Surgery Godfather
Chapter 793 - 711: Intangible Plastic Surgery Technology

Chapter 793: Chapter 711: Intangible Plastic Surgery Technology

Teacher Sun recovered very well after the surgery, with abundant blood circulation in his head. The scalp could take on its own life in a matter of days.

A few days later, Teacher Sun stood in front of the large mirror in the ward’s bathroom, carefully observing himself, not missing any detail. It was hard to believe that this unfamiliar face was his own, which made Teacher Sun have a surreal feeling.

"The skin of the face has all been transplanted, so it can’t achieve normal expressive ability, making the face seem rigid. In the future, we will need to train the expression muscles and adjust the elasticity of the skin according to the changes in the expression muscles. This way, the skin can finely follow the movements of the expression muscles and restore the best expressive ability," said Ivan standing next to him.

Song Zimo translated what Ivan said for Teacher Sun. Teacher Sun didn’t understand these, but only knew that the surgery was very successful—it was an incredible feat, and knew he had successfully changed his face.

The final expression adjustment technology is the highest technology in plastic surgery. This is another technology in which Ivan leads the world. Apart from him, no one can freely restore and adjust expressions.

The formation of expression, from the consciousness of expression to the contraction of expression muscles, then to the expressive changes of the skin, is a tight system. The majority of plastic surgeons in the world are blank in this area. The few doctors who have mastered this technology implement the technique extensively. However, only Ivan can adjust at whim.

This includes a wealth of surgical experience, research on the anatomy and physiology of facial expressions, and a large amount of case data collection, none of which can be lacking.

Also, based on a large amount of data, establishing a computer model can greatly aid in the precision of facial expression adjustment.

For example, after a face-lift, the skin loses its normal coordination with the expression muscles. Subsequent muscle contractions do not correspondingly affect the skin, which could lead to deformation or loss. This would lead to a loss in expressive ability.

To restore expressive ability, one must comprehensively understand the corresponding actions of facial skin and muscle contractions. Regarding this, Ivan has done a lot of research. He knows how to exercise muscles, how to adjust skin, and let the skin naturally and delicately cooperate with the muscles when participating in facial expressions.

"Are you saying that my face can still become expressive?" Teacher Sun gently tapped on his face, like a woman putting on moisturizer.

Ivan nodded, "Not only can your expressions become richer, but expressions, like a second face, also have thousands of models to fit with your current facial contours and personality. I need to pick one pattern for you. Your character is gentle, full of love, so the expressions should match this spiritual connotation and should not reveal any elements of fierceness, lasciviousness, or hypocrisy."

Even Song Zimo was surprised, he had never heard of this kind of plastic surgery technique before. Ivan’s recognition as world number one was well-deserved.

"Why do I feel that this face is so youthful, it looks like it’s only in its early twenties?" Teacher Sun touched his face again and spoke to the mirror.

Teacher Sun’s original age was over thirty. With the new face, from the texture of the skin alone, he seemed to be in his twenties.

The people standing around him took a closer look and indeed, he seemed much younger. They hadn’t noticed this before, but now that they looked closely, he really looked very young.

"This involves advanced technology in plastic surgery—age setting. Aging not only causes the surface skin to lose elasticity and luster, but the deep bones and muscles also change due to aging. People of different age groups have different characteristics. Your real age is over thirty, so setting your face to look like your twenties is very easy. The difference in appearance between these two age groups is minimal. Aging in your face mainly appears as the nasolabial fold deepens slightly, the middle of the face, the eyes, and the areas around the lips sink backward a little. We only need to address these points to achieve the goal," Ivan gave a very professional explanation.

Director Lan, the plastic surgeon standing by his side, was hearing for the first time about the technique of adjusting expressions and using rejuvenation as a precision target in plastic surgery.

"Can you help me also change my face? Make it look like it’s in my twenties?"

Boss Liao, who was standing nearby, asked enviously. He hadn’t expected the surgical outcome to be so good. It was simply a technology of rejuvenating.

"Of course, but there is a prerequisite," Ivan shrugged.

"What prerequisite?" Boss Liao asked anxiously.

Ivan thought for a moment and then said very seriously, "If you want to change from over fifty years old to your twenties, there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Compared to a person in their twenties, your face would have deepened grooves. For instance, the nasolabial fold and tear trough would be noticeably deepened, the forehead area would move backward, the middle of the face would become flat, the chin would begin to protrude, the cheeks would droop, the eyes would become smaller, and the outer corners would droop. The nose would become long and wide, with the tip drooping. The lips would thin and move downward."

"This means your aging is prevalent, from your bones--muscles--skin, a combination of gravity, bone absorption, tissue elasticity reduction, and fat relocation have resulted in your current facial state. We need to reverse these signs of aging to restore youth, so the workload is immense and requires meticulous attention to detail. According to my pricing, the cost of this surgery would exceed fifty million US dollars, and this is just the base price."

The facial skeleton is the basic framework of one’s appearance, supporting and fixing the facial muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissues. When the shape of the skeleton changes, the flesh attached to it naturally changes position too.

To advance his understanding of skeletal plastic surgery, Ivan came to China from New Zealand to visit Yang Ping, hoping to learn from Yang Ping’s bone reshaping skills to make deep-level plastic surgery more precise.

Fifty million US dollars! This made even Boss Liao sweat and discouraged, the cost was indeed too high.

"However, at Sanbo Hospital, if you are a patient of Professor Yang, I can perform the surgery for free. Unfortunately, due to legal reasons, I am temporarily unable to perform surgeries," Ivan added.

Upon hearing Ivan’s words, Boss Liao’s hopes were immediately rekindled; who doesn’t want to look younger?

"Teacher Sun, if you were to undergo facial recognition now, you would definitely fail." a doctor suddenly commented.

"Of course, I will need to get a new identity card once my facial reconstruction is complete," answered Song Zimo.

Zhang Lin immediately asked, "Teacher Sun, how would you prove you are yourself when you renew your identity card?"

The photo on the previous ID card looked entirely different from his current appearance, and even his fingerprints had been altered. He couldn’t use his previous ID card or any other document to prove his identity.

If even an identity card couldn’t prove his identity, would other proof be useful?

"Right, it’s a great conundrum. How do I prove that I am I? Who can prove that I am I?" Teacher Sun quipped.

Everyone discussed this problem at length. Song Zimo returned to the doctor’s office with Ivan, and everyone else followed.

"Dr. Ivan, the facial expression sculpting technique you spoke of earlier, is as powerful as you say it can provide tens of thousands of expression models for selection and then shape expressions according to the selected model?" Song Zimo was extremely interested in this new concept of facial expression sculpting.

Ivan thought for a moment before replying, "The plastic surgery techniques that you guys know of, such as breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, modification of facial contours, they are all material-based. Facial expression sculpting, however, is a combination of both, material and non-material, making it extremely challenging. For instance, to shape a person’s unique smile from both surgical and expression muscle training perspectives, don’t you think it’s challenging? Currently, I am the only one in the world who has fully mastered this technique. Unfortunately, I am not able to perform any surgeries at the moment. In my lab back in New Zealand, I have stored up to 24,000 basic expression models, and the number is increasing."

Just by listening to Ivan speak, one could grasp the complexity of this technology.

"Non-material plastic surgery technology; this is the first time I’ve heard of such a term," said August.

As surgeons, they deal with the human body, the material aspect, every day. What is this non-material technology they’re referring to? Does it involve a non-material aspect in surgical operations?

But on reflection, it makes sense. For instance, a person’s smile is a physical reaction coordinated by consciousness--expression muscle--skin, and yet, it contains non-material elements.

"Too profound. I don’t understand. It’s overloading my brain!" August simply gave up on this idea.

"To put it in simpler terms, it’s about grasping both the physical and spiritual aspects with equal importance," Robert chimed in.

Everyone looked at Robert in unison. Honestly, without having attended high school in China, one couldn’t possibly articulate such authentic Chinese phrases.