Plastic Surgery in Korea : 1월 2021

2021년 1월 26일 화요일

Best season for plastic surgery?!

“Winter”

the best season for plastic surgery?

58.5% of plastic surgery experience

in the season

It was found that 58.5% of those who experienced plastic surgery had it in winter. Seven out of 10 people think winter as a good season for plastic surgery.

On the 6^th of December, 2020, Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic unveiled the results of a survey conducted on 214 men and women in their 10s to 60s or older. According to the recognition of the correlation between plastic surgery and seasons among the respondents in the survey, 81.3% said that seasons influence the choice of when to get plastic surgery. 71.2% of the respondents cited winter as the best season for plastic surgery. Then 22.4% in autumn, 5.8% in spring, and 0.6% in summer.

71.8% of people in their twenties cited winter as the best season for plastic surgery. In their 30s, the response rate was as high as 74%. For those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s or older, 69%, 77.8%, and 66.7%, respectively, chose winter as the best season for plastic surgery.

The reason why winter was chosen as a good season for plastic surgery was because the wound seems to heal well, ranking first with 46.77%. The reasons described were ‘because I can take advantage of the winter vacation before enrollment and classes, and the Lunar New Year holidays' ranked 2nd with 37.9%, and 'because I could cover my face with a hat and a scarf' ranked 3rd with 12.9%.

In fact, there were many cases of choosing winter when undergoing a plastic surgery. To the question “Which season did you have plastic surgery(multiple responses)” targeting those who have experienced plastic surgery(26.2% of respondents), the answer of “winter” was the most at 58.5%. Spring was 19.5%, and summer and autumn were 11%.

Dr. Jaesang Barn from Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic said, “It was interesting to find out that more people than I thought had seasons in mind for plastic surgery. Each individual may have a preferred season, but there are no cases where the climate or temperature affects the procedure and outcome of the surgery.”

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2021년 1월 24일 일요일

Sleepy looking eyes

Sleepy looking eyes,

should be improved with “ptosis correction surgery” rather than double eyelid surgery!

A patient at her 22 years old, who underwent double eyelid surgery last year, is considering revision these days. She had double eyelid surgery because of the feeling of tired and sleepy eyes, but even after the surgery, her concern was not improved much. As a result, there are many concerns about whether or not to undergo a revision.

Even after double eyelid surgery, we can often see cases of complaining being not enlarged or improved much in the feeling or looking tired and sleepy. If you are often told that your eyelids are sagging or that you usually look sleepy, you should be suspicious of ‘eyelid ptosis’.

Ptosis of the eyelid is due to congenitally weak muscle that is used to open the eyes or by acquired factors such as aging and injury. If you have ptosis symptoms, the eyelids cover your eyes, which makes you look drowsy and stuffy.

Although many people consider double eyelid surgery to treat ptosis, ptosis is basically a symptom that covers the pupil due to weak muscle strength. Therefore, since double eyelid surgery alone does not solve the problem, the muscle tension must be adjusted through ptosis correction surgery.

In the case of blepharoplasty, this method will remove the excessive skins and fats on upper eyes to make clearer eyes with correction of the eye muscle. Since it improves the root cause of ptosis and strengthens the power to open the eyes, it can change the drowsy-looking eyes into brighter-looking eyes. In some cases, it may be combined with double eyelid surgery.

Ptosis correction can be divided into two major methods: incision and non-incision. Generally, most of ptosis correction has incised the upper eyelid directly. Incisional ptosis correction is suitable if the eyelid skin is very saggy or if the symptoms of ptosis are severe. It can also help reducing eyelid fat and muscle mass.

On the other hand, non-incisional ptosis correction is a surgery to shorten the length of the muscle by putting a thread inside the eyelid without cutting the surgical site. The shorter the muscle length, the stronger the eye opening power. In particular, non-incisional ptosis correction has the advantage of shorter recovery period than incisional method. Although there are individual differences, it usually has a recovery period of 5 to 7 days, and the surgical site normally almost recovers in a month.

Dr. Hyuntaek Lee from Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic says “There are areas where it is difficult to accurately determine the eye condition unless the doctor are an expert. So it is important to choose the surgical method that is most suitable through consultation with the medical staff and to fully discuss the post-operative result."