Does plastic surgery change destiny?

“Where should I get plastic surgery on my face?” or “I want to have a nose job, will it be ok?” These are two of the most frequent questions I get asked during face readings. People also ask my opinion about whether plastic surgery is related with one’s destiny. My immediate answer to this question is yes.
It is the same answer to the question of whether a Caesarean operation affects one’s destiny. These days, many babies are born by Caesarean section and people try to pick an auspicious date so their child can have better fortune. It is not only up to the doctor’s schedule but to the parents’ or grandparents’ will upon reading saju.

In Asia, people strongly believe that they are born with an innate fortune and it is absolutely given by our day and time of birth. Actually it is not manageable to pick a truly auspicious day. The specific date and time selected by a fortune teller are not always credible. When parents visit me afterward to confirm whether or not they picked the right date and time, I tell them there is nothing they can do, since the baby is already born, and it is also the baby’s destiny.
How about plastic surgery? It may alter one’s destiny in either a positive or negative direction. The problem lies in that too many people are having plastic surgery. I don’t oppose the idea of becoming prettier or having a better facial appearance by correcting disharmonious parts. Many young girls visit me for consultation on plastic surgery. Actually, when they visit me, they seem to have already decided and just want my confirmation, not to genuinely listen to my advice. They acknowledge that plastic surgery influences their fortune. But they just consider a prettier face would bring them a better life.

It is said that some notable hospitals collaborate with fortune tellers or physiognomists, who judge human character from facial features. There are many doctors who attend my lectures on face reading. Some are quite sincere about learning, so that they can apply it to their practice, which is worthy of praise. However, I am against their collaboration as a business. If fortune tellers are hired by doctors, there is no reliability in their readings any more. In the end, they would just encourage more operations, with the ultimate purpose to expand their business.

Let’s think about boy bands or girls groups, who are often considered K-pop idols. Most of them get plastic surgery. Outward appearance seems to be a key qualification. They often look totally different after the operation. They become similar looking, maybe because they get the plastic surgery from the same doctor or there seems to be a certain stereotype about beauty. It’s hard to discriminate who is who. In addition, owing to thorough training by their management company, they also act and speak as if they were manufactured in the same factory.

As taught by physiognomy or Oriental philosophy, the face is formed by how we think and behave, not only by genetic factors. “Eolgul,” Korean translation of face denotes that it is a place where our soul stays. “Eol” means spirit or soul and “gul” a cave or a place to live in. If you get plastic surgery, it must be an attempt to make the gul a better place for your soul, instead of changing it to a totally different and awkward place. From my viewpoint, some young singers do not seem to have their own spirit. When they speak they just repeat as they were taught. There should be a soulful element from their true self, not from skin-deep beauty, in order for the public to continuously love them. Many have lost their natural facial expression after heavy plastic surgery. It is pitiful they are deprived of their genuine charm by the shallow pursuit of trendy beauty.

Everyone has their own scent, which does not always coincide with visible appearance. Physiognomy is different from the conventional meaning of face reading, which teaches how to give a better facial impression. Beauty, artificially made by plastic surgery, may disagree with what is unveiled by physiognomy. <The Korea Times/Janet Shin>

*The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea, and the author of “Learning Four Pillars.”

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