Is Lee Young-ji's under-eye fat repositioning a middle-aged procedure? Director Kim Hyun-jo's <Debunking Misconceptions>

Is Lee Young-ji's under-eye fat repositioning a middle-aged procedure?

Director Kim Hyun-jo's <Debunking Misconceptions>

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This is Obje Plastic Surgery.

Recently, the number of people searching for 'Lee Young-ji under-eye fat repositioning' has increased noticeably.

As it has become a natural topic of conversation among peers, people in their early to mid-20s through their 30s are looking into this keyword.

As views increase, a certain story naturally follows.

People think, 'Isn't under-eye fat repositioning a surgery you get only after your 30s?'

But in the consultation room, the age range of the people we meet is much more varied.

A person in their early 20s with no fine lines on their forehead, but who comes in because of deep under-eye shadows.

A person in their 30s who hears every day that they look tired even after sleeping well.

A person who was born with prominent under-eyes and has lived with that complex since childhood.

There are quite a few people who are young in age, but whose under-eye concerns are by no means light.

So today, we will be clearing up one long-standing misconception: that 'Lee Young-ji's under-eye fat repositioning is a middle-aged procedure.'

After reading this, it should help you gauge which direction your own under-eyes are closer to.

Under-eye fat repositioning, the key is not 'age'

To get straight to the point, under-eye fat repositioning is not a procedure only for middle-aged people.

It has simply come to be known as a 'middle-aged procedure' because so many middle-aged patients have undergone it.

The criterion for whether surgery is a good fit is not the number written on your ID card.

The real standard is what condition your under-eyes are in right now.

How prominent the fat is, how much skin elasticity is maintained, whether the muscles are lax or not, and how deeply the tear trough is indented.

Depending on this combination, people in their 20s may be a good fit for under-eye fat repositioning, and people in their 40s may be better suited to a different approach.

In clinical practice, in fact, there are often cases where under-eye fat repositioning is a perfect fit for people in their early 20s.

People who naturally have a lot of fat beneath the eyes.

People with a genetically deep tear trough.

People whose skin is thin, causing the shadow of the inner fat to show through clearly.

Even if these people sleep well, they look more tired than their peers,

and because their forehead is smooth but only the under-eye area looks dark, they can look older than they really are or appear to be in poor condition.

In such cases, under-eye fat repositioning reduces the shadowing and restores a fresh impression that suits their age group.

It does not forcibly make someone look younger; it naturally restores the impression appropriate to the age they already are.

The growing interest among peers in Lee Young-ji's under-eye area is also, I think,

due to sensing this possibility.

Even if the under-eye area seems the same, the texture is different! Two representative <cases>

The concern of 'my under-eyes look dark' may be the same on the surface, but once you look more closely, the texture is different.

First, there is the type that can improve sufficiently with under-eye fat repositioning alone.

The skin elasticity is still good, there is almost no sagging skin, and only the inner fat is protruding.

If the muscles are in place and the skin has not stretched, just repositioning the inner fat can smooth out the under-eye area.

This is often seen in people in their 20s and early 30s.

On the other hand, there is also a type where under-eye fat repositioning alone may feel a bit insufficient.

The skin has stretched, the muscles underneath have also loosened, and the tear trough has become deep.

Even if the inner fat is moved, the outer skin condition remains unchanged,

so if sagging skin remains beside the softened shadowed area, the refined part and the unrefined part will stand out by comparison.

In this case, we consider lower blepharoplasty or dual lower blepharoplasty together.

By age group, this is often seen in people in their 40s and older, but age is not an absolute standard.

Even someone in their late 30s may be a candidate if their elasticity has decreased quickly,

and conversely, someone in their 40s may still have good elasticity and be sufficiently treated with under-eye fat repositioning alone.

In the end, the answer is not age, but what your under-eyes in the mirror are showing you.

'Always' is the choice you should avoid most

The three letters people seeking Lee Young-ji under-eye fat repositioning should be most cautious about are 'always.'

First, when the skin is sagging but the person insists, "Still, I only want under-eye fat repositioning" because they are worried about scars, there are cases like that.

What you must know at this point is that already stretched skin and muscles do not move somewhere else.

Even if only the inner fat is adjusted, if the outer skin remains the same,

the stretched skin may become even more noticeable as the shadowing lightens.

Conversely, a young person with 충분한 elasticity may be advised to undergo lower blepharoplasty as well with the attitude of, "Since we're doing it anyway, let's do it together."

In that case, an unnecessary incision is added, which lengthens the recovery period and brings scar-related concerns.

When simply adjusting the fat would have been enough, working on the skin as well can make the result more likely to look unnatural.

Too little is disappointing, and too much is disappointing.

That is why the very first step is to examine what condition the under-eye area is in right now.

Only after looking at the four factors—skin elasticity, muscle, fat, and tear trough—in a three-dimensional way can we determine what direction is truly necessary for that person.

Today, along with Lee Young-ji under-eye fat repositioning, we looked into the misconception that often comes with it, that 'this is something only middle-aged people get,' and checked the truth.

To summarize again:

The criterion for whether surgery is a good fit is not age, but the condition of your under-eyes right now.

In people in their 20s and early 30s who still have sufficient elasticity, under-eye fat repositioning alone can restore a fresh impression that suits their age group.

Conversely, eyes with both skin and muscle laxity may not improve well with fat repositioning alone.

Director Kim Hyun-jo of Obje Plastic Surgery does not examine only the under-eye area in isolation.

He looks at the overall flow of the face, including the forehead line, eyebrow position, and the volume above the cheekbones, to understand where the under-eye area fits within the whole face.

So even when the under-eyes are dark, he determines the direction only after separately examining whether the cause is fat, thin skin, or the forehead and eyebrows having lowered and

going dark together.

If your under-eye concerns are deepening and you are unsure which path is right, we recommend first receiving a consultation to examine what condition your under-eye area is in right now, rather than deciding on a procedure method first.

This has been Obje Plastic Surgery.

Thank you.

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