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A younger-looking face and
lips with volume, at the same time!

Golden Diamant
lip-line philtrum reduction

Operating time
1–2 hours
Anaesthesia
Sedation / local anaesthesia
Suture removal
4–5 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!

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

WHY?
Why Golden Diamant lip-line philtrum reduction?

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    Lowering the burden of scarring while
    resolving a long philtrum and thin lips at once!

    Golden Diamant lip-line philtrum reduction, where you experience
    a younger-looking face and lips with volume at the same time!

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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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    For fundamental improvement that considers
    the structural balance of the face

    One-to-one tailored consultation for
    natural, harmonious proportions

A custom plan designed for you
a long philtrum and thin lips at the same time!

Two satisfying effects!

Lip incision, philtrum reduction
Creating a balanced, youthful mouth shape!

A natural philtrum reduction effect from excision
matched to the proportions of the central and outer parts of the upper lip
Change up!

Front close-up of a female model showing the mouth after lip-line philtrum reduction
A six-axis satisfaction graph of improvement of a long philtrum, burden of scarring, side effects, recovery, attractive lips with volume and a refined youthful image — the diagram is filled most widely towards improvement of a long philtrum, a refined youthful image and attractive lips with volume

The surgical method differs according to
the lip line and the thickness of the lips!

If the philtrum at the centre is reduced too much after a lip-line incision philtrum reduction,
the lip becomes correspondingly larger and the proportions do not match.
A gently curved lip line acquires an angle as the lip grows larger,
which can make the lip corners look lowered, and because the skin at the lip line
is excised and everted, the inner mucosa moves so that the lower line
of the lip at the outer part can become
thicker.

Surgery must therefore be carried out after a custom design suited to the condition.

Because a subnasal incision philtrum reduction cannot excise a large amount,
hybrid philtrum reduction is suitable where a long philtrum is to be improved.

Depending on the lip line and the desired extent of philtrum reduction, lip corner surgery
or lateral upper lip reduction (curtain line reduction) may be combined
or added.

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 ideal philtrum ratio, 1:2

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

A gull-wing excision at the top of the upper lip
for a long philtrum and thin lips at once!

Lip-line philtrum reduction

It is also an upper lip augmentation, and it can be effectively performed for thin lips whose outer part is
rolled in, where the centre of the lip is lifted, where the likelihood of scarring is
high or the patient is sensitive to it, and where deformation of the nose is expected
from a subnasal incision philtrum reduction.

TIP There are cases where the outer lip and the central part of the lip are excised equally,
but in most cases the central part of the upper lip is thicker than the outer part,
so a greater amount must be excised at the outer part to obtain a more
satisfying surgical result.

Diagram of the mouth marking the gull-wing excision area at the top of the upper lip, with upward arrows at the centre and at either outer side

* Lip balance is achieved with a custom design that increases the amount excised at the outer part.

Front view of the mouth one month after lip-line philtrum reduction

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

*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.