How to Choose a Plastic Surgery Clinic for Anti-Aging Eye Surgeries such as Forehead Lift, Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty?

While the desire for a youthful appearance—looking younger than one's actual age—has generally existed among those in their 20s and older, the extension of the average life expectancy has intensified this desire even more among middle-aged and older adults, leading to an increasing number of people actively striving to achieve a youthful look.

Methods for achieving a youthful look include consistent exercise to maintain a healthy body, balanced nutrient intake, and regular lifestyle habits. In addition, anti-aging plastic surgery targeting the facial areas where aging is visibly apparent is also considered an effective way to project youthfulness.

These surgical procedures, referred to as middle-aged plastic surgery or anti-aging plastic surgery, include double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty (eye-widening surgery), sub-brow lifts, upper and lower blepharoplasty, and forehead lifts.

The non-incisional double eyelid method (suture method) can correct droopiness and bring about a clearly defined overall appearance when eyelid sagging due to aging is mild. When combined with canthoplasty, it can create larger, more distinct eyes, and opening up the epicanthal fold can result in a refreshed eye shape.

A sub-brow lift is a method that lifts drooping eyes without creating a double eyelid crease. It is a suitable option when sagging eyelids create a heavy, tired impression with age; by making an incision beneath the eyebrow and pulling the skin taut, it can correct the eyes into a refreshed and natural shape even if the skin is thick and firm. Furthermore, lifting the skin that obstructs the eyes also helps improve the field of vision.

Upper blepharoplasty is a surgery that can correct drooping eyelids and create natural double eyelid creases, enjoying high demand as a "filial piety plastic surgery" gift for parents. By removing excess skin and fat through a designed incision line and pulling and suturing the slack skin, it corrects eyelid sagging. Not only does it enhance aesthetic appeal by fixing droopy eyes, but it also restores functional aspects of the eye by resolving issues like eyelashes irritating the eyes and eyelid chafing.

Lower blepharoplasty is suitable for improving an aged appearance caused by under-eye wrinkles. Under-eye wrinkles develop as the fat around the eyes becomes prominent and sags due to aging. Therefore, performing lower blepharoplasty to relocate and remove under-eye fat can rejuvenate the under-eye area and create a brighter, more radiant impression.

A forehead lift is a procedure that eliminates deep forehead wrinkles, simultaneously improving forehead wrinkles, frown lines, and crow's feet. It is also called a brow-forehead lift or forehead-brow lift because it lifts sagging eyebrows, making it a preferred forehead plastic surgery option even for people in their 20s who have drooping eyebrows.

The forehead can be fixed using screw fixation, suture threads, or Endotine; among these, the method utilizing Endotine involves inserting the device while directly viewing the incision site through an endoscope, and fixing the sagging forehead to the periosteum using a bone-tunneling technique.

Endoscopic forehead lift using Endotine minimizes the risk of implant-related side effects as the Endotine is absorbed into the body after nine months, and it provides a balanced fixation effect over an extensive area.

Dr. Kim Seong-hoon, director of Kim Seong-hoon Plastic Surgery Gangnam Branch, stated, "Anti-aging eye procedures like forehead lifts, which can restore functionality impaired by aging as well as enhance aesthetic appeal, vary greatly in price, cost, reviews, and results from clinic to clinic, even among famous or highly recommended locations. As this is facial surgery, it is recommended to undergo the procedure at a plastic surgery clinic staffed by highly experienced medical specialists who possess an understanding of facial skeletal structures, aesthetic design sensibilities, and advanced technical skills."

Source: Psych News (The Psychiatric News) http://www.psychiatricnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=20685