A man named
Max, obsessed with Korean culture has gone too far to look Asian after having
10 plastic surgery operations to change his appearance.
Xiahn (new
name), 25, who was originally known as Max, became fixated on Korean culture
following a year of study in the country.
Xiahn, who
goes by the pseudonym Oriental Gaucho online, watched hours of Korean soap
operas and listened to K-Pop constantly – and in time became overcome with the
desire to have plastic surgery so that he would look like a native Korean.
‘As you
know, there are thousands of Asian eye styles,’ Xiahn told Metro.co.uk. ‘I had
one major surgery on my eyes and then small procedures to reach the correct
appearance.’
Now Xiahn
has plans to move to South Korea as soon as he has he can.
Reports of
his transformation have preceded him, and reactions have been mixed. Some like
it and some don’t, he says, just like ‘any other thing in this world.’
Despite the
drastic transformation though, Xiahn still feels Brazilian, thanks to the country’s
diversity: ‘There are many mixed Brazilian people. For me a Korean person looks
Brazilian as much as a German person or any other person that has born here.’
‘I am still Brazilian, even though I have
changed the shape of my eyes'
‘So even though I’ve changed the shape of my
eyes, I am still Brazilian.’
Source: MetroUk
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