Perma Smile is a Plastic Surgery Trend In South Korea

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Women in South Korea are going to extreme measures in order to reach cultural beauty standards. Dr. Kwon Taek Keun from A0ne Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic clinic is offering patients a “Smile Lipt” procedure for a permanent smile, Business Insider reported.

“When mouth corners are lifted up, a bright and gentle image is created, and the uplifted mouth corners create a bright and jolly appearance," Dr. Keun explains on the clinic’s website. “When corners lift up during a conversation, the person appears sincere and confident.” Known as the “Smile Lipt” (a combination of “lift” and “lip”) the procedure entails cutting the corners of the mouth and turning them upwards to give the appearance of an everlasting smile. A picture showing the results appeared on Reddit earlier this week.

Dr. Barry Eppley, cosmetic surgeon at Eppley Plastic Surgery in Indianapolis, said the operation that he calls “Mouth Corner Surgery” has been around for a relatively long time. “It was introduced over fifty years ago and it was developed to treat the downturned corners of the mouth that develop from aging as the facial tissues sag," Dr. Eppley told ABC News. "This facial droop pushes down on the mouth corners changing a horizontal smile line to an inverted smile line (at rest) in some people.”

It comes as no surprise to many that this controversial and unusual plastic surgery technique would end up in South Korea.

From: http://health.yahoo.net/