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When the subject of plastic surgery appears in pop culture, finding a work that views it purely through a bright and positive lens is not easy. In dramas and films, plastic surgery is often utilized to criticize humanity's endless lookism or as a tool of ruin brought about by vain desires. It is a common cliché to depict the act of plastic surgery itself as dark and negative, only to conclude with the predictable, moralistic perspective through the protagonist's realization that "nevertheless, true beauty lies within." This narrative tendency is largely similar in most countries, transcending the East and the West. In South Korea, the movie 200 Pounds Beauty is considered a unique case that elevated the subject of plastic surgery into a highly cheerful and positive comedy, achieving commercial success. Aside from that, in most thrillers or horror dramas, plastic surgery clinics are consistently portrayed as gloomy and secretive spaces, heavily depicted as taboo realms...