Hang Mioku, now 48, had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28; hooked from the beginning she moved to Japan where she had further operations – mostly to her face.
Following operation after operation, her face was eventually left enlarged and disfigured, but she would still look at herself in the mirror and think she was beautiful.
Eventually the surgeons she visited refused to carry out any more work on her and one suggested that her obsession could be a sign of a psychological disorder.
When she returned home to Korea the surgery meant Hang’s features had changed so much that her own parents didn’t recognise her.
After realising that the girl with the grossly swollen face was indeed their daughter her horrified parents took her to a doctor. Once again the possibility that Hang had a mental disorder was raised and she started treatment
A desperate Mioku then injected an entire bottle of black market silicone into her face and finally decided to inject cooking oil, leaving her cheeks and forehead severely swollen and scarred.
Following the do-it-yourself beauty treatment, Mioku was left so disfigured that her own parents could not recognise her. When doctors analysed her, it was confirmed she was suffering from a psychological disorder.
Once Mioku’s condition was featured on Korean television, thousands of viewers came forward to donate money for surgery to repair her battered skin.
During the course of surgery, which spanned 10 operations, doctors removed 60g of silicone, oil and other foreign substances from Mioku’s face and 200g from her neck.
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