Must-Watch Korean Dramas That Involve Beauty Transformation

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k-drama
character transformation
beauty makeovers
K-drama makeovers
My ID is Gangnam Beauty
Im Soo Hyang
Birth of a Beauty
Ha Jae Suk
Han Ye Seul
Han Hye Jin
Shin Min Ah
So Ji Sub
She Was Pretty
Park Seo Joon
Hwang Jung Eum
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Who can resist a good Korean drama makeover? We noticed in some Korean dramas that we love watching, before a smarty pants can be the famous girl in school, or before the hopeless divorcee can get her life back on track, and even before a girl in the office catch the attention of the handsome boss, something huge needs to happen and that is where the beauty makeover kicks in!

Do you remember the time when you finally decided to be bold and dared to wear a different lipstick shade? You felt great, right? Watching Korean drama beauty makeovers give most of the time gives us inspiration and its proof that you can be whatever you want to be if you have the courage. From transforming your hairstyles, changes in your fashion, weight loss, and sometimes having a plastic surgery, you can see these changes in the Korean dramas we have compiled for you below.

Scroll down to check the must watch Korean dramas that involves beauty makeovers!

My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018)

Must Watch Korean Dramas That Involves Beauty Transformation
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My ID is Gangnam Beauty centers its story on the life of a young and shy girl named Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang). She experienced being bullied and bashed in her high school days because of her not so good looking appearance.

Then, she decided that it's time for her to start a new in her university and underwent plastic surgery with her hope to being treated like a regular student. The surgery was very successful that she became unrecognizable and eventually attracted unwanted attention from other students.

Birth of a Beauty (2014)

Must Watch Korean Dramas That Involves Beauty Transformation
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This drama is one that you might find pitiful from the start. It is the story of Sa Guem Ran (Ha Jae Suk) an overweight married woman who takes good care of her husband's grandmother and their family. The sad story of Sa Guem Ran is compared to the life of another character named Sara (Han Ye Seul) who believes to be a girl who just arrived from the States.

As the story went on, it was eventually revealed that Sara and Geum Ran are actually the same woman. Check out this drama to see what happens next!

Oh My Venus (2015)

Must Watch Korean Dramas That Involves Beauty Transformation
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This drama features the story of Kang Jo Eun (Shin Min Ah) who used to be popular and known as the "Daejon Venus" when she was still in her youth. But after she became a lawyer, she didn't mind her physical appearance and became overweight. But with the assistance of Kim Yeong Ho (So Ji Sub), a fitness coach and her leading man in the drama, she was able to regain her beauty and eventually her life!

She Was Pretty (2015)

Must Watch Korean Dramas That Involves Beauty Transformation
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She Was Pretty features the story of Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) who always look back on his memories of the most beautiful girl in their school when they were still kids. That pretty girl was Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum).

The story got even more interesting when they both meet each other in a magazine company where Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) was the boss and Kim Hye Jin was his employee. Sad to say Kim Hye Jin was no longer the pretty girl Ji Sung Joon once knew.

Since she was embarrassed by her unpleasant physical appearance, he made her beautiful bestfriend pretend to be her. However, she eventually decided to do an upgrade and did a major makeover.

Watch this drama and witness the big change in her appearance!

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