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The cost of beauty: Why is cosmetic surgery so popular in China?
Wo Men Podcast
English - May 24, 2021 10:37 - 23 minutes - 37.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture News china chineseculture chinesesociety genderinchina womeninchina Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Medical Aesthetics industry (what your grandmother calls “plastic surgery”) is booming in China. According to Deloitte, China's aesthetic medicine market grew from 65 billion yuan (US$10 billion) in 2015 to 175 billion yuan in 2019. That’s three times faster than the global industry average.
Why are Chinese women -- and men -- so crazy about beauty treatments? Don’t they worry about the risks and possible side effects? Today we talked to Guli Ai, a consumer with ten years of experience using aesthetics treatment. Guli explains her journey in pursuit of beauty and why she’s not afraid to take advantage of the benefits of medical science in her quest for perfection.