Nipple reduction surgery

There are relatively many of those who have physical complex with their nipples and areola. Today, we will talk about the nipple reduction.

Nipples point outwards and are used for breast feeding, but they are important in terms of beauty as well. There are many nerves in the nipples and also the nipples act as a sexually sensitive area.

If you have nipples that are too thick or long, you can get a nipple reduction surgery. The explanation of this surgery is provided below with the help from the image.




As you can see in the image above, if you have long nipples, the nipples tend to sag down without much strength. If the nipples face outwards straight, your breasts look better. However, if the nipples are as those in the image, the breasts may look like the ones of the old women.





This is how we reduce the nipples. As shown in the image, we remove the tissue surrounding the nipples so there is no influence on the blood circulating to the nipples. The length becomes shorter and makes the nipples tighter and stronger.
Also, your nipples would face outwards after this surgery.

There are another method for those who have relatively thick nipples.



The method in the image above would effectively reduce the circumference of the nipples.

The core issue of this method is to not hurt the blood and the breast milk circulation and deriving the most beauty effect.

Then we can minimize the damage on the nipples and change the look into one that is very attractive.

The overall procedure takes about 20 min and most patients get local anesthesia.
However, most of this procedure is simultaneously done with breast augmentation so if you are doing the breast augmentation, you would be required to take the general anesthesia.

If you have dark nipples, then you might be able to see a white line as a scar, but if you have light colored nipples, then you may not be able to see the scar at all. You can also get medical tattoo 6 to 12 months after the surgery in order to hide the scar.

Thank you for reading the post.
Have a nice day.

when can i wear a wire bra after breast augmentation

When can I wear a bra after the breast surgery? This is another common question. (There are many types of bra and there are different time to as when you can start wearing different types)



I usually say this.
Just use the breast patch and wear shirts.
If you really want to wear a bra, wear a no wire bra, sports bra, or soft wire bra.

Patients have a strong belief that they must wear a bra.
This is something awkward, why do women think that they must wear a bra?

Is it unhygienic if you not wear a bra? Is it not good for your health?

Many think that the bra helps maintain the shape of the breast.
Then, this might seem like the patients want to use correction bra in order to maintain the shape, but this actually is not a correction bra.



One TV show announced that bra hurts the blood circulation and so this might lead to breast cancer and also damage the shape of the breasts.



The side effects that this TV show announced have not been proven. Wearing bra does not lead to breast cancer.

The TV show also let us know that wearing a bra is meaningful but nothing more.
There are no evidences that show bra has bad influence or good influence on the body.

If you compare this to food, it is not something like rice or salt, but something such as coffee, ice cream or biscuits. You can choose the type of bra according to your taste or preference.

If we dig more about this issue, we might have to talk about the origin of clothing, so I will stop here.
However, I need to provide answers on when you can wear the bra after the breast surgery, and what is good or bad for the patients.

If you are a patient with armpit incision, the implant may rise up (this is different from capsular contracture). Normal recovery may lead to this effect. If you want to avoid such a problem, you must not wear under wire bra for at least 6 months.




You must not use metallic under-band type that might pressurize the implant and the pocket the implant is in.

If you want to avoid the implant rising up after the armpit incision surgery, you must wear a lose fit, less pressure causing bra.

If you had subfascia plane surgery, then you need to protect the skin on the subfascia. Therefore, you cannot wear under wire bra for at least 6 months. There is a very low possibility that the implant would move to another position.

If you know few things then you would not have any problem in choosing and wearing the bra after the breast surgery.

First, the underwear must not have any pressure on the implant and the pocket.
Second, the underwear must not have any pressure that may change the shape of the breast.
Third, you may use the correction bra at the recommendation of the doctor if you had problem with the shape prior to the surgery.


If you have further question, please leave your feedback.

Have a great day.

How Soon Can I Swim After Breast augmentation?

This seems a little funny but this is a question that I get asked often. There are many patients who want to wear swim suit to show off their new body and so they ask me this question a lot.

1 day after breast augmentation

If there is a scar on the skin, there would be bleeding and the blood sticks together making a blood clot. This blood clot blocks germs getting into the body.
If this remains for 48 hours, even the water cannot penetrate through it.
This is very natural and it is also a natural healing.
But if you have a surgery, we stop the bleeding and stich up the scar so that the scar is in its minimum.

We call this in beauty surgery, a ‘Water tight closure’. If you get the Water tight closure, you can have a shower right away.

(Showering after the breast augmentation surgery) ; However, the doctor may not allow you to take a shower on the very same day because the dressing that you have on the scar may get wet and fall off. It is not because that the water is bad for the wound.

There are some patients who want to have shower right away after the surgery. These patients use water-proof band aid or wraps to have shower right away.

Going into a swimming pool is a little different from showering. If you stay in the water for a long time, your skin rises up and also this might have some effect on the scar. Therefore, we recommend that the patients stay off the water for about a week.

You can go in and get out of the swimming pool for a short period of time. If you have water-proof band aid on, you can go into the swimming pool after 2 to 3 days.

If you want to stay in the swimming pool for a long time or have a long bath, they I would suggest the patient to do so after 2 weeks.

Also, if you go to a swimming pool or the beach, you might want to wear a tight swim ware, however, this is not good for you. Your clothes must be lose in order for the scar to be healed quickly.

Sweating does not have any problem on the scar. It does not cause inflammation or infection, so you do not need to worry about sweating.


Shall we summarize everything?

If you want to have shower on the day of the surgery, use a water-proof band aid or wrap.
Have a shower after 2 days.
You can go to the swimming pool after a week.
Bathing can be done after 2 weeks.

Do not wear tight swim suit or clothes in the first few days. Wear lose clothing.





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How to get a pretty nose  - asian rhinoplasty Korea

I am sure that there are many ladies who want to make their nose look pretty.
I would like to discuss about the “Mona Lisa line (Dorsal aesthetic line)” of the nose.

How to get a pretty nose job - asian rhinoplasty Korea

There are few questions that a lot of the patients ask.
How big silicone do I need?
Do you use septum, ear, or costal, here?

It is difficult to plan out the nose surgery while answering the questions above. Our nose is 3D therefore, it is difficult to answer one dimensional questions such as how high should the nose be or if it is Barbie doll(Curved line) nose job?
One must look at the nose in 3 dimension and design accordingly. Silicone and cartilage are used, and one must consider the side line and other dimensions as well.

Before and after nose job - asian rhinoplasty Korea

People look at the nose from 45 degree angle, from the front and from other various angles. Barbie doll(Curved line) nose job does not give full explanation in 3 dimensional aspect.

As I have stated below, I refer to the Mona Lisa line (Dorsal aesthetic line) at first. The core purpose of the nose surgery is to make the nose contour or line very clear and smooth.

Ideal dorsal aesthetic lines run smoothly from the brow to the tip of the nose

If you want a pretty looking nose, then you need the Mona Lisa line. All pretty people have this Mona Lisa line (Dorsal aesthetic line) on the noses.




But there is one thing that you need to remember. The nose starts from the eyebrows and downwards. Also, the nose tip needs to be aligned with the lips

If I have low forehead, then I cannot make the bridge thick.
If I have protruded lip then I need to have my nose higher than it is.

Therefore, I personally think that the nose surgery needs to “balance all the dimension of the face.” Many think that the nose job surgery is something artistic like sculpture or something similar, but I see it as something similar to architecture instead.

There must be a balance, harmony with the surrounding environment, and it cannot lose its structure. These all seem more like architecture.

Thank you for reading.

Breast augmentation Korea KIES-U



I recently saw news on “Increase in number of breast surgery side effects: Damaged breast implants”. I would like to share on this topic of damaged implants.

Let’s look at an example of a tire.



A reporter took a Bridgestone tire, randomly, and used a rolling mill on it.  He rolled 5 tons on the tire. There is no puncture.
If this reporter reports that the Bridgestone tire does not puncture after this experiment, and also add that the tire only punctures by the fault of the driver, how would a typical driver feel about this report?

The news showed an implant bursting because someone put much weight on it. When a 700kg object was placed on the implant, it burst. If the news reported that the implant does not have any problem on itself and that follow-up management is the problem.
As you can imply from the example on the tire, this too is not logical.

However good the tires are, if you use the tires for 5 to 10 years and go on-road or off-road, one of the tires can be punctured. This is not because the Bridgestone tire is bad or because the driver is a bad driver.
The conclusion should be something as the following. The tires have usage life as well. You need to manage it properly but if there is a problem with the tire, you need to get it repaired or even change the tire. This is what we all know, and what we do.



Breast implants are made by men too. God did not make it. Some company has made it. Artificial heart, pace maker, artificial bones / arteries are some of man-made things that we use today but these things do not last forever. They tend to break down at some point in time. Although many pre-launch experiments had been perfect, one cannot say that the product will not break down. No one would say that you do not need to worry about this product until you die. This would be a wrong thing to say.

There was a Korean drama last year in which the main actor lived with an artificial heart.




But this character has a problem with the artificial heart so he goes to the hospital to replace the heart. The operation is successful and the character lives happily ever after.

Just like the artificial heart getting damaged, artificial breast implants can be damaged as well. The extent of damage differs according to the makers of the artificial breasts.

The products are being upgraded and are made better than ever before. However, even God given original heart or breasts get ‘damaged’ as well, and so does these products. Not all man-made products can maintain its original form after decades. This is impossible.

You must know that these artificial implants can be damaged or leak substances within. The patients must hear such facts before any surgery and know that this is a possibility.

It is wrong to say that the silicone gel withstood 700kg of weight so it would not burst or be damaged therefore I can use the implant for my breast. This is absolutely false.

There are data on the damaged implants according to different types such as saline-bag, cohesive gel bag, smooth type, textured type and even by different companies. This data can be found in US FDA.
Also the data shows that the damage differs according to the body size of the patients. The life expectancy of the implants differ from a person who uses an appropriate size to those who used much larger implant compared to what is appropriate for the body.


Tear-drop type does not change shape but maintains the shape securely. If the implant changes shape easily or is too smooth, the damage rate can be increased.

All implants have life expectancy. Some can last longer than the patient’s life. I still have not seen any of my patients with damaged implant but in theory, it is possible that the implant can be damaged within a short period of time.

A lot of the patients are curious about the life expectancy of the implants that they used. But the reality is that we do not know this for sure. First reason is that the manufacturers do not provide data on this.



All the surgeons and patients was the implants to be new and maintain its original shape for a long period.


The 5th generation silicone gel implants that are sold today are much better in quality compared to the ones that were first sold in 2007. The possibility of damage, leak, capsular contracture have decreased but still, there is a possibility that the implant can be damaged.

Also, one must know that if the cost of the breast surgery is very cheap, then one must doubt if the surgeon is using bad quality product or not. A proper breast surgery cannot be done with low cost.

A patient from China needed a re-surgery on her breasts. The implants that she used previously did not have any brand mark on it. (I had to doubt what I saw but there was absolutely nothing on the implants)

A Korean patient went to Thailand and got cohesive gel implants but she too needed re-surgery. I asked her how much did it costs to get this done in Thailand. The price was lower than what one could even think of. I could not understand why she had gotten this procedure in Thailand. The implants could be in the body forever, so I could not understand why she was less careful about the whole procedure.

I think that the 5th generation silicone gel implants are safer than ever before. If a properly trained surgeon uses such products, I believe that 99% of the cases would avoid any problems.

This is all for today. Thank you.