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...

PRP fat grafting What is PRP fat grafting? Many people would already know about face fat grafting, however they might not be familiar with PRP fat grafting. Face fat grafting extracts the patients’ own fat from areas like thighs or stomach and injects the autologous fat into the desired areas on the face unlike fillers. However, I have prepared this blog for people who are not sure about the difference between usual fat grafting and PRP fat grafting. PRP stands for Platelet Rich Plasma, which is a method that injects the patients’ own blood extract with pure fat cells that has been extracted. Self-growth factors in PRP increases the survival rate of injected fat which means that PRP fat grafting’s survival rate is greater than usual fat grafting. This also means that PRP fat grafting has longer lasting period. In PRP’s growth factors, it also has skin cell’s self-regeneration ability, which is effective on skin regeneration as well as wound healing. Basi...

    No More Worries about Swelling after Fat  Injection! If you concern about sunken cheeks, don’t like the face line, or want to look young, fat injection is the answer to fix it.       What pops up on your head for fat grafting? Do you think fat will be injected too much and make you feel like a balloon? Well some people do wish to have that much volume, but trend for plastic surgery these days are become prettier naturally. Patients who are interested for fat grafting ask the same questions. ‘Will my face have much swelling?’ ‘Will my face look like a balloon right after the surgery?’ unlike the surgery method before, fat grafting these days have less swelling and more natural that you can go back to every day activity right after the surgery. Let’s find out more about the surgical method.     First we have to extract the fat from inner side of thigh area. Depending on patients’ bo...

    WONJIN'S SOLUTION TO TREAT NASOLABIAL FOLD         Usually, the wrinkles on nasolabial line, starting from the nostrils to the corner of the mouth, often consider as symbol of aging, which makes the person look older than the actual age. Often the nasolabial fold is more prominent on Asians than Westerners because the side of nostrils is sunken and mouth appears to be protruded.   In this case, it is hard to improve the condition overnight.  In Wonjin, it is possible to solve the problem through a procedure called, Paranasal augmentation.       The most permanent procedure is to insert the customized implant, which creates the 3-dimensional effect and improve the nasolabial fold. When the symptom is not severe, it can be treated by grafting the patient’s own fat, which provides more natural shape.   Additionally, filler injection is another option, which does not require any incision...