Pursuits
Gangnam-Style Nip and Tuck Draws Tourists to Seoul’s Beauty Belt
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Kylie Vu holds up a photo of her favorite South Korean actress on her iPhone and points.
“I want a chin like hers,” she tells a beauty consultant at the BK Plastic Surgery clinic in Seoul’s upscale Gangnam district. Vu, 30, budgeted as much as $10,000 for a chin implant and face-lift after traveling 2,700 kilometers (1,680 miles) from Vietnam, where she manages five kindergartens.