Fight for Beauty

以美之名 ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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7.4
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Qiao Yang, deputy chief physician at the Third Hospital, reunites with former classmate Zhou Jing Wen at Gemu Plastic Surgery Hospital a decade after a falling-out during medical school. Now, old misunderstandings resurface as they cross paths again. (Source: kisskh) Edit Translation

  • English
  • Русский
  • हिन्दी
  • Español
  • Country: China
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 29
  • Aired: Mar 30, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025
  • Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  • Original Network: BTV, Dragon TV, Youku, ZJTV,
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 77 users)
  • Ranked: #19111
  • Popularity: #14866
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Completed
couchpotat
2 people found this review helpful
Apr 14, 2025
29 of 29 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0
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A Sober Peek Into Healthcare

This is not an idol drama and it's not at all romantic which may throw some viewers off. Unlike Romantic Doctor Kim or Hospital Playlist, there's not really a clear 'right' or 'wrong' and there's a lack of emotional payoff that follows each case/issue. This gives the drama a more realistic (in my opinion) take on things that happen in healthcare. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows and sometimes the hardest problem isn't even the patients but management and administration.

Nuance is the name of the game for this drama. It talks about a lot of different issues while never really giving the audience a break. The issues keep coming and while it is episodic, the breaks between cases don't coincide with the end of the episode. There are two plotlines that follow. One is regarding the patient cases which often takes the main stage and the other is regarding administration which is the backdrop that everything plays out on. With the main leads (double female leads) being plastic surgeons, already it addresses the issue of plastic surgery out of necessity (scars, burn wounds, facial recontruction, etc.) vs elective surgeries (double eyelid, jaw shaving, etc).

The following is a brief, incomplete list of themes and issues that the drama sheds a light on: public vs private hospital bias, beauty standards, organ and blood donation, medical bias, sexual assault, victim blaming, blended family relationships, divorce, and profit in the healthcare industry. As the background plot intensifies, viewers may feel a little disappointed because of the overwhelming influence of office politics but I assure you that this is what working in 80% of medical facilities feels like (at least in American healthcare). The drama's hospital consultants play a role that parallels what American health insurance does: moneygrubbing and dictating what medical orders physicians give. And all the manipulation and suppression from administration (especially when they aren't licensed medical professionals) was all too real and frustrating.

Other things that made this drama quite a good watch was the romantic subplot. One of our FLs was amicably divorced (with someone she still talks to) but is now in a relationship with our ML who has a kid (out of wedlock). Again, it addresses more culturally sensitive topics and grounds these characters in reality. There was no real romantic issue yet as FL really doesn't care what people think anymore, but I love that the relationship is so natural. A lot of it happens off-screen and we see it develop from just a situationship to something more fullblown. The flirting and banter are very natural and not awkward at all. Our other FL, on the other hand, was happily married but their relationship went through a rough patch before the couple decided to separate due to differences. It was a very anticlimatic but real take on what happens when you just don't love each other anymore but still care about each other as a couple that once was in love. You'll notice that the two FLs are complete foils of one another in almost every aspect. This is done on purpose and is one of the main reasons for conflict in the drama.

Overall, I think that the drama was quite well written. I don't think that it deserves anything lower than an 8 stars, but it's lack of popular actors and feel-good moments probably was what tanked the ratings. Unfortunately, healthcare is kinda like that. There's moments of feel-good, but most of the time, you feel kinda overwhelmed by a lot of negative things like workload, administration, and office politics. It wasn't perfect, but for a medical drama (with a lower budget), I think they did quite a good job. The medical procedures were a little inaccurate (especially the infection control and sterile procedures). Sometimes the FL scrubbed in herself (flinging the gown open and walking around the OR) but you would typically have a nurse helping you and no one should be near the sterile site in scrubs with no gown.

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Dropped 6/29
Le Ho
0 people found this review helpful
May 29, 2025
6 of 29 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

a melodrama about the cosmetic surgery business. Found it too boring to continue.

Fight for Beauty is a melodrama about the cosmetic surgery business. I watched 6 out of 29 episodes and found it too boring to continue. I am dropping this drama.

Synopsis: Qiao Yang, deputy chief physician at the Third Hospital, reunites with former classmate Zhou Jing Wen at Gemu Plastic Surgery Hospital a decade after a falling out during medical school. Now, old misunderstandings resurface as they cross paths again.

My Reviews:
1. Acting: 7
2, Script: 5
3, Music/OST: 5
4, Production Quality: 5
5. Cinematography: 5
6. Rewatchable: 3

Overall Rating: 5.0

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Details

  • Title: Fight for Beauty
  • Type: Drama
  • Format: Standard Series
  • Country: China
  • Episodes: 29
  • Aired: Mar 30, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025
  • Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  • Original Network: BTV, Dragon TV, Youku, ZJTV
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 77 users)
  • Ranked: #19111
  • Popularity: #14866
  • Watchers: 446

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