Attractive people, Shining people

Attractive people make those around them smile.
And seeing others smile makes them shine even more.

On the other hand, if you are gloomy and depressed,
those around you will also look gloomy.

The expressions of those around you may be a mirror that reflects you.

Attractive people are kind and considerate to those around them.

But before that,
attractive people live their lives positively, and like themselves.

I have lived my life wanting to be an attractive person, a shining person.

At the same time,
I hope to meet as many attractive and shining people as possible.

“I want to improve myself not only on the inside but also on the outside.”
“I want to become more beautiful.”
“I want to stay young and energetic forever.”

If you are looking at this page with ambition,
you are surely already an attractive and shining person,
or someone who can become such a person in the near future.

I graduated from Kyoto University School of Medicine in 1988 (Showa 63) and worked as a neurosurgeon, a doctor who deals directly with life, for over 20 years until I was 44.

In 2007, I opened the door to cosmetic surgery to utilize my neurosurgical experience and skills in cosmetic medicine, and 18 years have passed since then.

I will continue to devote myself to providing correct and safe cosmetic medicine to each and every person who visits me with the wish.

A message from a neurosurgeon who became a cosmetic surgeon:

Creating smiles and enriching lives with high-quality medical care…

The first mission of a doctor is to treat not only serious illnesses that threaten life, but also illnesses that interfere with healthy daily life. For this reason, we doctors study, train, acquire treatment techniques, and contribute to people and society. However, even if they are not ill, there are many people who have problems with their face or body due to changes that they were born with or that come with aging. I want to use medical care to solve such problems, bring smiles to people’s faces, and support them in living a richer life.

After graduating from Kyoto University, I worked as a neurosurgeon for about 20 years, and in 2007, I decided to become a cosmetic surgeon. Even though I was considered an elite neurosurgeon, I was initially prepared to learn everything from scratch. Although it is the same medical treatment, the concerns of the patients who visit my clinic are completely different from those of neurosurgeons, and I was sometimes confused by the commercial aspects of elective medical care.

However, after a few weeks of training, I realized that my cosmetic surgery was not starting from scratch. The faces, heads and necks of patients who visit the cosmetic surgery clinic are exactly the same as those that I have treated for illnesses and trauma in neurosurgery, and I have the anatomical knowledge and treatment techniques I have cultivated as a neurosurgeon.

Cosmetic surgery is often thought of as a field that mainly involves cutting and sewing the skin, but in fact, I focused on the fact that the differences in human faces, whether they are congenital or due to changes with age, are due to differences in balance, such as the bone structure, muscles, and how fat is distributed.

“Non-surgical removal of dark circles and sagging under the eyes” is now a cosmetic surgery method that is commonly seen on the Internet, in magazines, on TV, and in train advertisements. In fact, it is a treatment method that I named and performed three months after I switched to cosmetic surgery in 2007. Over the 17 years since, I have performed more than 20,000 cases. In addition, I developed the “Titanium Pec Lift®”, a rejuvenating small face procedure that lifts the face line by inserting threads into the scalp from the sideburns without making incisions on the face, and then lifts the face by fastening the threads to tiny titanium screws fixed to the temporal bone.

Furthermore, by utilizing my knowledge of the anatomy of the facial bones, blood vessels, and nerves, I perform a facial balance treatment using Ladyesse injections that correct the bone structure and sagging muscles, rather than the skin. The aesthetic treatments I have performed have different concepts, approaches, and techniques from those used in general aesthetic surgery and aesthetic medical institutions.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, when I was a young brain surgeon, I performed minimally invasive treatments using a surgical microscope with small skin incisions and craniotomy areas. This treatment has now been applied to aesthetic medicine, which seeks quality. Without a doubt, I would not be a cosmetic surgeon today if I had not been a brain surgeon.

Aesthetic medicine does not simply change the appearance, but has the power to change people’s hearts and lives. I would like to make the most of the knowledge and skills I have cultivated to continue to listen to the concerns of patients, help them enrich their lives, and convey the significance of aesthetic medicine to society.

Soichiro Kondo