The uncertainty. The bankers corn-holing politicians.
Sorry, but it's true.
Well, life just got that little bit stranger. Have you
ever wished you could smile, just to make some
more money, or to tolerate a colleague? Well,
you no longer have to worry about making the
effort. Some surgeons will paste a ready smile
on your sad sack of a face.
That reminds me of the whole metamorphosis of
the Joker, in that good Batman movie, with Jack
Nicholson...
"Never rub another man's rhubarb"
[good point]
[...and rather meatheaded Michael Keaton. Compare the acting]
This Korean process is called Smile Lipting. I thought
it was called that because Koreans can't pronounce 'f'.
Butt, it's actually a amalgam of 'lip' and 'lifting'.
checkit: the Atlantic
Surgery for a Permanent Smile
“Valentine anguloplasty”—surgical up-turning of the corner of the mouth—is having a moment in South Korea.
South Korea has long been a pioneer of human improvement through words ending in “-oplasty.” The country has helped paved the way for double-eyelid surgeries, dimple injections, calf reductions and even double-jaw surgery, to name a few.“Valentine anguloplasty”—surgical up-turning of the corner of the mouth—is having a moment in South Korea.
Now South Korean plastic surgeons are taking on surgery that alters the appearance of emotion. Cosmetic tweaks like Botox have long minimized furrowed brows and frown lines. But a new technique called “Smile Lipt” carves a permanent smile into an otherwise angry face. The procedure, whose name combines “lip” with “lift”—get it?—turns up the corners of the mouth using a technique that’s a milder version of what Scottish hoodlums might call the “Glasgow grin.”...
