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When cultural beauty standards challenge your identity abroad

I moved to Korea for work and everyone keeps telling me I should get plastic surgery to look more 'harmonious' and I'm starting to think they might be right even though the idea horrifies me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External cultural pressures are creating internal doubt about fundamental aspects of self-acceptance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Desirability and beauty standards across cultures?”

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