Jessi Opens Up About Plastic Surgery Addiction Triggered By Forced First Procedure

Soloist Jessi has long been praised for breaking taboos and openly talking about getting plastic surgery.

i live for jessi making men uncomfortable by talking about her boob job pic.twitter.com/rnP17Sf5Gk

— e ✦ (@bahngchannie) March 31, 2019

Yet, her first plastic surgery procedure was not of her own free will.

Jessi’s personal story is featured in the new Apple TV+ documentary K-Pop Idols, alongside K-Pop groups BLACKSWAN and CRAVITY.

The Korean American solo artist opened up about how she was initially forced to get plastic surgery by her agency at the time, and it triggered insecurities she had not had otherwise.

The first time I got surgery, the nose job that I got, I tweaked it. But once they did that, I started seeing all the flaws in my face. And that’s when I start tweaking sh*t. So, before that, I wasn’t insecure. I started getting insecure after I got surgery, and that’s when I got out of control.

— Jessi

Consequently, Jessi continued to modify her appearance to increase her self-esteem. She confessed that she had unfortunately lost control and overdid it.

First time I had the lip injections, I liked. It was, like, a good size. And then I started overdoing it.

— Jessi

Jessi got her wake-up call when she started receiving hate and criticism targeted at her appearance, specifically the work she had done. So, she dissolved some lip filler.

When I got a reality check, everybody was like, ‘Wow. She looks so botchy.’ And I saw it. And I actually got my lips dissolved.

— Jessi

Still, Jessi is not entirely against plastic surgery. She just wishes it’s done of one’s own free will rather than because someone is forcing it on another person. However, she emphasized that it’s important to have self-control and not become addicted to it. While getting work done can help some people’s self-esteem, for others, it can only open a door for more insecurities.

I believe enhancing yourself is fine. When you wanna do it, and someone’s forcing you to do it, it’s completely different. You have to know your limit, you know? And it’s really hard, to be honest, because once you start getting procedures done, little by little, you just keep finding flaws in yourself, and it’s really hard to control.

— Jessi

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The video clip went viral on TikTok, with 365.5 views at the time of writing. Netizens praised Jessi for her honesty and sympathized with her, pointing out that she would always be criticized regardless of whether she had gotten plastic surgery.