Wonjin Beauty Medical Group (Wonjin Plastic Surgery Clinic)

The average age has increased a lot compared to before and so people have started to take care of themselves more. Naturally, the number of individuals inquiring about lifting procedures to increase their skin elasticity has risen. As humans age, the fat and dermal layer in the face shrinks. This causes sagging and it forms sunken areas on the face mainly around the lips, cheeks and forehead. Collagen is the main factor that determines the skin elasticity and the production level decreases making the skin lose its elasticity. As a result, wrinkles start to appear making individuals look tired or older than their actual age. Therefore, people tend to want to get a lifting procedure. This is mainly due to the fact that even without surgery, it can increase elasticity and give life to dull looking skin. Additionally, it has the ability to lift up the muscle layer which increases the overall elasticity and help achieve the effects of an in...

What do you think is the criteria for measuring someone’s age by face? There could be various factors, however nasolabial fold, ‘smile line’ plays an important role with someone’s impression. Of course nasolabial fold becomes significant when someone, even a baby is speaking, smiling or yawning due to the muscle movement. However if you have significant nasolabial fold when you are not making any face? That is the biggest cause of older looking impression. If the nasolabial fold is severely significant, you may even look grumpy which would make your first impression worse. The causes of nasolabial fold is varied such as genetic reason, aging of skin, sudden weight loss, giving a birth or other physical changes. To prevent this, your daily life habit is very important. It is ideal to sleep in straight position without facing down or lying on side way. Also you have to have adequate amount of water as well balanced moisture and oil level preve...

For the skin improvement, it is also good to use good cosmetics but it is more important to care your skin by the food that you eat every day. Antioxidants in diet pass through deep skin layers to encourage the regeneration of skin cells where can’t reach by cosmetic products. Moreover, you can’t skip a meal therefore; you need to draw a line dividing good and bad food for the skin. According to research, the aging process generally begins around the age of 35. The new collagen growth which is related to elastin and moisture starts to decrease. So, the wrinkles, freckles, and age spots become severe. It said that 80% of how our skin ages is how well we take care of it by eating habits or lifestyle while 20% is hereditary. It means that if you control your eating habits, it can delay the aging process. If so, what kinds of foods we need to avoid for skin. According to Universiteit Leiden Medical center, they said that “Eating foods frequently that raise the blood gl...

    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...