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“It ain’t over til it’s over.”  These are the famous words of legendary New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra. From a baseball vantage, having been said by a baseball player, this can be interpreted as not knowing the final outcome of a game until it has completely finished. I take it he’s saying to try your utmost without throwing in the towel right up until the very end, even with 2 outs in the 9th inning as the game can be overturned before the final out. When Yogi Berra was the NY Mets coach after retiring as a player for the NY Yankees, they were 9.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs as the worst team in 1973. When interviewed by a reporter as to what he will do after this season, Yogi Berra responded, “It’s ain’t over til it’s over.”   What’s impressive is that after this interview, they ended up beating the Chicago Cubs at the end of that season and even won the eastern division of the national league. Anyone can say whatever they want but actually seeing it through is e...

“Form is temporary, Class is permanent.”  These are the iconic words of legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly, in the UK premier league, after winning against Everton. This, coming from a soccer coach, can be interpreted from a soccer angle as such. “A team or player can perform better or worse temporarily depending on the maneuvers, strategy, condition, among other factors but ultimately, the player or team’s full potential class is important and this class prevails in the end.   The importance of overall class is quite often heard in a sporting context. All the same, this can also be carried over to areas beyond sports. Form can be interpreted as style. Style exists in aesthetic elements. Moreover, this style changes from time to time. It’s what’s trending. This is most evident in fashion.   Style also exists in plastic surgery. There are trending elements depending on the generation. Being in line with the trend gives you trendy results, making you appe...

Facial contouring surgery involves trimming facial bones to alter the shape of the face. For the face shape to change from trimming facial bones, surrounding soft tissue (skin, fat, muscle, etc.) must respond favorably. Putting this another way, as soft tissue needs to respond to alter the face, the maximum effect of facial contouring possible is essentially the maximum amount of responsive soft tissue.   In passing thought, you would think removing maximal bones would maximally change the face shape but this isn’t so in reality. Removing bone mass in excess of responsive soft tissue will not be reflected in the shape of trimmed bone, resulting in excess soft tissue which will in turn create a sagging shape. When consulting outpatients, I’m often asked, “Is my nerve line high? Is it low?” Inside the lower jawbone, there is what’s called the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) which controls feeling in your teeth and lower lip. If you look at an x-ray of facial bones, this nerve goes...

Have you heard of crunchy balloon bread? It’s quite large in size but empty inside and the bread itself is really thin. If you take a big bite without knowing what it is initially, you’re left feeling baffled just getting the thinnest bits of bread remnants in your mouth and not the mouthful of bread you expected. Those who inquire about surgery involving their face shape are highly interested as to the size of their face. Smaller faces are generally preferred. One of the biggest reasons for wanting surgery is to reduce the size of one's face.   If a face is large, are the facial bones thicker? Is the face size proportional to the thickness of facial bones? Based on my countless experience, I can say there is slight correlation. The size and thickness aren’t completely proportional but those with large facial bones tend to have slightly thicker bones in many cases. Even so, facial bones aren’t as thick as the size. Basically, there is some correlation in the size and thickness...

A fundamental step of the plastic surgery I specialize in is knowing what face shape is most attractive. This is because the target face shape can only be determined once the conception of a beautiful face shape is established and a patient’s flaws are grasped. Beauty is actually a matter of impression. Humans instinctively respond to beauty and are pleased by it. People generally just enjoy seeing beauty, which in and of itself is one of the great pleasures in life. But I, myself, can’t simply enjoy beauty. This is because I feel the need to know what exactly is perceived beautiful and why it is perceived beautiful. When finding pleasure in seeing beauty, I feel a sense of obligation to analyze the reason why it is perceived beautiful. Particularly when this is not easily defined, it pains me to find out why to the extent it distresses me. As you can expect, it’s indescribable how rewarding it is once I painstakingly figure out why. Among the numerous audition programs, I enjoy viewin...

People readily consider plastic surgery a selfish act as it is mainly solely for oneself to improve one’s appearance. In fact, plastic surgery is largely for self-satisfaction. The onset of plastic surgery is one’s dissatisfaction with one’s appearance. Plastic surgery comes down to changing something dissatisfactory about yourself to a state that is satisfactory. Plastic surgery is immensely self-centered and entirely about personal taste.   Seeing beautiful things makes people feel good. This is the basis of beauty. Our reaction to beauty is not learned academically but innate. Even newborns react to beauty.   Changing something dissatisfactory to a satisfactory state with plastic surgery ultimately leaves you more beautiful. Becoming more attractive essentially has the effect of making everyone around you feel good. People get plastic surgery for self-satisfaction but their more attractive appearance inadvertently brings joy to those around them from seeing beauty...

The facial contouring and double jaw surgeries I specialize in involve handling the frame inside the face. The basic framework of the face is shaped to change the shape of the face on the exterior.  For the facial bone surgery I perform to manifest on the outside, the soft tissue covering the frame needs to reflect the change in facial bones. Accordingly, the better extent to which soft tissue reflects, the better the results of surgery. The main constituents of soft tissue consist of the outer skin, subcutaneous fat, and muscles. As we generally see the skin looking from the exterior, I will refer to soft tissue as skin from hereon. The results of facial bone surgery reflect well if skin meets two conditions.    First, it must be thin . More accurately, thin subcutaneous fat. If this is thick, even if bone surgery changes the frame, less degree of change is reflected on the outside. If I were to compare this with a sculpture, it would be as though a thick winter blanket ...