Owing to the pivotal role played by South Korea's film and television entertainment industry as a catalyst, the phenomenon of cosmetics surgery has been notably accentuated in the South Korean societal landscape. This also forced more people, especially Chinese people to accept cosmetic surgery. Korean dramas through its powerful hints and the perfect image of Korean actors so that Chinese women obsessed. Therefore, they want to transform their appearance through cosmetic surgery. This paper offers an analysis from cultural, societal, and objective perspectives on why Chinese women opt for Korean-style cosmetic surgery, resulting in the significant dominance of the South Korean cosmetic surgery industry in the Chinese market.

Binyi Yang. "Korean Wave" Phenomenon and Cosmetic Surgery in the Chinese Context. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 1: 97-102. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070115.

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