spykcu Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Which clinics do you have in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yovanilla Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Hi...i am a new member here. could anybody here share some experience and information to me.i plan to go to korea for ptosis correction surgery? i'm looking for the bestt clinic to fix it. i'm interesting in BANOBAGI. any idea for a better place.? and one more thing is i got some problem with the visa to korea too. i called the embassy and they need the confirmatiom letter from the clinic but the problem is, i'm not sure which clinic yet i just 1na go there first and have consultation with a few clinic and will decide later. how can i ask for confirmation letter since i haven't got one specific clinic yet? thanks !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryzz Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm still uncertain whether i should go for revision surgery which will be the 3rd time. but surgery will always have risk and might also have consequences in the future. I'm afraid that the result for new lowering method (non excisional, Dr.kang) will bring me more problems in the future such as triple eyelid. But i dont think i can live with what i have now and i also dont think that my eyes are gonna look better as i age. which to choose? live my life in sorrow forever or take the risk and bear the future consequences that might come?=( btw im only 24. would appreciate any opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meihualin Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 cherryzz - you sound quite sad, I think you should, if you can afford it financially - however, I think you should go to a few consultations, as well as find a good doctor - which doctors did you go to last time? ALso, I think you should hire a local who has expertise in the plastic surgery area and can guide you and tell you which doctors are good/bad etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherrybelle Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Hi missliang,i cant reply ur msg.pls add my pin 21764D22.thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryzz Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Hi meihualin, yes i am sad. extremely sad ='(...for my case, theres really not many doctors out there who can lower it without skin excision. I just want to look like my old self again..I had my 2nd surgery with a doctor in singapore. you mean like hire a korean translater? I dont know if i can trust them.do you know anyone? and actually i've spent all my savings for this. sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheonlylooks25 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hey your doctor's site doesn't have English translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worries Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hi SheOnlyLook Yes Dr Chung is very much on local Korean business. His website have only Korean words n chinese. If u unable to read Chinese then gonna click on pic to see before n after photos. I also did the same. Hence honestly speaking alot of other clinic did photoshop on website but Eve aesthetic surgery clinic website does not have any photoshop. Becoz u can see his patients photo was taken with bruises after few days post ops.. This is something that I like about his honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meihualin Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 H, I think, that you should research in this forum.I don't know anything about revision surgery at all. Some well-known clinics are: 1. VIP 2. Teiumps 3.Regen HOwever, this is for normal surgery, not revision, so I'm not sure about who to see about revision. However, I'm sure you'll find information on here or another purseForum forum about surgery! I think you should also contact this lady called Zoe. You pay her to take you around to consultations; and after your surgery she looks after you. I have heard good things about her in this (or one of the other forums). Her email is:[email protected] (she has 6 years experience as well) Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryzz Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 hi, yeah i've been researching on this everyday. i havent decided if i should just go for the lowering surgery, im afraid that i'll bring more trouble in the future. im still considering..after going through so much, i feel scared already. anyway thanks for the info! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meihualin Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Aww well, I guess you should decide whether its worth the risk for you - I mean, if you honestly can't live for the rest of ur life with the look, then go for it defs If you think that its not even that bad, don't worry - you will get over it! But just make sure you have the funds and that you are ready Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadeyes Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hello all! I am back from Korea and wanted to share my story. I will try to make this as detailed and efficient as possible. Problem: Too high and deep of a crease. Crease was made at 10mm and platform show of eyelid (at rest and looking straight) was approx 4mm each eye. My eyes were also hollow, outfolded, and no extra skin to revise. One year post op. Goal: Find a PS to lower the crease, thin out the line, create an in-out fold, as well as conduct the non-skin excision technique. I used to have natural 2mm of eyelid show and my ultimate goal was just to have my old eyes back. IOU Dr. Kang is known for the lowering technique without skin excision and fat grafting. He does a great job; however, I felt that his after photos on his website were more of a monolid-look than I’d prefer. Also, a couple of others have reviewed on here that their eyelids are now too low after Kang revised. I realized that Dr. Kang probably prefers a lower look overall, and with that in mind, I met with him. Dr. Kang is very friendly and patient. They said they had an English speaking dermatologist but when I met her (I’m not sure if she was the dermatologist but they said she was), her English was pretty limited. Although she is extremely nice Anyway, I showed a pic of my old eyes to Kang and he recommended to lower to 6mm, ptosis correction of both eyes, and 0.2cc of fat injection to each eyelid. I was surprised he recommended ptosis, and he told me that the initial DES is what gave me ptosis and that I didn’t have it before. Wow. Quoted $5100 but the English Derm lowered it to $5000 for me. Later on that day, they emailed and lowered it to $4700 USD. BIO Met with Dr. Cho because he seems to also be well known for eyelid revisions. Showed him my photos and he suggested to excise about 2mm of skin. I asked if he could do the non-fat grafting technique and he didn’t say that he couldn’t but just replied that skin excision should be good for me. I asked him about ptosis. He said I didn’t necessarily need it but he could do it. ??? He quoted me $6000 USD for the procedure and $7100 USD if I wanted ptosis correction. Umm…no thank you. Moving on! Banobagi – Dr. Lee Finally English speaking staff!!!! There was a Chinese coordinator and the interpreter; however, they both spoke English pretty well. The meeting with them was the best consult out of the three. I was able to fully explain my concerns and my goals but only to the coordinators. The coordinators told Dr. Lee my case and he recommended to lower my crease to 6mm by fat graft and the non-skin excision procedure. I didn’t even get the chance to tell Dr. Lee that I’d like a 2mm show so I was surprised he recommended new crease cut of 6mm. Quote was $4000 USD. Decision Basically, Dr. Lee and Dr. Kang had both recommended the same exact surgery for me. Dr. Cho was no longer an option. Tossed and turned all night and I finally decided on Dr. Kang. Why? Well because with Dr. Kang, I had seen the direct results of his surgeries. At IOU Clinic, all after photos are from Dr. Kang. So I knew what he was and was not capable of, I guess. With Dr. Lee, Banobagi clinic is such a big clinic that I wasn’t sure the after photos (Only saw 1-2 photos) were directly a result of Dr. Lee’s work. Although the communication was great there, the communication was really between myself and the staff, not with Dr. Lee. Surgery Day Pretty simple surgery compared to the first. Went in and reviewed what it was I wanted. I actually pushed for 7mm cut instead of 6mm (again because Kang tends to be lower than I’d like). Dr. Kang said that at 7mm, people wouldn’t notice too much. I told him that it okay, I just want the end result to be 2mm of show and in-out. On that table, they gave some type of a hallucinogen during the fat extraction from my stomach then local for my eyes. During the last part of the procedure, I could feel the tugging, fat injections, sewing, and so forth. It hurt but I was able to tolerate it. I have a higher tolerance for gruesome scenes so I didn’t care. At recovery, blood was beginning to cake on my lids and blood kept dripping down like I was crying blood. Overall, I was fine and walking around. I think I even went to Millennium Casino that night. Stitches taken out at day 6 and pain-free! Conclusion Yay!!!! I love it!!! I look as close to my old self again as I can possibly get. The crease is noticeably lower, and not deep and thick. It has been two weeks and much of the bruising is gone. The swelling is minimal but still there. Only I notice the swelling. At rest, my lids show about 2.5-3.25mm and I think they will probably still lower somewhat. I no longer have to draw super thick black eyeliner. I have more area between my eyebrows and my eye lids. Even my mom says I look like myself again. Trust me, moms know the details of their baby’s faces very well. I know because I am a mother myself. The only thing is that it seems like I still have an out fold. L But one cannot expect to achieve 100% of what they want. That’s just impossible. People will always look for areas to improve. With that said, I am very pleased with my results so far. Now, I smile when I see a mirror instead avoiding them. I am happy to take pictures again. All thanks to the Big Guy above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilya Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Hello Everybody!!! I am looking for a plastic surgeon in the USA!! I am not Korean and do speak English and Russian. I am 36. I am from Kazakhstan, Central Asia. About 12 years ago I had a blepharoplasty performed by a couple ENT surgeons.. I was a kind of a training test object and unfortunately did not realize that the results could be unexpectedly bad. After surgery I have noticed that they had taken fat tissue without any skin removal. Surgeons confirmed that they have removed fat tissue ONLY! So, my eyes became baggy with a long wrinkle going from the outer corner. Before surgery my eyes had "sad" looking appearance with outer corners going down. After the surgery this effect emphasized.. I did not like the results but I could live with such eyes. To keep my eyes seemed open I had to raise my forehead. I immigrated to the USA 5 years ago and started working in surgery as RN circulator. Working in surgeries I was thinking a lot about my unsuccessful blepharoplasty. An ENT surgeon from my hospital recommended to look for a plastic surgeon who specializes on Asian eyes blepharoplasty. I live in Florida and started looking for a plastic surgeon here. I have met with two plastic surgeons in FLA. The first plastic surgeon from Tampa told that she will make all her best, and it was important to make her patient happy. Sounded I would be her first Asian client. Next plastic surgeon from Sarasota L. Rubinstein repeated the same. The only difference that L. Rubinstein is working in SE Asia (Vietnam) and teaching and practicing there. He wanted $7505. He had not have enough time to talk to me as much as I wanted!!! Moreover, he has promised exactly what I wanted - to correct mistake of my first plastic surgeons and to slightly raise my outer eye corners. The same ENT surgeon from my hospital has recommended to have the third opinion and visit a plastic surgeon with the best reputation in our city of Lakeland. Dr. Stark told me that he would highly recommend me to go to the Eastern coast of the USA, preferably San-Francisco. After searching in the Internet I found the website "Make me heal" with pictures of two blepharoplasties. I definitely liked those results! I also found many plastic surgeons in the state of California but I liked the preference of Dr. Lee (San-Francisco) not to publish his patients pictures. It seemed as if he does not need additional advertising through before-after pics. Moreover, there are TWO CHARLES LEE Plastic Surgeons in California. One is in Los-Amgeles, another from San-Francisco... One of them uses technique of Dr Flowers (Hawaii) who is the best.. MAY anybody recommend best surgeon or share personal stories of plastic surgery here in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilya Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Thank you for story! I am sorry, I did not understand where had you have your final surgery done? In Korea? or in the USA? as you mentioned Dr. Lee by the end before making your decision... Which Dr. Lee? from San-Francisco or Los-Angeles? tell me PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadeyes Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hello there. All the doctors I mentioned were in Korea. Dr Lee is one of the two PS whom does eyelid surgery. My initial surgery was by Dr Lee of Beverly Hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
)
Recommended Posts