thebeautifulmind

Oh wow thank you so much for all the recommendations, Girls! I will definitely book in a consultation to see Dr Steven Liew and Dr Ellis Choy for the next time I'm in Sydney. Dr Choy in particular looks great! And I was actually considering going to South Korea for alarplasty and bulbous nose reduction in the future. I just don't have the means to do it right now, unfortunately.

For anyone considering undergoing surgery with Dr Andrew Kim, I highly recommend that you re-consider. I'm not sure how he is with rhinoplasty, but for double eyelid surgery, he did a really bad job with both my sister and my eyes. From memory, I spent approximately $9500 all up for epicanthoplasty, lateral canthoplasty, the double eyelid surgery, and the first revision (which was another $1000). He thankfully didn't charge me for the second revision, but both revision surgeries were preformed within 2-3 weeks of the previous operation, which I have now found out to be way too soon to do any kind of proper revision work. I'm pretty sure he just recommended doing the operations so soon because he wanted to get my case over and done with.

In my experience with Dr Kim, I felt as though he wasn't a very empathetic or caring doctor at all. He'll happily do the operations, but if you return with complications, he'll treat you like a huge inconvenience. Please think twice before seeing him! And if you do go see him, and get the feeling at the first consultation that he's not that great (like I did), don't ignore it just because he's appeared on SBS Insight etc. You can watch his most recent guest appearance on SBS here - it's evident he just agreed to be featured on the show to boost his profile, not because he has any grand expertise or experience in the area: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/picture-perfect

 

Hi y'all! I'm a 23 year old female from a south-east Asian background. I had my first double eyelid surgery operation when I was 17 by Dr Andrew Kim in Melbourne, Australia. My initial operation and the subsequent revision surgeries that he preformed were totally botched and I've been left with asymmetry and a deformed fold on my left eye (please refer to the attached photo).

After years of hating my appearance, regretting my decision to ever have the surgery, and completely losing all trust in surgeons, I have finally found the courage to look into possibly undergoing revision surgery.
I was just wondering whether anyone in Australia could recommend an experienced plastic surgeon to me who specialises in double eyelid surgery (also known as asian blepharoplasty). I'm specifically looking for a plastic surgeon, not a cosmetic surgeon (like Dr. Andrew Kim). I'm based in Melbourne, but would be willing to travel interstate for a more experienced and respectable doctor.

Please let me know if you or someone you know has any recommendations for me.