Jin Soo Lee at PRS KOREA 2026: Malarplasty, Two-Jaw Surgery, and the K-Bone Forum

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By Jin Soo Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

President, K-Bone Forum

President, Korean Academic Association for Maxillo-Facial Surgery (KAAMFS), Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons


At PRS KOREA 2026⁠ , held at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas from November 8 to 10, I helped prepare and lead the K-Bone Forum as its president. As president of the Korean Academic Association for Maxillo-Facial Surgery, I also saw the forum as an opportunity for clinicians from Korea and abroad to share their experience and perspectives on facial bone surgery.

As we prepared the forum, I wanted it to be more than a series of individual presentations. Each speaker’s clinical experience and perspective has value on its own. When those perspectives are brought into conversation, however, they can lead to a broader understanding and insights that a single presentation may not offer. My hope was to create a forum where different experiences could come together and help us see facial bone surgery from a wider perspective.


On November 8, I moderated K-Bone Forum 1, “Malarplasty from A to Z.”⁠  The session covered surgical planning, facial asymmetry, and developments in zygomatic contouring. Later that day, I presented in K-Bone Forum 3, “Constantly Trending Topic – Two Jaw Surgery.”⁠  My talk was titled “Balancing Function and Aesthetics in Orthognathic Surgery: How Can We Optimize Overall Facial Harmony?”


Two-jaw surgery is performed to address functional concerns involving the bite and jaw position. Because repositioning the jaws can also change facial contours, aesthetic outcomes need to be considered as part of the surgical plan. In my presentation, I discussed how functional goals and overall facial harmony can be considered together.


Five international speakers were invited to the K-Bone Forum: Jordan W. Swanson of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States; Chuan-Fong Yao of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Peter Ruei-Feng Chen of Vendome Plastic Clinic in Taiwan; Yasushi Sugawara of Lilla Craniofacial Clinic in Japan; and Nguyen Duy Huan of Bac Ha International General Hospital in Vietnam. They shared their clinical experience and research with the forum. I presented plaques of appreciation on behalf of the Korean Academic Association for Maxillo-Facial Surgery. As President of the K-Bone Forum, it was meaningful to thank the speakers personally for their participation and contribution to the academic exchange. Their presentations and affiliations are listed in the official scientific program⁠.



After the sessions, the invited speakers, association officers, and members gathered for dinner. The conversations continued in a more relaxed setting, giving us time to share our experiences and understand one another’s perspectives more fully. Academic exchange can deepen through these conversations and personal connections as well as through formal presentations.


I hope the K-Bone Forum continues to bring clinicians from Korea and around the world together to share experience, learn from one another, and consider the future of facial bone surgery from a broader perspective.

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