As temperatures drop noticeably, more people are worrying about the coming winter cold and about how few months are left in the year. It is because their appearance is not what it used to be as the year passes and they grow a year older.
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Wrinkles forming where there were none and the facial contour giving way as skin elasticity declines are natural phenomena, but there is no helping the regret and heartache felt every time one looks in the mirror. Because wanting to remain beautiful with age is also a natural desire, many women take an interest in anti-aging.
For working women in particular, given the recent tendency to regard grooming as part of one's competence, paying more attention to anti-aging is unavoidable. They work hard on skin care and diligently eat nuts and fruit said to be good for preventing aging, but the problem is that dramatic results are hard to see in a short period.
Against this backdrop, youth-oriented procedures such as V-line lifting are drawing attention as an anti-aging approach that delivers immediate change and dramatic effects. Because they can satisfy the conditions for a youthful look as much as possible, such as firm skin without wrinkles and a slim jawline without sagging, they are attracting interest across a wide range of age groups, from women in their 20s and 30s seeking to prevent aging to those in their 40s and 50s seeking to improve aging that has already progressed.
Dr. Yoosuk Chung of the Lifting & Anti-Aging Center at TheLINE Plastic Surgery said, "For women in their 20s and 30s with relatively few wrinkles, a procedure that firmly lifts sagging skin along the facial line is suitable, and if wrinkles have already formed or aging has progressed, a wrinkle-reduction and facial lifting procedure is appropriate," adding, "It is important to carry out the lifting procedure suited to each face through a thorough consultation with specialists and ultrasound diagnosis before the procedure."
'Power V Contouring,' a method of removing cheek fat and a double chin and refining the soft tissue of the face, is suitable for women in their 20s and 30s at the early stage of wrinkle formation. It can tightly lift slightly sagging skin along the facial line and also helps remove excess facial fat and improve an uneven facial contour. Because it is a V-line lifting procedure that removes the fat cells themselves, it offers a semi-permanent effect, and in the areas where fat has been removed a tightening effect from collagen remodeling can also be expected.
If wrinkles have already formed or aging has progressed, a thread-based youthful lifting procedure such as Ten Lifting can pull up skin that has loosened and wrinkled with age. Results can be obtained without surgical operations such as a facelift, which incises and sutures the skin, and selective wrinkle reduction by area, such as the forehead, glabella, jawline, eye area, neck, and nasolabial folds, as well as lifting tailored to age, is also possible. Beyond that, improvement in skin elasticity and skin tone, collagen remodeling and a brightening effect, and skin regeneration can also be expected.
Dr. Yoosuk Chung said, "If the condition and volume of fat, the muscles, and other soft tissue are diagnosed three-dimensionally and scientifically through ultrasound before the procedure, skin tissue and excess fat layers can be removed to maximize the lifting effect," adding, "It is best to choose a clinic with specialists who have extensive procedural experience as well as advanced equipment such as ultrasound diagnostic devices."
