12 dated source summaries from 2025-11-24 to 2025-12-09, with original links and related topics.
These English summaries describe the original Korean posts. Dates belong to the source posts. These posts were published by the ILCHI clinic account. A personal name is attributed only where the source text identifies it. Case reports and clinic explanations are kept separate from published research.
Midface lifting with attention to access and fixation
This ILCHI article compares its endoscopic Ponytail approach with a broader incisional facelift and describes planning around the midface, facial proportions, skin thickness, and expression. It outlines scalp access, visual inspection, fixation, and selective skin adjustment. The post presents potential changes around the cheek, temple, and nasolabial region as treatment aims and describes the clinic's stated follow-up process.
Dr. Moon's ILCHI post reports attending a seminar led by Dr. Kao and reflects on endoscopic lifting, tissue layers, fixation direction, and aesthetic balance. It describes tailoring access to the degree of laxity and considering fat grafting when volume loss accompanies descent. The article presents these points as lessons influencing the clinic's planning approach, alongside its own descriptions of monitoring and postoperative care.
In this personal clinic-blog reflection, Dr. Moon thanks teachers who shaped his reconstructive and aesthetic surgical training, without naming them. He describes learning chin correction through a patient's concern and subsequent reading, and encountering Ponytail lifting at an overseas meeting. The post also touches on family life, martial-arts exercise, appreciation for staff, and a body-contouring idea then still being developed.
In this ILCHI explanation, chin descent and under-chin fullness are considered together through the condition of muscle, skin, and soft tissue. The post distinguishes isolated chin-muscle laxity from combined chin and neck changes, then describes repositioning and platysma fixation through selected access routes. Dr. Moon presents this as individualized structural planning, with postoperative observation adjusted to the patient's response.
This ILCHI article discusses lower-rib direction as one factor in waist shape and describes a remodeling approach that retains the ribs. It outlines CT and ultrasound assessment of rib geometry and body proportions, followed by individualized adjustment and garment support. The post also considers flank fat removal and hip volume in the overall silhouette, and describes follow-up for discomfort, scars, and return to movement.
Dr. Moon's clinic post presents Folding Zero lifting as coordinated treatment of chin descent and the tissues beneath the chin. It describes examining muscle position, skin laxity, previous procedures, and the continuity of the profile. Different combinations of intraoral and submental access are outlined, alongside chin repositioning and central platysma fixation, with the stated goal of balancing support and contour across the lower face.
This ILCHI post describes assessing cheek, deep-fat, and jawline changes before selecting the extent of a Ponytail lift. It presents endoscopic access through the hairline, release within the planned area, upward repositioning, and balanced fixation as components of its approach. The article also emphasizes reviewing facial movement and follow-up according to tissue condition, without offering individual case measurements or a comparison group.
In this clinic article, Dr. Moon explains why an apparently long chin may reflect descended soft tissue rather than excess bone alone. He describes reviewing remaining bone and the chin's soft-tissue support, especially after contouring surgery, and cautions that further shortening without addressing support could worsen lip closure. His stated planning priority is the cause of the problem and overall facial proportion rather than shortening the chin at any cost.
This ILCHI article describes chin lifting as repositioning descended soft tissue rather than simply reducing the visible chin. It connects planning with previous contouring, implants or fillers, and existing anatomical differences. Dr. Moon outlines examination with CT and distinguishes isolated muscle laxity from combined skin and muscle descent, with intraoral or combined access described according to those findings.
Dr. Moon's clinic post discusses a broad waist in relation to lower-rib orientation, fat distribution, and the waist-to-hip proportion. It describes imaging before rib remodeling, small access incisions, repositioning and fixation, and a support garment afterward. Flank liposuction and hip fat grafting are presented as possible additional contouring components. The article also describes staged follow-up, including movement and posture review during recovery.
In this ILCHI explanation, a long or heavy-looking chin prompts assessment of the supporting tissues as well as the underlying bone. The post describes three histories that may influence planning: prior contouring surgery, fillers or implants, and pre-existing anatomy. It outlines CT-based assessment and different access routes for muscle displacement versus combined skin laxity, with an intended balance between chin movement and contour.
This ILCHI article considers aging eyelids through both appearance and function. It distinguishes excess upper-lid skin and effortful opening from lower-lid bulges, hollows, and loose skin. Dr. Moon describes evaluating eyelid movement, brow compensation, fat position, and daily habits before deciding what to remove, preserve, or reinforce. The post presents upper and lower blepharoplasty as different approaches that require an individualized examination.