Korean Athlete Suspended Due to Plastic Surgery
Here is a strange story of a Korean athlete who was suspended from the Korean National Fencing Team because she had unauthorized plastic surgery:
The Korean Fencing Federation (KFF) said Tuesday that it is currently in the process of determining disciplinary measures for Nam Hyun-hee, 25, with the final decision to be made at a committee meeting slated for today, the sports-governing body said.
Nam, who was residing at Taenung Training Center, a national sports team members’ village, had eyelid surgery on Dec. 16, 2005 with the permission of her coaching staff since she had been suffering from a common condition in which the eyelashes get in the way of the eyelid.
However, without reporting it, she had additional plastic surgery involving a fat-injection treatment around her cheeks. Nam is reported to have not been able to attend her daily training routine, as her face was swollen and wouldn’t go back to normal for a few days.
The KFF found this out soon after and immediately expelled her from the center on Dec. 26, before summoning her before a disciplinary committee on Dec 31.
“A national team athlete can’t be an entertainer, and it’s incomprehensible why she went out of the training center to get plastic surgery,’’ a KFF official was quoted as saying by the Yonhap News Agency.
How can the KFF say it is “incomprehensible” to have plastic surgery when they authorized her to have eyelid surgery to begin with?
Also can any Koreans out there confirm if eyelashes getting in the way of the eyelid is a common Korean problem? This whole thing seems overblown and silly.
