South Korean Drama Series and the Beauty Obsession

With handsome actors, beautiful actresses and enchanting plots, the South Korean drama series have gained popularity all around world. However, at the same time, selfie-loaded culture was provoked in the hustle and bustle of our everyday 21st century life. But the truth is that Not everyone is born with a good appearance that aligns with conventional standards like fair skin, a high nose bridge or v-shaped jawline, even most actors and actresses in the south Korean soap operas have opted for cosmetic surgery to fit this narrow standard of beauty, which I think have a negative impact on social values and aesthetics of every one. I think part of the reason why so many people are so unsatisfied with something they are born with ---appearance and go to great strength at any costs to change them is that powerful and almighty social media has constantly told though not explicitly but implicitly that you need to do this or be like that or you will be a loser in both career and love affair. The south Korean drama series not only descript the stories of daily life but shape the mindset of audiences and try to make the real world as idealistic as drama as well.

Korean society has been regarded as the most competitive, image-conscious and beauty-driven society in the modern times. And you might already heard these stories, on how Korean teens resort to DIY v-line face surgery enhancements to the extremes that they hurt themselves physically, to how the 2013 korean beauty contestants all looked alike after having gone through extensive plastic surgeries . you might be shocked and think are they insane? But A Korean girl has told me that before she didn’t get the plastic surgery, she cannot even obtain a job interview, but after that she got a lot of calls. Then I have realized how people yield to social pressure and make the risky decision. The notion that appearance is the foundation of happiness and success is enhanced by social media and thus has prevailed in the