Asian eyelid surgery

[megoreng]

erm, sorry to interrupt, i dont normally engage in this thread. but BK..? fyi, i've met elaine and dr kim several years back. n its true that she's been in the business for several years. N well, even though she like one of the first ppl whom i know and will be able to bring me to korea for surgery, i choose not to. i wouldn't say i would be unhappy if i did, but all i know is that i feel relieved now that i've chosen the right doctors and not the right ppl to do business with.

 

[megoreng]

oh! forgot to add that i'm now 1 week into my surgery. eyelid still swollen with slight brusing on right eye. as far as i can see, it looks like a in-out fold that is quite high. maybe still swollen? idk, shall keep u guys updated if it turns out to be bad. if u all dont hear from me anymore after 1 mth, means its a gd job and i've got no complains. =)

 

[omom-momo]

megoreng said: ↑

Hi

Apologies for the long awaited review. I wanted to included as much detail as possible hence I waited till I leave kr before this review.

Some background info, prior to double eyelid at teium I had a nose job else where, n it was also the reason why I was in kr in the first place. The doctor at this particular clinic happen to be overseas when I wanted to do my eyes hence I went shopping for a surgeon around the gangnam area. A fren pointed out that dr kwon at teuim seem to have good review, hence I went for consultation on the 7th day while I was in kr.

Did not have prior appt because I do not have the phone number, I was wondering on streets and happen to see the building. There is no obvious signage for ICL building, u’ll have to look out for it. From Sinsa subway exit 1 its appox 800m ahead. Met with Dr Kwon, he can understand simple English, but not very conversant in it. After some guessing, smiling and sign language, another dr at the clinic came in to help translate. I raised my concern about droopy eyelids and having slight ptosis in addition to increasing the height of my original double eyelid fold. His diagnosis was that my ptosis was very slight and didn’t need to be corrected. As for the droopy eyelids, during the double eyelid surgery, he can remove some skin to correct it.

Initially I told him I wanted eyes like angelababy’s, big wide parallel kind, but decided against it after he told me I’d need epi for that. The epi according to him was not to reveal more of the eye or to correct Mongolian slant as with most ppl; as my eyes are already showing a lot of the pink flesh. The epi he suggested was to release the skin at the inner corner of the fold so as to make the double eyelid a out fold, instead of usual in fold (aka tapered), done by most Korean doctors. Heard from fren that he is one of those few kr doc to perform out-fold, not sure about this, pls do your due research on this. Hence after consultation, decided to go with just a normal double eyelid which will increase the height of my original one. It’s a primary eyelid surgery. Wanted to do it there n then, but his appt is full for the day, so I can only have a slot the next day, and i was scheduled to be the last of the day. =p Not that it bothered me, I had only wanted it to be done.

So the next day, I was instructed to fast for 2 hrs prior to surgery. Went to clinic, and was prep for the surgery. Because I had my nose cast on, they had to remove it so as to facilitate Dr kwon doing my eyes. But because there was a wire sticking out of the bridge of my nose, in between the eyes, the nurses were all stunned when they saw this. 3 of them plus 1 recept stood beside me, stunned. Lol! I had to assure them that it was meant to be that way. I was sedated for 5 mins while they do LA on the eye area. During the surgery, dr kwon asked me to open n close my eye several times to judge the symmetry of both eye. And I think during the surgery, he had stitched and un-stitched a couple of times. I mean, it can be good or bad, depends on how u judge. I suspect that it could be this reason that y I’m having v bad bruising on my right eye, my left eye was ok. But it also shows that he is a meticulous person that he had at least bothered to do my eye till he thinks is good enough and not leave it half-****. The surgery perhaps has also taken longer then estimated so they had to do another LA injection. OUCH big time! =p

Right after the surgery was brought to the recovery room, rested for a while and was able to walk back to where I stayed on my own. Because I’ve limited time in kr, doc wanted me to remove my stitch 4 days later. The eyelids that night was super painful after LA wear off. I had to tk painkiller and keep applying ice pack to alleviate the pain. Eyelids will be VERY swollen at least for the next 3-4days.

On the day of removal, it was a nurse who helped me with it. And maybe eyelid surgery is common there, seems like most patients do not get to see the doc at removal of stitches? Cos I had to ask to see dr kwon b4 I was ushered to his rm. After a short debrief, I left.

During the period with stitches, the wound is to be kept dry and keep applying the ointment that they provide. Don’t think they charge of the home kit which includes medication, ointment, gauze and ice pack.

Keep applyng the ice pack to prevent swelling.

Can only apply make up after 2 weeks.

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Thank you for such an indepth review megoreng!! Your case sounds exactly like what i'm going for! Can i just clarify, did you have an in-out fold to begin with? Is that why the dr suggested the epi? Also, would you say that your eyes look like Angelababy's eyes - big and wide - but with an in-out fold now? My eyes also have double-lids with a medium parallel fold but i want to make them higher and wider so that they're like angelababy's. I emailed Teuim a while ago but have yet to hear back from them. Was it hard to get an appointment with them?

 

[megoreng]

omom.momo said: ↑

Thank you for such an indepth review megoreng!! Your case sounds exactly like what i'm going for! Can i just clarify, did you have an in-out fold to begin with? Is that why the dr suggested the epi? Also, would you say that your eyes look like Angelababy's eyes - big and wide - but with an in-out fold now? My eyes also have double-lids with a medium parallel fold but i want to make them higher and wider so that they're like angelababy's. I emailed Teuim a while ago but have yet to hear back from them. Was it hard to get an appointment with them?

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one of my eye was in-out, the other was tapered. thats y dr kwon suggested epi when i said i want the high parallel kind.

nope, my eyes do not look like angelababy's kind. decided not to take up that option cause i do not want to look too overhauled. i just wan to look better and still look like myself. so my eyes r like with high crease now. they look thick too, very likely its due to the swelling.

as far as i know, staff at teuim do nt speak much english. a little here and here perhaps. will need a lot of smiling, body language and speak slowly. i didnt have an appt with them, i just walked in because i do not know where were they located, n eventually found them by chance. =) of course i thnk its better to make a appointment, whether is it teuims or nt. its better for both you and the dr since time is allocated for proper discussion. dr kwon does seems like a busy person though.

 

[worries]

megoreng said: ↑

Hi

Apologies for the long awaited review. I wanted to included as much detail as possible hence I waited till I leave kr before this review.

Some background info, prior to double eyelid at teium I had a nose job else where, n it was also the reason why I was in kr in the first place. The doctor at this particular clinic happen to be overseas when I wanted to do my eyes hence I went shopping for a surgeon around the gangnam area. A fren pointed out that dr kwon at teuim seem to have good review, hence I went for consultation on the 7th day while I was in kr.

Did not have prior appt because I do not have the phone number, I was wondering on streets and happen to see the building. There is no obvious signage for ICL building, u’ll have to look out for it. From Sinsa subway exit 1 its appox 800m ahead. Met with Dr Kwon, he can understand simple English, but not very conversant in it. After some guessing, smiling and sign language, another dr at the clinic came in to help translate. I raised my concern about droopy eyelids and having slight ptosis in addition to increasing the height of my original double eyelid fold. His diagnosis was that my ptosis was very slight and didn’t need to be corrected. As for the droopy eyelids, during the double eyelid surgery, he can remove some skin to correct it.

Initially I told him I wanted eyes like angelababy’s, big wide parallel kind, but decided against it after he told me I’d need epi for that. The epi according to him was not to reveal more of the eye or to correct Mongolian slant as with most ppl; as my eyes are already showing a lot of the pink flesh. The epi he suggested was to release the skin at the inner corner of the fold so as to make the double eyelid a out fold, instead of usual in fold (aka tapered), done by most Korean doctors. Heard from fren that he is one of those few kr doc to perform out-fold, not sure about this, pls do your due research on this. Hence after consultation, decided to go with just a normal double eyelid which will increase the height of my original one. It’s a primary eyelid surgery. Wanted to do it there n then, but his appt is full for the day, so I can only have a slot the next day, and i was scheduled to be the last of the day. =p Not that it bothered me, I had only wanted it to be done.

So the next day, I was instructed to fast for 2 hrs prior to surgery. Went to clinic, and was prep for the surgery. Because I had my nose cast on, they had to remove it so as to facilitate Dr kwon doing my eyes. But because there was a wire sticking out of the bridge of my nose, in between the eyes, the nurses were all stunned when they saw this. 3 of them plus 1 recept stood beside me, stunned. Lol! I had to assure them that it was meant to be that way. I was sedated for 5 mins while they do LA on the eye area. During the surgery, dr kwon asked me to open n close my eye several times to judge the symmetry of both eye. And I think during the surgery, he had stitched and un-stitched a couple of times. I mean, it can be good or bad, depends on how u judge. I suspect that it could be this reason that y I’m having v bad bruising on my right eye, my left eye was ok. But it also shows that he is a meticulous person that he had at least bothered to do my eye till he thinks is good enough and not leave it half-****. The surgery perhaps has also taken longer then estimated so they had to do another LA injection. OUCH big time! =p

Right after the surgery was brought to the recovery room, rested for a while and was able to walk back to where I stayed on my own. Because I’ve limited time in kr, doc wanted me to remove my stitch 4 days later. The eyelids that night was super painful after LA wear off. I had to tk painkiller and keep applying ice pack to alleviate the pain. Eyelids will be VERY swollen at least for the next 3-4days.

On the day of removal, it was a nurse who helped me with it. And maybe eyelid surgery is common there, seems like most patients do not get to see the doc at removal of stitches? Cos I had to ask to see dr kwon b4 I was ushered to his rm. After a short debrief, I left.

During the period with stitches, the wound is to be kept dry and keep applying the ointment that they provide. Don’t think they charge of the home kit which includes medication, ointment, gauze and ice pack.

Keep applyng the ice pack to prevent swelling.

Can only apply make up after 2 weeks.

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Hi dear, really thanks for sharing, hope u recovery speedy n nice nice.. Can I check with u how much u paid for ur surgery n what is the actual procedure dr kwon did? It is revision eyelid surgery?

 

[megoreng]

Paid 1.5mil won, it's my primary double eyelid. No Ptosis nor epi

 

[worries]

megoreng said: ↑

Paid 1.5mil won, it's my primary double eyelid. No Ptosis nor epi

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Hi dear megoreng, thanks for ur fast reply. Yours is primary surgery should be cheaper, mine is revision lowering eyelid plus ptosis correction if dr kwon quote should be double ur price or more de.

 

[kain]

i remember some ppl had questions about whether a nose job will make your eyes seem closer together
my nose job definitely made my eyes longer by pulling the inner folds a bit. my epicanthal folds started swelling yesterday though. but when the swelling is down, i am sure that my eyes will seem a bit longer
maybe not enough for other ppl to notice, buit i definitely notice it

i'll post again when i have the final result

 

[kain]

my nose was augmented by more tha 4mm, maybe around 6mm

 

[juicyme]

@kain, are you male or female?

i got epi & rhino and it made my eyes look reallyyyy close together, it's been 3 months and it definitely gets "further" apart as time goes by and as swelling goes down. now it's a really really good distance. i never realized how freakishly far apart my eyes were before until i compared photos.

 

[kain]

mle

 

[megoreng]

Worries said: ↑

Hi dear megoreng, thanks for ur fast reply. Yours is primary surgery should be cheaper, mine is revision lowering eyelid plus ptosis correction if dr kwon quote should be double ur price or more de.

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yes heard it can get up to 4-5mil won

 

[worries]

megoreng said: ↑

yes heard it can get up to 4-5mil won

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Hi megoreng how's your recovery? ya...i call up Abgujeong seoul plastic surgery for revision eyelid lowering and ptosis correction,the gal ask me im i local i said my parent live in korean im half korea..then they quote me 2.8m-3.5m for both procedure. i think if they know im not local price will be rocket high also.

 

[megoreng]

Worries said: ↑

Hi megoreng how's your recovery? ya...i call up Abgujeong seoul plastic surgery for revision eyelid lowering and ptosis correction,the gal ask me im i local i said my parent live in korean im half korea..then they quote me 2.8m-3.5m for both procedure. i think if they know im not local price will be rocket high also.

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Eyes r still swollen bt beginning to look gd. =)

 

[worries]

hi megoreng thats sounds gd..anyway i believe urs will turn out great.. looking forward to see your post photo ya