Research and presentations

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The records below link Dr. Moon’s name, coauthors and affiliation to the original publications. A paper, a conference abstract and a programme listing provide different kinds of evidence. They should not be added together as if they were all clinical trials.

Published papers use the name Hyung Suk Moon. They belong to the same physician introduced on this site as Dr. Hyung Suk Moon. The list records the works identified so far and is not a claim to contain every publication from his career.

Conference material

The BAAPS 2016 programme lists two posters under Hyung Suk Moon of Secret Clinic: an early-results presentation on a combination approach to nasolabial folds and a presentation on breast asymmetry with pectus excavatum. The former connects with his longstanding interest in the nasolabial region; it is not a Ponytail outcomes study.

These programme records should be kept separate from full papers. The research topic and the follow-up available in a conference abstract do not establish a result for a different operation years later.

Ponytail education in the academic programme

PRS KOREA 2026 lists Dr. Moon, affiliated with ILCHI, for “The Ponytail Lift: An Endoscopic Deep Plane Approach to Facial Rejuvenation.” This is an external programme record connecting his name with the topic. A listing documents the scheduled presentation; the actual lecture content is a separate source.

His training page describes his learning journey and links to the clinic’s public education record.

Academic activity in Dr. Moon’s own writing

His signed blog posts add context to the publication records. These are his accounts of academic activity; they are not additional peer-reviewed papers.

• November 2021: chin ptosis presentation. He describes preparing a short recorded presentation for Plastic Surgery The Meeting. The account acknowledges earlier techniques by other surgeons. Individual programme confirmation remains separate from this personal account.
• May 2023: the 3R approach to chin ptosis. He explains Release, Reposition and Refit and describes presenting the approach at a Korean aesthetic plastic surgery meeting. This is a description of his method and presentation, not a comparative outcomes study.
• March 2023: an Istanbul poster account. He describes online participation and a poster about levator–Müller complex tucking in revision upper eyelid surgery. The post contains inconsistent event dates. The official ISAPS 2022 newsletter names Hyung Suk Moon in a combined roster of faculty, chairs, free communications and e-poster contributors. This confirms a named programme connection; the roster does not specify his individual role or verify the poster title. See the external source record.

These posts show the topics he discussed at the time. Chin and eyelid surgery records should not be used as evidence of Ponytail Lift results.

External research is labelled as external

The patient guides also cite research by Kao, Minelli, Saltz and others, along with manufacturer and professional-society material. Those sources help explain concepts and limitations. Their cases and outcomes are not Dr. Moon’s personal case series.

The columns and media archive separately records personally signed writing, expert answers and journalists’ articles that quote him.