Wonjin Beauty Medical Group (Wonjin Plastic Surgery Clinic)

Many patients get confused about filler and fat injection. Thus this question is frequently asked at our clinic as well. So today, we will have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of filler and fat injection. Fat injection (or Fat graft) is simply the relocation of the fat that we already have in our body. It is very weird that our face loses its volume when our thigh or stomach gets fatter.  The fat used for fat injection is usually extracted from the inner thigh, and usually 1 or 2 stitches are remained there. It is very important for the patient to have accurate discussion regarding the area and amount of fat injection with the surgeon, as fat injection surgery is done under deep sleep anesthesia. Areas where fat injection is possible -        Forehead, temple, front cheek, front chin, Sides of face Fat grafting is usually done on relatively wider area, and narrow areas such as nose bridge, love bands and li...

All women want to get aged beautifully as they are getting older. Most of patients who are in 20 to 30s prefer to have plastic surgery that can change their own features, and most of patients who are over 40s choose to have surgery that can make them look younger. Our bone, muscle, fat and skin get aged as time passes. They lose their elasticity, and become saggy due to the force of gravity. Then, how can we stop our skin from aging while maintaining its good condition? “Lift up the saggy skin, and fill in the sunken area.” We can lift up our skin in opposite direction to gravity by using thread or incision according to the patient’s condition. Due to recent development of lifting threads, it is possible to lift up our tissue more effectively which lasts longer than before, while the thread encourages the surrounding tissue to form collagen. This type of thread lifting is mostly perform ed on patients between 40s and 50s, and this procedure is mor...

Today, I am writing this post to explain the reason for us to not recommend on breast augmentation with fat grafting. Most of people, who are considering breast augmentation, tend to have thin body in overall, or have relatively small breast compare to their body. It is very rare for people with adequate size of breasts, to consider on breast augmentation. Thin women may have heard that people are ‘jealous because you never put on weight no matter how much you eat’, or ‘jealous because you are so skinny’. However many thin women have confessed that they are very concerned that they might be lacking feminine attraction. It is especially hard to find a woman who has much fat on her breasts and hip when her overall body is skinny among women with Asian ethnicity. Sometimes, there are patients who want to get fat graft on their breast to increase their breast size with natural looking results who have thin body. However, unfortunately, it is very rare for us to...