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Inner and outer philtrum reduction at once!

Golden Diamant
hybrid philtrum reduction

Operating time
2–3 hours
Anaesthesia
Sedation / local anaesthesia
Suture removal
4–7 days
Clinic visits
4–5 visits 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
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!

A custom ‘hybrid philtrum reduction’
designed precisely for you

WHY?
Why Golden Diamant hybrid philtrum reduction?

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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 fundamental improvement that considers
    the structural balance of the face
    and for natural, harmonious proportions

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    The hybrid philtrum reduction, available exclusively at Golden Diamant, differs from conventional philtrum reduction by planning the surgery in phases. It is not just a procedure to shorten the philtrum, but a step-by-step surgery that addresses philtrum reduction along with lip volume and sagging through a two-stage surgical process!

A custom plan designed precisely for you
right through to improving a long philtrum and the mouth shape!

Simultaneously improving mouth shape!
delicate

Golden Diamant hybrid philtrum reduction

  1. 01Design a harmonious philtrum length by adjusting the philtrum balance!
  2. 02A change of image from setting a drooping mouth shape right
  3. 03Natural lip volume created in thin lips
  4. 04A satisfying result from a custom design suited to you
An image showing the lips and philtrum from the front, cropped in a circle

A surgical technique that overcomes the limits of philtrum reduction
Not merely philtrum reduction:
through two staged operations you can have philtrum reduction,
lip volume and drooping addressed at the same time.

The hybrid philtrum reduction method

The hybrid philtrum reduction, which has been upgraded by complementing the pros and cons of conventional philtrum reduction,
We plan the procedure in stages, using two surgical methods: an incision in the central area under the nose and an incision along the lip line.

1 STEP
Diagram marking the central subnasal incision line and, with white arrows, the direction in which the centre of the lip is raised

Incision at the centre beneath the nose

First-stage philtrum reduction by a custom incision method
After a custom incision at the centre
beneath the nose, the centre of the lip is raised
for a first-stage philtrum reduction.

2 STEP
Diagram marking with white arrows the direction in which the outer lip is raised outward and upward

Lateral lip elevation

Philtrum reduction, volume and drooping improved
Through a lateral lip lift,
lip volume and lip drooping are improved
along with the philtrum reduction effect.

3 STEP
An image of the area around the mouth with the philtrum and lip balance settled after treatment

Designed for CLEAR!

Ideal philtrum balance
Planning for a youthful and attractive mouth area simultaneously,
we use custom incision techniques
to reduce scarring and swelling for a faster
recovery.

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

The many years of experience of Dr. Song Sang-hoon of Golden Diamant Plastic Surgery!
We hold more than seven philtrum reduction methods.

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

The highly satisfying hybrid philtrum reduction
improves both drooping of the outer lip and thin lips!

A range of effects expected along with philtrum reduction
hybrid philtrum reduction

Side view of the mouth one month after hybrid philtrum reduction

Golden Diamant hybrid philtrum reduction · one month after surgery
* Results and recovery times may differ from person to person.

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    Where the philtrum is long and the outer part of the upper lip is rolled in, both can be improved at the same time.

    (However, the columella may look as though it has come down, so where necessary Golden Diamant philtrum reduction may be performed instead of a central subnasal incision.)

  • B.

    It is the ideal surgical method where the columella is retracted and there is rolling of the outer lip with the lip corners looking slightly raised.

  • C.

    Because it is surgery combined with a lateral lip lift, the lip corners may look relatively less raised. In such cases lip corner surgery or a procedure may be combined, or lip-line lip augmentation may be performed instead of the lateral lip lift.

  • D.

    It has the advantage of a relatively fast recovery, with little scarring and little swelling from the small incision beneath the nose.

*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.

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.