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Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Plastic Surgery: How a Surgeon Screens in Consultation, and Why He Sometimes Says No
Body dysmorphic disorder affects about 2 in 100 adults but an estimated 1 in 8 cosmetic surgery patients. How a plastic surgeon screens, and when he says no.
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Can a Smoker Have a Facelift? Why the Skin Flap Dies, and How Much a Deep Plane Technique Lowers the Risk
Can a smoker have a facelift? A Korean surgeon on why lifted skin dies, the tenfold necrosis risk, his four-week zero-nicotine rule, and what he changes.
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CO2 Fractional Laser After a Facelift: Why the Timing Is Decided by Blood Supply, and How I Do It Between Day 7 and Day 14
Can you have a CO2 laser after a facelift? A Korean surgeon on why flap blood supply sets the timing, his day 7 to 14 CoolPeel protocol, and pigment risk.
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Genioplasty vs Chin Implant vs Chin Filler: Moving the Bone or Adding to It, and Which Chin Needs Which
Chin implant vs genioplasty vs chin filler: soft tissue follows moved bone 85 percent of the way and an implant 66 percent. Which chin finding needs which fix.
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Facial Nerve Injury After a Deep Plane Facelift: Which Branch, Why, and How Much Recovers
Facelift nerve damage by branch: where each runs, what a deficit looks like, what recovers. Pooled deep plane series report 1.2 percent temporary weakness.
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Ozempic Face After GLP-1 Weight Loss: Facelift, Fat Grafting, or Wait? A Surgeon's Rule
Ozempic face after GLP-1 weight loss: imaging in 20 patients found a median 9 percent of midface volume gone. When to fat graft, when to lift, when to wait.
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Facelift at 40, 50, 60 or 70: What Actually Ages in Your Face, and Which Operation Reaches It
The best age for a facelift is not a birthday. What bone, fat, ligaments and skin really do at 40, 50, 60 and 70, and what 11,300 facelifts say about age.
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How Long to Stay in Korea After Plastic Surgery: Days by Procedure, and What Has to Be True Before You Fly
How long to stay in Korea after plastic surgery: a Korean surgeon on the 5 clocks that decide the stay, how many days by procedure, and when you can fly home.
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Mini Facelift vs. Full Facelift: What the Word Mini Actually Leaves Out
Mini facelift vs full facelift: a Korean surgeon on the 3 things a short-scar lift leaves out, why the neck relapses first, and who is a real candidate for it.
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Buccal Fat Removal: Who Hollows Out Ten Years Later, and Who Never Does
Buccal fat removal is permanent and the pad does not shrink with age. A Korean surgeon on the 6 mm pinch test, the 2 mL rule, and who should never have it done.
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Neck Liposuction vs. Neck Lift: Why Removing Fat Alone Can Make Your Neck Look Older
Neck liposuction or a neck lift? A Korean surgeon on the four layers of a double chin, why fat removal alone backfires, and how to tell which you need.
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Thread Lift vs. Facelift: What a Barbed Thread Can Hold, and for How Long
Thread lifts promise a non-surgical facelift. A Korean surgeon on what barbed threads actually hold, why the lift fades in months, and who each one fits.
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What Natural Actually Means in Plastic Surgery, and Why Saying the Word Is Not Enough
Natural is a target, not a technique. A Korean surgeon on the number set before your eyelid, facelift, liposuction, fat graft or filler, usually without you.
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Aegyo Sal vs. Eye Bags: How to Tell Them Apart, and Why Filler Makes One of Them Worse
Aegyo sal is muscle, eye bags are herniated fat. A Korean surgeon on the two mirror tests that tell them apart, and when filler makes the wrong one worse.
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ONDA Lifting: What Coolwaves Microwave Body Contouring Actually Does, and Who It Works Best For
How does ONDA lifting work? A Korean surgeon on microwave body contouring, the fat thickness that responds, when to stop treating, and when surgery is better.
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Does Fat Come Back After Liposuction? What Really Happens When You Gain Weight Again
Does fat come back after liposuction? A Korean plastic surgeon explains fat cell biology, where regained weight actually goes, and how much weight undoes it.
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Forehead Lift Fixation: Endotine, Bone Tunnel, or Deep-Tissue Suture?
How a lifted forehead is held decides how it feels and heals. A Korean surgeon compares Endotine, cortical bone tunnels, and deep-tissue suture fixation.
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The Overfilled Face: Should You Dissolve the Filler, or Lift It?
Filler does not fully disappear, and dissolving does not restore your old face. A Korean surgeon on when to dissolve, when to lift, and why the order matters.
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Incisional vs. Non-Incisional Double Eyelid Surgery: Which Method Is Right for Your Eyes?
Incisional or non-incisional double eyelid surgery? A Korean surgeon on how skin thickness, fat, excess skin, and hidden ptosis decide the right method.
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Ultherapy vs. Thermage vs. Shurink: Which Skin Tightening Treatment Is Right for You?
Ultherapy, Thermage, or Shurink? A Korean surgeon on HIFU vs RF skin tightening, what each lifts or tightens, and how to match the device to your skin.
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How Much Transplanted Fat Actually Survives? A Surgeon's Guide to Fat Graft Retention
How much transplanted fat survives after fat grafting? A Korean surgeon on retention by area, why fat resorbs, overcorrection, and making it last.
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RE2O Skin Booster: The ECM Booster That Fills Instead of Stimulates
RE2O is the ECM skin booster that fills instead of stimulates. A Korean surgeon on hADM, RE2O vs Rejuran and Juvelook, and the glow and nodule myths.
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Rejuran vs. Juvelook vs. Skinvive: Which Skin Booster Is Right for Your Skin?
Rejuran, Juvelook, or Skinvive? A Korean surgeon's case-by-case skin booster guide matching each injectable to your skin's real problem.
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Sub-Brow Lift vs. Upper Blepharoplasty: Which Is Right for Your Eyes?
Sub-brow lift or upper blepharoplasty? A surgeon's case-by-case guide for hooded eyes, monolids, and patients with prior double eyelid surgery.
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Hematoma After Facelift: Why It Happens, How Surgeons Prevent It, and the Hemostatic Net (Auersvald) Technique
Why does hematoma happen after facelift? A surgeon explains causes, blood pressure, tranexamic acid, the Auersvald hemostatic net, drains, and treatment.
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Under-Eye Fat Repositioning vs. Fat Removal: Why Moving the Fat Ages Well and Cutting It Out Leaves Hollow Eyes
Fat repositioning vs fat removal in lower blepharoplasty: why removal hollows the eye years later, what 120-eyelid and 200-case data show, and when to trim.
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Why Lip Fillers Cause Duck Lips: Filler Migration, Orbicularis Oris Anatomy, and How a Surgeon Corrects It
Why does lip filler migrate above the lip? A Korean surgeon explains orbicularis oris anatomy, staged hyaluronidase dissolving, and reinjection timing.
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Deep Plane Facelift Scars: Incision Placement, Healing Timeline, and Wearing Your Hair Up with Confidence
Where do deep plane facelift scars go? A surgeon explains tragus incision options, pixie ear risk, healing stages, and when you can wear a ponytail.
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Sausage Eyes After Double Eyelid Surgery: Why They Happen and How Revision Fixes Them
Sausage eyes after double eyelid surgery come from a fold set too high, hidden ptosis, or over-resection. A surgeon explains each cause and how revision fixes it.
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Tear Trough Filler vs. Lower Blepharoplasty: Which One Fixes the Shadow Under Your Eyes, and Which One Makes It Worse
A bag is fat in front of the rim; a hollow is a groove below it. Tear trough filler vs lower blepharoplasty, and what 5-year follow-up on 147 patients shows.
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The Windblown Facelift: What Went Wrong, and What Can Actually Be Fixed
A pulled facelift is a tension problem, not a style. A Korean surgeon on what causes the windblown look and pixie ear, and what revision can and cannot fix.
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Deep Plane vs. SMAS Facelift: Why What It Releases Matters More Than Its Name
Deep plane or SMAS facelift? A Korean surgeon on what each technique releases, why the nasolabial fold comes back, and how Asian anatomy changes the operation.
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Dr. Yongwoo Lee
Board-certified plastic surgeon at VIP Plastic Surgery, South Korea.
Facelift and eyelid surgery.
Every article here is checked against the published evidence and written by him.