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Philtrum Reduction (Lip Lift)

Larger lips have been a very popular cosmetic desire for many, especially since that time in the mid 2010s when we all got obsessed with Kylie Jenner’s lip filler mystery. Usually, larger, poutier lips are achieved through injections of temporary lip filler. This is a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that can look very natural when done by a skilled medical professional. However, lip filler comes with downsides, especially in that word “temporary”.

Those looking for a more temporary solution, or those who worry about looking “overfilled” are increasingly turning to lip lift surgery – known as a philtrum reduction in the business. The philtrum is the small area between your nose and upper lip. Thus, reducing the philtrum by excising a small sliver of the tissue will cause the top lift to roll up, creating a larger top lip.

Lip Lifts are fairly superficial surgeries. They take approximately 1 hour and are performed under local anaesthesia.

“Cinderella” Foot Surgery

Yes, of all places for beauty standards to spread, now we have to care about having aesthetic feet too?

Well some people do. Especially in the case where someone has developed large bunions, corns or other foot deformities which are not only affecting their confidence, but causing them pain and discomfort as well. As we use our feet to hold our entire weight for long periods, most people are likely to experience some kind of deformity of the foot as we age.

The name presumably comes from how you will feel like Cinderella with your dainty (and less painful) feet.

Blepharoplasty

A blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure that rarely gets any of the spotlight next to the more famous cosmetic procedures. But we think it deserves more notoriety.

There are two kinds of blepharoplasty: upper and lower. Together they address the signs of aging around the whole eye area. An upper blepharoplasty can remove and tighten loose skin that can form over our eyes as we get older – which in some people can become serious enough to impact their range of vision. A lower blepharoplasty, as the name suggests, focuses on the lower half of the eye instead. Specifically it exists to remove under-eye pockets of fat that can develop as we age.

As anti-aging surgeries go, the blepharoplasties could certainly do with more name recognition.

Canthoplasty

Most people are aware of the double eyelid surgery that is popular among many East Asian people around the world. But the canthoplasty is another type of eye-shaping surgery that can aid in making one’s eyes seem bigger and brighter.

Procedures categorised as types of canthoplasty such as medial epicanthoplasty, lateral epicanthoplasty and lateral hotz surgery work on enlarging the eye area in a mostly horizontal fashion and can correct for deep epicanthic folds (Mongolian folds), or if the patient has an “upturned” eye shape that they do not like.

The canthoplasty is for those who want to adjust not just their upper eyelid but also want precise and delicate eye expansion outside of the area we usually associate with eye surgery.

Septorhinoplasty

You’ve heard of the rhinoplasty before – and many variants there upon. Hump-reduction rhinoplasty, tip plasty, ethnic rhinoplasty and it keeps going. If you’ve never heard of this one before, get ready to learn a bit of nasal anatomy.

The human brain is wired to view symmetry as being aesthetically pleasing. However, human faces are rarely naturally symmetrical. Whether it’s one sticky-up eyebrow or lopsided eyelids, most of us have facial asymmetry of some kind.

The septum is the name of the central line that runs down your nose. Having a “deviated septum” is medical speak for an off-center nose. This not only can mess with a person’s looks and self-esteem quite significantly, but can also cause problems with breathing due to the abnormal anatomy inside. A septoplasty, sometimes called a functional rhinoplasty, is an operation that helps improve these breathing problems by correcting the deviation. However septoplasties are almost entirely focused on restoring comfort and functionality. If you want to also make aesthetic improvements to your nose, that procedure is called a septorhinoplasty.

Facial Fatgrafting

When we think about filling in a depression or a sunken area of the face, most people’s thoughts jump directly to, well, filler. But there is another way.

Body fat is not something most of us are missing. And in cases where temporary fillers would not do, the facial fatgraft is here to take their place. The process of facial fatgrafting is that your plastic surgeon will take out a small amount of fat from your thigh or abdomen and, using a fine needle, insert that same fat between layers of skin on your face. This fat can go anywhere you need a little extra volume, from your forehead to chin.

Although one of the few negative points some have with facial fatgrafting is that the surgeon won’t take away any more fat while they are down there. (If it’s lipo you’re looking for you’ll need to pay extra).

Orthognathic Surgery

Public knowledge of orthognathic (double-jaw) surgery is limited not by there being any other procedures that outshine it, but by the fact many people just don’t even think something so dramatic is even possible.

Orthognathic Surgery is a speciality of ID Hospital. And our orthognathic surgeons along with our Hospital Founder and Director Dr Sang Hoon Park were featured on the hit makeover TV show “Let Me In”.

This kind of surgery is very complex and multifaceted. But basically if you need your jaw to go backwards, forwards or be reshaped entirely, double-jaw surgery can do that for you. However, it’s a very intense and invasive surgery. From start to finish, orthognathic surgery can take between six months to over a year to see the final results. This is partially due to the long amount of time the jawbone needs to heal into its new position, and partially due to the lengthy orthodontic process the patient must also go through.

So there are some plastic surgeries that many of you may not have heard of. Let us know if there’s any other procedures you’d like to hear more about!