Revisional double eyelids surgery

[deepeyes]

Jin77 said: ↑

Juicy88,

Dr. Kang's office email is [email protected]. I spoke Korean with Dr. Kang so I'm not sure if he can speak English.

Can you message me with your email address? Since I don't have 10 posts, I can't message you yet.

Are you trying to lower your crease size or?


Also, below is the email that I received from their office when I contacted them several weeks ago.




Do you have a high fold?

There are 2 types of technique for high fold correction; 1) with skin excision 2) without skin excision.

The former is old technique and cannot be done if there is insufficient eyelid skin.

The later is our special technique; high fold correction without skin excision.(We also correct high fold with skin excision when patients have sufficient eyelid skin



You can refer my journal for high fold correction without skin excision, and many foreign patients visit IOU plastic surgery ceter after reviewing my journal.

http://blog.naver.com/iougamsung/90088779261

http://blog.naver.com/iougamsung/90125292963




We recommend you make a reservation in advance in order to have surgery for your convenience.

please give me a e-mail for reservation

You are provided with a comprehensive medical service.



Location;

서울 강남구 신사동 513-4 (지하철 3호선 신사역 8번출구 바로&#50526

513-4 Shinsa-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea (subway 3rd line Shinsa station, in front of 8 exit)

http://blog.naver.com/iougamsung/90150060291



revision of double fold

http://www.iou4u.com/xe/sub_5_6/120644



deep line correction

http://blog.naver.com/iougamsung/90152518534

http://blog.naver.com/iougamsung/90152508612



thanks.

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Hi Jin77,

Thanks for the details. How's the recovery so far?

Could you show me photos of your before and after revision?

My email is [email protected]

 

[itsumobaby]

Deepeyes said: ↑

Hi Itsumobaby,

So which is the best revision clinic in your opinion after your consultations?

Thanks!

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He didn't seemed interested in my case, he was arrogant and rushed, in my opinion IOU dr kang gave me the best impression, I'll be going for him in june for revision

 

[deepeyes]

itsumobaby said: ↑

He didn't seemed interested in my case, he was arrogant and rushed, in my opinion IOU dr kang gave me the best impression, I'll be going for him in june for revision

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Thanks! Even though I have not met dr Kang, I already have good impression of him. Likely I will go to him for revision too.

In July.

 

[milyway]

Deepeyes said: ↑

Thanks! Even though I have not met dr Kang, I already have good impression of him. Likely I will go to him for revision too.

In July.

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Hi, Deepeyes, when are you going for revision?
I was planning to do revision but have to put off for a while. Mine is deep on one eye and the other eye is a bit droopy after the 2nd ps. And the crease was brought lower than before so I am looking for a doc to put the crease higher and open the eyes more.

 

[lovergirly]

Hey guys,
I am also considering a revision surgery in Korea for my double eyelids...I noticed that the majority of you guys want to lower your eyelids. I, on the other hand, want to make my eyelids a bit bigger. Right now, my eyes are not as big as I want them to be. Is there anyone who had a successful revision surgery for making their folds bigger? If so, where did you go??
I've been reading the posts here and I've been hearing great reviews about IOU...However, on the IOU website, I don't really see a lot of pictures for making small lids bigger - I see a lot of pictures for lowering the eyelids and based on the pics, I can definitely tell that he is a very skilled doctor

 

[chl03]

juicy88 said: ↑

Finally had revision done on my eyes and back home resting!! Here to share my experience and hope I can help anyone going to Korea for revisional eyelid surgery. My trip in Korea was a pleasant one.. I'm already missing Korea! The weather was very cold and windy and can really dry up your eyes. I walked outside the street for few minutes and everything looks blurry and misty.. haha. Wherever I was in Korea, I will wear my shades and hat. These two are essential especially when is sunny outside. Plus people don't really stare at you so I don't feel quite awkward.

Because I only had 10 days in Korea, I was hopping to get surgery the same day of consultation. My first consultation was with Dr.Kang from IOU. I arrived 10am on a Saturday and his clinic is already crowded with locals. Later I was led to a room by Ms.Lee, the dermatologist (apparently only one that can speak adequate English besides Dr.Kang). She asked some Q&A and brought me to see Dr.Kang. Dr.Kang greeted me and my family warmly and examined my eyes. He said that my case is severe and he can improve my scarrings 70-80%. But he set his goal 80-90%. He asked me to lower my expectation, I had 2 revisional before and I can understand what he meant. He showed some photos and point out what procedure I need - ptosis correction, fat grafting, lowering fold and scarring. After that, it's time to discuss the price with Ms.Lee. I knew the price at IOU is not going to be cheap.. I was quoted 6plusM KRW. After more bargaining and agree to pay cash - she lowered to 6M KRW. If you use card you have to pay additional 5% tax.

The next consultation was with Dr.Kwon - Teiumps. I took a taxi from IOU clinic, is relatively near, I think the fare was 2800KWON only. You can see the logo outisde the building. The clinic is located upstairs and look very stylish. When I went in, the clinic was empty. The lady asked me to fill some particulars and waited for Dr.Kwon. I think I waited 30 minutes then I saw Dr.Kwon and another man came out from a room wearing surgical mask. I think he just operated on someone. Went into room and Dr.Kwon and the man was there. He examined my eyes quite thoroughly - he has quite a strong cigarette stance xD. He then pointed out what procedures I need, which is magic epicanthoplasty and revisional eyelid surgery (incisional) and ptosis. But he didn't mentioned the scarring, so I asked him and he said he can improve 70-80%. And I asked him if he can make my eyes even - he said he will try. After checking with me if I have anymore question, he and the man left the room. The lady earlier came in to discuss the price - quoted 7M KRW. She later reduce to 6.8KRW by herself. I have 1 more consultation in Regen but ended up not going as I need to go back to IOU by 2.30pm to pay the deposit.

I was not allowed to eat or drink 5 hours before surgery and they let me wait in their room with bed and TV. And they have Wifi in their clinic It was time for my operation and was led to the operation room. They injected me and Dr.Kang came in to draw my eyes. I can't remember what happened next until Dr.Kang woke me up to asked me to open my eyes. After that, I'm 100% aware what was going on but there was no pain at all (very thankful for that!!). After operation, I was the last one and was turning dark already. Went back to the hotel straight.

I have been going to the clinic everyday for dressing and check up by Dr.Kang.Second day after the operation, Dr.Kang pointed out that my left eye muscle is weaker than expected and I might need to do revisional. I was shocked and scare because I didn't want to go through surgery again. He said if I need to do revisional it will be on Thursday. Thursday came and he checked me again and asked me to prepare for surgery. He said he will do ptosis correction and add more fat on my left eye. I went through surgery again.. and thankfully no pain at all! I was quite shocked after surgery because my left eye was significantly larger than my right eye. But Dr.Kang said very good and said it will be even.

I got my left eye stitches removed on the last day in Korea. I'm going to miss Dr.Kang and Ms.Lee. They are very warm and nice ! Oh, and dont forget to try the little stall outisde the clinic - they have yummy egg+bacon sandwiches!

My eyes now are much MORE improved than my previous eyes. I can tell that they are much more even and natural. I can't wait will my eyes settle!

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Hi Juicy88,
I'm new here and glad to see this forum.
I just went to Dr Kang few weeks ago for consultation and planning to go back in June to do the operation.
I want to do cheekbone reduction and eyelid revision so I might go to cinderella clinic to do both at the same time.
Now after I saw your post, I feel wanna go to Dr Kang for eye revision.
Would you be okay to send me your before and after photos for your eye revision with Dr Kang.
Really appreciate if you could.
My email is [email protected]

 

[deepeyes]

milyway said: ↑

Hi, Deepeyes, when are you going for revision?
I was planning to do revision but have to put off for a while. Mine is deep on one eye and the other eye is a bit droopy after the 2nd ps. And the crease was brought lower than before so I am looking for a doc to put the crease higher and open the eyes more.

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Hi Milyway,

I am thinking of June or July
I just quarreled badly with my mum. She said my creases are alright. They are at right crease height but just too deep. She thinks my surgery is unnecessary and it might become worse.

I am hopping to get the before and after revisions of fellow forumers to show her n convince her.

 

[chl03]

Jin77 said: ↑

Update:

I arrived at Seoul last Sunday and the next day I had 3 consultation appts. scheduled with Dr. Kang at IOU, Dr. Cho at Bio, and Dr. Kim at BK. Since my Korean was okay and enough to get by, I didn't have an interpreter with me. I was booked at the Dormy Inn residence hotel, which is about 10 minute cab ride for $4 during non-rush hour.

My first appt. was with Dr. Kang and I was so impressed with Dr. Kang that I didn't even want to go to the other 2 doctors for consultations afterwards. Still, I decided to go see Dr. Cho at Bando Eye/Bio, since I was in Korea already and he seems to have a good reputation for eye revisions based on this forum. Well, what a waste of time it was! I found him to be arrogant, unattentive, and the consultation lasted a whole 5 min. or so. I actually knew he wasn't the right doctor for me as soon as I walked in and when he said to me, "So, you are from the States. You want to get your eyes done smaller but why? It should fit right in in the States." One of his female consultants who was standing right next to him seemed kind of embarrassed by his candid statment to me. Although I was quite taken back, I explained that I wanted it to make it smaller regardless because I felt it was too big and then he says to me, "I guess i can do it." At that point, I just knew he wasn't the right doctor for me and when he proceeded to examine my eyes, I lost all interest in this doctor. I left after about 5 minutes and was still surprised by his casual, indifferent attitude towards a decision that meant a lot to me.

Since I really liked Dr. Kang, I decided to cancel my appt. at BK with Dr. Kim after seeing Dr. Cho. Dr. Kang is extremely attentive and very nice, and more importantly he listens to what you want. I've read on previous posts that he tends to make the double eyelids too small, that is untrue based on my experience because he asked me what size I preferred and took the time to measure my eyelids, looked at the pictures that I've saved on my iphone, and listened to me. The consulation lasted well over 30 minutes and I never felt rushed one bit. Whereas at Dr. Cho's, I couldn't wait to get out of his office. Btw, apparently in Korea the trend is to have a small double fold, almost mono-lid, which is what you mainly see on Dr. Kang's website because that's what the girls are getting over there. I've opted for a size of 5.5 mm, which is considered 1 - 1.5 mm higher than what most Koreans opt for these days.
I could tell immediately after my surgery that my crease is a LOT lower than it had previously been, even though I was at the most swollen stage! I had an incisional and ptosis done btw.

Please note that since all the surgery dates/times were booked, Dr. Kang and his staff made special arrangements for me by performing the surgery after hours. They knew that I had to leave Korea in a week 1/2 so they made special accommodations. He has asked me to come for a follow up visit every 2 days, which I have been.

Dr. Kang's price was competitive and much lower than what was quoted to me via email. Based on my observation from visiting the clinics here in Seoul, it's best to get a quote from the doctor face to face because the person who is quoting is just one of the employees so it may be a lot higher than actual.

I am so happy that I found this forum and for the person who started this forum (Sassychic09 - Thank you), and I have only positive things to say about Dr. Kang at IOU based on my experience. Good luck to you all, and I hope you guys can achieve the results that you are looking for as well~

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Hi Jin77,
I'm new here.
I'm so happy for your good result.
Could you send me your photo after surgery with Dr Kang?
Dr Kang told me to have 5.5mm but I feel its too low so it would be good if you could send me your result for that recommended size.
I'm going back in June to do operation but still not sure which clinic should I go.
I'm thinking between cindy or iou clinic.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks.

 

[chl03]

Sadeyes said: ↑

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.

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Hi Sadeyes,

Could you please send me your before and after photos with Dr Kang?
My email is [email protected]
Did you finally chose to have 6mm as recommended?

Thanks!!

 

[deepeyes]

Please help to see my photo.

Do you think i need revision for my deep eyelids?

My left eye is still swelling cos it's been only 3-4 months.

 

[chl03]

snowcup said: ↑

Yes, but I would suggest reading through this thread carefully, as a few posters have indicated both good and bad points.

I am a little concerned about advertisers on the forum. Try not to get too excited about any one doctor before you consult with them in-person. Also, it sounds like MDs are quoting high estimates via email (that you may be able to negotiate later with them, but not always).

Also, the Asian eye is different anatomically than the non-Asian eye. If an eye specialist is telling you he doesn't operate on non-Asians, I wouldn't try to persuade him. Also, the surgeons on this thread are mostly eye specialists who specialize in revisions and complications. Revisions are more expensive in general than primary surgeries, just to let you know.

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Hi jin77,
I'm new here and glad to see your post.
Would you please kindly share your photos and what size did you have?
I'm going to either IOU or Cinderella clinic this June.
Your photos will help me to decide which clinic I should go.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks a lot!

 

[chl03]

juicy88 said: ↑

Yes, his clinic is very easy to find! Just walk out of sinsa station gate 3 and his clinic just outside. Last night he operated on me again I was the last one there lol until 7 plus.. He operated on me the first time last Saturday. But he said my left eye muscle is still weak and had to do second revisional ( I think my face turn red bevuz I was so nervous).. He seems to b very meticulous and has been checking up on me every single day (excepts Sundays). And have a sense of dedication for his patients and really cares abt the patients outcome... Im putting all my hopes on dr.kang... Fingers crossed for my result!!! I'm seeing him again in the evening....

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Hi Juicy88,

I just joined this forum.
How's your result now? Would you mind to share your photos with me?
My email is [email protected]
I'm Planning to have double eyelid revision in June but still not sure which clinic to choose.
Either IOU or cindy clinic.
I went to Dr Kang few weeks ago and worry if the size too small after seeing his website.
I need few after surgery photos with Dr Kang from people in this forum to help me decide.
Thanks so much!

 

[chl03]

Deepeyes said: ↑

Hi,

Thanks for your post. May I see your before and after revision. My email is [email protected]

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Hi deepeyes,

I'm new here and so glad to see this forum here.
I saw you replied midaven post but I couldn't find that post.
I would like to contact midaven if she can share her photos with me.
I'm going to korea this June for eyelid revision & cheek reduction.
I'm still confused to decide either IOU or cinderella clinic.
Would you kindly please send me midaven email address.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks so much!!

 

[deepeyes]

Chl03 said: ↑

Hi deepeyes,

I'm new here and so glad to see this forum here.
I saw you replied midaven post but I couldn't find that post.
I would like to contact midaven if she can share her photos with me.
I'm going to korea this June for eyelid revision & cheek reduction.
I'm still confused to decide either IOU or cinderella clinic.
Would you kindly please send me midaven email address.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks so much!!

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[chl03]

Deepeyes said: ↑

Please help to see my photo.

Do you think i need revision for my deep eyelids?

My left eye is still swelling cos it's been only 3-4 months.

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Hi deepeyes,
I think your result looks great...just wait until the swollen gone.
Where did you have it done? Is it with Dr Kang?
Did you have 6mm size?
I'm surprised ur eyes still swollen after few months.
I'm planning to get double eyelid revision this June and back to work on July.
Now I'm worry if people can recognise my eyes surgery if it's still swollen