The Most Popular Cosmetic Procedure for Office Workers

There is a long holiday coming up in May.

The 2025 Buddha’s Birthday falls on May 5, and since it overlaps with Children’s Day, May 6 has been designated as an alternate public holiday.

If you make good use of May 1, Labor Day, and the weekend, you can use quite a long period to recharge.

May 2025 Holiday

For office workers who usually find it difficult to take a long amount of time off, this long holiday may be a chance to travel. However, for those planning to invest in themselves, I’d like to talk about some good cosmetic procedures.

'Office workers’ top pick surgery: under-eye fat repositioning'

Under-eye fat repositioning is one of the most popular surgeries among office workers in their 30s and 40s.

Usually, when office workers in their 30s and 40s develop under-eye fat pockets and hollows in the tear trough, they can appear tired.

Explanation of under-eye fat repositioning surgery. This is a real model with consent for disclosure.

Under-eye fat repositioning is a lower-eye surgery with no visible external incision and a fast recovery. It accesses the under-eye fat through the lower conjunctiva, dissects the tear trough, and spreads the under-eye fat under the dissected trough.

If the tear trough is properly dissected and the under-eye fat is created into a flap and securely fixed from the inside, it can restore a sunken tear trough and has the advantage of not recurring.

'Office workers’ top pick procedure: PRP fat grafting'

Procedures that fill hollow areas of the face commonly include fillers and collagen injections made from ready-made products, but for those who prefer autologous tissue, fat grafting is the most popular procedure.

Harvesting site for autologous fat grafting

Fat grafting is a procedure in which fat is harvested from the abdomen or thighs through a small cannula, centrifuged, and then grafted to the needed area.

An additional procedure can be added here to improve the survival rate of the grafted fat. PRP is a representative example.

PRP can be collected from blood and is a blood component with excellent tissue regeneration ability.

PRP collection and separation method. Source: Cleveland Clinic

When the collected blood is centrifuged, it is separated into three main layers. The top layer is plasma, and the bottom layer contains red blood cells.

In the middle layer, PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma), which is rich in various regenerative components, is concentrated. If this part is carefully separated through a kit and mixed with the harvested fat cells, PRP fat grafting can be performed.

PRP separated from blood

PRP fat grafting can improve the survival rate of fat cells because of the various growth factors and cell-regenerating components contained in PRP.

The survival rate of general fat grafting varies from person to person, but is usually reported to be around 30–40%.

However, in the case of PRP fat grafting, the fat survival rate is said to increase by about 15–20%, raising the survival rate to around 60%.

Nasolabial fold fat grafting. PRP fat grafting. PRP autologous fat grafting. This is a real model with consent for disclosure.

In the case of fat grafting using PRP, because it can improve the survival rate of fat, it can achieve a high survival rate even when a smaller amount of fat is injected.

For that reason, it is a fat grafting method worth considering when less swelling after surgery and a faster recovery are needed.

'Before and after under-eye fat repositioning, PRP fat grafting in the nasolabial area'

Before and after under-eye fat repositioning. Before and after nasolabial fold fat grafting. This is a real model with consent for disclosure.

Because under-eye fat repositioning is performed through the inner conjunctiva of the eye, there is no particular need to remove stitches, and the tape under the eyes can be removed after 3 days.

And in the case of PRP fat grafting, the fat injection is performed through a small cannula, and the harvesting site can be closed using absorbable sutures, so stitches may not need to be removed.

Review after under-eye fat repositioning. Review after nasolabial fold fat grafting. This is a real model with consent for disclosure.