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March 5, 2017

KittyBerry said: ↑

Thanks everyone for sharing so much! I wanted to post an update since I am 14 days Post Op. I also want to tell everyone, that my results are not yet final. I still have swelling. Most of my swelling has been pulled down into the lower half of my face, and the tip of my nose. While I can see some changes, it's important to know that I won't be able to see my final results until I have completely healed.
When I first reached out to GNG I was paired with an English Translator/Coordinator. She was awesome, and made sure my stay was enjoyable. Her personality was friendly, and easy going so it was easy for me to speak casually with her. She arranged my schedule with GNG, along with my transportation. When I first arrived, my coordinator had arranged a car to pick me up from the Airport and take me to my hotel. The next morning, I went to GNG for my initial consultation. This day was before surgery and I spent the day at GNG taking blood test, and X-rays to ensure I was healthy and ready for surgery. I was happy to see many local patients there.
I met with Dr. Son for my Revision Rhinoplasty and Fat Graft and Dr. Choi for my Facial Contouring. In our initial consultation I described the aesthetic I was going for, and what I was hoping to correct. I told Dr. Son, that my nose was crooked, and I wanted to make it straight. I also explained that I wanted to make my nose cute, and feminine by making it more narrow, reducing the length of the tip, and width of my alars. Dr. Son explained to me how he wanted to reduce the length and width of the tip of my nose. He also explained to me there there were some limitations to the reduction. Since if you remove too much cartilage, you could have excess skin. He said to me his goal was "Not only to reduce my nose, but reduce it beautifully." I appreciated how up front he was with me, and that he made his process easy to understand. We then discussed adding a little implant to the bridge of my nose, to create a nice profile. He gave me alot to consider, and wanted to follow up with me the next morning.
Afterwards I met with Dr. Choi. He looked carefully at my X-rays, and asked me to show him and describe how I wanted to change my face shape. It felt a little tricky, but I used photos and showed him on my face how I wanted to make my chin smaller, and the width of my jaw narrower without effecting the angle too much. I could tell Dr. Choi was listening intently. He showed me where he could cut, and what the limitations were. He requested I get a secondary X-ray and asked that we follow up in the morning.
I took my second X-ray, finished some paperwork, and then GNG helped me get back to my hotel. I was asked to fast starting at midnight, and come prepared for surgery the next day.

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I would love to hear more updates from you! I'm considering GNG, myself, but I'm hoping to see more reviews. There was another girl from Australia on their insta that I thought had such a huge difference (in a good way) after rhinoplasty alone

March 5, 2017

Linlin18 said: ↑

What do you mean? Can you elaborate?

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@Insecur1ties I noticed that too, but those are all renowned clincs so I wouldn't doubt their skill since they probably left those places for a reason.

March 1, 2017

Most of my friends have used allergan. I don't know anyone who uses the other two

March 1, 2017

wow! your results are amazing!! im happy for you!

March 1, 2017

p.joann14 said: ↑

"dead person's cartilage" is a bit harsh, isn't it? Bone, skin, and cartilage transplants are mostly taken from deceased donors in medical surgery, so why would cosmetic use be any different? maybe YOU had enough of your own cartilage? most asians tend to lack enough septal cartilage in their nose, hence why they need the cartilage graft. and, yes, it is very common for people of asian descent to use donated cartilage since they lack enough septal cartilage. rib cartilage is a second option, but it is said to be painful, expecnsive, and has a bit of an absorption rate since its your own cartilage. i'm certain it's safe too cause my friends who have done it both in the States and Korea have used it. I did my nose before and i had so much septal cartilage (compared to my girls), so I didn't need any extra grafts too in my case.

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Yeah, from what I know donor cartilage is common Korea, and that probably is because of the asian nose structure. I had a hump nose and had enough septal cartilage for my rhinoplasty, but I'm not sure if I will have enough for my second surgery since I used it during my first. The doctors said I may need to use a donor cartilage if I don't have enough septal cartilage for my revision. I dont mind using whatever as long as the result is good and I don't need another revision

January 26, 2017

http://www.gngface.co.kr/index.php/board/list/real_photo/68
They have a LOTT of reviews on their Korean page, but you should sign in. It's a shame they don't have a lot of the stuff they have on their Korean and Chinese page on their English page Really hoping for some one to go before I go cause I would love to read up on some reviews aside from the other few I have read

January 22, 2017

momo94 said: ↑

Hi guys,

Sorry for going MIA, I did not realise how much energy doing fc + rhino would take from me.

Anyway I'll start off with how I went with DA. Prior to arriving in Korea, I had heaps of trouble booking an appointment with them. I actually got to them asking me if 'this' day was alright, upon which I replied yes but never actually got a confirmation/ reply that my booking was made.

So when I was in Korea, I spotted DA while walking so thought I might as well just do a walk in. Apparently they did actually made a booking for me but were okay with me doing my consultation right then.

The English translator, Eva was with me for my consultation. I only had to wait for about 5-10 mins before I had my CT scans and pictures taken. Then, I sat down with the consultant to discuss what I wanted to do. She made a list and then brought me to see the fc doctor first, Dr Lee. He came across as friendly and confident. I was a bit surprised tho with what he suggested to me because it differed a lot with the other clinics. He suggested to just do chin implant and zygoma reduction. No need for facial lipo or jaw shaving. When I told him what the other doctors had suggested, he insisted that I didn't need the other procedures. I know some people would say that's a good thing that he's suggesting less things to change but I'm really looking for a dramatic change, plus I heard that chin implants doesn't look as natural.

We then moved onto Dr Kim for nose. His English was pretty good, didn't really need a translator for him. He was quick to say that my thick skin on my nose will limit my results. He showed me pictures of his past patients, which made me realise that my initial desire for a really straight and high nose might look a bit manly for a girls face, especially with thick skin. I'm sure Dr Kim knows what he's doing but for some reason I didn't feel too confident in him for my nose.

After the doctors, it's back in the room with the consultant to discuss pricing. Since Dr Lee suggested less procedures than the other clinics, I naturally expected the price to be lower than the other clinics. But it came out to be just as much. After telling the consultant how much the other clinics were charging me, she did her schpeal on how DA is better than other clinics and said if I commit to the clinic she will try ask her manager for a better price. Obviously, I didn't really want to commit to DA without even knowing what I will be paying so I told them I'll give them my answer by afternoon the next day.

The next day, I made an inpromptu decision to do a consultation with Opera PS. I've seen pretty good b&as on the soyoung forum, which was how I first got interested in this clinic. There was no English signage on the building or the elevator for Opera, I managed to get there through finishing their address on a FB page I think. When I walked in, there wasn't anyone who could speak English but they got me to sit down anyway. Within 5-10minutes, Sujin (she is actually the Indonesian translator but can also speak English) approached me. She was really nice and friendly, and I felt closer to her than all the other consultants from previous clinics. We did the usual CT scans, this time though I think their machine is better than other clinics because I didn't have to do any uncomfortable positions at all. I just sat there not moving and in 5 minutes it was done. Didn't have to bend my neck to do that position where you have to make sure your chin is higher than your nose or something. Lol.

After waiting a while, we then went into the consultation room with the doctor. Apparently, I was told that what usually happens in Opera is you have an initial consultation with the main doctor (I think he owns the clinic?) who will give and note down suggestions on what should be done and your concerns. He will then choose a doctor that he thinks is most suitable and pass on the info to another doctor (the one who will actually operate on you), who will only see you right before the surgery. I'm not sure if they also do this during the non peak season. I ended up talking to my doctor anyway later on.

The doctor gave me similar suggestions to what the doctor at Cooki told me, which is what I definitely agree with (zygoma reduction, shaving a little bit of the jaw, sliding genioplasty, revision rhino using ear cartilage). The only thing here is that the doctor at Cooki said I needed to use rib cartilage as well if I wanted my nose to be really high, which the doctor here didn't think I need. After seeing him, it was back with the consultants for pricing. The main consultant gave me an initial quote of 25mill krw, which was def way over my budget. I told her this, and that other clinics were offering me lower. She then said if I said yes now I can have a final price of 17mill krw. I might have been rash by accepting it straightway ( I still planned on visiting two other clinics - GNG hospital & Jayjun) but I found with me that the more clinics I visited, the more confused I became. There weren't really any clinics that was a major no- no or easy cross off. I could have the operation two days after and it will be done by the same doctor. I also insisted that I wanted to see the doctor who will be operating on me that day as well, upon which they agreed although I had to wait for half an hour as he was still operating which was fine by me.

When I met with Dr Gwon I think it is, he came across as a honest, humble and friendly doctor. He could speak fairly good English but still used Korean here and there. He went through the notes that the other doctor took with me. I reiterated to him my concerns and because he could speak English, I felt like nothing was lost in translation. Overall, I felt like I could trust him.

After being satisfied that we are both on the same page, he left. The rest of the day was spent settling the payment and doing health checkups to see if I was fit for surgery.

I'll post another thread with a more relevant heading for the rest of my experience with Opera. I'm currently one week post op, and so far I'm still very swollen. Post op care has been pretty good tho so far. I've had another CT scan as I'm leaving Korea in 2 days, and from comparing the before and after scans, my face shape already looks so much better! I just can't wait till the swelling goes down.

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Did you ever end up going to GNG? I'm really considering them for revision. I'm already booked for next next month

January 22, 2017

heimcha.j said: ↑

does anyone know of any good places that specialize in nose? i feel like a lsot of the places specialize in des or fc. I was really looking into GNG or grand for doing nose cause theire ba pics look on point. Anyone else have any good places in mind >< I wanna just do tip plasty too, but I feel like doing the whole thing is better for balance anyway

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agreed with the balance part. sometimes just doing the tip only can through the whole thing off baalnce. thats why its important to go to a specialized surgeon who can take the overall balance into consideration

January 22, 2017

http://gngplasticsurgery.blogspot.kr/2016/12/free-plastic-surgery-gng-hospital-is.html

GNG is looking. I would apply too but I don't think I could do the whole open case thing haha

January 22, 2017

jarhead64 said: ↑

WOW so many pms and messages from you guys LOL Sorry guys! i've been afk these days so I haven't been able to upload the updates with my friend! I think its been like 2-3 weeks now so I'll post more pics once I get a moment at the comp

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cool, looking forward to it.

I sent GNG a kakao message and they quoted me 4.5 million korean won for bridge augmentation (revision is an extra charge of a mil) + tip plasty and 3 million korean won for ptosis correction. I think the prices are pretty reasonable. The consultant spoke English really well and understood my needs and concerns and what I desired and was really thorough. A lot more thorough than I expected. I scheduled myself in for a March appt. Anyone else going around that time? Q__Q

January 20, 2017

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oreocream said: ↑

GNG Hospital is looking for models.

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Yeah , i saw that too. I inquired anyway though haha

January 20, 2017

trufflegogo said: ↑

My friend did her nose there but she had to do it again. She ended up doing her second time here too and charged her for it. I know if they mess up, they should reoperate without having to charge. I dont know if all korean hospitals are like that or what

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same here....................

January 20, 2017

CallieCat said: ↑

Can you link me to the negative reviews that you read?

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They're somewhere here on this thread. But based on what I read, those reviews were all recent from patients 1-3 months post-op fc talking about how swollen they were still. Not exactly negative reviews imo (i can read Chinese)

January 18, 2017

From what I know, it can be a side effect from implant. By adding something that wasn't originally there, it can stretch the skin causing thining of the skin. There isnt much of a cure, but you can do autologous graft (skin + fat + diced cartilage) in the area for improvements to the skin.

January 18, 2017

KittyBerry said: ↑

Hi There, I will be visiting GNG this February myself. We could certainly meet up, that would be especially nice if you will recovering. Best of luck to you!

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What are you considering to do? I was thinking about checking them out too. Haven't booked my ticket yet tho

January 15, 2017

your body can most definitely reject artificial material AND donor tissue as well. It's pretty rare as long as you find a trustworthy, hygienic hospital/clinic. if your worried about using an implant, the better way would be to either use rib or use your own autologous graft + diced cartilage. again, i dont think you should worry too much tho

January 15, 2017

if you used the septal cartilage in the tip of your nose, it wont become as soft as before. It will become softer, but it will still be pretty hard. Especially if the tip was repositioned with the cartilage. Since the septal cartilage is soo strong, thats why it is most commonly used in the tip, for its durability and strength to lift and position the tip

January 10, 2017

2dlife said: ↑

Update (if mods could delete my previous post that'd be nice too lol limited privileges here)

So the kakao seems legit, they gave me an online consultation via kakao after I stated what I wanted+gave my front+profile pics (I also threw in a chin up type photo to be sure lol).

So basically they:
1. I asked about ASO, they asked me about bite calibration and when I said I wanted it purely for aesthetic reasons, she warned against ASO bc of how invasive it is ans how long the recovery would take.
2. I thought I'd need alar reduction, she said bridge augmentation, tipplasty, and short nose correction would be fine. No need for alar.
3. She also mentioned that a more defined nose would make the alars look smaller anyways. And that a higher nose would reduce the mouth protrusion.
4. Chin augmentation was brought up. I have a short chin I guess, and she recommended t-osteotomy to balance out the face.
5. Her rec was just to do either genioplasty or v-line. Vline is genio+mandible reduction.
6. She also sent me b&a's of their workers' nose jobs and jaw surgeries, she found people who had similar issues to me. With some progess like day of surgery, week, month, 3 month, 6 month ect.
7. I inquired about prices, she game me rough estimates and after asking about bargaining, she said I could.
8. Apparently employees get discounts lol, and summer is busy season. Foreigners usually book 1-2 months in advance.
9. More consulting, and she didnt keep pushing vline after I showed less interest. I gave more overall head shots and she said my jaw didn't seem that wide so vline wasn't needed.
10. She also gave me Dr information, in kr and english, and told me who did the nose job on the girls I showed interest in.
11. Overall very helpful, and I liked the nose jobs I saw. Highly considering them.

I haven't seen many botched nose job complaints from them? (Soyoung seemed to focus on their fc instead of rhino so not much on there.) I noticed earlier in the thread someone mentioned 2, could you pm me the photos/stories (not trying to be insensitive or rude sorry)? I'd be pouring my savings into this so I wanna be 100% it's worth it lol. Obviously their consultants will talk you up and get you all excited and hopeful about their hospital.

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I messaged them after reading your review haha did you end up booking? I'm excited to see how it turns out, I messaged them a bit late so it got cut off -- will update >< also, they sent me their new English page. just wanted to share with the rest of yall.

http://www.gnghospital.com/en/

cheers~

January 8, 2017

I heard about this story a while back on another forum (or maybe it was this one, I can't remember). I was surprised to see the name pop-up again since it's a pretty easy name to remember. I hope all went well with your case, dear

January 8, 2017

2dlife said: ↑

Update (if mods could delete my previous post that'd be nice too lol limited privileges here)

So the kakao seems legit, they gave me an online consultation via kakao after I stated what I wanted+gave my front+profile pics (I also threw in a chin up type photo to be sure lol).

So basically they:
1. I asked about ASO, they asked me about bite calibration and when I said I wanted it purely for aesthetic reasons, she warned against ASO bc of how invasive it is ans how long the recovery would take.
2. I thought I'd need alar reduction, she said bridge augmentation, tipplasty, and short nose correction would be fine. No need for alar.
3. She also mentioned that a more defined nose would make the alars look smaller anyways. And that a higher nose would reduce the mouth protrusion.
4. Chin augmentation was brought up. I have a short chin I guess, and she recommended t-osteotomy to balance out the face.
5. Her rec was just to do either genioplasty or v-line. Vline is genio+mandible reduction.
6. She also sent me b&a's of their workers' nose jobs and jaw surgeries, she found people who had similar issues to me. With some progess like day of surgery, week, month, 3 month, 6 month ect.
7. I inquired about prices, she game me rough estimates and after asking about bargaining, she said I could.
8. Apparently employees get discounts lol, and summer is busy season. Foreigners usually book 1-2 months in advance.
9. More consulting, and she didnt keep pushing vline after I showed less interest. I gave more overall head shots and she said my jaw didn't seem that wide so vline wasn't needed.
10. She also gave me Dr information, in kr and english, and told me who did the nose job on the girls I showed interest in.
11. Overall very helpful, and I liked the nose jobs I saw. Highly considering them.

I haven't seen many botched nose job complaints from them? (Soyoung seemed to focus on their fc instead of rhino so not much on there.) I noticed earlier in the thread someone mentioned 2, could you pm me the photos/stories (not trying to be insensitive or rude sorry)? I'd be pouring my savings into this so I wanna be 100% it's worth it lol. Obviously their consultants will talk you up and get you all excited and hopeful about their hospital.

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here she is after 3 days hahaha. I think it's not that bad considering she was pretty messed up the day after. I've seen a lot of girls who look pretty bad during the first week of surgery. I wonder why my friend isn't as bad as they are? She lives in Korea and I will be visiting soon >< I was thinking about leaving them a message, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Not til I come up with a good list of clinics I wanna look into

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I am rather curious about them cause I know they are pretty reputable in Korea, but since they don't do mass marketing, it's kind of hard to know the details about them when it comes to their foreign department. I'm highly considering them for a couple of surgeries I had in mind. Hopefully there will be more insight and reviews on them by our fellow purseforumers Please keep us updated ! Looking forward to reading your future shares

January 2, 2017

oreocream said: ↑

Age is just a number, and so is your bank account. Guess which number the clinics are more interested in?

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BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

January 2, 2017

I guess purseforum censored my swearing lol. i meant to say bull****

January 2, 2017

I had surgery for my nose done at JW, but the result was insufficient. So, I kept going back for a follow-up, insisting it wasn't done well. I KNOW they knew, but they continued to give me that crap about waiting six months for revision. Sure, six months I understand, but don't act like everything is all gravy when clearly it's not. Fortunately for me (and little did they know) I was staying for a few months, so I had the luxury of constantly nitpicking at them about it every few months.

Anyway, I ended up going through with revision surgery there. But worst of all, they had the audacity to quote me as a revision surgery (MORE THAN WHAT I ORIGINALLY PAID). ********. ********. You mess up, you pay for it. Conclusion? Yes they did redo it, and yes it was free. The way it should have been from the start.

January 2, 2017

Hcolumbus said: ↑

I'd like to add that my obsession with obtaining a totally functional nose that is aesthetic has resulted in my preference for an ENT surgeon. I believe many people are unaware that a aesthetic nose may result in functional problems such as reduced nasal passage way resulting in breathing difficulties. It's fine if you can live with it, but personally I find it rather a huge hindrance. Reduced nasal passages can result from different procedures meant to give your nose its desired shape, including lateral osteotomy, narrowing of nasal cartilage (to a certain extent) and alar reduction ( smaller nostrils ). I guess what I'd like to say is please do proper research before going ahead with your surgeries especially one like rhinoplasty where it may affect your quality of living which is ultimately what I believe everyone hopes to improve on with plastic surgery.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/841574-overview#a5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907167/

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I'm soo curious, keep us updated, OP! What did you end up doing? Did you ever end up going?

January 2, 2017

jollyolly1 said: ↑

but i think still no contact info? unless I'm wrong?

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Haha, yeah its kind of confusing for someone who can't read Korean, I think. But here's their English blog. Their contact info is listed as well. They def do seem to have English services http://gngplasticsurgery.blogspot.kr/2016/12/what-to-expect-after-rhinoplasty.html I am actually considering them for revision rhinoplasty since **clinic messed up my nose the first time around .. Good luck to you!

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