SEOUL: Cosmetic surgery, skinny jeans and hoop earrings are in fashion in North Korea as the pursuit of female beauty remains unbound by the state's chronic food shortages, an online newspaper reported. Daily NK quoted sources in the North saying that although facelifts are illegal state surgeons are performing cosmetic surgeries in secret in return for bribes. Doctors receive 2,000-3,000 N. Korean won ($14-21) for an upper eyelid surgery which can remove excess fatty deposits that appear as puffiness, it said. Upper eyelid suggeries and cosmetic tattoos on eyebrows, lips and the corners of eyes are widespread in North Korea,” a source from Pyongyang was quoted as saying.