Fiction and Reality in Kpop Cosmetic Surgery Culture. Frances Cha picked a grimly fascinating subject for her debut novel:'I wish I looked like you'  the very in-your-face look at the South Korean Cosmetic Surgery Culture and the very underground “room salon” culture — and the ways they are troublingly intertwined. Embed from Getty Images The weird cosmetic surgery culture in Seoul which dominates the celebrity media and helps fuel the whole Kpop ethos provides the background for this novel.. This is a fascinating documentary I unearthed on the whole kpop phenomenon. Seoul is the world’s plastic surgery capital, where more...