Hwang Jung-eum: "Surgery cost 20 million won, but restoration cost 200 million... I had double eyelid surgery whenever I felt like it" [Health Talk]

[Financial News] Actress Hwang Jung-eum has revealed that she is undergoing restoration procedures to return to her original, natural appearance after regretting her frequent cosmetic surgeries in the past. This has drawn attention to the medical side effects that indiscriminate cosmetic procedures and repeated revision surgeries can have on the body.
On September 30, Hwang Jung-eum said on her YouTube channel, "I had so much plastic surgery that I ruined my pretty face," adding, "If surgery cost 20 million won, restoring it costs 200 million won." She said she had undergone double eyelid surgery about four times and had also had her silicone nasal implant and breast augmentation implants removed because of side effects and discomfort.

Plastic surgery specialists warn that the more often cosmetic surgery is repeated, the more difficult it becomes to restore the body to its original natural tissue. They explain that Hwang Jung-eum's remark that "restoration costs 10 times more than the surgery" is not merely a figure of speech, but evidence of the actual medical difficulty involved in revision surgery.
Repeated incisions and suturing can cause normal skin and muscle tissue at the surgical site to become fibrotic, or hardened, and turn into scar tissue, also known as cicatricial tissue. The skin of the eyelids is among the thinnest tissue in the human body. Repeating double eyelid surgery three or four times or more can cause functional problems, including eyelid tissue loss, ptosis, and lagophthalmos, in which the eyes cannot fully close.
Repeated insertion and removal of nasal implants can cause capsular contracture, increasing the risk of a contracted, upturned nose. Reconstruction may also require harvesting any remaining nasal septal cartilage or rib cartilage, substantially expanding the scope of surgery and increasing the physical burden on the patient.

Breast augmentation implants can also cause musculoskeletal and vascular problems if they are inserted excessively or are not properly suited to the patient's body. Hwang Jung-eum previously complained after her breast surgery, "My blood circulation wasn't working properly, and my body felt weighed down, causing my back to hunch."
Excessively large implants can compress surrounding blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, causing impaired blood flow and swelling. Because the weight is concentrated toward the front, they can also easily lead to thoracic kyphosis, or a hunched back, as well as chronic neck and shoulder pain and myofascial pain syndrome. In addition, if complications such as capsular contracture, in which the tissue surrounding an implant hardens, or implant rupture occur, the patient may ultimately require implant removal or a capsulectomy.
Experts agree that people should avoid impulsively undergoing surgery because of anxiety about wanting to look "prettier" or because they have been swept up by trends. Trying to resolve a minor insecurity through cosmetic surgery can lead to dissatisfaction with the results and a "vicious cycle of cosmetic surgery," in which the person undergoes one procedure after another.
Cosmetic surgery is not simply a beauty treatment that changes one's appearance; it is an unequivocal surgical procedure that involves cutting and altering human tissue. Because altered body tissue cannot be returned 100% to its original state, it is essential to fully consider the physical risks and limits of recovery before deciding on surgery and to have a thorough consultation with an experienced specialist.
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