10 Plastic Surgery Ads From Around the World

 1. Dubai is the plastic surgery capital of the Middle East.

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2. “You get the credit, someone else pays for it.” Fortis Plastic Surgery Loans, Turkey

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3. Close to 7,000 ear-pinning procedures are performed every year in South Korea…

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4. … but eyelid and nose surgeries are even more popular (108,000 and 103,000 procedures in 2014).

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5. The motorized clock turns backwards.

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6. When this ad went viral, Taiwanese actress Heidi Yeh’s career took a hit amid false allegations that she had undergone extensive plastic surgery and lied to her family about it.

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7. This clever marketing campaign from Toronto, Canada won a prestigious award at the 2006 Cannes Lions international advertising festival.

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8. In South Korea, teardrop breast augmentation is the latest craze. Its name comes from the shape of the implants, which is made to match the natural shape of a woman’s breast.

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9. Physical appearance affects professional advancement, according to this Columbian plastic surgeon.

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10. Do they mean that surgery is cheaper, or that you might as well get a neck lift too if you’re spending that much on jewelry? This ad from Bucharest, Romania doesn’t say.

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Bonus: a series of French typographic visual puns.

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