'Thanks, officer, it really is me'

SHANGHAI: The growing popularity of cosmetic surgery is proving to be a huge headache for immigration officials.

And the challenge of processing people who look nothing like their passport photos reached new heights on Sunday when 23 Chinese women returned to Shanghai together after visiting South Korea, looking completely different from the way they looked when they left Hongqiao Airport.

The travelers had bigger eyes, higher noses and slimmer chins than the women in the photographs.