How to go from 50+ to looking 20+ with plastic surgery rejuvenation.

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Fortunecat said:
Oh my oh my!
@MissOrange, Are you serious? Pls think carefully!!! If you have made up your mind, I wish you the best of luck. I hope you won't regret it!!!
Oh gosh!!!
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@Fortunecat yes it is really happening. I have thought long and hard about this for 22 months since my consult and have finally realised I need to exclude all my android or apple selfies as I am not this pretty in real life as the phone lens is not optimum for true portraits. This is an operation of a lifetime and my final opportunity to achieve real beauty (not android phone lens fake beauty). And I am willing to fly across the world for Dr Oh Myung June to perform the operation. He is also a Seoul national graduate! My university roommate in USA dated and then wed a Korean student who went on to read medicine at Yale and now works and teaches at Yale hospital. He was a genius who studied hard. It left me with a great impression of hardworking korean doctors! I love Dr Oh's passion for zygoma reduction and facial contouring which came through at consultation. Even though the consult was 22 months ago, I remember every part of it as he made such a great impression. A Chinese American friend is more than a year out of zygoma reduction elsewhere in Seoul herself and it did reduce the width of her face to 12.7 cms. She had the option of removing the screws a year later but has had no problems so will keep the titanium in. This is reassuring. I haven't heard of titanium causing a problem but if it does in future, I am willing to fly back for removal.
 
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Hey @MissOrange,
I know that you highly recommend MVP for eyelid fat graft. I too would like to get it done there (along with fat graft to other areas of my face including temples, forehead and nasolabial folds). Does Dr Seo take an ultrasound to map out arteries before depositing the fat into the face or does he take any other measures to decrease the likelihood of arterial occlusion?
Apparently, most of the cosmetic injectable related blindness and/or other serious complications cases are from fat grafts done in Korea.
 
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Sophie_45 said:
Hey @MissOrange,
I know that you highly recommend MVP for eyelid fat graft. I too would like to get it done there (along with fat graft to other areas of my face including temples, forehead and nasolabial folds). Does Dr Seo take an ultrasound to map out arteries before depositing the fat into the face or does he take any other measures to decrease the likelihood of arterial occlusion?
Apparently, most of the cosmetic injectable related blindness and/or other serious complications cases are from fat grafts done in Korea.
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Hi @Sophie_45

The art of injecting is to insert the needle and then pull back on the syringe called aspirating to see if there is any flashback from an artery. If not, then you inject the substance, filler, botox or fat graft. No ultrasound. Every surgeon and doc is taught this in med school.
 
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MissOrange said:
Hi @Sophie_45

The art of injecting is to insert the needle and then pull back on the syringe called aspirating to see if there is any flashback from an artery. If not, then you inject the substance, filler, botox or fat graft. No ultrasound. Every surgeon and doc is taught this in med school.
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Thanks for the reply :)
I strongly believe aspiration can give a false sense of security for multiple reasons but mainly because gauge sizes used for facial injections are far too small to aspirate when using most fillers (let alone fat). I mean you can theoretically use a bigger needle/cannula size to potentially help reduce false negative aspirations but that imposes more risk (eg. faster injecting speeds) and trauma. Also, I would imagine it would be very easy to accidently change the position of the needle/cannula after aspirating.
I think I will consult with Dr Seo in person to discuss further.
Perhaps I am being paranoid but I'm a scientist so I've been taught to question everything lol.
All the best for your zygoma reduction!
 
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Sophie_45 said:
Thanks for the reply :smile:
I strongly believe aspiration can give a false sense of security for multiple reasons but mainly because gauge sizes used for facial injections are far too small to aspirate when using most fillers (let alone fat). I mean you can theoretically use a bigger needle/cannula size to potentially help reduce false negative aspirations but that imposes more risk (eg. faster injecting speeds) and trauma. Also, I would imagine it would be very easy to accidently change the position of the needle/cannula after aspirating.
I think I will consult with Dr Seo in person to discuss further.
Perhaps I am being paranoid but I'm a scientist so I've been taught to question everything lol.
All the best for your zygoma reduction!
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Ah you're a scientist! I totally get you. We analyse, do risk assessments, research etc. 100% I would recommend eyelid fg with Dr Seo. Even a S9 camera does not make eyelid fg appear if it has been reabsorbed. It has lasted almost 2 years now.
 
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Pakune said:
@MissOrange
Aren’t you scared about sagging due to the surgery itself and your age ? this is my main concern about this surgery
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Yes @Pakune. I already have some facial skin sagging from age and multiple fgs but so far +++water hydration lifts and expands my skin.

If I get worsening sagging postop, I shall try water, head compression bandage and if no better, then am prepared to book smas FL with Dr O in Belgium. I won't try threadlift as even the longest lasting pds thread will reabsorb by 6 months. But reading his reviews, his patients have either no sagging or a little at 8 months. I have been reassured Dr Oh himself will see me on the 15th and operate on the 16th. At my age I need to make sure he himself does the surgery.
 
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I found Regen on YouTube videos! Yay! I found a Japanese patient who got zygoma reduction and v line and blogged it live. I am so reassured and looking forward to my turn now. I can definitely see the ct scan difference. She says the length of her face is now 18 cms! Wow. I just measured and my face width is 14.5 cms and the length 19.5 cms. I found her on Instagram and she even dyed her hair blonde! She still looks good. Now I can totally understand how Dr Oh will do the zygoma reduction.
 

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Sophie_45 said:
Thanks for the reply :smile:
I strongly believe aspiration can give a false sense of security for multiple reasons but mainly because gauge sizes used for facial injections are far too small to aspirate when using most fillers (let alone fat). I mean you can theoretically use a bigger needle/cannula size to potentially help reduce false negative aspirations but that imposes more risk (eg. faster injecting speeds) and trauma. Also, I would imagine it would be very easy to accidently change the position of the needle/cannula after aspirating.
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Just wanted to chime in as I saw a couple videos recently which relates to this, after watching them I would definitely make sure the doc uses a cannula for filler/fat placement:


 
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With 15 days to go to the surgery date, I have chickened out. I have come across some worrying articles on allergic contact dermatitis with titanium plate and screws and that would be me as I am allergic to nickel in cheap jewellery! And as disposable screws may be made of magnesium and may not be strong enough to hold zygoma/ maxillary fractures, I think it best I cancel for safety concerns. I have kakaoed Regen for a full deposit refund of £471 (700,000 won) which was 10% of the surgery price. I would highly recommend those going to Korea for plastic surgery to join open kakao groups of likewise individuals flying to Korea. You can ask a huge group whether you need a procedure or not by posting your photo (eyes covered if you wish) and the overwhelming consensus was that I did not need zygoma reduction but maybe a lifting procedure. I have learned so much and even chatted with a young lady who suffered allergic contact dermatitis to her titanium plate and screws from zygoma surgery at another clinic! She had to apply steroid cream to her face daily for a year! I think if you have a history of eczema or allergies, then it may be best to avoid surgeries which involve foreign bodies. Even though titanium screws may be removed after a year, it is the possibility of a year of suffering I am not willing to risk after recently surviving a year of immune reactions to textured silicone implants. As the flight is non refundable I shall just go visit relatives and make new travel friends. I wonder if I can come back from Seoul without doing any procedure? Lol

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1883195815001115

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067449
 
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MissOrange said:
With 15 days to go to the surgery date, I have chickened out. I have come across some worrying articles on allergic contact dermatitis with titanium plate and screws and that would be me as I am allergic to nickel in cheap jewellery! And as disposable screws may be made of magnesium and may not be strong enough to hold zygoma/ maxillary fractures, I think it best I cancel for safety concerns. I have kakaoed Regen for a full deposit refund of £471 (700,000 won) which was 10% of the surgery price. I would highly recommend those going to Korea for plastic surgery to join open kakao groups of likewise individuals flying to Korea. You can ask a huge group whether you need a procedure or not by posting your photo (eyes covered if you wish) and the overwhelming consensus was that I did not need zygoma reduction but maybe a lifting procedure. I have learned so much and even chatted with a young lady who suffered allergic contact dermatitis to her titanium plate and screws from zygoma surgery at another clinic! She had to apply steroid cream to her face daily for a year! I think if you have a history of eczema or allergies, then it may be best to avoid surgeries which involve foreign bodies. Even though titanium screws may be removed after a year, it is the possibility of a year of suffering I am not willing to risk after recently surviving a year of immune reactions to textured silicone implants. As the flight is non refundable I shall just go visit relatives and make new travel friends. I wonder if I can come back from Seoul without doing any procedure? Lol

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1883195815001115

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067449
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Having just seen some of your photos from looking through this thread, you definitely don't need zygoma reduction! Isn't it funny how we always spot so many flaws in ourselves that other people don't see!
How do I join the big KKT group?
 
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