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[WSJ] The Changing Face of South Korea

September 25, 2014
 

The Korea Face Institute’s forecast of what typical natural Korean faces will look like in 2100, with thicker eyebrows and a wider forehead for men. Women will generally have eyelid folds known as “double eyelids,” the researchers predict. (Courtesy of The Korea Face Institute)

The Korea Face Institute’s forecast of what typical natural Korean faces will look like in 2100, with thicker eyebrows and a wider forehead for men. Women will generally have eyelid folds known as “double eyelids,” the researchers predict. (Courtesy of The Korea Face Institute)

[THE WALL STREET JOURNAL] South Koreans’ openness to transforming their appearance through cosmetic surgery leads some to joke that it’s hard to know what a natural Korean face looks like anymore.

According to one private research center, the answer to that question around a hundred years from now will be that natural Koreans will look more like Southeast Asians.
The Korea Face Institute conducted a computer simulation based on 20,000 photographs to predict future changes in facial features. The institute forecast that by 2100, the average South Korean man will have thicker eyebrows and a wider forehead.

Women, meanwhile, will naturally obtain eyelid folds often called ”double eyelids,” – a look many South Korean women get through cosmetic surgery now. [READ MORE]