Actor Hwang Jung-eum says multiple plastic surgeries 'ruined' her face, now spending millions to reverse them

Actor Hwang Jung-eum has opened up about regretting the multiple plastic surgeries she underwent in the past, saying she is currently working to restore her original appearance and will not go under the knife again.

A video titled "The day I went looking for my vibe and ended up wrecking my look (?)" was posted to Hwang's YouTube channel Wednesday.

"I had so much plastic surgery that I completely ruined a pretty face," Hwang said in the video. "Now I'm doing restoration work to get back to how I used to look."

On the specific procedures, she said she had double-eyelid surgery about four times. "I just used to go whenever I felt like it," she confessed.

She also had rhinoplasty but had the implant removed almost immediately after the procedure because she was unhappy with the result. "I took it out right after I got it done," Hwang recalled. "It didn't suit me."

She described the aftermath as deeply difficult. "My mother told me she couldn't stand to look at me and told me not to come out of my room," she said. "I really didn't come out. I was depressed."

As for why she kept getting procedures done, Hwang said it stemmed from both vanity and insecurity. "I was already pretty, but I was greedy — I wanted to maintain it and become even prettier," she said. "I think I kept trying to fill a psychological anxiety through my appearance."

She also revealed that reversing the surgeries has come at a steep cost.

"If a procedure cost, say, 20 million won ($14,800), the restoration costs 200 million won," Hwang said. "I don't know what I was thinking."

Undoing plastic surgery, she indicated, can cost roughly 10 times what the original procedure did.

Hwang drew a line on any further work. "I'm going to live the rest of my life with this nose," she said. "I don't think I'll get any more surgery done. I won't." She added that she is now pursuing a more natural look.

Online, viewers responded warmly to her candor. "It's impressive how honestly she opened up about her surgery experiences and regrets," one commenter wrote, while another said, "Her confession about wanting to be prettier and trying to resolve her anxiety through her appearance really resonates."