Nip and Tuck: is it the future or just an expensive craze?

Yesterday I read this article about how South Koreans are obsessed with plastic surgery. Apparently South Korea, a country of about 50 million people, has the second largest number of plastic surgery operations in the world. Reading further I discovered the blame (as always) is passed onto the ol’ celebrity wagon for the ‘sudden’ spike in body altering surgeries. Thinking about this I wondered is it just an expensive obsession that will blow over in a few years or is plastic surgery becoming a way of life?