laluna2015

March 29, 2015

Hey...do you mind telling me how much you paid for the facial contouring and fat grafting at April31? Tks.

March 22, 2015

K Couture said: ↑

Section 8: Post Op Recovery

I've had quite a number of people kakao me while having panic attacks whom I had to calm down. You guys were all too unprepared! Read this and be mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for the recovery process.

Swelling:

You will swell. If you don't, you're an alien. There are two kinds of swelling. Superficial and Residual. Superficial swelling occurs right after surgery. Residual is the last phases of swelling where you reach your final results. I will provide a generalised time frame for swelling period but it also depends on nature of the procedures performed and whether you are secretly wolverine(#davin lol.....) in disguise.

Superficial Swelling:

a) Be prepared to have superficial swellin for up to 3 weeks.

b) You will look normal after superficial swelling is gone. This is around 60-70% of your swelling. But your final results will not be visible yet.

c)Swelling gets worse at Peaks at day 3

d) Swelling moves DOWNWARDS. So if you got a forehead fatgraft for example, your eyes will become swollen too. If you got your nose done, your mid cheeks might get swollen too. This is NORMAL

e) Do not go crazy and say you hate your results only a few days post op. Everyone will think you are a nutcase. You are swollen. Swelling conceals the post op results. What you see initially is never accurate. Know this fact and don't cause a scene at the clinic. The only time when you can tell that your results are satisfactory early on if there has been some complication. So if you end up with a huge oversized woodpecker shaped beak for a nose, yes.....your surgeon botched you up. Something like that is blatantly obvious and not just a matter of swelling.

Residual Swelling:

a) This is the remaining swelling that can take up to 6 months to dissipate.

b) You will notice gradual improvements to your face. For example, my nose only reached its final contour and definition after 4 months or so. It looked good 2 weeks after surgery when superficial swelling went down but it looked great 4 months after when residual swelling was gone.

After care:

* You should see your surgeon for at least 2 check ups. Once soon after post op and once right after you leave. You should also be given emergency contact details of the clinic just in case anything happens. Some clinics have awful after care and the patient only gets to see the nurse after the surgery. Cross these clinics off your list as that is unethical behavior.

Follow after care instructions carefully. Those with stitches should meticulously clean their wounds and apply ointment or whatever medicine has been provided. Ointment helps loosen up stitches so the nurses can remove them with ease. If your stitches are too dry they may not be able to remove the stitches.

Sleep elevated at a 45 degree angle. Keep yourself hydrated and take vitamin C. Redoxon/blackmores is my choice. Do not coop yourself up in your room. Go for short slow walks as it helps with blood circulation. Get a humidifier for your room if the weather is dry.

For those of you who want a list of foods and medication and supplements to use and avoid which Bryan Mendelson provided me with, kakao me. I cannot be bothered typing it out there as I have a snap shot of it on my phone and its way too long to type.

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I will add a frequently asked FAQ Section for section 9 of this thread later on when I have time. Anyways as I mentioned before, pls only kakao me if you have questions which ARE NOT ANSWERED in this thread.

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Thank you so much! It is overwhelming with so much info and incredible generous of you to share ! Bless you for taking the time putting together all the pertinent info ESP for someone like me just starting out on my research !

March 22, 2015

AkuraiRain said: ↑

Thanks for posting your experiences!

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Congrates! And thank you so much for sharing your journey .....despite all the misgivings and some scare experience some has gone thru, is sure refreshing and encouraging ESP for a Newfie like myself!

I just thoroughly enjoyed and taking notes rewarding your write up ! Yks again for being so candid too!

March 22, 2015

MaiQ said: ↑

About my surgery

Overall - I am a happy girl. I turn out REALLY beautiful (I was good looking before, but mostly average). What I found is that my money was very well worth it. All the suffering, swelling, emotional pain during PS was made up for the fact that I wake up everyday prettier than I am the day before. I also find strangers treat me much nicer (for example, getting further discount in restaurant when I talk to manager, when I stopped check my map on the street people - including ladies - stopped to help me, the waiters of my regular restaurant check on me & my table more often compared to before etc) I have a boyfriend so I dont necessarily enjoy the attention from guys but HEY, it's a bonus. The sad but not so surprising fact in life is that when you look better, people tend to trust you more, treat you better and more willing to help you. HOWEVER, that's only if that beauty is accompanied with a smile and a positive attitude, so never forget, that you can only be beautiful if you feel beautiful from the inside. People said PS is an artificial act of the low self esteem, I disagree. I think if I have a beautiful personality, having great appearance will enhance the recognition of great personality as people do notice your appearance first thing, then that apperance bring the personality out loud to the world.

After this post I'll copy some of other's day to day detailed experiences, so I wont repeat those. But I'll highlight certain advice:

1. Form a support group before you go to Korea. Find people on PF who goes around the same date, and reach out to them. They'll keep secret as they are doing it too. I cant be thankful enough for meeting the sweetest people who went with me, you guys were the apple of my pie! It will help reduce the emotional roller coaster you go through as the stress is a lot to take.

2. Be mentally prepared: that you might die. That things wont turn out as you expected. That the worst may come. Out of all of us, the four of us who are close are happy with our results. Others, not so much. If you dont set the right expectation, you may get pretty upset. You wont look like SNSD. You will only look like a version of yourself that is beautified (in my case it's a bit extreme because I do many procedures at once) So when you talk to the doctor, bring a pic of yourself that you photoshoped, not a pic of celebrity. Because unhappiness in life and relationship in general, is due to failed expectation.

I was very freak out before the surgery, I think I might die from having so many surgery. But it was once in a lifetime chance to be reborn, I almost cried when the anesthesists tapped on me reallly hard said "your operation was successful". that is the only thing I wanna hear. And I almost cried again a couple of weeks later when I realise I got so pretty to the level I didnt expect. That's the benefit of setting low expectation, you may get a lot of happiness from it.

3. The worst thing about my surgery? THE LIPS! My lips were about the size of her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO7ltLmPOVw when I recover and it took almost 5 days to de swell. That disturbed me a lot because It's difficult to eat, I drool (you dont feel anything from your lips) and I cant go out much looking like a freak.

AND WHO SAID PEOPLE WALK OUT WITH BANDAGES IN GANG NAM??? LIE LIE LIE. ITS NOT NORMAL. People stares at us when we go out during the day with head compression. People sometimes walk around with a light face mask, BUT NO BANDAGES. try to walk out at night first, when we go out during day time people stare at us quite badly that we had to go home after a while. You can start going shopping after day 5ish when you deswell and can just wear face mask.

4. Don't forget who you are. This is something I remind myself everyday. that I paid for PS as a tool to achieve my goals, I am its master and never would I let it control my life. You see many deactivated on here or get silent after their surgery because they do not want to get tempted to do more surgery. You can easily loose some of your identity with the idea that you can perfect yourself to that idealistic image. Having someone aside who knows/understand your history to remind you of who you are is good too, for example my bf has been a pretty good point of support to stop me going further fix this fix that. It's more important to enrich your life experience after PS than do more PS! Watch this >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxhD6HKlHJ4

5. Understand the techniques the doctor is using for your surgery, what they mean, and what impact does it has on you. Out of our group, people goes to various clinics but Ive found out that the one four of us go to has the most advance techniques, therefore we has the shortest recovery time than all the people who went to other clinics. Also ask about scars, recover, migraines etc and possible side effects. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES, sometimes MORE than the doctor to test them if they are honest in answering your questions. since you only have 15 minutes of consultation, take it as gold and fill in any gaps of your understanding. THE DOCTOR IS NOT THERE TO EDUCATE YOU A-Z about the procedures, they wont have enough time to do that and you'll end up being nervous of not sure what you get into.

Finally, may your dream comes true ..and stay beautiful !

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Hi....thanks for taking time to write up your thoughts and experience and most importantly that not many tend to ask abt post surgery care particularly abt what we can or cannot eat. I am very new to this forum and just starting too to do some in depth research so I can make a sound decision before heading off to Korea.

March 22, 2015

Quick2014 said: ↑

Peterpan88,

Thank you so much for such a detailed info's. Totally agree with NO TRANSLATOR deal. most clinics have English translator. Am going to D.A as is. Relax,rest and speedy healing.

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Thanks for sharing such a detailed feedback of your experience! I am new in this forum and am also trying to get myself educated and informed how to pick the right clinics in Korea without getting slaughtered and drained financially!

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