Dr. He Jinlong, left, and a patient discuss the procedure for changing facial contours at Shanghai Time Plastic Surgery Hospital in downtown Shanghai. (Cao Jun / For The Times)
Chinese college students inquire about plastic surgery at Shanghai Time Plastic Surgery Hospital, where an advertisement features a Korean transsexual star. (Cao Jun / For The Times)
At the Shanghai Time Plastic Surgery Hospital’s busiest time in January, the facility’s team of 10 surgeons performed as many as 100 procedures a day, raising noses, cutting eyelids and chiseling angular faces into the shape of smooth goose eggs. (Cao Jun / For The Times)
