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There
has been an argument over whether modern people are more concerned about their
appearance and fashion. I am a strong believer of people today cares more on
their looks than people in the past. It is evidenced by the fact that overall expenditure
on clothes and accessories have increased, and number of conducts of plastic
surgery have increased dramatically in recent years.
The first
and the foremost, expenditure on clothes and accessories has increased in recent
years. In the past, people were not very conscious about their appearance, so
that it was enough to own clothes for practical use. However, in the modern society,
people purchase new items to replace what they own to follow the trends.
Therefore, the expenditure on the fashion items has increased sharply.
According to the Statistics Korea, in 2012, citizens of Korea spent on items of
clothes and accessories as twice as much what was spent in 2002. From looking
at this figure, it is obvious that people nowadays care more on their looks
compared to the past.
Another
equally important fact is that number of plastic surgery procedures soared
drastically in recent years. Many want to be beautiful and handsome so that
they go for the medical procedure to change their appearances. Such decisions
were rare in the old days, when people had not thought of changing their appearance.
The recent study done by National Medical Institution of Korea, the beauty procedures
such as wrinkle reduction or double eyelid have tripled over the last 10 years.
In this sense, it is clear that modern society puts much emphasis on their
appearance.
To
wrap up, it is undeniable fact that people today care more about fashion and
appearance compared the past, because the expenditure on the fashion items have
increased dramatically and the plastic surgeries are commonly conducted nowadays.
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