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The Conversation: Plastic Surgeons: Dr Prisca Hwang and Dr Lina Triana

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Plastic surgeons Dr Prisca Na Hwang and Dr Lina Triana

18/01/2016 GMT

Plastic Surgeons: Dr Prisca Hwang and Dr Lina Triana

BBC World Service - The Conversation, Plastic Surgeons: Dr Prisca Hwang and Dr Lina Triana

The plastic surgeons who put patients under the knife in South Korea and Colombia

"We are artists of the human body", plastic surgeons from South Korea and Colombia talk to Gemma Cairney about transforming appearances and why they don't work out before surgery

Dr Lina Triana is one of Colombia's top plastic surgeons and was the first woman to become president of the country's Plastic Surgery Association. Lina's father is a plastic surgeon and at first he tried to dissuade his daughter from following in his footsteps, saying this wasn't the right job for a woman to do as it doesn't allow for being a good wife and mother. But Lina proved him wrong and now works alongside her father's clinic doing aesthetic procedures including body contouring, breast augmentations and facelifts.

Dr Prisca Hwang works for the Korea University Ansan Hospital in Seoul. Like Lina she does aesthetic surgery, which is big business in her city, but also performs reconstructive surgery. This might include working on cancer patients, car crash victims and congenital deformities. Prisca says she makes it clear to patients who want cosmetic surgery that a nose job won't change their lives, and that it's important that she spots any underlying psychological issues.

Photos: (L) Dr Prisca Hwang and (R) Dr Lina Triana

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