Cosmetic surgery addict injected cooking oil into her face

11 Nov 2008-Han Hegyon (aka Hang Mioku),now 48, a former singer, 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 in Japan 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. She returned to Korea and destroyed her beauty by injecting cooking oil into her face. Initially, she found a doctor who was willing to give her silicone injects and, what's more, he then gave her a syringe and silicone of her own so she could self-inject. When her supply of silicone ran out, she began to resort to more desperate measures by injecting cooking oil into her face. Donations poured in when she was featured on Korean TV to enable her to have surgery to reduce the size of her face. Numerous operations later, her face was left greatly reduced but still scarred and disfigured. . She claims to want her original face back. Regretfully, it will never happen. VIA

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