sdeleon23

July 1, 2019

How are you? I’m thinking to head in August for similar procedures. How much was your total cost? Were you able to negotiate a discount? How long did you stay in korea?

July 1, 2019

yongyongx said: ↑

Hello, I am currently 14 days post op and wanted to share my experience getting plastic surgery in Korea. I ended up getting zygoma, genioplasty, and acculift at View Plastic Surgery.

Consultations - Before coming to Korea, View was my first choice based on previous patient’s results I’ve seen from the plastic surgery Kakao chats. I considered The Face Dental (TFD) as well, but I ended up backing out because they didn’t have the face lipo I wanted. I was going to go to a face-to-face consult with Gyalumhan, but the scheduling didn’t work out well. Overall, after my View consult, I was satisfied enough to go with them without consulting face-to-face with other clinics. I felt that I had to go to more consultations since everyone goes to at least 3, but I was lazy. There was a degree of trust I had in View, especially with the no accidents in 15 years.

I requested to see and saw Dr. Lee Dong Chan for facial contouring (FC). He recommended acculift, genioplasty, zygoma, and mandible jaw reduction. I expressed my concern on how I didn’t feel that my jaw was prominent enough to be shaved, and he agreed that I may have my desired results without jaw shaving. I also consulted about rhinoplasty, but I knew I wasn’t going to get it this trip because it would have been too strenuous for me personally. I liked how Dr. Lee Dong Chan wasn’t too pushy about the procedures. He listened intently to my concerns and even asked for my ideal pictures. After my face-to-face consultation and both the doctor and clinic’s recommendation, I felt safe enough to put my deposit. Because View is getting very busy, my surgery had to be scheduled a week after my consultation. That was fine with me because I planned enough time. If you are 80% set on View, you should highly consider placing a deposit before coming to Korea, especially during busy season.

Preparation - After I placed my deposit with View, Stacey, the consultant, thoroughly explained to me how to take care of myself after surgery (i.e. what to eat, what to avoid, what to expect after surgery, etc…). Even though I had done a lot of research about post-surgery care, I was really appreciative that Stacey had gone over it with me and even gave me a physical list of post-care instructions.

To prepare for recovery, I brought advil (ended up not using), Vitamin C, scar cream, and Bromleain. In Korea, I purchased a small bottle of Micellar water, Q tips, cotton pads, instant porridge, face mask (to cover the bottom half of my face), a hat, 2 condiment bottles (Daiso), and 1 small mason jar (Daiso). The condiment bottles were really useful, especially since you can barely open your mouth for a good 5 days. I went out A LOT 5 days after surgery, so I just put the gargle solution in a condiment bottle and carried a small mason jar so that I can spit the solution in it (Note: after FC, you have to rinse your mouth with gargle solution after about every 2 hours to prevent infection with your mouth stitches).

Day 0 (Thursday) - Before surgery, I was led up to the recovery room and placed my stuff inside. The recovery room is super nice. The best part is the bed is heated. Your body will feel super cold after general anesthesia, so having a heated bed was wonderful. I met with Dr. Lee Dong Chan and my Acculift doctor to confirm the surgeries and express my concerns. Then, due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to wait 2 extra hours before surgery. I was okay with this because I had nothing to do anyway, and I didn’t want them to rush on another patient. I took a nap while waiting.

I was super nervous, but as soon as they stuck a needle in me, I was knocked out. I woke up feeling super nauseous, and I kept dry heaving. I fasted for 24 hours with no food or water (I think they tell you to fast for about 8 hours) because I really didn’t want to vomit. I ended up not vomiting but I felt nauseous. A lot of people say that their throat felt like **** afterwards, but I felt fine. I needed to stay awake for 1 hour, but I just wanted to sleep. After about 1.5 hours, the nurse asked me to walk and grab some water. She also provided me with some pumpkin juice. I drank a tiny sip of water and tried to walk as little as possible because I knew that I would’ve thrown up if I did any more. Overall, it wasn’t too horrible. My right hand ended up super swollen from the IV, but that subdued after 3 days.

I was so thankful the night nurse was there. She would check up on me and my IV every couple of hours, and that put my mind at ease. It was nice that she spoke English so I could have expressed my concerns to her if there were any.

Day 1 (Friday) - I got discharged from the clinic. A group of consultants met me in the morning and provided me with an after-care package. They explained to me basically what Stacey had told me before, but it was nice to have a refresher. The after-care package contained a V-line band, face masks, 2 bottles of gargle solution, 2 ice packs, and pumpkin juice. Dr. Lee Dong Chan also came in to check on me before I left the recovery room.

After checking out of the recovery room, I was escorted to the pharmacy to obtain my prescription. The consultants explained to me how often to take each pill and what each of them were. I was really dizzy, so I’m really thankful that the consultants helped me go to the pharmacy. They also called a taxi for me afterwards, and helped me with my luggage. The care I received from View right after my surgery was amazing. I was really not capable to do much after surgery, and View successfully helped me to my hotel.

I arrived at my hotel at noon, and for the rest of the day, I just dozed in and out of sleep. Swelling wasn’t too bad, and I just had discomfort from the headband. I took 1 painkiller prescribed from View that night. I couldn’t even play on my phone, watch TV, or move around too much because I felt so nauseous. I drank 1 pumpkin juice.

Day 2 (Saturday)- I finally felt well enough to use my phone / laptop. I binged watched Lucifer the entire season 4 of Lucifer and didn’t go out the entire day. I drank 2 pumpkin juices. I felt hungry but felt too weak (I think I was just mentally weak lol) to walk out. Swelling and pain increased, but I didn’t take any painkillers

I was mentally unstable. I cried to my friends on why I went under the knife because I was in so much discomfort. A large part of this was because I was alone, so I felt really lonely and sad.

Day 3 (Sunday) - I walked out for 15 minutes and bought some porridge. I finished 1/5 of it. Swelling was at it’s peak and one of my eyes looked bruised (yellow bruising not purple). Other than that, I didn’t really have other bruising on my face. I did have bruising on my neck I think due to acculift.

Day 4 (Monday) - I was really excited for today because I had my V-line band taken out! The discomfort released as soon as it was taken out. I still of course felt tension in my face, but I felt sooo much more comfortable afterwards. I still had to wear the band when I slept, but that was fine.

View gave me a free hair wash (for zygoma patients) and a laser deswelling treatment. They showed me how to put back on the V-line band, and thank god they did because my dumbass would not have been able to figure that out.

I walked to View and then got dinner from some girls I met. I felt like a peasant eating this soft rice in a water-like substance while they enjoyed KBBQ

I think I lost a little bit of weight prior, but my appetite fully returned on this day. After today, I was happily eating and any weight I had lost prior returned. Oops.

Day 5 (Tuesday) - I still had a bandaid wrapped around my chin, so I wore a face mask out in public.

Today started my journey of walking a lot and touring around Korea. I started by moving from Gangnam to Myeongdong. I made 2 separate 40-minute trips because I had a ton of luggage. I then walked from my new hotel to Myeongdong (20 minutes one-way) to meet up with some girls, and then I walked from Myeongdong to my new hotel. I met up with my cousin at the new hotel, and we walked to Myeongdong again. We then walked back as well. I walked 20,000 steps (8.7 miles) that day, so my point is that clearly I was feeling well and back to normal.

Day 7 (Thursday) - 1 week after surgery! I went back to View, and they removed my zygoma stitches. It didn’t hurt at all. They also removed the wrap around my face. I looked really weird, but if someone didn’t know me, I don’t think they would have known that I was swelling. The worst part was I had a hard lump under my chin from Acculift that made it look like a huge double chin. When they removed the wrap, there was excess glue stick to my face, so it was nice the View’s skin center cleaned my face afterwards. I had a deswelling treatment on this day too.

The doctors also came in to touch my face to make sure that I was healing properly and doing okay with no pain.

Even though I was feeling well, I talked as if I had cotton balls in my mouth. I was able to open my mouth wide enough to brush my teeth and eat solid foods on this day too.

Day 8 to Day 13 - I continued to walk around Seoul a lot every day and went to tourist destinations like the palace, Han River, and animal cafes too. Each day I would feel better than the previous day. This means I would notice less swelling, I could talk more clearly, and I opened my mouth wider.

I think the best method of deswelling is walking around a lot.

Day 14 - I talked pretty normally, and noticed considerably less swelling. I met with the doctors again today, and they said I was healing normally, but I still had swelling. At this point, I looked pretty much the same as I did pre-op with minimal changes. I still had a hard bump under by chin, but it was getting smaller.

I went to the clinic and got my mouth stitches taken out. It hurt, but it only lasted 2.5 minutes. I think I can tolerate pain pretty well, so it wasn’t horrible. Then, I got my CT and X-ray scans. Dr. Lee Dong Chan reviewed them with me, and I was pleasantly surprised at the changes. My zygoma has a huge change, and I will post them below. As for my face results, I will post a follow-up when I’m at least a month post-op. Afterwards, I went up to the skin clinic, and they gave me a mini facial. They used this warm bar on my face, and it felt nice.

Please let me know if you have any questions! ^^ Again, I’ll try to post pictures at a later date when I have less swelling.

Travel Tip: Download Naver Maps and Kakao Maps before going to Korea and map out your consultation. I hated using Kakao Maps for navigating since the bus stops were in Korean and the walking part was confusing. Highly recommend Naver Maps. Make sure you save your addresses on your notes. If you plan to take a taxi, make sure you have the address written in Korean. Also, some taxi tried to rip be off at the airport by telling me the price of going somewhere before getting in so that they don’t use meter. I knew that was a rip off because Naver Maps tells you how much you should expect to pay.

Picture: Left is after and right is before.

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