Wonjin Beauty Medical Group (Wonjin Plastic Surgery Clinic)

Wide forehead used to be a sign of good fortune in the past, but many people are visiting plastic surgery hospital to reduce the forehead. Forehead reduction is a surgical procedure which pulls down the scalp to the forehead direction by excision along the hairline, in order to reduce the overall length of the forehead.   Forehead is immediately reduced and the scars along the hairline are not severely visible as the incisions are made in an obliquely on the follicles in order to preserve them.     It depends on each individual’s scalp elasticity, but about 1~3cm is reduced in average. In case of Endotine usage, which is an implant that have acquired FDA and KFDA approval on its safety, the surgery site can be expanded up to 0.3~0.5cm. Endotine has little pain and discomfort, and it is absorbed within the body after 6 months which makes it less prone to infections. But for a successful forehea...

  Dr. Park Jang Woo from Wonjin Plastic Surgery Hospital advice that “The most representative type of male eye surgery is ptosis correction and it is very much preferred by men who want natural but clear eyes unlike females who prefer big double eyelids”. He also says “It is important to make it as natural as possible since thick double eyelids can make men look too cheesy and feminine.”     Looks are becoming an individual’s competitiveness in society nowadays and such social trend is affecting men to look after their looks through plastic surgeries. Among the surgeries, the demand for men’s eye surgery is soaring especially, since it’s the easiest way to change the impression dramatically.     The most representative type of male eye surgery is ptosis correction and it is very much preferred by men who want natural but clear eyes unlike females who prefer big double eyelids. It is important to...

The losses of the elastic tissue in the skin with age cause the skin to hang loosely. Aging can vary depending on the face and body part. However, the skin around eyes is more noticeable and can bring about changes in impressions. Droopy eyes, wrinkles, fine lines can make your entire face look tired or old impression. Droopy eyes can causes poor eyesight and also cause wrinkles on the forehead and glabella area to using forehead muscles instead of eye opening muscle. In those cases, ‘Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty’ is recommended to improve both cosmetic and functional problem. Upper blepharoplasty is a procedure to remove skin and to add or remove fat from the eyelids. During surgery, the surgeon cuts along the creases of your eyelids to trim sagging skin and muscle and remove excess fat. A reason for undergoing an upper blepharoplasty is to reduce the appearance of aging. As our understanding of the aesthetic and anatomic sequelae of aging that the skin under the...

Cleft lip and palate is a congenital facial malformation that appears on the face when the upper lip or palate is broken and the shape of nose is deformed. This deformity occurs when the tissues that make up the lips and palate are not composed together and separated again between 4 and 8 weeks of birth. It is a total deformation that includes not just a cleft in your skin or palate, but also in your muscle, cartilage and bones.                <WONJIN BEAUTY MEDICAL GROUP-Professional medical surgeon; Yong Bae Kim> The primary treatment of cleft lip and palate is usually performed at 3 to 6 months of age, and according to the growth of the face and the type and characteristics of cleft lip and palate, the appropriate surgery should be performed. The scar of the cleft lip and palate from the first surgery can occurred transformations in nose, philtrum, and lips through the growth phas...

In Korea, a blunt nose tip or flat nose is often called a Bok-ko.   In the past, it was names after for wealthy people but they might give a clunky and stuffy impression. Recently, patients with blunt and thick nose want to improve their nose to be higher and slimmer by alar reduction.   Alar reduction surgery is divided into incisional and non-incisional and depending on the shape of the nose, the thickness of the skin and the method of surgery. Incisional method is for patients who have large nostrils with thick skin and incision is made inside the nostrils to make them narrower. Non-incisional method is by using special medical threads called Elasticum to pull nostrils together. This special material band are elastic and stable with tissue bonding so it lasts longer than conventional threads, and can be expected to be natural when speaking or smiling. Additionally, since it is non-incisional method, there will be no scarring with short surgery time and fas...