Park Seo Jin, a young South Korean Trot singer, recently shocked his fans by revealing that he spent over $75,000 on facial cosmetic procedures, admitting that only his eyeballs and ears remain unenhanced.

Last week, Park Seo Jin was invited on MBC’s Radio Star variety show where he openly discussed the plastic surgery he had done to his face in order to enhance his appearance and boost his singing career. The 29-year-old, who burst onto South Korea’s Trot singing scene back in 2013, with his hit single ‘Dream’, had long been at the center of a heated online debate around the drastic change in appearance over the last decade. He was once included in an unofficial ‘Top 5 Trot Singers with the Most Plastic Surgery Enhancements,’ and even though his fans always defended him, claiming that he only had his teeth and eyes done, the young singer came out and said that he actually “fixed everything that needed to be fixed”.

Photo: MBC Radio Star/YouTube

The before-and-after photos of Park Seo Jin revealed on Radio Star clearly show the drastic changes in appearance, and the 29-year-old singer admitted to spending ₩100 million ($75,500) on various cosmetic procedures on his face. He had his nose and eyes done three times, invested a lot of money into getting his teeth fixed, and even had a hair transplant to fix his receding hairline and look younger.

To make the transition to his enhanced look seem more natural, Park said he only made 1mm adjustments with every procedure, which is why some of his fans didn’t realize the extent of the change until seeing the side-by-side photos.

“On my face, the only two parts that are still intact are my ears and eyeballs,” Park Seo Jin said.

Plastic surgery is very popular in South Korea, with thousands of people traveling from China and other Asian country to get the latest cosmetic procedures. Park Seo Jin is only the latest example of how important physical appearance is in the country’s fiercely competitive entertainment industry and how plastic surgery can help artists get ahead.

 

For more impressive plastic surgery transformations, check out these before-and-after changes that broke the internet a few months ago.