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The kind of micro-liposuction these Japanese women undergo is much more technically difficult and time-consuming than your average American liposuction. We’re talking about a woman of, say, 115 pounds wanting to remove that little pooch in her belly so she can be down to 105 pounds with a flat-as-a-board stomach. Or legs where the very tops of the thighs touch ever so slightly — no part of the entire leg is supposed to touch, according to such standards, and in fact, should allow for a 1- to 2-inch space between the thighs. “Most American people don’t really care about this, this is fine,” says Dr. Kure, pointing to a “before” photo of a Japanese woman’s thighs. “But [for] Japanese, there has to be a space [between the thighs].” All this, despite the fact that, according to Dr. Kure, plastic surgery is considered taboo in Japan.
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