Chinese woman spends grandchild’s US$8,600 tuition to fix wrinkles to ward off bad luck
Clinic tells ‘superstitious’ woman that her crow’s feet mean her husband is cheating on her, eyebrow lines bring bad luck to her children
A 58-year-old woman in China spent 62,000 yuan (US$8,600) on wrinkle-removing treatment, believing it would stop her husband from cheating.
The woman from central China’s Henan province, surnamed Cui, went to a therapy centre in her residential compound on August 11.
The owner of the centre and another customer took Cui to a nearby plastic surgery clinic, suggesting that she should try out aesthetic medicine.
A surgeon told Cui that she had too many wrinkles on her face and that they would bring bad luck.
She was told that her crow’s feet meant that her husband was cheating on her and urged her to have them removed to block her husband’s “peach blossom luck”.
In Chinese, peach blossom luck means luck in romantic relationships.
Shd was also told that frown wrinkles between her eyebrows would bring bad fortune to her children.
Also, they said her nose was too flat and blocked her luck in finding wealth.