What Is Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatment, or Petit Plastic Surgery?

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With a short treatment time, petit plastic surgery, a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that helps address appearance concerns, is one of the treatments many people are looking for.

There is a non-surgical procedure that uses injections, called petit procedures. The treatment time is relatively short, and it allows a quick return to daily life, but it is important to proceed only after sufficient consultation that takes the individual’s condition into account before treatment.

Because simple filler treatment can produce excellent results, it is one of the procedures that many people love, including men’s fillers and dermatology fillers. In particular, unlike surgery, filler procedures do not take much time and there is no separate recovery period, so people of all ages and genders receive them. Recently, many students have also been visiting clinics. This is because they are considered safe and relatively affordable.

As the filler market has developed, the types of fillers have diversified, and domestic products have also become highly competitive, so there is no longer a need to use expensive foreign products. In addition, filler treatment can be applied to various areas such as the eyes, nose, forehead, chin, and nasolabial folds. Filler means “to fill,” and as the word suggests, it can help improve wrinkles by filling the skin from within.

Volume filler, which can be performed in a relatively short time using injections, can improve facial wrinkles, but side effects may occur and the duration of filler retention may vary depending on the type of filler and the treatment method. Therefore, after sufficient consultation and recommendation of the appropriate filler, the treatment should be customized one-on-one.

Types of petit plastic surgery

Fillers, Botox, and lifting are the petit cosmetic procedures people encounter most easily. They may seem similar, but each has its own strengths.

Fillers are effective at filling in deeply etched wrinkles, but they are not suitable for improving fine wrinkles or overall facial elasticity. Botox is also effective at improving fine wrinkles that are not deeply etched, but it is difficult to fill in deep wrinkles.

Lifting is effective for improving overall skin texture, skin elasticity, and facial contours, but it is difficult to fill in deeply etched wrinkles, so a combined treatment suited to the skin condition is recommended. If you want to improve deep wrinkles and overall elasticity, combining facial fillers and lifting can be effective. If you want to improve fine wrinkles and elasticity, combining Botox and lifting can provide better results.

Areas for filler treatment

Forehead filler: Forehead filler treatment can fill a forehead that lacks volume, restoring fullness and creating a pretty forehead. In addition, if forehead wrinkles are severe, filler treatment can help improve them. Other methods include implants or facial contouring surgery, but the non-surgical forehead filler procedure is a more effective option. In particular, for women in their 20s and 30s, filler treatment is more effective than surgery, and recently younger men have also been seeking men’s forehead fillers for a more youthful appearance.

Aegyo-sal filler: Also called under-eye aegyo-sal filler or under-eye hollow filler, it can restore volume by filling the area under the eyes. A hollow area under the eyes can make you look tired and can make your overall impression appear dark, so it can be simply improved with under-eye aegyo-sal filler. Fat grafting can also address under-eye hollowness, but it requires the inconvenience of harvesting fat, and the under-eye area does not require a large amount of fat, so under-eye filler treatment is more effective.

Nose filler: The nose is located at the center of the face and has a major impact on your impression. There are various types of nose fillers. For people with a low bridge, bridge fillers can add dimension to the face. For those with a blunt or flat nose tip lacking volume, nose filler treatment can add volume to the nostrils or change the impression with nose-tip filler.

Many people seek men’s nose fillers for a more defined bridge, and it is possible to change the image through added dimension.

Cheek filler: Hollow cheeks are one of the representative signs of skin aging. Women who once disliked having baby fat when they were young often notice hollow cheeks as they age and receive filler treatment to restore volume. Cheek filler treatment addresses hollow cheeks, enhances facial contours, makes the face appear more dimensional, and adds volume and elasticity. If front cheek filler and front cheekbone filler are performed together, even more effective improvement can be expected.

Nasolabial fold filler: Nasolabial folds deepen as the cheeks sag due to aging. These wrinkles are caused by reduced skin elasticity, and the deeper they become, the more they can make you look older, so this is a procedure preferred by a wide range of age groups, from women in their late 20s to those in their 50s. By treating the area where nasolabial folds form around the mouth and nose with nasolabial fold filler, you can expect wrinkle improvement along with added volume to the face for a more youthful appearance.

Lip filler: Lip filler and lip-corner filler are procedures that create beautiful lips. Full lips are known as “kissable lips” and can appeal to the opposite sex, making them one of the procedures many young women prefer.

However, compared with other areas, the skin layer and mucous membrane of the lips are thin, and many blood vessels are distributed there, so it is important to find a clinic with extensive experience when receiving lip filler treatment. If done improperly, necrosis can occur, so special caution is required.

Chin filler: There are various ways to create a V-line chin, and chin filler is one of the procedures that can bring change in a simple, short amount of time; it is also called a recessed-chin filler. It can change your impression by adding volume to a flat chin, and even if you do not have a recessed chin, if the chin tip is flat or uneven, it can be smoothed out through chin-tip filler.

Neck wrinkle filler: No matter how youthful your face looks, neck wrinkles are not easy to hide. Like rings on a tree, they form over time and can be devastating for women who want to hide their age. Therefore, neck wrinkle filler is a treatment preferred by many women in their 30s and older, and when combined with laser treatment, good results can be expected.

Areas for Botox treatment

Botox, whose main ingredient is botulinum toxin, has the advantage of being usable for various purposes.

It offers a range of effects, from correcting a square jaw and refining facial lines to removing wrinkles, and it is used to correct various areas of the face because it is safe and causes almost no allergic reaction.

It is commonly used for improving a square jaw and for trimming a bulky body shape, such as with trapezius Botox and calf Botox. At Imi-seok Theme Dermatology, in addition to these uses, Botox multi-lifting is also used to improve wrinkles in various areas such as the glabella, nasolabial folds, forehead wrinkles, crow’s feet, and lip wrinkles. It can improve not only wrinkles in part of the face, but also overall wrinkles and facial contour correction.

In addition to wrinkle improvement and body contour improvement, Botox is also used for the purpose of treating hyperhidrosis. Because it strongly suppresses sweat secretion, it is used as a hyperhidrosis treatment. For those who suffer from bromhidrosis due to excessive sweating in the hands, feet, and underarms, it is also used for bromhidrosis treatment as hand Botox and foot Botox.

Lasers that go well with petit cosmetic procedures

Because Botox and fillers have difficulty improving overall skin elasticity, they can deliver a booster effect when performed together with lasers that fundamentally regenerate the skin’s elasticity. 대표적으로 Thermage CPT, Tune Face, and Ulthera can be used to expect wrinkle-lifting effects.

Thermage CPT: Thermage CPT is a laser that penetrates strong radiofrequency energy into the dermis layer of the skin, contracting collagen and inducing new collagen regeneration, making it effective for elasticity and wrinkle improvement. After treatment, daily activities such as washing the face and applying makeup are possible right away, and it is a laser that can address everything from fine wrinkles to overall facial contour refinement, making it popular among busy modern people.

Tune Face: A lifting device that uses multi-frequency radiofrequency. By delivering 40.86 MHz radiofrequency energy to the skin, it helps rebuild damaged collagen and improves elasticity and a lively facial contour. With various tips and three levels of depth adjustment, it can be used on delicate areas such as under the eyes and around the mouth, and its dual cooling system helps transform the skin into healthy, elastic skin with energy suited to your skin.

Ulthera: A device whose safety and effectiveness have been proven by the U.S. FDA, it delivers ultrasound energy into the skin and is effective for improving fine wrinkles and deep wrinkles. By concentrating ultrasound energy in one area, treatment can be performed without damaging skin outside the treated area, and because there is no damage to surrounding skin tissue, recovery is fast.

Imi-seok Theme Dermatology continuously adds and replaces premium-grade laser treatment equipment to provide more effective treatment results, and with more than 600,000 cases of rich clinical experience, it offers reliable care.

If you have questions about nose fillers, under-eye fillers, or more detailed explanations of filler effects, feel free to contact us anytime.

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