<Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon> This



is the street of prosthetics in Dongja-dong, Seoul. 



Prosthetic arms and prosthetic leg manufacturers are gathered here, and amputees have been looking for them for decades.



You can also find a prosthetic in the 200,000 won range.



[Yoon In-deok / Representative of prosthetic limb company: There are a lot of people like this, such as having no fingers because they have been cut in a press or something like that, or amputation of their hands. Foreign workers who are not entitled to workers' compensation benefits. In the case of a finger (prosthetic arm), I do it once a year because it wears out a lot and breaks with use.]



However, there are many people who are looking for the quality like a real hand or a real foot, but realistically, it is difficult to meet all needs. do.



[CEO of prosthetic limb company: I think Koreans value aesthetics emotionally. Even in foreign countries, artists enlarge and color pictures of blood vessels, and in our case, there are some limitations.] For



this reason

, some

patients go abroad to match.



I found the Central Veterans' Hospital where there are veterans of prosthetic arms and legs.



It is full of pigments and color palettes you can only see at art academies,



[Yurina/Central Veterans Hospital Guarantee Center: It is a colorimeter, but the color and number are displayed. Enter it and you'll see the blending cost. It is mixed with that silicone to make the skin color.]



It is a place for veterans, but recently, industrial accident patients also pay a lot of money to find it.



It is said that prosthetic limbs and prosthetic limbs that are close to their skin color have a special meaning for amputees.



[Kim Hyun-jo / Central Veterans Hospital Guarantee Center: When a person loses his or her body, there is a desire to hide it.

If you match the colors, the biggest thing in your social life is to gain confidence…

.

In fact, it is very difficult to match the design and color of the prosthetic arm.

Ordinary patients have gone through several manufacturing plants, and people who come because they are not satisfied…

.]



However, there is a shortage of professional manpower in Korea, and all pigments and medical silicones have to be imported.



[Jeong-hye Han / Guarantee Guarantee Center at Central Veterans' Hospital: I learned this 20 years ago, but none of them are produced in Korea at that time or now.

Because the market in this field is small, it cannot be produced in Korea.

First of all, I don't have a lot of income...

.]



Every day, two people are killed at work and more than a dozen others are dismembered, but the issue of survivors returning to their daily lives remains out of focus.



They need hope.



[Kim Hyeon-jo/Central Veterans Hospital Guarantee Center: There are people who use a chainsaw at the Korea Forest Service to do pruning.

There was a case where he made a special prosthetic arm so that we could touch the chainsaw again, and he got to work for the Forest Service again.

That is the most memorable.]



(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, Lee Yong-han, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)



▶ "Does it

match 

my skin color?"

Patients seeking prosthetic limb specialists