Category Archives: facial contouring

Can AI tell me what I need to improve my facial balance?

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

AI has made many of the questions we face on a daily basis easy to answer. The way AI alogorithms frame and organize responses help us to quickly consider the pertinent issues and formulate a decision. The value of AI … Continue reading ⭢

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A Guide on How to Analyze a Plastic Surgeon’s Before and After Photos

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

We are in an unprecedented era of visibility for aesthetic procedures. Anyone can go online and have immediate access to before and after photos, videos, and even procedure vlogs documenting the whole process from consultation to recovery. How then is … Continue reading ⭢

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What Is Buccal Fat Removal? Everything You Need to Know About This Facial Slimming Procedure

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Donald B. Yoo, M.D.

If you’ve ever wondered how celebrities and influencers achieve those sculpted cheekbones and a snatched jawline, one of the not so secret reasons might be buccal fat removal. This trending procedure—which is in the realm of cheek reduction surgery—has become … Continue reading ⭢

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How many units of Botox does it take to reduce a masseter?

Posted on April 6, 2024 by admin

Botox for masseter reduction, or Dysport for masseter reduction, is an excellent procedure to reduce the tension in the jaw, decrease grinding of the teeth, relieve stress in the lower face, and to slim the appearance of the jawline and … Continue reading ⭢

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Oligio X Next Generation K-Beauty Skin Tightening

Posted on April 1, 2024 by admin

The aging process of the skin involves an accumulation of extrinsic and intrinsic factors that contribute to increasingly loose, sagging skin with pigmentary dyschromias. Though we have little control over the intrinsic factors (genetic and cellular) that cause our skin … Continue reading ⭢

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Hanging on by a thread? Sew Amazing!

Posted on February 23, 2022 by admin

PDO threads, also known as Polydioxanone threads, are FDA approved and made of dissolvable suture material that the body can break down. They have been around since the 1980s and have been used in surgery for tissue approximation and wound … Continue reading ⭢

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Buccal Fat Removal

Posted on April 21, 2020 by admin

Buccal fat removal (cheek fat removal) is a surgical procedure designed to create facial slimming by reducing the volume of the cheeks along the lower third of the face. The surgery is performed through small incisions hidden on the inside … Continue reading ⭢

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