Is Aesthetic Plastic Surgery a Form of Symbolic Consumption?

Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Kun Hwang, MD, PhD, Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, 27 Inhang-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon, 22332, South Korea; E-mail: [email protected] Received 22 February, 2021 Accepted 16 April, 2021 This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1I1A2054761). The author reports no conflicts of interest.