Hello. This is Dr. Jaeho Cho, Chief Director at TheLINE Plastic Surgery, a clinic specializing in body contouring. Women with a 155cm, 56.5kg build often struggle less with their overall weight figure than with a fat layer concentrated around the abdomen that makes them look bulkier than they are, or with a 'barrel body' silhouette in which the waistline becomes unclear. The patient in this case also visited us wanting to improve how the stubborn fat accumulated across her whole abdomen made the center of gravity of her upper body seem to sink downward, so that nothing she wore looked stylish.
These are the patient's pre-operative photos. You can see that the lower abdomen protrudes, leaving the line less than smooth. Rather than stopping at reducing the volume of the abdomen, we designed the surgery with a focus on delicately sculpting the section running from the lower ribs to the pelvic line to maximize the 'hourglass waistline' that symbolizes femininity. We worked in three dimensions not only on the front of the abdomen but on the flanks and back flanks as well, raising the level of design detail so that the waist would look a hand's width slimmer from the front and the abdomen would come out flat and firm from the side.
These are the patient's photos at eight months after surgery. The lower abdominal fat she was concerned about is gone, and the waistline has come through smoothly. The core technology that made this dramatic change of line possible is SVF liposuction. Where conventional methods focused only on the act of extracting fat, SVF liposuction leaves the highly concentrated SVF energy obtained during surgery inside the body, encouraging the tissue itself to respond in a healthy way. The true worth of this technique shows in the 'recovery of condition' right after surgery. The various growth factors and regenerative components contained in SVF support the recovery of internal tissue irritated during surgery as it happens, and keep microvascular flow smooth. As a result, bruising and swelling after suction surgery subside surprisingly fast, and patients feel their bodies are light even right after surgery and can return quickly to their everyday routine. Physical condition tends to drop after surgery in wide areas such as the abdomen in particular, but the tissue-regenerating energy SVF provides minimizes that physical burden.
Through liposuction, beyond the abdomen simply flattening, you can obtain a visual effect in which the waistline is carved deeply and the contrast with the pelvis becomes clear. As the position of the waist is visually emphasized, the overall body proportions look far slimmer than before, and every outfit takes on a refined fit - a rebirth of the body shape. Now, eight months after surgery, the patient has moved entirely away from the abdominal fat that once rounded out and pressed on her upper body, and confidently reveals a narrow, tucked-in waistline. She named as her greatest point of satisfaction the fact that, thanks to SVF liposuction, the recovery period was shorter and managing her condition after surgery was easy. Beyond simply removing fat, please experience for yourself TheLINE's refined technique, which finds the most beautiful line your build can have.
