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Image-conscious South Koreans are the latest procedure in plastic surgery to their looks – double-jaw surgery. After a nose job and eye reshaping, those who the "perfect" jaw can to go under the knife for what is a major operation. Despite the surgery months of painful recovery, dozens of South Korean celebrities have on television showing off their chiselled new look. And "chiselled" is a key word to how surgeons cut away at the upper and lower jaw bones to the coveted "V-shaped" jawline. Many of the celebrities to chat show hosts how their reshaped chins have led to a "turning point" in their careers.

However, not everyone is the operation. Many doctors are people against having the surgery for cosmetic reasons. Dr Choi Jin-Young, from the Seoul National University, to the AFP news agency of the dangers of the operation. He said: "It's a very complex, potentially dangerous surgery…It's to see people with no real dental flaws daring to go through it just to a small, pretty face." There are many reports of the surgery terribly wrong. One young woman wrote: "My mouth keeps leftward and the jaw area has gone numb. I can't even when saliva keeps out of my mouth." One woman suicide after post-surgery complications.