Improving a Long Face Shape: VIBE Plastic Surgery’s Signature Lifting Trio by Dr. Young-moon Yoo

Solving concerns about sagging front cheeks, nasolabial folds, and a long-looking face shape.

A natural youthful transformation achieved with ‘Under-Eye Cheek Lifting + Tension-Fit Lifting + Ultherapy’.

Hello.

I am Dr. Young-moon Yoo of VIBE Plastic Surgery.

As people enter their 30s, many share similar concerns when looking in the mirror.

✔ Nasolabial folds look deeper than before.

✔ The face looks tired as the front cheeks sag.

✔ The face looks long and the mid-face area feels heavy.

✔ Sagging around the mouth makes the overall impression look aged.

The patient I am introducing today also visited our clinic with these concerns.

In particular, the sagging of the front cheeks made the nasolabial folds stand out, and the biggest concern was that the entire face gave a long and heavy impression.

At VIBE Plastic Surgery, rather than solving these problems with a single procedure, we propose a customized anti-aging solution that accurately analyzes the cause and combines various treatments.

This patient underwent three procedures together, which can be called the representative treatments of VIBE Plastic Surgery:

Under-Eye Cheek Lifting

Tension-Fit Lifting

Ultherapy

1. Under-Eye Cheek Lifting

Under-Eye Cheek Lifting is a signature anti-aging surgery at VIBE Plastic Surgery.

It is not just a simple under-eye fat repositioning.

‘It is a surgery that organizes bulging under-eye fat through repositioning while simultaneously lifting the sagging front cheek upward.’

Many people think the cause of nasolabial folds is simply skin wrinkles, but in reality, the descent of the front cheek is often a significant cause.

When the front cheek moves down:

Nasolabial folds look deeper.

The mid-face appears longer.

The face creates a tired and aged impression.

Under-Eye Cheek Lifting is a surgery that directly improves these root causes.

Advantages of Under-Eye Cheek Lifting

✔ Improvement of under-eye bulging

✔ Improvement of dark circles

✔ Alleviation of nasolabial folds

✔ Front cheek lifting effect

✔ Mid-face shortening effect

✔ Improvement of youthful impression

✔ Natural anti-aging effect

Recommended for these people!

Those with bulging under-eye fat

Those whose nasolabial folds are getting deeper

Those whose face looks long

Those whose front cheeks look saggy

Those who want a more fundamental improvement than fillers

2. Tension-Fit Lifting

VIBE Plastic Surgery Signature Thread Lifting

While Under-Eye Cheek Lifting improves the mid-face, Tension-Fit Lifting plays a role in more delicately refining the lower face and mouth area.

Tension-Fit is a customized thread lifting program designed at VIBE Plastic Surgery according to the patient’s facial structure.

It is not just about inserting threads;

we analyze the direction of sagging, facial bone structure, and fat distribution to perform lifting with the most effective vector.

For this patient, Tension-Fit Lifting was performed together to improve:

Nasolabial folds

Marionette lines

Sagging around the mouth

Advantages of Tension-Fit Lifting

✔ Improvement of nasolabial folds

✔ Improvement of marionette lines

✔ Jawline refinement

✔ Improvement of sagging around the mouth

✔ Reduced burden of recovery period

✔ Immediate lifting effect

✔ Combining the advantages of surgery and procedures

Recommended for these people!

Those whose mouth area looks saggy

Those who feel their jawline is collapsing

Those worried about nasolabial folds

Those who want a natural lifting

Those who find a full facelift too burdensome

3. Ultherapy Prime

Ultrasound lifting that manages the root cause of sagging

To maximize the lifting effect, Ultherapy was also performed. Ultherapy is a representative lifting procedure that uses High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to deliver energy down to the SMAS layer.

Particularly when there is a sagging feeling in the lower jaw, combining Ultherapy can help create a clearer jawline.

Advantages of Ultherapy

✔ Jawline improvement

✔ Increased skin elasticity

✔ Promotion of collagen production

✔ Double chin improvement

✔ Enhanced lifting longevity

✔ Natural elasticity improvement

Recommended for these people!

Those with a blurred jawline

Those with decreased skin elasticity

Those in the early stages of aging

Those who want to increase longevity after surgery

Changes Before and After

Looking at the photos, the most noticeable change is the position of the front cheeks. As the saggy front cheek tissue naturally moved upward, the nasolabial folds were alleviated, and the center of the face became more three-dimensional.

Additionally, as the sagging tissue of the lower face was refined, the jawline became cleaner, and the overall facial proportions were balanced, improving the impression of a long face.

The most important point is ‘naturalness that doesn’t show’. The biggest feature of this case is that it was naturally improved as if the patient were originally young, without the feeling of forced volume or excessive pulling.

Why do these three together?

Aging does not occur due to a single cause.

Protrusion of under-eye fat

Descent of front cheeks

Sagging around the mouth

Decrease in skin elasticity

These changes progress simultaneously to create an aged impression. Therefore, there may be limits to using only one procedure.

For this patient, the treatment was carried out in a direction to balance the entire face by performing:

✔ Mid-face improvement with Under-Eye Cheek Lifting

✔ Lower face improvement with Tension-Fit Lifting

✔ Skin elasticity reinforcement with Ultherapy

As a result, we were able to obtain a natural change to the extent that people would say, ‘You look like you’re in good condition,’ ‘It looks like you lost weight,’ or ‘Your impression has become softer,’ rather than a feeling of being excessively rejuvenated.

VIBE Plastic Surgery’s Anti-Aging Trio

✔ Under-Eye Cheek Lifting

✔ Tension-Fit Lifting

✔ Ultherapy

Each procedure is excellent on its own, but higher satisfaction can be expected when they are appropriately combined according to the patient’s condition.

If you are stressed because your nasolabial folds are deepening, your front cheeks are sagging, and your face feels long, it is important to analyze the entire structure of the face rather than just looking at the wrinkles.

VIBE Plastic Surgery proposes customized anti-aging solutions that bring out each patient’s unique ‘VIBE’ rather than uniform lifting.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of surgery is Under-eye Chic-Lifting?

Under-eye Chic-Lifting is a surgery that simultaneously performs under-eye fat repositioning and lifting of sagging anterior cheeks. By organizing bulging under-eye fat and pulling up the descended anterior cheek tissue, it not only improves dark circles but also alleviates nasolabial folds and shortens the midface, making it VIBE Plastic Surgery's representative anti-aging procedure.

What are the main causes of deepening nasolabial folds?

Nasolabial folds are not just simple skin wrinkles; the descent of the anterior cheek is a significant cause. As the anterior cheek tissue sags due to aging, nasolabial folds become more prominent, making the midface appear longer and creating a tired and older-looking impression.

Which areas can Tension-Fit Lifting effectively improve?

Tension-Fit Lifting is highly effective in precisely refining the lower face and mouth area. It is a customized thread lift that analyzes the patient's facial bone structure and fat distribution, providing immediate and natural improvement for nasolabial folds, marionette lines, sagging jawline, and mouth corner drooping.

Why combine Under-eye Chic-Lifting, thread lifting, and Ultherapy?

This combination is to balance the entire face, as aging is caused by a complex interplay of various factors. By improving the midface with Under-eye Chic-Lifting, the lower face with Tension-Fit Lifting, and enhancing skin elasticity with Ultherapy, you can expect a much more natural and satisfying youthful effect than with a single procedure.

What is the role of Ultherapy lifting in a complex procedure?

Ultherapy uses high-intensity focused ultrasound to strengthen skin elasticity, which is the fundamental cause of sagging. It delivers energy to the SMAS layer to promote collagen production, tightens loose tissue in the lower face to create a defined jawline, and enhances the longevity of lifting after surgery and procedures.