How did you narrow down clinics after in-person consults?

[QuietLantern]

new here, but read a lot and finally decided to post bc im kinda stuck in analysis paralysis mode...

for those of you who went to korea for facial surgery (esp nose or contour), how did you narrow down clinics after the initial consult phase?

im noticing a lot of them say similar things in consults… “customized design,” “natural but defined,” etc but the actual surgical plans can be slightly different when you compare details like implant vs rib, osteotomy approach, alar reduction method, all that. it’s hard to tell what’s just standard sales talk vs actual surgical philosophy

also curious if anyone felt like the in-person consult totally changed their plan compared to online consult. ive read on here and on reddit that some people got upsold after arriving, others said the surgeon was more conservative than expected

not looking for specific clinic recs right now, more just trying to understand how you guys filtered red flags vs green flags during consult week

would appreciate hearing how you approached it esp if you’ve done revisions or more complex cases

[zeroapricot]

for me it came down to consistency. i did 5 consults and i noticed 3 of them recommended similar surgical plans independently. that made me feel like okay this isn’t just sales talk, this is probably the standard approach for my anatomy.

big red flag was when one clinic tried to lock me in with a same-day discount and kept saying “if you don’t book now price will change.” that pressure felt icky. green flag was when a surgeon straight up told me not to overdo it and actually talked me out of an extra procedure. that gave me way more confidence than someone promising dramatic transformation.

[QuietLantern]

thanks this actually helps a lot

the consistency point makes sense… i’ve only done 3 consults so far and 2 of them were kinda similar but the third one was way more aggressive with changes which threw me off. i wasn’t sure if that meant they were more skilled/confident or just more salesy tbh

the same day discount thing is exactly what i’m nervous about. one clinic already hinted that pricing “might change” after consult week and it lowkey stressed me out. did you feel rushed to decide on the spot or did you take a day to think?