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COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Plastic Surgery Boom


Plastic surgery is often cited as one of the sectors that has benefited from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (image: Korea Bizwire)

Plastic surgery is often cited as one of the sectors that has benefited from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (image: Korea Bizwire)

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) The number of plastic surgery patients is increasing in South Korea as the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled them to stay longer and ‘recover’ at home.

The demand for plastic surgery is increasing since more people are attempting to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, when plastic surgery patients can hide their treatment behind a mask and recover at home.

Plastic surgery is often cited as one of the sectors that has benefited from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hana Institute of Finance analyzed and compared the spending data of Hana credit card holders between the first quarter of last year and this year.

In March, when a sense of crisis deepened over the COVID-19 pandemic, spending on plastic surgery marked a 9 percent increase from a year earlier.

This is in contrast to a decline in spending at other types of hospitals, including pediatric clinics (-46 percent) and otorhinolaryngology (-42 percent).

Reflecting this trend, the use of cosmetic medical information applications is on the rise.

The number of new subscribers to a plastic surgery information platform jumped to 2.5 million in November 2020 from 1.6 million a year before.

The number of applications for mobile consultations through the platform also doubled to 1 million from 500,000 during the same period.

Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)

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