During the Chuseok holiday, homemakers' stress levels go through the roof. In particular, as more people entering middle age worry about wrinkles, sagging skin, and nasolabial folds caused by sudden skin aging, youthful lifting surgery that can improve skin sagging and wrinkles in a short period of time is drawing attention.

 

Chuseok may have been enjoyable, but preparing holiday food, receiving guests, and cleaning up afterward leave homemakers exhausted. Husbands are busy trying to relieve their wives' stress through all sorts of means, such as hot spring trips, beauty treatments, cultural outings, and words of encouragement. A changing trend is that more husbands and children are now choosing youthful lifting as a way to relieve holiday stress.

 

Youthful lifting surgeries such as minimal-incision facelifts and forehead lifts, which can improve skin sagging, wrinkles, and nasolabial folds in a short period of time, are thus attracting attention.

 

In particular, the youthful lifting surgery drawing the most attention among people in their 40s and 50s is the minimal-incision facelift. A facelift is a surgery that produces a lifting effect by making a minimal incision in front of the ear and pulling the SMAS layer. The SMAS layer is located between the subcutaneous fat layer and the muscle layer beneath the skin; it weakens with age and is pulled down by gravity, which is considered a cause of wrinkles and sagging skin.

 

The minimal-incision facelift directly pulls the SMAS layer beneath the skin rather than the skin itself to improve sagging skin and the facial line, so there is little concern about scarring. In addition, since no implants are used at all, the burden of foreign-body sensation and side effects is reduced, and a semi-permanent effect can be expected, making it a youthful-appearance surgery popular with many people.

 

A forehead lift is a surgery in which a minimal incision is made in the scalp, the sagging skin tissue is pulled up, and the tissue is fixed to an Endotine fixation device. The Endotine device is a biocompatible, absorbable material approved by the US FDA; the skin tissue becomes fixed within one to two months after surgery, and the device is completely absorbed into the body and disappears after 12 months. Continued improvement can be expected for up to a month after the forehead lift. In addition to forehead wrinkles, a forehead lift also lifts frown lines, a sunken forehead, and drooping eyebrows and eyes caused by aging, helping to improve one's overall impression.

 

Dr. Hyung-jun Kim of NANA Plastic Surgery said, "People in their 40s and 50s are the generation most stressed by wrinkled and sagging skin during the Chuseok holiday, and they can regain a youthful appearance through lifting procedures such as the minimal-incision facelift and forehead lift. Before undergoing surgery, it is important to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon and decide on the surgical method only after thorough consultation on which surgery or procedure is appropriate, taking into account your degree of skin sagging and nasolabial folds."

 

For women, the holidays are a time when the number of homemakers complaining of 'holiday syndrome' surges due to various stresses. There is a saying that "just getting rid of fine lines makes you look ten years younger." Youthful lifting, a method of improving not only fine lines but also deep wrinkles that have increased on a face that has become noticeably drier, is attracting interest as a stress reliever that can blow away homemakers' stress in one go.

 

Source: Food & Economy News (https://www.foodneconomy.com/)