Neck Lift in Korea: Why Laser Stops Working on Neck Lines
A patient came in recently and ran her fingertips down the side of her neck before she said anything. Six laser sessions, she told me. The first two seemed to help. Lately she looks in the mirror and can’t see a difference. When she added up two years of treatments, the total wasn’t far from […]
How Long Does Facelift Swelling Last? A Week-by-Week Timeline
A patient came to me last year with one concern that eclipsed everything else. Not the surgery, not the scars — swelling. Her daughter’s wedding was coming up, and the picture in her head was of herself standing at the entrance greeting guests with a visibly swollen face. I hear this constantly, and rarely about […]
SMAS, Deep Plane, Dual Plane: What Facelift Terminology Actually Tells You
A patient came in a few weeks ago with a page of notes. She’d written down four technique names and wanted to know which one I performed. I understood the impulse completely — she was trying to turn an impossible decision into a checkable list. But I had to tell her something she didn’t want […]
Pixie Ear After a Facelift: Causes, Prevention, and Correction
If you’ve researched facelift surgery in any depth, you’ve probably come across the term pixie ear. It refers to a specific outcome: the earlobe loses its soft, rounded lower edge and is instead pulled downward, elongated, and blended flush into the cheek — pointed at the tip rather than curved away from the face. It’s […]
Revision Facelift: Why Results Fade — and What a Second Surgery Requires
A patient came in recently for a revision consultation, just over a year after her original facelift. She could already feel her facial contour slipping downward again, and the frustration was audible. Her situation isn’t unusual — I hear versions of it regularly. So today I want to address it directly: why do some facelift […]
Double Chin Surgery: Why a Facelift Alone Isn’t Enough
A question came in through the comments recently that I’ve been thinking about since: “Doctor, can a full facelift also take care of the fat under my chin?” I hear versions of it constantly in consultations. Can a double chin be fixed with this? Would device treatments be enough? The honest answer is: it depends […]
Facelift in Your 50s & 60s: Results Inside and Out
Something has shifted in my consultation room over the past few years. Patients in their 50s and 60s used to come to me with one goal: to look younger. Aesthetic renewal, straightforwardly stated. That is no longer the whole story. More and more, the people I see in this age group arrive with a specific […]
How to Read Mini Facelift Before and After Photos: 4 Critical Checkpoints
Hello, I am Dr. Shin Dong-woo, leading plastic surgeon at Planet Plastic Surgery Clinic. For patients who feel that non-surgical laser treatments haven’t delivered enough results, but find a full facelift too daunting—physically or psychologically—the mini facelift is often the procedure they gravitate toward first. When considering a mini facelift, most people spend hours studying […]
Facelift Recovery Timeline: What to Expect Week by Week
By Dr. Shin Dong-woo, Lead Surgeon, Planet Plastic Surgery Clinic In consultations, one question comes up almost as often as questions about the surgery itself or the expected results: how long is facelift recovery? Healing speed varies from person to person, but understanding the general recovery timeline can go a long way toward easing the […]
How to Treat Jowls: Non-Surgical vs Jowl Lift Surgery
Hello, I am Dr. Shin Dong-woo, board-certified plastic surgeon at Planet Plastic Surgery Clinic. When looking in the mirror, many patients notice a heavy, bulging tissue along both sides of their lower face. This fullness blurs the jawline, making the face look wider, squarer, and noticeably older. This aesthetic concern is medically known as jowling […]