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Jin-Hyung Kim, portrait from the clinic website

Doctor profile · Lead surgeon; plastic surgery specialist

Jin-Hyung Kim

Sugar’s lead surgeon has a documented focus on eyelid and nose procedures.

Sugar Plastic SurgeryProvider-published biographyReviewed 20 October 2026

At a glance

Jin-Hyung Kim is listed by Sugar Plastic Surgery as Lead surgeon; plastic surgery specialist. The published profile describes eyelid surgery, Rhinoplasty and Facial rejuvenation.

Clinical background

Practice & approach

His profile describes board certification in plastic surgery and a former clinical-professor role at a university hospital, without naming that institution. The clinic’s one-doctor model places him at the center of consultation and treatment planning.

Listed professional activities include lifetime KSPRS membership, an ethics-committee secretary role in the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons, eyelid-surgery and rhinoplasty society memberships, and international ASPS membership. These details are reported by the clinic, not a substitute for license verification.

Published qualifications

Training, career & affiliations

  • Clinic-reported board-certified plastic surgeon
  • Former clinical professor in plastic surgery; institution not specified
  • KSPRS lifetime membership and eyelid-surgery society membership

Qualifications are attributed to the provider’s biography. Society membership, hospital training and specialist certification are different credentials and should not be treated as interchangeable.

Scope described by the provider

Clinical interests

  • Eyelid surgery
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Facial rejuvenation
A biography does not establish how frequently a doctor performs your exact procedure. Confirm their current clinic affiliation, role in your operation and experience with comparable cases.

Questions to ask Jin-Hyung Kim

Which eyelid procedures do you personally perform, and how does my case fit your experience?
What alternatives and limitations should I understand before choosing surgery?
Will you conduct my consultation, operation and postoperative reviews?
What is your approach to complications and revision requests?

Explore the clinic

A one-doctor practice offering crease surgery, ptosis correction, canthoplasty, revision and lower-eyelid fat repositioning.

Read the Sugar Plastic Surgery profile ↗

Patient questions, answered

What clinical interests are documented for Jin-Hyung Kim?

The Sugar Plastic Surgery profile lists: Eyelid surgery, Rhinoplasty and Facial rejuvenation. Read these alongside the individual biography and ask which proposed eyelid operation the doctor would personally perform.

What professional background does Jin-Hyung Kim’s biography list?

The provider’s biography lists Clinic-reported board-certified plastic surgeon, Former clinical professor in plastic surgery; institution not specified and KSPRS lifetime membership and eyelid-surgery society membership. These are attributed to the clinic biography; university training, society membership and specialist certification describe different parts of a professional background.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reviewed 20 October 2026. Clinical services and credentials are attributed to the linked provider pages. A listed source is not an independent credential or outcomes audit.

  1. Official physician profile ↗