Lately the 'heart-line' face shape, a step up from the V-line once called the beauty's face shape, has been drawing attention. The heart-line face is characterized by full cheeks in harmony with a sharp V-line jaw, giving a natural three-dimensional look.
Among celebrities seen on television, those described as having baby faces often have heart-line faces, and in many cases the forehead, cheeks, front cheekbones, upper eyelids and nasolabial folds retain their volume while the jaw still shows a V-line.
If you are not born with a heart-line face, it is not easy to create one through effort alone. That is even more true when facial fat has naturally decreased with age or was never there to begin with, and since the face is one of the first areas to lose fat during a diet, it is also hard to pursue alongside body management.
For this reason, some women who want to overcome the concern of looking older and regain a youthful look ultimately choose heart-line fat grafting. Heart-line fat grafting is a full-face fat grafting procedure that restores volume across the face while creating a V-line, producing a three-dimensional face and a slim jawline together.
Dr. Junmo Bang of TheLINE Plastic Surgery said, "If you want a three-dimensional, youthful face shape, heart-line fat grafting may be worth considering," adding, "It is a relatively simple procedure that can restore volume across the whole face, so many people prefer it, but for a safe procedure we recommend first consulting a specialist medical team."
Heart-line fat grafting creates volume in the forehead and the apple zone of the cheeks and grafts autologous fat into areas such as the upper eyelids and nasolabial folds that can make the face look older, so the face appears younger. It builds overall volume in the apple zone while creating a V-line running down to the chin, bringing the overall facial contour into harmony.
Graft survival is improved through 5-stage micro-fractionated fat grafting, which places fat at multiple levels within the skin layers, and LipoKit fat grafting, which minimizes the exposure of fat cells to air. Because it uses the patient's own fat, the facial contour looks more natural, and rather than stopping at simple fat injection, overall facial balance is maintained through repositioning, redistribution and injection.
Dr. Junmo Bang of the clinic advised, "Heart-line fat grafting can be one way to move away from the concern of an 'aged-looking face,'" adding, "Because it uses your own fat, the resulting contour tends to look natural, but everyone's facial contour is different, so it is important to go through a thorough consultation with a specialist medical team before proceeding."
