tv Documentary Stealing Faces 2 PRESSTV August 28, 2024 1:02am-1:31am IRST
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it was november 2017 when the mexican media covered strange news. a clinic in pueblo was attacked by several armed men, armed man who wanted to kill one of the patients of the clinic. the victim was none other than notorious criminal known to all as l. calimba. a little later, it became clear that the reason for el calimba's death was settling an old score between criminal groups, but that was not all. there was a still one unanswered question: why did calimba come to the clinic? ayer le
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comentábamos de un líder huachicolero conocido como el calimba que fue asesinado en una clínica privada en puebla, la que había acudido, dice la fiscalía del estado, hacerse una cirugía plástica para volverse irreconocible, incluso intentó borrarse las huellas dactilares. the answer to this question may lie in the streets of the capital of south korea, in the streets of district that are full. of plastic surgery advertisements. in fact, the advertisements of this type of surgery seen everywhere, from billboards and city televisions to subway stations. of course, the volume of these advertisements in metro stations is more than anywhere else. a place that hosts the attention of tens of thousands of travelers, those constantly ask themselves about beauty
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after seeing these advertisements. some of these advertisements refer to the beautiful faces of famous people, and the other part refers to seasing the opportunity for surgery. in fact, before and after plastic surgery photos and the persuasive sentences are supposed to send the audience to the surgery clinics. today i'm visiting one of. the biggest and most popular plastic surgery clinics in soul. hi, welcome to plastic surgery. 10 years old, the grand has recently expanded, opening a 15 story tower with state of the art medical facilities, employing 30 doctors and 400 staff. we were given unprecedented access to the building, or be it closely monitored by a pr team.
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in people's appearance is not important for this industry, they try to determine beauty criteria for the audience. if someone is close to these criteria, they're beautiful, and if not, they should immediately contact a beauty clinic. of course, the fashion industry has another accomplice in creating this disorder: famous people or celebrities. celebrities are now... trying to make their fans look like themselves by presenting a specific appearance. of course, this event has a relatively long history. for example, american women in the 1950s did not have more than two choices. either they had to resemble
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the famous actress of those years, that is marilyn monroe, or their social circle was limited. as the... spom of those years in the united states, monroe was able to achieve legendary fame. of course, she became an actress mostly because of her appearance. everyone was talking about monroe's beauty, but few people knew that this beauty is the product of manipulation and of course the media propaganda. this is picture of marylin monrose face that virtually five or six people in the world have seen. of course it's not her best view, the lost x-rays of marilin monroe, so you can see her teeth here, and right here is these are the nostral taken from below and the side, it's as if we were looking a profile like this, her nose was lot prettier than mine, you wouldn't know from this picture that this is the most fabled woman on earth at one time, and the documents
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that prove monroe had plastic surgery, and then it gets into 1950 she had a cartilage implant to her chin, instead of a silicone chin implant they use carved cartilage from a from a cow. it was in 2013 that an auction in the state of california put her confidential medical records up for sale. this case confirmed all the rumors about monroe's plastic surgery, including nose job and cartilage transplants in the chin, actor who indirectly fueled the bdd disorder of others, maybe she herself was... suffering from it, and the oscar goes to parasite. parasite made history at the 2020 oscars, collecting the
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first best picture award for a non-english language film. that's even more impressive when you consider that south korean cinema only began to garner major international attention in the late 90s. so what's the story behind the so-called korean wave, also known as halue? the influence of celebrities on cosmetic surgery is not limited to individuals, now we're talking about cultural waves, like the korean cultural wave known as haliu. haliyu is south korea's cultural influence in the world, the wave that started in the late 90s with a change in the approach of... policy makakers of this country. at that time, koreans decided to prove themselves to the people of the world, both economically and culturally. it was for this reason that korean products, such as home
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appliances, cars and other products gradually found their way in the life of people in the world. the quality of these products could convince global. customers to buy them, but there was still one more step left. koreans had decided to export their culture by removing. some obstacles, the mass production of movies, series and even computer games was the result of this big decision. high quality cultural works that could captivate the audience on the same televisions made in korea. along with the popularity of these works, korean artists also gained international fan. of course, the scope of haliyu is not limited to movies and series.
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korean pop music or k-pop has now become one the most popular styles in the world, artists of... this style such as bts have become so famous that they're invited to the united nations and to the most watched television programs in the us. today, thank you so much for doing the uh the the the fortnite dances uh this morning, that was so fun. thank you, thank you for being involved in that sketch. of course, the fame of these singers has a dark side. these artists... have a strange appearance, recognizing their gender identity is not an easy task, and in some cases they
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look like japanese anime characters. of course, the root of this exaggerated and artificial appearance lies behind the scenes the korean music industry. these famous faces go through a difficult path to reach their position. korean music companies have. their own rules for making a star, from multi-year exploitative contracts to dieting, from forced stay in the camp and hard sports training to numerous plastic surgeries on the face, the aim of these companies is to turn these young people into exotic models, models that become showpieces with cosmetic surgery for more profit. k-pop celebrities are the
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idols of their fans, idols that are worshiped and fans try to be like them in every way. some say that these hundreds of millions of fans are like an army, an army that obeys their superiors unquestioningly. being member of this invisible army has also found interesting aspects for you to enjoy a song, it doesn't matter if it's not sung in english. well, i used to think that, but now i cuz that's all i hear now, so i'm sort of understanding what they're saying a little bit, so it's not too bad. she's going there, you got to listen to it lot for you to understand it, but it's not too bad. maybe some people watch this would be like, but the song is... in korean, does that matter to you? it shouldn't matter, like people listen to spanish and stuff like that, so korean
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shouldn't be any different to be honest. foreign fans of these singers now travel to south korea more than before, both for attending concerts and visiting beauty clinics. the cost of cosmetic surgery in south korea is about a third of the cost of cosmetic surgery in the united states. for this reason, a strange phenomenon called surgical tourism has arisen in south korea. for several years now, korean surgeons have been advertising in other languages on the internet so that this industry becomes more prosperous with foreign travelers. surgical tourists have taken up almost half. of this industry in korea, tourists who watch bts
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music videos on the return flight. yk plastic surgery in gangnam is one of many smaller clinics targeting overseas customers, according to its marketing manager, park jaymin. in 2013, some 400,000 foreigners came south korea for medical tourism and this number is expected to rise to 1 million by 2020. 최근 한국에 2009년도 한국에서 우료법 개정 이후에 어 해외 의료관계 유치를 하기 위해서 정부랑 각게 각층에서 노력을 많이 하고 있습니다. 그중에서 해외 의료관 저희는 중국 쪽에 많이 특화돼 있고요. 저희 병원에 보통 오시는 내방하는 그 손님들 중 예를 들면 열 명 중에 일곱에서 여 명 정도는 중국 선님이 많이 있습니다. 근데 한국은 또 그 국민의 숫자가 그렇게 많지 않기 때문에 사실 성향과 의사는 매년 불어난다는 거죠. 그래서 지금은 처음에는 어 이 미용 수술 비즈니스가 정말 전부
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간해수공업 어 to timers in the operating rooms of these centers, every surgeon is obliged to perform a cosmetic procedure in a short period of time until it is time for the next procedure. of course, the situation is not better in brazil where cosmetic surgery is almost free. in this country, there are two choices for
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cosmetic surgery, public hospitals or private clinics. private clinics that charge for the operation of good services, but the situation in free public centers is not favorable. most the surgeries in these centers are not performed by surgeons, but by trainees. the inferior clients of these centers have to leave their face and buddy in the hands of someone who has no experience in this field. most of these people are laboratory rats for new surgical ideas. "the quality of cosmetic surgery is not so important. it is important that trainees gain experience and soon establish their own private office. this a strange trend has caused brazil to have the most skilled surgeons in cosmetic surgery, but at an exorbant price. in fact, it is the
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눈이 감기지 않는 것도 무슨 제 자신이 장애인이 된 것 같은 기분이라서. in recent years, the tendency to undergo cosmetic surgery and things like that has become addiction, a dangerous addiction that has taken alarming proportions. one of the effects of this addiction is botox injection. botox is derivative of buchelinum toxin, which, according to dermatologists, prevents the formation of facial wrinkles, this material can make facial wrinkles disappear, but the important question is for how long? the truth is that the effect of botox lasts. lasts four to six months. after few months, the person who injected botox has to go to the doctor's office again. of course, the work does not end with botox injection again,
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but this is the beginning of addiction. some consider botox injections to be something like crack addiction, addiction that has side effects such as blurred vision, droopy eyelids, headache and of course depression. in addition, botox injection is a starting point for undergoing other cosmetic procedures, addiction that is profitable for beauty professionals, but not for the clients. lip bone. ξεκινήσουμε, είστε έτοιμοι; γιατρέ, φοβάμαι, θα πονέσει, μην ανησυχείτε καθόλου, όλα θα πάνε καλά, εντάξει γιατρέ, μα, να σας
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πω, θα φαίνεται πως έχω βάλει σιλικόνη; καθόλου, καθόλου, δεν θα φαίνεται απολύτως τίποτα, αχ ωραία, α, γιατρέ, μήπως γίνεται να διορθώσουμε και τη χαλαρότητα στους μυρούς μου, φυσικά, και λίγο μπότοξ τις ρητήρες γύρω απ τα μάτια και πότοξ, αχ ωραία, να με κάνετε πολύ όμορφη γιατρέ, ναι, from 2011 to 2017, the number of american women who had cosmetic surgery increased by 41% with this. spread of the coronavirus in 2020, this number has increased more than before, to the extent that beauty clinics have switched to second and third shifts.
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clients believe that cosmetic surgery has many benefits during quarantine. for example, the recovery period of someone who has used botox or removed buckle fat in the cheek can be... spent away from the eyes of others. masks can hide stitches and swelling from surgery so that others don't notice the surgery. with the spread of coronavirus, many businesses in the world face the crisis, but beauty clinics experience profitable days, days that have been created with the help of cultural changes. from the impact of psychological disorders, to modern fashions, from the seemingly deceptive behavior of famous people to the dazzling advertisements of surgeons, changes that seek to blur the
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