There's a street in Seoul, Korea that stretches at least a kilometer if not more; selling ONLY vanity. This street is full of stores selling everything from a brand new nose to tummy tucks, boob jobs, new bum, fake eye brows, double eyelid surgery (they pull up your upper eye lids to give the facade of bigger eyes, something most south asians crave for) and what have you. You name it and its there to be fixed! and guess what, they have a fancy name for it too...its called believe-it-or-faint "Aging Management". They play on most basic insecurity that most of us have and that is the way we look. Most of us wish we'd rather be a little tall, thin, buxom, fair ...the list is endless..if we "just get that one thing right" we'll be a brand new person and the world will be peach as hell...that's precisely the button that the smarty-pant Koreans have decided to press...they sell you vanity at its highest most in-you-face way.
The city is thronged with different kinds of makeup, BB creams, fairness products..you name it and they have it. Women & surprisingly Men too, are obsessed with looks, weight, clothes and other such things. You would NOT see baggy pants to save your life...skinny pants only mah deah! Its a different world out there where being a size 6 is worse than anything else in the world..you walk down the street and I kid you not...the whole world is skinny! I being a size 6, was an L or XL when I went shopping!!!
Next up....my blog about the legendary Korean Spas...
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