Last Updated: Monday, 13 February 2006, 11:40 GMT
Chinese romantics seek nose jobs
Fang Liang (L) and Tang Xiaoyan (R) discuss plastic surgery options with a surgeon at the ConBio Plastic Surgery Hospital in Shanghai 13 February 2006.
This clinic is offering a special Valentine's Day package
Young lovers in China's largest city, Shanghai, are turning to cosmetic surgery as a Valentine's Day present.
Three couples even asked one clinic for matching noses or eye features, the official China Daily reported.
The clinic's director, Liu Chunlong, said business from 20-somethings had risen 30% since 4 February.
China has seen a boom in cosmetic operations in recent years, and is now home to a million plastic surgery clinics, according to Xinhua news.
Liu Yan, 24, and her 28-year-old boyfriend had matching nose jobs a fortnight before Valentine's Day, China Daily said.
"I suggested it as a way of celebrating our relationship and bringing us closer together with a special kind of bond," the paper quoted Ms Liu as saying.
"My boyfriend loved the idea and paid for the whole thing; we're very happy with the results.
