Gone are the days when plastic surgery was perceived negatively. Nowadays, the public doesn't take plastic surgery confessions of female stars too seriously. In the meantime, male stars are also confessing their plastic surgery. Man's efforts to become more beautiful are also becoming more and more accepted.
On a recent episode of SBS's "Dong Sang Dream 2," singer Hyun Young and Park Gun revealed their daily routine. Han Young took her husband, Park Gun, to a dermatologist so he could take care of his skin. "Don't you like to be pretty?" she asked Park Gun, "People say you're prettier because I take care of your skin. I'll make you even prettier today." He also said, "Last time I went on the air, I said that I had plastic surgery." He added, "I also got double eyelids."
Previously, on the show, when the MCs couldn't recognize Park Geun-hye in a photo from his past, Park Geun-hye confessed that he had "double eyelid surgery" when he was 20 years old. In the studio, Han Young said to the other cast members, "Your husband's eyelids are good," and added, "I had my nose done twice. He didn't like the first one because it was lower," she said, surprising everyone.
Super Junior's Kyuhyun, who alternates between music and entertainment programs, revealed that he had double eyelid surgery. On MBC's "Radio Star," he looked at a photo from his past and said, "I had double eyelid surgery and found Gwangmyeong. It was my graduation day, and the sunlight was really harsh. MC Kim Gura asked, "Didn't you do your nose? It looks like you did a little nose job," to which Kyuhyun replied, "I didn't do it with my own hair. I didn't touch anything except my eyes," confirming the fact that he had an eye makeover.
He even revealed that he had double eyelid surgery. "The company recommended that I have my eyelids done because they thought it would give me a softer look," he said. "It had been about five years since I had my eyelids done right before my debut, but one day I felt like they had disappeared," he said. "At the time, men without eyelids were all the rage, so I secretly hoped they would come back, but when I saw that they had, I realized that they were not. It was awkward because it was there and then it was gone. In the end, I went back and did it in 10 minutes," he confessed.
SG wannabe Kim Yong Joon, who has been actively broadcasting again recently, also confessed to having eye surgery on Channel A's "Groom Class. When Kim Yong Joon told his guest Lee Seung Chul, "Your face looks great," Lee Seung Chul replied, "Your face looks great too. What did you do?" and examined his face carefully. "It's something you did before," Kim Yong Joon said, "I had blepharoplasty surgery last year. My eyes weren't opening anymore. I cleaned it up once last year," he confessed. In response, Lee Seung Chul said, "I'm old enough to have it done," but emphasized, "I didn't."
Among the male stars, the "plastic surgery confession originator" is Gwanghee from the group Empire's Children. Gwanghee, who was not in the limelight compared to the other members of the group, had the precipitation of "confessing to plastic surgery," which could be a fatal weakness. Her honesty imprinted on the public, and her approachable image helped her become a "star close to the public. It was a way to capture both the upgraded visuals and the friendly image.
The gaze toward "men who decorate" is less flexible than the gaze toward "women who decorate. It is still perceived as more conservative for men to decorate than for women to decorate, so it may be more difficult for male celebrities to admit to plastic surgery than for female celebrities. Male celebrities who choose to "confess" to plastic surgery rather than "get caught" are more authentic to the public.