Original title: foreign media attention: Chinese men "open the door of plastic surgery clinics"
According to Agence France Presse, Beijing, September 15, Xia Shurong underwent nasal plastic surgery before the age of 30 to obtain a face that can bring better career opportunities. Like him, millions of men in China today try plastic surgery.
The report said that in China, people have high standards for good-looking faces. Generally accepted standards include: light skin color, big eyes and tall and straight nose.
As a 27 year old science and engineering researcher, Xia Shurong can no longer stand his "geek face" (the image of a nerd keen on Information Technology) and wants to have a appearance style that can bring more possibilities to life.
He sighed and said, "at this age, I should look in full bloom, but I look in my 40s."
Earlier this year, the young man had spent 40000 yuan for his first plastic surgery. He had a facial fat filling operation.
Xia Shurong explained: "I grew up in the countryside. My face is not very good-looking and my skin color is dark. It can be said that I am not handsome. I always have a sense of inferiority."
He said that seeing beautiful photos released by others on social media every day and the live webcast of "how to become beautiful" also had an impact on him.
Xia Shurong is not alone. More and more highly educated Chinese men have opened the door of plastic surgery clinics. According to the research of iResearch Consulting Group and other institutions, about 17% of new white-collar men try medical beauty, most of them before the age of 30.