South Korea is frequently called the "plastic surgery capital of the world". Cosmetic surgery in South Korea is not stigmatised and is even a common graduation gift. South Korea's cosmetic surgery is a market leader, with South Korea taking a 25% share in the global market. One in five Korean women have undergone plastic surgery, compared to just one in twenty in the United States. In 2018, a total of 464,452 patients visited South Korea for cosmetic surgery, a 16.7 percent increase from 2017.
