For the art exam and job hunting, the number of students getting plastic surgery during winter vacation surges by two times, facial surgery becomes popular. Post-90s crowd gathers in the first lunar month to "change their appearance".
According to the elders' sayings, it's unlucky to use a knife or get a haircut in the first lunar month. However, as the "new generation", the post-90s don't care about these "folk customs". Many students take advantage of the long holiday in the first lunar month to gather at plastic surgery hospitals to "change their appearance".
Reporters learned from several plastic surgery and beauty hospitals in Beijing that due to the winter vacation providing time for rest, there is a surge in college students getting plastic surgery in the first lunar month. The number of students getting plastic surgery is three times more than usual, mainly focusing on the face, mostly for job hunting and art exams.
● Discovery
A mother spends her year-end bonus to give her daughter "more confidence"
Yesterday afternoon, outside the doctor's office in a certain plastic surgery hospital in Yabaicun, Tan Jing (a pseudonym) and her mother were anxiously waiting, preparing to undergo an eye corner widening and injectable rhinoplasty surgery.
With dreams of becoming a star, high school student Tan Jing felt "looked down upon" while attending art exam training courses, surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women, feeling increasingly unconfident due to her small eyes and flat nose.
Seeing her daughter's unhappiness, after communicating with her daughter, Tan Jing's mother decided to bring her to get plastic surgery. The cost of the two plastic surgeries was approximately 12,000 yuan, equivalent to her year-end bonus this year.
"If spending money can add points for her, then it's worth it." Tan Jing's mother told reporters that because she chose injectable rhinoplasty, the holiday provided just enough 4-5 days of recovery time without affecting her studies. Regarding the belief that getting surgery in the first lunar month is unlucky, "post-90s" Tan Jing doesn't think much of it.
● Follow-up
Discounts attract students to "go under the knife"
Subsequently, reporters visited dozens of plastic surgery and beauty institutions such as "Shi San Ba", "Yimei'er", and "Beijing Lido", learning that the number of students undergoing plastic surgery significantly increased during the first lunar month.
Data from Beijing Shi San Ba Medical Beauty Hospital showed that starting from the Spring Festival long holiday, the number of students getting plastic surgery was 3-4 times more than usual, mainly consisting of high school and college students.
The person in charge of Beijing Lido Medical Beauty Hospital told reporters that they average 5-7 major surgeries and about 20 minor surgeries per day.
It is understood that student plastic surgeries mainly focus on the head and face, primarily including double eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, thinning thick lips, and extending the chin.
Reporters also learned that taking advantage of the winter vacation, plastic surgery and beauty hospitals seized the business opportunity, offering student discounts one after another. Currently, the cost of student plastic surgeries ranges from 5,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan. Compared to last year, the proportion of students choosing expensive plastic surgeries costing over 30,000 yuan has significantly increased.
During the interview process, reporters found that among the students undergoing plastic surgery, apart from those who need it for applying to art schools, more than half are doing so to increase their chances in job applications.
"With similar academic qualifications, companies will definitely choose those with better appearances," said a female senior student who underwent chin augmentation, indicating that the spring recruitment would begin in March, which is the last job hunting opportunity before graduation, "considering it as preparation in advance."
● Suggestion
Do not blindly follow trends; choose what suits you
Dean Liu Tong of Beijing Lido Medical Beauty Hospital stated this morning that students should have sufficient understanding of their own facial characteristics, not follow others blindly, and realize that plastic surgery should not be followed blindly; not all that is pretty is suitable for oneself. Besides appearance, enhancing one's own cultivation and abilities to gain greater social competitiveness is the most important.
Additionally, it must be emphasized that students must be at least 18 years old to undergo plastic surgery, otherwise, it may affect the development of bones, muscles, and skin tissues. Before the surgery, experts should be consulted fully to understand whether they are suitable for the corresponding plastic surgery.
By reporter Liu Jingyi
To welcome the peak tourist flow, eight snowmaking machines work simultaneously.
Bird's Nest makes "soft" snow overnight
Amidst the roar of machinery, white snowflakes like sugar granules spout vigorously from the snowmaking machine with a diameter of about one meter. As the machine rotates, it forms a blizzard with a radius of around 20 meters before landing, thus soft snow is "hurriedly manufactured" overnight.
At 8 pm last night, after the Bird's Nest Joyful Snow and Ice Season site had closed, eight snowmaking machines started working simultaneously, making the snowfield inside and outside the Bird's Nest reach a thickness of about 10 centimeters within 10 hours.
On-site worker Master Han said that recently, due to the peak tourist flow, the snowmaking machines start work on time every night. The water consumption for each snowmaking session depends on the temperature at the time, and it is estimated that about a thousand cubic meters of water is needed to make 10 centimeters of snow inside and outside the Bird's Nest last night.
By the Night Line Reporting Team intern Pu Tianxia