When it comes to Korea, plastic surgery is definitely one of the most popular keywords.
And also, there is a fact that most Kpop idols have to make use of surgery to improve their
visuals and show up more confident in front of the public.
However, some of them have sparked debate surrounding their accusations of overabusing
cosmetic surgery, causing their faces to become so stiff and lifeless to the point that even
their hard-core supporters could not recognize them.
Karina
Thanks to her gorgeous and unique look, Karina is frequently highly regarded in terms of
visuals and often goes viral for her iconic beauty moments, sometimes even surpassing
her groupmate Winter, who is believed to hold the visual position in Aespa.
However, rumor has it that Karina owes her unusually perfect visuals to plastic surgery,
so much that her face now is said to look kinda weird and scary.
It is believed that in order to fit the AI concept that aespa pursues, Karina had to
undergo several cosmetic surgeries from debut to present to have bigger eyes, a tiny nose
and sharp jawline.
Every facial feature on her face was adjusted to be as perfect as possible and to eliminate
dead angles.
It must be said that Karina has undergone very successful surgeries because her face
now looks no different from her AI version with the same quail-egg face with extremely
slim cheekbones down to her chin, same big round eyes and same tiny nose.
However, many netizens said that when looking at Karina’s face, they felt quite uncomfortable
because her face was stiff and she cannot have various facial expressions on stage or
smile brightly and naturally like before.
This photo is said to be an example for that:
Aside from the fact that Karina can't show much emotion because of the side effects of
plastic surgery, it was also said that she has to usually keep the ice-cold expression
to avoid revealing surgery errors.
Despite that, many people still admit that they really like Karina's current face because
of its uniqueness.
Instead of popular types of face in Kpop like rabbit face or cat face, Karina opts for a
totally different one, which is the snake face.
For many people, her sharp lines fit their tastes as they help her exude a strong, unapproachable
and novel aura.
Taeyeon
It seems hard to deny that the leader of SNSD has undergone immense changes in her appearance
after over a decade of working in the industry as even her fans have to admit it.
In the early phase of her career, Taeyeon impresses Kpop fans with her cute and innocent
visuals while recently, she is renowned for her sharp facial features and mature beauty.
Many pointed out that Taeyeon resorted to cosmetic surgery to attain the current look,
since her jawline, nose and eyes look quite different.
Although she does look more attractive compared to the past, many netizens voiced their worries
after noticing that her appearance seemed to be a bit weird in several commercial films
and promotion campaigns.
Specifically in 2016, a CF for Buon Gelato by TaeTiSeo became the talk of town as fans
closed in on a zoomed-in loop of Taeyeon’s nose.
On a popular internet forum, a post accompanied by the looped gif read that Taeyon’s nose
was moments away from falling apart and her nostrils were all crooked.
Netizens also pointed out that in the isolated clip, Taeyeon’s nostrils appear to be misaligned
and the bridge was so unnatural that it made her face look longer than usual.
Some even said that they couldn’t understand why Taeyeon did that to her inherently beautiful
nose and suggested the female idol get maintenance done on her nose job.
In her most recent solo comeback with the song INVU, Taeyeon again stirred up controversy
surrounding her look.
Her visuals during this promotion campaign were so different from the past that netizens
could not help speculating, pointing out that her jawline seemed to be a lot sharper and
her eyes also became much rounder.
Plus, many people also noticed that Taeyeon seems to have raised the corners of her lips
and that made her look no different from Chungha, who is often said to have abused plastic surgery.
However, many of Taeyeon’s supporters were quick to defend her, claiming that all these
weird-looking features may have resulted from makeup errors from incompetent makeup artists
rather than plastic surgery.
Even if Taeyeon has really done something to her face, it’s none of anyone’s business
and as long as she feels pretty, people should let her be and stop nitpicking her too much
like that.
SinB
Possessing an ice-cold visual which is not usually seen in most female idols, SinB often
becomes a hot topic of discussion among netizens whenever it comes to Kpop idols having cosmetic
surgery.
When taking a look at some of her current photos, netizens could easily notice the unusually
long nose bridge and small nose tip.
One netizen even confessed on reddit with a thread titled “SinB’s face is very unsettling
to look at”.
In the post, she said that SinB's botched nose job did ruin her natural beauty and even
downgraded her captivating visuals as it looks really stiff and kinda upturned.
The shape of the nostrils and the overly narrow nose are also said to make her face a little
uncanny valley and were probably the result of abusing plastic surgery.
Under the comments, many people also agree with the OP, saying that something about SinB's
face just doesn't look right and normal.
Some wondered why SinB made use of cosmetic surgery since her predebut visuals were already
highly-regarded by both fans and non-fans.
They believed that SinB would shine even more brightly had it not been for the failed nose
job.
However, to be fair, SinB’s childhood photos prove that her nose was already long and small
since she was a child.
Plus, people have probably equated her ice-cold vibe with stiffness because SinB doesn’t
often show much emotion and that could lead others to misunderstand that her face is stiff
due to plastic surgery.
HyunA
Though a sexy icon like HyunA has definitely undergone at least some plastic surgery and
there’s nothing worth discussing, at times, she has raised controversies surrounding her
strange and artificial look, prompting netizens to suspect that the female idol has abused
plastic surgery to the extreme.
Specifically, in July 2019, HyunA arrived at the Incheon International Airport Terminal
2 earlier to head to Taiwan for a schedule wearing a light blue one-piece dress and grabbing
attention from the press.
At first, all people saw was HyunA looking hella fresh in cute outfit choice and natural
makeup look.
However, what really grabbed the attention of netizens was her weird-looking lips, which
were said to look much puffer and larger than normal.
HyunA’s lips that day instantly hit the headlines of many online newspapers, with
netizens pouring in to voice their opinions.
While some thought her puffy lips were only the result of makeup technique, most believed
HyunA was the new failed cosmetic surgery case of Kpop.
A netizen even sarcastically said that HyunA probably did the Kylie Jenner lips challenge
as her lips looked like it got swollen by being sucked to a bottle.
Later on, the female idol had to clarify on her social media site, claiming that she just
overdid her lip outline as a change to her usual style.
She posted an image of how she became the #1 searched keyword on search engines and
explained how she was shocked by how a little change in her makeup could cause so much uproar.
HyunA also emphasized that she felt very uncomfortable with malicious comments aiming at her appearance.
Looking pretty or weird after plastic surgery or not, these idols should never become the
target of online hatred or criticism.
As public figures, it is totally normal for Kpop idols to strive for the perfect look.
In the process, some mistakes can happen and that is understandable.
Many Kpop fans have always wondered why female idols have to suffer from so much scrutiny
when all they wanted was to appear as flawless as they can.
So, what are your thoughts on this?
Do you think these idols really look weird and stiff after plastic surgery?
Or do they totally look fine and some people are just exaggerating things?