Abstract: South Korea is the plastic surgery capital of the world." This is how Korean plastic surgery was described in Washington Post in 2015 [1].Korea seems to be consolidating its position as a leading plastic surgery nation.However, to survive the fierce competition among plastic surgeons and to satisfy patients' high est expectations, plastic surgeons must sustain their efforts over the long term.As the old saying goes, "The past is the mirror of the future." In our case, this means that plastic surgeons can un derstand their current situation more clearly and prepare better for the future by understanding their past.