A Slim Face That Looks Sunken: How to Judge Lifting

A thin face that looks sunken is not necessarily lacking firmness. When Gangnam Choice Clinic assesses lifting, it first looks at midface support, fat position, under-eye hollowing and the lower-face line together — when these stack up, the whole face easily reads as tired.

Why should a thin face be looked at more carefully?

Because with this kind of face, if you only think about tightening and pulling in, overdoing it makes hollowing show more easily.

At our clinic, when we see a thin-faced patient, we judge more cautiously than in ordinary cases. Not having much flesh does not mean you can simply keep working in the tightening direction; where nothing more can be lost at all also has to be counted in.

What should be sorted out before lifting?

First sort out where is truly loose, and where nothing more can be lost at all.

So when our clinic looks at lifting, the starting point is usually not choosing a machine, nor stacking procedures on top of each other. What state the support, the fat position, and the under-eye and lower-face lines are each in — lay that out clearly first, then talk about what to do.

What does a well-done lift look like?

After it is done, the face still has flesh; only the lines have come back.

Our clinic's understanding of lifting is not pulling the face as tight as possible. A face tightened to the extreme is not necessarily attractive; lines returning to where they should be, with the face still keeping its original fleshiness — that is the direction we want.