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Youthful surgery that changes the impression of the whole face

Golden Diamant Philtrum Reduction

Operating time
2 hours
Anaesthesia
Sedation / local anaesthesia
Suture removal
4–7 days
Clinic visits
4–5 follow-up visits at monthly
intervals after surgery

From consultation to surgery, the director
performs it personally.
Golden Diamant private surgery clinic

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    One director,
    responsible for every case

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    From design to surgery,
    by the director himself

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    Individually tailored
    custom design

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    A private
    single-patient recovery room

PRS KOREA

Who performs it matters more
than where you have it done

Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, PRS KOREA

Twenty years of continuously published papers on perioral surgery
The perioral surgery know-how of Director Song Sang-hoon of Golden Diamant

  • A board-certified plastic surgeon with over 20 years in perioral surgery
  • Published a Belotero lip treatment guidebook for practitioners
  • Botulinum presentation at the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons; filler instructor for practitioners
  • Juvéderm and Allergan Botox training instructor
Presentation slide at the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
View of the presentation hall at the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Formal portrait of Director Song Sang-hoon of Golden Diamant

Confidence in your mouth shape, found again!

The custom ‘Golden Diamant philtrum reduction’
designed precisely for you

WHY?
Why Golden Diamant philtrum reduction?

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    Shortening the length of a sagged and elongated philtrum,
    it delivers a youthful effect as well as an improved image!
    A surgery with high post-operative satisfaction

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    A board-certified plastic surgeon who has performed
    perioral surgery specially for over 20 years

    With Dr. Song Sang-hoon's surgical know-how, the surgical method is varied to suit each
    mouth shape, for an individually tailored design that minimises scarring

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    One-to-one tailored consultation for natural,
    harmonious proportions and for fundamental improvement
    that considers the structural balance of the face

Those for whom Golden Diamant philtrum
reduction is suitable

  1. 01Those with no maxillary protrusion and no mandibular retrusion
  2. 02Where the philtrum skin is longer than the length of the maxilla
  3. 03Where the lips are of moderate thickness and the lip corners do not droop
Close-up of a female model with long curly hair cupping her cheek in her hand

The ideal philtrum ratio, 1:2

Creating a balanced face
with the ideal philtrum ratio!

The ideal philtrum length is when the philtrum and the chin are in a 1:2 ratio; the balance of the face
is then most natural and the features are shown to best effect.

Taking the ideal philtrum length as its standard, Golden Diamant Plastic Surgery reduces a long philtrum
that makes you look older, after a custom design matched to your facial proportions, bringing
a stable result. Above all it is important to pursue beauty that achieves balance across the whole
face rather than philtrum reduction for its own sake, and the key point is a custom design
that brings out your own natural individuality.

Close-up diagram of the mouth with the philtrum length and the chin length divided by dotted lines and marked in a 1 to 2 ratio

The technical skill of Dr. Song Sang-hoon, who has studied only the perioral area

More than seven different
As a philtrum reduction method
Custom design planning

From the many years of experience of Dr. Song Sang-hoon of Golden Diamant Plastic Surgery, we hold
more than seven philtrum reduction methods. A custom design suited to your own face shape
therefore raises your satisfaction with the surgery.

With a custom design according to each person's condition, procedures such as a subnasal incision, a lateral lip lift
and a combined incision are carried out.

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    Diagram marking above the upper lip the area of a wave-shaped incision beneath the nose
    Golden Diamant philtrum reductionSubnasal incision
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    Diagram marking the augmentation incision line along the upper lip line with a dotted line
    Lip-line philtrum reductionUpper lip augmentation
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    Diagram marking the subnasal incision and the area of lateral upper lip elevation together
    Hybrid philtrum reductionSubnasal incision + lateral lip lift
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    Diagram marking four layers of suture lines overlaid as dotted lines at the centre of the philtrum
    Tetra scarless philtrum reductionFour-layer suturing

Effectively addressing concerns about a long philtrum of 20 mm or more

Golden Diamant Philtrum Reduction

Golden Diamant philtrum reduction involves completely separating the nasal tissue and philtrum tissue, which differ in thickness and tissue characteristics,
anchoring and suturing using the philtrum tissue as a base, and then shortening and suturing the muscle,
and reinforcing the tissue at the incision site to reduce tissue indentations. This helps achieve a delicate surgery by minimizing post-operative nasal shape deformities such as scarring and alar flaring.

Front diagram of a woman with leader lines pointing to the philtrum for hypertrophic scarring, the nose for nostril floor surgery, and the chin for changes at the chin tip

A mouth shape whose centre is lifted may have that lifting worsen after surgery,
as in ‘penguin lips’, so thorough consultation
before surgery is necessary.

Compared with the drawbacks of the existing subnasal-incision philtrum reduction

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    Less deformation of the shape of the nose and the nostril floor

    A technique that prevents hollowing of the subnasal soft tissue is used
    Drawback of the existing technique — alar spreading and deformation of the nostril floor

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    Less change in the slope of the lips

    A technique in which lateral elevation of the upper lip is carried out at the same time
    Drawback of the existing technique — only the centre of the lip is lifted

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    Less scarring

    A technique using multi-layer suturing and periosteal fixation
    Drawback of the existing technique — scarring such as hypertrophic scars

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    Philtral groove surgery included

    A technique in which the philtral groove is formed naturally at the same time
    Drawback of the existing technique — philtral groove surgery must be added separately

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  • The length of a drooping,
    slackened philtrum reduced

  • A balanced face with
    the ideal philtrum ratio

  • Both anti-aging effects and
    image enhancement

  • Youthful surgery that changes the impression of the whole face
    Golden Diamant philtrum reduction

Golden Diamant stays with you through recovery

Golden Diamant continues to monitor your recovery even after surgery or a procedure is finished.

Where the medical team judges that scar care is needed because of an incision or tissue harvesting, a scar care programme using Fraxel laser and scar-reducing medication is provided up to three times at no additional cost, according to the state of recovery.

If a scar remains after basic care or further treatment is needed, the medical team checks the condition in person and advises on the care required from among more than six lasers, more than four medications and stem cell treatment.

We do not stop at the surgery or procedure; we check the course of recovery carefully and continue the care that is needed.

Scar care equipment including a Fraxel laser, and vials of the medications used
  1. 01An aftercare kit tailored to each operation is provided
  2. 02Scar-prevention medication and scar treatment gel are prescribed
  3. 03Where the medical team judges it necessary, a scar care programme such as Fraxel laser is run up to three times from the second week after surgery
  4. 04Where further treatment is needed, a scar treatment programme is run

*Side effects such as bleeding / swelling / scarring may occur
*However, whether side effects occur may differ from person to person, and recovery times may vary.

Contact us

Surgery, medical skin care and spa in one place.
Every patient is seen personally by our director, a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 20 years' experience.

Reservations and phone consultation

+82 2.6480.7800
Hours
MON·TUE·THU
10:00 ~ 19:00
WED·SUN
CLOSED
FRI
10:00 ~ 21:00
SAT
10:00 ~ 16:00

Closed on public holidays.

Address
3F, Building A, Cheongdam Square, 420 Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
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Transit
Near Hakdong Intersection / Apgujeong Rodeo Station (Suin-Bundang Line) Exit 4
Near Gangnam-gu Office Station (Line 7) Exit 4
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Map to Golden Diamant Plastic Surgery — 3F, Building A, Cheongdam Square, east of Dosan-daero and Hakdong Intersection. To the north, Apgujeong Rodeo Station (Suin-Bundang Line) Exit 4; to the south on Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu Office Station (Line 7 and Suin-Bundang Line) Exit 4. Nearby are Hotel Riviera Anobli, Mercedes-Benz, The Cheongdam and Yeongdong High School.