July 01, 2021 08:36
Justice Party lawmaker Ryu Ho-jeong is on a crusade to overturn Korea s decades-old tattoo ban. In the course of her campaign she has come across many curiosities, not least the discovery that her arch-conservative elderly colleague Hong Joon-pyo has had his eyebrows tattooed.
More surprising still is that the person most likely to have a tattoo is your auntie. A survey of 5,030 people by pollster Tillion Pro showed Koreans in their 60s are the biggest customers of tattoo services.
One 61-year-old housewife had her eyebrows and eyelids tattooed. I realized how old I looked after turning 60, Lee said. I m happy to hear my friends tell me my eyebrows and eyelids look fuller after I got them tattooed and I can save time putting on makeup too.
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