sara88 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hello all, I’m a 33 year old female from the United Kingdom and I went for surgery with Dr Hong at Fresh Plastic Surgery in May 2019. My experience was from beginning to end a great one. I was overfilled with facial fillers and was looking desperately for somebody to remove them. I came across Fresh’s website and decided to go and see them. I was NOT disappointed and from start to end my experience was a positive one. Evelyn the English speaking co-ordinator is lovely and goes out of her way to help you which made the process a lot easier and less stressful. The operation itself was a success and my face looks a lot smaller now and I couldn’t be more thankful to Dr Hong at Fresh. I have before/after photographs and will happily send them in a private message if requested. Dr Hong has really changed my life and I feel a lot more confident with my smaller face shape. The price was very reasonable too for the work that was undertaken, I’ll also DM the price to anybody if they’re interested. But yes, I just wanted to let people know if they’re struggling with too many fillers or too much fat, Dr Hong at Fresh is the man for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 Here’s my before/after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seoulsister Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Did Dr Hong carry out the anaesthetist duties on you as well which has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthluv Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Such a beautiful result! I’m very interested in FRESH, could you please PM me the price and name of the surgery you had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcnm19 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 You look so much younger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Yes and I do believe what he uses is safe as many surgeons use propofol. It’s a case of too much of any anaesthetic drug is bad and I’m sure he knows how to administer the right dose as evidenced by his many patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 I paid £3000 so $3734.10. I had facial liposuction on my cheeks on all areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seoulsister Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 So to be clear you have said Dr Hong carried out anaesthetist duties and surgical duties at the same time on you? Was any other staff helping out in the operating room during your surgery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 I’m not sure who gave me the anaesthetic as they were wearing a mask, but when I went under there were two other people in the room so I seem to recall. My experience with Fresh was all positive and whatever Dr Hong is doing its working as he has many satisfied patients, myself included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seoulsister Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I am glad you are happy with your results. Well done! Here are MissOrange's thoughts on the subject which I have copied below for your convenience:@MissOrange >>Dr Hong at Fresh is excellent at facial fat graft and I have often named him and Dr Seo at MVP as the best in korea but was alarmed Dr Hong has no anaesthesiologist. You are comfortable with accepting this risk but many, especially those in the medical field in Western countries, are not as the risk of death is unacceptable and unnecessary. I wonder how much an anaesthesiologist would cost but surely if paying 4.4 million won to Fresh for breast fat transfer as I did it should include an anaesthesiologist to administer and monitor the effects of propofol, ketamine and midazolam (the same cocktail of drugs that were used in the HK heiress who died from the same operation, breast fat transfer)? In the UK, all anaesthesia for operations even iv sedation is administered by an anaesthesiologist. I was not prepared to risk death so cancelled 10 minutes before my surgery. Fortunately this only cost me loss of the deposit, ie 400,000 won or £280. Breast FT in the uk costs £4-5k or 7 million won but undertaken in a fully equipped private hospital full of anaesthesiologists, resuscitation equipment, ventilator, etc. ie first class service and the anaesthesiologist monitors and charts vital signs constantly during the operation and would immediately switch to intubation if the patient's oxygen sats started dropping. Breast FT in the US costs $9-11k. I wonder why her sats dropped during lipo of the left arm? Did the surgeon injure the brachial artery? Did she suffer a fat embolism? Why did she bleed out from her nose and mouth? Why were there 2 doctors? Was one a junior doctor being supervised? But at Fresh you sign a separate English consent form agreeing for Dr Hong to administer the IV cocktail of propofol, ketamine and midazolam, which raised alarm bells for me and that is why I asked the consultant whether there was an anaesthesiologist and she replied no, Dr Hong injects himself. I asked myself how could the doctor operating monitor my vital signs while concentrating on the surgery itself? What if I needed intubation? I thought I was already taking a risk with a doctor who was not a board certified plastic surgeon (ie one of the 9/10 doctors in Korea doing plastic surgery without plastic surgery board certification) but to take on another risk of no anaesthesiologist in the theatre or clinic, was one too many. Even Dr O in Belgium has a qualified anaesthesiologist who saw me before my arm lipo for a medical history and I was able to request ondansetron iv antiemetic, administered and monitored me during twilight sedation and Dr O can still offer competitively low prices for similar procedures. In the U.K., you can either have private plastic surgery in a private hospital under GA or cheaper private plastic surgery in the basement of a one surgeon clinic, a bit like Korea but the stark difference is that the twilight IV sedation in the basement is administered by a qualified anaesthesiologist in the U.K. who is often also a consultant anaesthetist in a NHS hospital. It is unheard of for the surgeon to be both surgeon and anaesthesiologist and for a nurse or surgeon to administer the twilight iv sedation. The only time a surgeon administers is if it is local anaesthesia. It means asking at each consult whether a board certified anaesthesiologist will be administering the anaesthesia. Often if it is facial contouring or rhinoplasty, it will be as this requires general anaesthesia but for procedures done under twilight sedation, I wonder if some clinics use nurse anaesthetists instead? It never occurred to me to ask until the experience with Fresh and we have been noticing more plastic surgery deaths in Korea of late. I have not heard of a plastic surgery death in the U.K. but have heard of postop stroke as a complication of surgery with general anaesthesia. I guess all operations come with risks which is why you should only get surgery if you really need it and not for a minor improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Thank you, yes I had seen this. Perhaps Dr Hong has a nurse who keeps an eye on the vital stats? As I said there were about three people in the room. I plan to go back to Dr Hong for another procedure all the same as I trust him as a doctor and he’s dealt with copious cases which have been problem free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthluv Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Did you have IV anesthesia or local anesthesia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara88 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 It was sleeping sedation anaesthesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvxqgirl Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hi Sara, thanks for sharing your experience!! May I know what's the difference between facial liposuction and buccal fat removal and how you decided on the facial lipo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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