Lately, there have been rumours about 2NE1's youngest member, Minzy getting plastic surgery as netizens have reasoned out that she looked different in her recent photos comparing her past photos. Sources related to Minzy at first repudiated the said rumours, saying that Minzy just got prettier as she has grown into a young woman.
However, it seems that Minzy addressed the said issue as she came out and told her side of the story. She talked to the news agency, Osen, saying, "There have been a lot of talks recently about my changed appearance. I'm not the type to hide anything so I wanted to quickly come out and say it. Since long ago, I suffered when I was singing and dancing due to my rhinitis. When I went to hospital, they told me I needed surgery because my nose was crooked toward the front."
Then stated about the surgery, "Since I've never underwent surgery before, I was worried. My mother suggested that since I was already getting corrective surgery to straighten my nose, I should also get plastic surgery. So I worried over it even longer."
Besides of her own worries about the surgery, Minzy was also anxious about her CEO, Yang Hyun Suk's reaction. She believed that he would absolutely be against it, and then when she told him, she explained, "I was surprised by the completely different response." Then Yang Hyun Suk mentioned previous YG artists Gummy and Wheesung as examples of singers also experienced rhinitis. He recommended that Minzy follow her mother's advice. After giving it a thought, Minzy went ahead with the nose surgery.