Incisional Double Eyelid Surgery

Scar? Sausage-shaped Double Eyelids?!

People do not want to look too artificial or unnatural after plastic surgery that they got to improve their concern. Especially, in the case of double eyelid surgery, many people have a vague prejudice that it should be performed using non-incisional method rather than incisional method for a natural result.

Non-incisional method is a method of overlapping the eyelids by making a knot with a thread along the line designed without incising the skin. On the other hand, incisional method is a method of incising the eyelids along the line designed and also removing excessive muscle and fat then fixing remaining muscle and skin together.

 

 

Because incision sounds and feels heavy, a lot of people are afraid that it will leave scars or result in sausage-shaped double eyelids. But, there is no significant difference in surgical results of a surgeon with excellent surgical skills, whether it’s incisional or non-incisional. Experts say that incisional method is rather more advantageous when eyelids skin sagging is severe or if there’s a lot of fat.

 

 

Dr. Yoojung Lee from Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic said that incisional double eyelid surgery has many advantages in being able to make various lines and create brighter and clearer eyes. The biggest misconception is that scars remain with incisional method, but incisional method can also create a result as natural as non-icisional method. Dr. Lee also said determining how good or bad an eye specialist depends on the difference in how naturally the incisional method is performed.

Scars made from the incision will look obvious only right after the surgery, but it gradually fades away over time and become almost inconspicuous after about 6 months. Swelling is most severe for around 2-3 days, and then subsides naturally over time. Returning to daily life is possible after about 3 to 5 days, and the stitches are removed after about 5 to 7 days.

Dr. Lee also said “It is a misconception to think that incisional double eyelid surgery usually leave a thick scar and swelling is difficult to recover because it lasts a longer time. If a specialist with abundant experience performs the surgery, worrying about scarring and longer recovery time can be reduced by making the incision natural enough.” In addition, she advised that if you decide to undergo incisional double eyelid surgery, you must carefully consider the skill and know-how of the surgeon then choose a hospital.

 

Original Article link: http://www.medical-tribune.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=99958

 

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Revision Rhinoplasty

Revision Rhinoplasty

Dr.Kyungho Ko from Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic said “As the nose is in the center of the face, so surgery should be performed considering of overall ideal ratio.”

Among various plastic surgeries, many people consider undergoing ‘nose job’ because it can improve the overall appearance, impression, and image with just a slight change in mm. As nose is in the center of face, surgery should be performed considering the ideal ratio to achieve satisfactory results harmonizing with the facial features.

Sometimes the nose becomes even shortened and inflamed with contracture when implant is forcibly inserted to raise the nasal bridge higher. Then revision rhinoplasty will be needed. The nose is very small in size, but the internal structure is complicated with bones, cartilage, and soft tissues intricately mixed in it. So rhinoplasty is a difficult surgery dealing the complicated internal structure of the nose, and revision rhinoplasty is even more difficult since structural and tissue changes already occurred from the previous surgery. Therefore, it is essential to thoroughly analyze the reason of revision surgery and the cause of side effects before diagnosing surgical plan.

Rhinoplasty revision cases can be classified into problems with nasal tip, nasal bridge, and implants. In the case of nose tip problem, the tip of the nose raised through surgery become gradually lower over time. The symptom appears when the cartilage is weak and the length of the collumella is short, and revision is required to extend the nasal septum itself or to strengthen the collumella. If the tip of the nose is lifted due to contracture, it is a side effect due to inflammation after nose job. After sufficiently removing the problematic tissue, the remaining tissue should be released and corrected. Revision can also be performed for the case that nasal tip is still dull even after the previous nose job by collecting or trimming cartilage again.

Revision is needed if the nasal bridge is too high, the width of the bridge feels too wide or narrow, and the bridge looks crooked. Just because the bridge of the nose is high doesn’t mean pretty at all, it may rather look too plastic. If you are dissatisfied with the height, it is necessary to correct it to an appropriate height in consideration of proportion with overall features. The width and shape from the front view should be determined according to the ratio from the starting point of the eyebrows and should be symmetrical.

A typical implant problem is when the implant is visible. If the skin is thin or the implant placed is too thick, it may be seen through the skin. Occasionally, some patients complain discomfort as they feel the implant moving on the bridge of the nose. This is because the implant inserted does not match the shape and line of the nose bridge, so it should be inserted in the correct position or replaced. Also when cartilage inserted at the tip of the nose is crooked or visible, it can be corrected using autologous tissue.

As indicated above, there are different cases that require revision rhinoplasty. It is essential to thoroughly analyze the cause, determine the cause of the side effects or dissatisfaction, and diagnose suitable surgical method. So it is important to choose a clinic and specialist with abundant know-how in rhinoplasty as the surgical method and materials used differ depending on the individual’s condition, even for similar cases.

 

Original Article link: http://kpenews.com/View.aspx?No=1586270

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Facial Contouring Surgery Fixing Pins

You Don't Need to Remove!

Face Contouring Fixing Pins

Among patients considering facial contouring surgery or two-jaw surgery, they often wonder if the fixing pins used during surgery should be removed.

Facial contouring surgery can be roughly divided into two types. The first is a bone shaving and the other is a bone shaving and moving method.

For surgery to shave bones like square jaw reduction, fixing pins are not used, but most of the surgery that requires moving bones, such as cheekbone reduction and chin-tip surgery, uses fixing pins. The fixing pin is to fix the bones moved after surgery so that they are well fused in the changed position.

How well the bones adhere determines the outcome of the surgery. Although it is important to trim the bones well, healing the bones is also a very important process in facial contouring. The bones fixed with a fixing pin go through the process of adhesion over about 3 months.

The reason why patients usually want to remove the fixing pin is that they are reluctant to have foreign objects in the body from a psychological point of view, and that they may feel embarrassed to see the fixing pin on the X-ray. However, it is not necessary to remove the fixing pin for health reasons. The fixing pin is usually made of a metal component called titanium, and it is a safe material that is commonly used in other surgical fields such as dental implant surgery and cardiac stand surgery as well as face contouring surgery. Also, the pin is non-magnetic and cannot be detected by a metal detector.

For this reason, some use a melting pin, but the melting pin has a disadvantage in that the strength is weaker than that of titanium. If the thickness of the melting pin is thickened to have similar strength to the titanium pin, it may be difficult to manipulate it during surgery. That said, it is difficult to expect a highly complete surgery.

However, if you do not like or have a burden to see the fixing pin on the X-ray during dental treatment, you can completely remove it through pin removal surgery. Occasionally, if a long time elapses after face contouring surgery, the bone may be covered over the fixed pins. In this case, the pin may not be 100% removed. Therefore, if you absolutely want to remove the fixing pin, it is the best timing to get it done from 3-6 months to 1 year after surgery that is the period of the bones adhere.

Dr. Chang Hyun Oh from Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic said, “Since fixing pin removal surgery also involves touching the bones, a specialist with extensive clinical experience in facial bone surgery should be selected. In addition, the safety system, as well as whether an anesthesiologist resides in the hospital, and whether 1:1 dedicated anesthesia is possible must be checked.”

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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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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."

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 Face contouring surgery Q&A 

answered by a plastic surgeon

As the small and slim facial shape has been recognized as one of the representative beauty standards, the number of people concerning of protruded cheekbones and angular jaws also has been increased. If the cheekbones are protruding or the square jaw is big, 

it gives a strong impression and may look older than the actual age. Accordingly, more and more people are considering face contouring surgery to improve the image.

Pay attention if you want to look young with a small and slim facial shape! We’ve asked Dr. Changhyun Oh, one of the head surgeons and founders of Banobagi Plastic Surgery Clinic, for questions regarding face contouring surgery.

★ If the face is big, can I have face contouring surgery?

Not only the big and over-developed facial bones make the face look big but also the over-developed facial muscles make the face look angular and big. If your facial muscles are developed, you can make your face slimmer with jaw botox or masseter muscle reduction. Botox has the advantage as being easy and convenient treatment than a surgery, but it requires periodic treatment. The masseter muscle reduction surgery may be burdensome as incision and anesthesia are required, but it is maintained semi-permanently after one operation.

Contrary to this, if the facial bone itself is developed, face contouring surgery should be considered. Face contouring surgery is literally a cosmetic surgery that corrects the contours of the face. It is largely divided into cheekbone reduction, square jaw reduction, and chin tip surgery(genioplasty). Face contouring is performed when the cheekbones and square jaw are excessively protruded or for the cases of facial asymmetry, short chin, and lantern jaw. Through surgery, it can be improved to a smaller and slimmer facial line and make other facial features look more defined and balanced.

★ How long will it take to recover after face contouring surgery?

Face contouring surgery is performed with general anesthesia, and the operation takes about 1 to 2 hours. In the case of square jaw reduction, hospitalization is required for about a day, but cheekbone reduction and chin tip surgery can be discharged on the same day without hospitalization. The stitches will be removed 1~2 weeks after the surgery. After face contouring surgery, the main swelling usually subsides in 1~2 weeks. Normally, you can go to school or work in about a week. After about 3 weeks, the swelling would subside to some extent and look like the level of swelling after extraction of the wisdom teeth. However, the recovery time differs by individual health status and lifestyle. 

★What should be considered when choosing face contouring surgery hospital?

First of all, it is most important to confirm that the medical staff is a plastic surgeon with a lot of clinical experience. If you entrust the surgery to a plastic surgeon who has encountered various face contouring surgery cases, you can minimize side effects and expect high satisfaction with surgery.

In particular, in the case of surgery that deals with bones like face contouring, an anatomical analysis process considering bone structure, density, the location of nerves and vessels, and more is essential through advanced equipment such as 3D computed tomography (CT). This is because 3D CT scans play a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment direction of the musculoskeletal system.

Also, surgery that requires general anesthesia, such as face contouring, must be performed in collaboration with a plastic surgeon and an anesthesiologist. Emergency medical equipment should also be equipped in all operating rooms in case of an emergency.

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The Mental Change That Comes With Cosmetic Surgery

 

Why do patients choose to receive surgical procedures? What, aside from the physical change, comes with receiving plastic surgery?

The views of plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery differ in every part of the world. Many times, the distinct difference lies in money and social status. However, in South Korea, surgical procedures hold a different connotation. When a person lives in a society that highly values physical beauty it can be hard to live comfortably.

Of course, every person has something to offer the world, but sometimes the way they look will hinder their ability to communicate with the world. The mental change becomes increasingly negative for people that deal with these issues. Patients once believed they couldn’t change their physical features; however, we can give our patients the option to enhance their current physical situations.

What If A Patient’s Age Is Starting To Show?

At our clinic, we have many options that can help a patient achieve their once youthful past. From facial contouring procedures to anti-aging procedures, we allow our patients to explore our extensive repertoire to choose what fits best. With our years of experience and many amazing specialists, we help to guide our patients to what fits best.

Our anti-aging procedures include everything from facelifts to stem cell therapy. Our materials range from synthetic Elasticum to FDA approved Endotine. Both materials are used to generate discreet facelifts.

The best factor of both materials is that they assimilate into the tissue and become one with the skin. While elasticum integrates completely, the endotine will eventually disintegrate after the droopy skin is taken care of.

What If A Patient Has Needs Help Losing Fat After Major Weight Loss?

The journey to a healthy lifestyle is hard and long. Exercise, diet, and a positive mental capacity all help a patient toward major weight loss. Once a patient achieves the goal of major weight loss, they must also deal with the obstacles that come afterward. One of those obstacles is stubborn amounts of fat issue.

These small pockets of fat make the body look awkward, especially after a patient's body undergoes such a large physical change. To get rid of this fat tissue, our patients have the option of undergoing body contouring procedures. They can choose from the following procedures:

• Whole-body liposuction
• Localized liposuction
• Dual slim procedure

Patients can choose to undergo one or more to attain the result of a natural, aesthetically pleasing body.

How Can These Procedures Help To Create A Well Balanced Mentality?

A person that has trouble feeling confident within themselves will have trouble feeling confident in any area of life. Confidence is a large mental change that affects all areas of life. The situations vary from patient to patient, but the results are normally the same. All our patients want is to be happy and successful.

Perhaps a mother is trying to come back from having children and she needs help with her weight loss journey. Or an older woman wants to rid herself of wrinkles and droopy skin, so she can look like her younger self. These situations and more can greatly affect the mental changes a person goes through.

A part of our job is to take those mental changes into account. We want our patients to be proud of the results and learn to love every part of themselves.

In Conclusion

The usual connotation of plastic surgery is generally negative. Yet the results produce such a positive mental change that our patients go on to lead happy, fulfilling lives. With so many successful procedures, we have absolute proof that plastic surgery is a positive experience.

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