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Lee Jong-soo's facial surgery

In 2013, Lee Jong-soo spoke on the record about having facial surgery. The quote is verbatim, with its source, followed by what the operation involves.

The quote

“5,6 년 전에 외모 보강을 하고 싶다는 생각에 성형외과를 갔더니 눈이 좀 더 커진다면 괜찮을 거라는 얘기를 듣고 감행했다”
Lee Jong-soo · Cultwo Show (SBS Radio), 2013-06-15, as quoted by Seoul Economic Daily via Daum, 2013-06-15; translation: facelift.studio

Context

South Korean actor. He first spoke about the lateral canthoplasty on KBS2's Happy Together 3 in May 2010, saying a clinic offered it free and he bled heavily afterwards, and said in 2013 that the incision had closed up again.

Sources

  1. Cultwo Show (SBS Radio), 2013-06-15, as quoted by Seoul Economic Daily via Daum, 2013-06-15; translation: facelift.studio (v.daum.net)
  2. Newsen via Daum, 2010-05-07 (earlier statement about the same operation) (v.daum.net)

Both pages read 2026-10-06.

The procedure

Questions

Did Lee Jong-soo have facial surgery?

By Lee Jong-soo's own account, yes. The statement is in Cultwo Show (SBS Radio), 2013-06-15, as quoted by Seoul Economic Daily via Daum, 2013-06-15; translation: facelift.studio, and v.daum.net reported it.

What did Lee Jong-soo have done?

In Lee Jong-soo's words: “Lateral canthoplasty (눈 뒤트임)”. Sorted into the procedure library as .

Who was Lee Jong-soo's surgeon?

The statements on record do not name a surgeon.

How was the record checked?

The quote was copied verbatim from the source page, a second outlet was found reporting the same statement, and both pages were checked 2026-10-06. Rumour and comparisons of photographs are not recorded. The rules are in the method.