{"id":13807,"date":"2026-03-26T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drheofacelift.com\/?p=13807"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:42:16","slug":"intro-to-facelift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drheofacelift.com\/en\/intro-to-facelift\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro to Facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hello,<\/p>

I\u2019m Dr. Jaewon Heo, a board-certified plastic surgeon
who focuses on facial rejuvenation procedures.<\/p>

As I begin this blog and try to put my thoughts into writing for the first time,
I have to admit it feels a bit overwhelming.<\/p>

Standing in what feels like an endless ocean of content,
I can\u2019t help but wonder\u2026<\/p>

Even if I speak out here,
will anyone really be listening?<\/p>

It\u2019s a thought that lingers as I take this first step.<\/p>

\"\"<\/p>

And yet, despite all that,
there are things I\u2019ve come to understand after all these years of performing facial rejuvenation procedures.<\/p>

And I keep thinking,
\u201cMaybe someone out there is searching for these very answers,
somewhere in this vast ocean of information.\u201d<\/p>

So with that small sense of hope,
I\u2019ve decided to begin like placing a letter in a glass bottle
and setting it adrift across the sea.<\/p>

A bit old-fashioned, I know:D<\/p>

\"\"<\/p>

As for the topics,
I plan to simply write about whatever comes to mind.<\/p>

And recently, after performing many facelift procedures,
there\u2019s one idea I keep coming back to:<\/p>

\u201cA facelift is not simply about pulling the face upward.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>

Now, if you\u2019re not even entirely sure what a facelift is,
hearing that it\u2019s not<\/em> about pulling the face upward might sound confusing.<\/p>

You might be thinking,<\/p>

\u201cWait\u2026 what does that even mean?\u201d<\/p>

It may feel like the beginning and the end of that sentence don\u2019t quite match.<\/p>

So instead of \u201cfacelift,\u201d
let me use a more familiar term:<\/p>

\u201cLifting.\u201d<\/h2>

\u201cLifting is not just about pulling.\u201d<\/h2>

Still doesn\u2019t quite click, right?<\/p>

Let me show you an image.<\/p>

\"\"<\/p>

This image comes from a well-known facelift paper by Dr. Min-Hee Ryu.<\/p>

You may not be entirely sure what specific tissue is being lifted in the image,
but most people will still get the general impression:<\/p>

\u201cAh\u2026 so this surgery is about pulling that yellowish layer upward.\u201d<\/p>

And that\u2019s exactly how a facelift is commonly understood.<\/p>

In simple terms,
the basic concept of a traditional facelift\u2014and even what many people think of as modern \u201clifting\u201d is:<\/p>

to pull the sagging parts of the face upward.<\/strong><\/p>

Now, here\u2019s something important.<\/p>

What we perceive as \u201csagging\u201d is usually located on the front of the face.<\/strong><\/p>

Things like hollowed nasolabial folds,
or the wrinkled, folded skin gathering below the corners of the mouth\u2014<\/p>

These are all features
that we notice on the front of the face.<\/strong><\/p>

\"\"<\/p>

In other words,
when you look in the mirror after a while and think,<\/p>

\u201cWhy does my face look saggier these days?\u201d<\/p>

the areas you\u2019re reacting to
are almost always located on the front-facing part of your face.<\/strong><\/p>

\"\"<\/p>

You might find yourself thinking,<\/p>

\u201cIf it could just be lifted this much<\/em>, it would look so much better\u2026\u201d<\/p>

I\u2019m sure many of you have tried this at home.
Standing in front of the mirror and gently lifting your face with your hands.<\/p>

\u201cIf I could just pull it up this little bit, it would disappear\u2026\u201d
\u201cIsn\u2019t there a way to lift it just like this?\u201d
\u201cI don\u2019t need much\u2014just this much<\/em> would be enough.\u201d<\/p>

In clinic, I often see patients looking into the mirror,
showing me exactly what they mean and saying,<\/p>

\u201cDoctor, I just want this much<\/em> lift.\u201d<\/p>

And when I hear that, I can almost tell they\u2019ve probably repeated that same motion
at least ten times at home. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>

And honestly, it makes sense.<\/p>

The literature we learn from often illustrates tissues being lifted . When you try it yourself, it seems like just a small upward pull would fix it.<\/p>

So naturally, the idea forms:<\/p>

\u201cA facelift or lifting is a procedure that pulls the face.\u201d<\/h2>

And that\u2019s the perception most people have today.<\/p>

But in the next post,
I\u2019ll explain why, as a surgeon who specializes in facelifts and facial rejuvenation,<\/p>

simply \u201cpulling\u201d the face is not the answer<\/h2>

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