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Step-by-Step Suggestions on Facial Contouring Surgery - 1. Liquid Facial Contouring

Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic · 그리운 어제, 행복한 오늘, 설레는 내일... · April 16, 2020

Entering~~ The contour of our face is largely based on the facial bones, and is additionally determined by the soft tissues surrounding the facial bones (muscles, fat, skin). If yo...

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Clinic: Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic

Original post date: April 16, 2020

Translated at: April 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM

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Entering~~

The contour of our face is largely based on the facial bones, and is additionally determined by the soft tissues surrounding the facial bones (muscles, fat, skin).

If you hope to change the contour of your face, you first need an accurate understanding of which parts of the factors that determine facial contour should be changed.

For example, if the lower jawbone that forms the face contour is angular and prominent, but you expect the facial contour to change to a V-line simply by changing only the soft tissue conditions surrounding the bone, you may end up with considerable disappointment and unnecessary hardship.

On the other hand, if the facial bones are small but there is a lot of facial flesh covering the bones, making the face look chubby and large, you should consider methods to reduce the fat or muscle in the facial area covering the bones in order to expect a satisfying change.

Taking these points into account, I devised "Liquid Facial Contouring" as a relatively simple method that can produce significant improvement depending on the situation, without requiring the somewhat burdensome decision to undergo facial contouring surgery that reshapes the facial bones.

Liquid Facial Contouring refers to a procedure that improves contour by simply and comprehensively using injectable treatments to address all conditions that determine facial contour except the facial bones.

In Liquid Facial Contouring, it is necessary not only to reduce muscle volume, but also to harmoniously reduce the fat layer and dermal layer covering the muscles. Muscle volume can be reduced with Botox injections, but injectable procedures for reducing the conditions above the muscles vary widely.

Therefore, I think various explanations about the "Rainbow Injection," which I developed after extensive research with several specialists, should come first.

What is the Rainbow Injection?

First, let me briefly explain the background behind the creation of the Rainbow Injection.

The Rainbow Injection is a combination injection formula I devised after nearly 20 years of performing only facial contouring surgery and facelift surgery, following much thought and trial and error.

There are three major reasons why I came up with the Rainbow Injection.

  1. Anxiety and impatience during the downtime period when postoperative swelling is present

  2. Cases where the bone conditions have changed sufficiently, but the soft tissue conditions surrounding the bone are the problem

  3. The regional characteristics of subcutaneous tissues that I came to understand while performing facelifts

  4. Anxiety and impatience during the downtime period when postoperative swelling is present

After procedures such as square jaw surgery or cheekbone surgery that reshape the facial bones, a certain period of downtime is necessary. Until postoperative swelling settles to some degree, it is natural for first-time surgery patients to feel anxious and impatient.

Accordingly, during such times, I began thinking about postoperative swelling progression while listening to and explaining patients' anxiety and impatience.

  1. Cases where the bone conditions have changed sufficiently, but the soft tissue conditions surrounding the bone are the problem

While performing facial contouring surgery for people who had been considering improvement of their facial contour, I did my best. However, in cases where there was no more bone that could be reduced and yet the postoperative appearance was still not sufficiently satisfactory, I felt the limits imposed by the soft tissue conditions (such as muscle or fat), and I tried every possible method to reduce the soft tissue.

In that process, I also tried various types of contour injections with different formulas - PPC, Aminophylline, .... - but my conclusion was that there was only severe swelling after the procedure, with little real effect.

Therefore, I came to devise a combination formula by combining injectable ingredients that could clearly produce visible results.

  1. The regional characteristics of subcutaneous tissues that I came to understand while performing facelifts

As mentioned earlier, I have devoted nearly 20 years only to facial contouring surgery and facelift surgery.

Facelift surgery is an operation in which part of the skin is removed and the skin is separated from the muscle side and pulled overall.

Therefore, the process of separating and examining the fat layer and fascial layer beneath the skin has almost become part of daily routine.

Through that process, I realized that even within the face, there are very large differences in the conditions and properties of the fat layer and dermal layer depending on the area.

Accordingly, I concluded that injectable formulas that change soft tissue conditions also need to be differentiated according to the fat, dermis, and muscle conditions of each area.

Through the above motivations and process, the Rainbow Injection was born.

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Composition of Liquid Facial Contouring

Liquid Facial Contouring consists of the "Liquid V-Line Combo," which improves the contour of the lower face (below the earlobes), the "Liquid Slim Line Combo," which improves the contour of the middle part of the face, and the "Liquid Lifting Combo" for facial lifting.

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