K, a 32-year-old female office worker, has unusually full cheeks and a blunt jawline. As she has gotten older her cheeks have sagged and her nasolabial folds have deepened, and she feels this is affecting her impression more and more.
On top of looking older than she is, she has been told that her sagging cheeks make her look sullen. No matter how widely she smiles the cheek fullness makes her look grumpy, her face looks larger than before, and the jaw fat that has slid downward has created a double chin, which is another source of stress. It has even cost her at blind dates, and her confidence in her relationships has dropped to the point of serious worry.
After a great deal of deliberation, what she settled on was plastic surgery said to smooth the face as if facial liposuction had been done. She had understood it to be bone-shaving surgery, though, and she was also worried about pain and safety. As an office worker, a long recovery period felt burdensome too. After deciding on surgery she spent many days doing nothing, and when she finally worked up the nerve to visit a clinic, the specialist told her that a small, firm V-line face could be achieved with a non-surgical approach as well. That approach is youthful-look surgery.
According to Dr. Yoosuk Chung of TheLINE Plastic Surgery, bursting cheeks or an uneven facial line do not automatically call for contouring surgery. When sagging jaw fat or excessive cheek fullness has produced a U-shaped face or an uneven line, a V-line can also be created with non-surgical approaches such as youthful lifting.
Power V Lifting, one of the facial lifting procedures, is a representative treatment that can create a v-line without shaving bone, and improvement of the facial line can be seen simply by removing cheek fat and the double chin and refining the facial soft tissue. If the face looks large because of full cheeks, or if the cheek and jaw fat have sagged into a U-shaped jawline, the cheeks can be slimmed as if facial liposuction had been performed.
Because the fat cells themselves are removed, the effect lasts semi-permanently, and improvement in skin elasticity can also be expected as the skin collagen is remodelled. The recovery period is also not long compared with bone surgery, so a quick return to daily life is another advantage of Power V Lifting.
In addition, the natural lifting effect can also correct cheek sagging that has appeared after facial contouring surgery or two-jaw surgery, and a sharp jawline can create a sophisticated yet more youthful image.
Dr. Junmo Bang said, “With lifting procedures, performing an individually tailored treatment that takes into account each person's skin thickness and elasticity and the development of the jawbone and masseter muscle is what raises satisfaction,” adding, “It is not as complex as bone-shaving surgery, but because it is performed on the face, accuracy and safety must be prioritised, so a consultation with a specialist who has abundant procedural experience and know-how is essential.”
<Copyright ? Economic Review, unauthorised reproduction and redistribution prohibited>
