As people place a heavier and heavier emphasis on visuals, many male idols nowadays have
also opted for plastic surgeries to enhance their look.
However, there are still idols that determinedly said no to any beauty procedures and while
some on this list have admirable visuals already, it’s even more surprising to see some that
don’t really meet the strict South Korean beauty standard yet have never once gone under
the knife.
1.
Yook Sungjae
Being an idol having his foray into the acting career, it’s obvious that Sungjae has the
visual easily nailing the career because he has a very cinematic face
However, considering the fact that his name was quite rarely seen on any beauty charts,
it seems that Sungjae’s appearance doesn’t meet the expectation that much.
Still, he has never reached for plastic surgeries despite knowing well that his visual wasn’t
top-notch.
Sungjae’s natural look is proven clearly through the fact that his features remained
the same as those during his kiddo phase.
As netizens dug up Sungjae’s childhood photos, they realized that his perfectly symmetrical
and edgy face is a blessing endowed to him since his birth.
They also noticed how the special slightly slanted eyes and graceful lips that singled
out Sungjae’s visual from many similarly handsome faces in K-Pop were also blessed
to him by his parents.
The only thing that sparked discussion was his nose and according to some, it seemed
that Jungjae had got his nose done because in many childhood photos, the bridge didn’t
stand out much.
Especially in the photo taken from the upper angle, some said his nose bridge was nowhere
to be seen.
Yet, this allegation was quickly put off by fans as considering the undeveloped bone structure
during this period, it’s too forced to say Sungjae had a nosejob.
Besides, his highschool photos also proved his naturally prominent nose bridge and because
plastic surgeries were both expensive and rather undeveloped back in the 2000s, accusing
Sungjae of going under the knife during his highschool phase absolutely makes no sense.
2.
Huening Kai
Having the visual of the perfect mix of both Western and Asian features, Huening Kai is
often praised for breathing such a refreshing breeze into the image of TXT.
At certain angles and with a certain type of makeup, he even looked like a doll stepping
out of classic European comics and for such an ethereal visual, many have questioned if
Huening Kai has ever gone under the knife to achieve this look.
However, as netizens started to trace back and found his childhood photos, they realized
that he was simply born this way.
In fact, some said he looked even more stunning as a kid because regarding his soft and innocent
vibe, the lines of his features suited the boy-over-flower image way better than the
sharp jawline and prominent nose bridge of his mature look.
Still, it’s undeniable that Huening Kai looks exactly like his toddler versions years
ago and putting his kiddo photos side by side with his current pictures, many said they
felt as if the past photos were just taken yesterday.
What’s even more interesting about Huening Kai’s visual is that, ever since day one,
he has always had that dreamy and oddly attractive drowsy gaze.
Some believed this feature has helped add a very unique and romantic vibe to TXT’s
image and had Huening Kai not been a piece of the group, their concept would have never
been complete.
3.
Jin
Famous as the one and only worldwide handsome, Jin has never failed people when it comes
to his look.
He’s so handsome that all his fansite masters confirmed that they never needed to retouch
his photos as he just effortlessly looks stunning regardless of angles and makeup.
However, also for such unbelievable claims that people started to dig up his past photos
to see if his visual was authentic or just a beautiful plastic result done by one of
the best surgeons in South Korea.
Yet to their surprise, everything about Jin is natural as comparing his current look to
his kiddo photos, all the features remained the same.
To be more accurate, all the features are enhanced as after his bone structure developed,
the sharp jawline and the manly vibe that frequently took over the Internet by storm
started to show up clearer.
When interlacing pictures of his photos from three different periods together, netizens
were even more shook to see they blended together like one and not a single feature changed
though years have passed.
They were also taken aback by his physique as ever since the kindergarten phase, he’s
already had broad shoulders and a perfect face-to-body ratio that is super-duper rare.
Still, there was one time people accused Jin of hiding away his lips fillers but thanks
to the detective nature embedded in the DNA of ARMYs, the rumor was quickly put off.
According to fans, since Jin didn’t come from an affluent family and back in the days,
BigHit Entertainment was also on the verge of bankruptcy just after gathering money for
BTS’ debut, it didn’t make so much sense to say that Jin could do something to his
face.
Plus, as his lips in highschool photo looked exactly the same as his current lips, the
rumor was further proven to be nothing but malicious accusations aimed at bringing Jin’s
visual down.
4.
Jaehyun
Talking of male idols with original visuals, apparently we can’t miss out on Jaehyun
as despite the overwhelming system of NCT, he’s still one of the most famous members
since netizens could never get enough of his look.
If you’ve been in K-Pop for a while and frequently followed year-end awards shows
to vote for your favorite idols, probably you will know the legendary moment when Jaehyun
helped NCT bag home the title “Worldwide fans’ choice” just with his surreal visual
and the iconic wink.
After this seemingly unreal moment, netizens started to find out more about Jaehyun to
see if his visual was authentic and the more they dug, the more surprised they were.
So when Jaehyun was just a secondary student, his facial features already stood out prominently
with long, thick eyelashes, extremely high nose bridge and most especially, the natural
aegyo-sals that most idols have to put on makeup to have.
Even the photo of him sleeping in class was also oddly handsome and on his highschool
graduation, though he went to the school of many famous idols and beautiful people, his
photos still took the spotlight of the day.
Various sources also confirmed that Jaehyun has been famous since a very young age for
his look and the most solid proof was that he received the confession letter from a junior
in secondary school right on the radio he was co-hosting.
In this letter, Jaehyun was described as a surreal character stepping out of comic books.
What drew attention even more was the part this junior said she had to jostle through
the crowd to see Jaehyun on stage the other day.
Sadly, she had lost the video so she couldn’t show people how good Jaehyun already looked
as a kid.
Yet, three years later, this iconic video was somehow posted on Twitter.
After this clip surfaced on the Internet, the hashtag “Jung Jaehyun secondary school
Shindon” quickly entered the top trending keywords on South Korean Twitter, proving
the power Jaehyun held solely thanks to his inherently excellent visual.
5.
Park Jihoon
After the legendary winking ending fairy at Produce 101, Park Jihoon’s reputation quickly
rocketed to the brightest stardom as according to netizens, it had been literally ages since
they last saw such a sweet and handsome visual in K-Pop.
This is also the moment when people started to trace back the childhood photos of Jihoon
to see if he has got any jobs done on his face and to their very surprise, the only
plastic surgery he did was “being born this way.”
Then, they also figured out that thanks to such a stunning visual, he had already debuted
as an actor at a very very young age.
Though the recording quality of the 2000s phase was rather poor and floppy, his visual
still shone through and comparing his facial features to his present look, even netizens
had to admit that not a single thing has changed.
Actually, Jihoon’s face has slimmed down and the jawline also showed up clearer because
losing buccal fat was a natural process of humans, it’s not an exaggeration at all
to say that he looked the same.
Especially for the unique canthus that adorably lifts up when he smiles and the aegyo-sals
that many idols have to acquire through makeup, some found it jealous that these features
were naturally blessed to Jihoon by his parents.
Still, similar to Sungjae, there was one phase where Park Jihoon was accused of hiding his
nosejob because according to some, his nose bridge didn’t stand out so much in the past.
However, this accusation was quickly erased as fans found many side-angle childhood photos
of Jihoon showing that his nose bridge has always been clear and high.
So, why do you think these idols don’t go for plastic surgeries despite the fact that
almost all Kpop idols do this?
Do you know any other names that also have the same decisions?