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Dr. Lee Jinsoo's Plastic Surgery Essay 33 - Misconceptions and Prejudices of Double-Jaw Surgery

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  It seems that almost everyone is familiar with the term 'double-jaw surgery'. However, due to the proliferation of indiscriminate information about double-jaw surgery, many misconceptions and biases seem to exist.  In this essay, we will take a detailed look at these misunderstandings and prejudices.  1- Is Double-Jaw surgery a specific surgical procedure name?  Double-Jaw surgery is not a specific surgical procedure name. It literally refers to surgery performed on both jaws. When translated to korean, '양 악' means 'bith jaws'. Thus, double-jaw surgery simply denotes a surgery conducted on both jaws, without specifying the exact surgical method. while the general public may think of the lower part under the mouth when referring to the term 'jaw', anatomically, the term 'jaw' refers to the bone that includes the teeth. therefore, the upper jawbone containing the upper teeth is called upper jawbone (maxilla), and the lower jawbone containing the ...

The importance of elasticity treatment for a beautiful face shape.

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      Hello, this is Faceline plastic surgery clinic.  Today, we would like to talk about facial shape and elasticity.  As inhabitants of Earth, we are inevitably affected by the force of gravity, as discovered by Newton’s law of universal gravitation.  We live under the influence of the force pulling us downward toward the ground due to gravity.  The skin surrounding our faces is no exception.  Despite being subjected to gravity, the shape around our facial skeleton is maintained, thanks to the elasticity inherent in the skin, even when not visibly sagging, the gravitational pull on the skin has an impact on our facial shape!  In 2008, aboard the international space station (ISS), Korean astronaut Yi Soyeon and her research team conducted a facing experiment to observe changes in human body. Using specialized imaging equipment, they captured images of faces to examine alterations resulting from the extremely low gravity in space. ...

Director Jinsoo Lee’s plastic surgery essay 32- Amedeo Modigliani's Long Midface

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Amedeo Modigliani (1884~1920) is regarded as one of the most handsome figures among the great artists of the time.   [Image source: Google] The handsome young man had a fatal flaw—his weak and delicate body, plagued by tuberculosis throughout his life.   Amedeo Modigliani (1884~1920) is regarded as one of the greatest handsome artists of his time, hailing from Italy. Despite his good looks, Modigliani suffered from a weak and delicate constitution, battling tuberculosis for his entire life. After receiving art education in Italy, Modigliani ventured to Paris at the age of 22 in 1907, embarking on the path of a professional artist. During his time in Paris, from 1910 onwards, he dedicated several years exclusively to sculpture. His sculptures were heavily influenced by African primitive art, which also had a significant impact on the contemporary Cubist sculptors. Modigliani mainly sculpted heads, featuring extremely narrow foreheads and very long noses as distin...

Reverse estimating the amount of lessen (REAL)

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Facial contouring is a generic term for surgery changing the shape of the face by operating on facial bones. There are broadly two main methods of facial bone surgery. One is reducing bones by cutting or grinding them. Square jaw surgery is a representative surgery reducing bones. Another way is cutting the bones, then repositioning them. Such repositioning method is used for cheekbone or chin surgery. There is something that must be considered when it comes to changing the face shape by reducing jaw bone. Which is that change in bone responds to a different degree depending on what part of the jaw. For example, even if you cut the bone in a straight line as though cut with a ruler, unfortunately, the jawline that we see on the exterior does not result in a straight line. This is because each part of the jawline responds to the reduce jawbone to a different degree. So the areas that react well will go in while the areas that react less will appear relatively convex. And the more flesh ...

Elasticity & Gravity – Skin elasticity needs to be upkept as going into space isn’t an option

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According to the law of universal gravity discovered by Newton, all objects living on Earth are affected a gravitational pull. We live under a gravitational force that pulls us downward toward the ground. The skin covering our face is also affected by this gravity. The reason why it still maintains the shape surrounding the facial skeleton even with this gravitational pull is due to the elasticity of skin itself. Although it is not apparent it is being stretched, the effect of gravity on skin has an effect on the face shape. [Image source: Google] In 2008, the International Space Station (ISS) located 385 kilometers off the ground conducted a body change experiment on Lee So-yeon, the first Korean astronaut. It involved taking images of her face with special filming equipment to observe the changes. Gravity weakens substantially in space, and a strange change occurred four days after landing on the ISS. Her face became slimmer, wrinkles on her skin like her forehead diminished, and her...