She became a freelance fashion writer briefly until July 19, 2003, to August 14, 2003, when she started a series of operations to modify her eyes, nose, chin, breasts, abdomen, buttocks, legs, and skin, at just 24 years old.
The transformation of Lulu, the "Beauty Dreamwork Project" (治造美人), was organized by EverCare (伊美尔), a Beijing cosmetic surgery clinic, to promote its business, which had been languishing in the aftermath of the SARS epidemic.
Evercare organized a press conference around Lulu to promote the company's cosmetic surgery services.
The clinic came out with numerous ads, that claimed they have the confidence and capacity to help Chinese women create new physiques through the use of advanced technologies and surgical skills.
After her transformation, news stories on body alternations increased tremendously in China's mainstream media, marginalized tabloids, and cyberspace, from a number of different beauty companies.