Amanye amabhinqa amabini akwiminyaka yawo yama-20, abangazange bafune kuchazwa ngamagama, babhabha bevela e-Indonesia naseCalifornia.
“Ewe, sonke siya kuba sibi kwaye sidumbe emva kokuba yenziwe,” watsho uTeo, egigitheka kwigumbi laphambi kotyando lweKliniki yePlastiki yaseBK DongYang. "Kodwa sinokuhleka omnye nomnye, sonke sibophene kunye kumagumbi ethu ehotele."
Wakhetha inkqubo “yokufaniswa kwamafutha” esusa amanqatha esiswini athi kamva atofwe ebunzi aze asonge isidlele esitshoneyo ukuze abonakale ngokupheleleyo. U-Lim ukhethe ukufakelwa kwesilevu kunye nokucutheka kwempumlo yakhe, ukongeza kwiinkophe eziphindwe kabini.
Iklinikhi yenye yezona zinkulu zaseKorea, entliziyweni yendawo yokuthenga yaseSeoul's posh Kangnam apho iikliniki zotyando lweplastiki zifumaneka ngokulula phantse kuzo zonke ezinye iibhloko. Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sezibhedlele zotyando lweplastiki zesizwe ezivule ishishini kwesi sithili.
Kodwa ukuwohloka kwezoqoqosho kukhokelele kwizigulana ezimbalwa zasekhaya kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo. Ke uGqr Kim Byung-Kun kunye neqela lakhe loogqirha abali-14 endaweni yoko bagxile kwimarike enkulu yaseAsia, eyomelezwe ngurhulumente waseKorea wokutsala abakhenkethi bezonyango bangaphandle. UKim wavula iikliniki ezincinci ezintathu eTshayina kwaye uhamba rhoqo ukuya eShanghai, eHong Kong naseSingapore ukuze arhwebe izigulane ezitsha ngeesemina zokubonisana. “Emva komsebenzi, ndiphendula imibuzo ye-imeyile engaphezulu kwe-100 evela kwihlabathi lonke ubusuku ngabunye,” utsho ngokuzingca.
Ukutsibela kwi-bandwagon, ezinye iikliniki zilandela umkhondo, ziqesha abaguquleli baseJapan, isiTshayina kunye nabathetha isiNgesi. Iihotele kunye neearhente zabakhenkethi zidibana kunye neekliniki ezidumileyo ukubonelela "ukhenketho lwephakheji yobuhle bezonyango" olubandakanya uhambo lwasekliniki, iinkqubo ze-spa, ukuthenga kunye nokubona indawo.
Utyando lwePlastiki eMzantsi Korea lwalusele lunexabiso elikhuphisanayo, nangaphambi kokuba imali yasekuhlaleni yokuwa yasimahla yenze ukuba ixabiso libe nomtsalane ngakumbi kubantu abasuka kwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa ayisosibheno kuphela eso. “Abantu base-Asiya bakhetha oogqirha base-Asia kuba into abayifunayo yahlukile kwabaseCaucasus,” utshilo uKim, ngelixa wayethunga umgca wempumlo kaLim kwelinye lamagumbi ali-12 asebenza ngokupheleleyo kwiKliniki yePlastiki yaseBK DongYang. "EMelika naseYurophu, izigulana zihlala zifuna ukunciphisa i-hump okanye ubukhulu beempumlo zabo. Kodwa abantu base-Asiya bafuna okuchaseneyo, iimpumlo eziphezulu nezibukhali. ”
Isibhedlele sakhe, isakhiwo esinemigangatho esibhozo, senza imisebenzi engama-60 ukuya kuma-70 ngokomndilili, yonke imihla.
Ishishini lotyando lweplastiki elomeleleyo laseKorea livela “kwisithethe samaConfucius sokujonga imbonakalo njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo ekugwebeni umntu,” utshilo uHyun Taik-Soo, unjingalwazi wezentlalo yoluntu kwiYunivesithi yaseKorea.
Xa ufaka isicelo semisebenzi eKorea, kufuneka uqhoboshele ifoto yakho entloko kwi-resume. Ezinye iinkampani zide ziqeshe i-physiognomists-abazama ukugweba umlingiswa womntu ngokusebenzisa iimpawu zobuso-ukuba bahlale kwi-interview interview.
Ukuthanda kakhulu inkangeleko yentlalo kuhlala kugxekwa kuhlelo lweendaba zasekhaya, lubiza iKorea ngokuthi "uBukumkani boTyando lwePlastiki." Amanani angqina lo mcimbi. Ngaphezulu kwe-80 yeepesenti yabaphathi abaqeshwayo bathi bajonga imbonakalo njengento ebalulekileyo ekwenzeni izigqibo zokuqesha, ngokutsho kwe-intanethi ye-JobKorea yophando lwabaphathi be-761.
Kolunye uhlolisiso olwenziwe yi-www.career.co.kr, ama-27.4 ekhulwini abantu abafuna umsebenzi baphendule ngelithi bacinga ukuba bakhatywa kudliwano-ndlebe ngenxa yenkangeleko yabo, yaye abangama-73.4 ekhulwini bathi baye bacinga ngotyando lweplastiki ukuze bazame ukuphucula imeko yabo. amathuba kwixesha elizayo. “Sifikelele kwixesha apho inkangeleko ibalulekile. Kwaye utyando lweplastiki lutyalomali olukhawulezayo lwembuyekezo ephezulu, utshilo unjingalwazi uHyun.
I-Nip kunye ne-tuck yinto eqhelekileyo eKorea ukuba uphando lubonisa iipesenti ze-30 zabasetyhini baseKorea abaneminyaka eyi-20 ukuya kwi-50, okanye malunga ne-2.4 yezigidi zabasetyhini, baye bafumana uhlobo oluthile lwenkqubo, ngokutsho kwe-ARA Consulting, inkampani yokubonisana nokuthengisa.
Abazali badla ngokubonisa la mava njengesipho sokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo yaye abo baphumelele ekholejini bonga imali yokungena phantsi kwemela ngaphambi kokuba bangene kwimarike yomsebenzi. Ngokuthanda “i-dong-an” yamva nje, okanye ukuthanda kakhulu ukujongeka kwabancinci, amadoda kunye nabasetyhini abakubudala obuphakathi bachitha amawaka eedola ukuze bakhuphe imibimbi yabo ngokufakela amanqatha, inaliti ye-botox okanye unyango lwelaser.
Imfuno eqhubekayo enje yonyuse umzi-mveliso wotyando lweplastiki yaseKorea, apho kuphela ipesenti enye yabafundi abaphumelele kwisikolo sezonyango baba ngoogqirha botyando beplastiki, utshilo uKim.
Ngelo xesha, kwiveki enye emva kwenkqubo, uLim nabahlobo bakhe abatsha babekwigumbi lokulinda belungele ukukhulula amabhandeji abo. “Sihambe imini yonke izolo eHong-Dae… “Kodwa kwakulungile. Kwilizwe lasemzini, akukho mntu usaziyo ukuba singoobani.”
Bephuma kwiofisi kagqirha benganxibanga bhandeji, bagxalathelana ukuya ngqo kwigumbi lamanenekazi ekliniki ukuze bafumane indawo yabucala yokuxubana nokuvavanya inkangeleko yabo entsha bemangalisiwe.
Andikholelwa. Jonga, ndibukeka ndimhle kakhulu,” watsho uLim, ebamba isilevu sakhe esitsha njengoko uTeo wayejonga esipilini ebonisa ukuba uyamvumela. "Ngoku, siza kuthenga ngaphandle kweemaski zethu."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
