Best Plastic Surgery Clinics in Korea -read 1st post before posting.

[meliwaa]

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JW Beauty Clinic

Next door to Migo clinic. Nice interiors, again not as nice as Dream but better than Migo. Was modern but not like medical looking, definitely looked more like a beauty clinic than a medical centre, and was quite bright. The waiting room, like Migo, was very busy and filled with Korean locals, with maybe 1 or 2 foreigners.
The receptionists and consultants I thought out of all clinics I went to were the prettiest, with a mixture of natural and obvious looking.
Had to wait a bit to see the doctor but they had computers for the patients to surf on.
Like Migo, saw a doctor first, rather than a consultant, had Dr Ahn first and honestly, didn't think much of him. He was nice and definitely knew what he was talking about but he didn't seem very thorough. He did examine my face and touched it like the others but what he suggested made me feel he wasn't as experienced. He suggested shaving of the hump and only shave the sides too rather than break the bone to narrow it, and tip plasty with ear cartilage, he also said implant is a must to smooth it out.
With eyes he suggest revisional surgery to remove fats and skin and also muscle correction to help open the eyes.
After this, had a talk with one of the consultants to go through pricing and timing with appointments.
Total price for Dr Ahn was 4500000won for nose and 4500000 for eyes, so 9million won, no tax included, if I decided with my friend to have surgery I couldve had it for 8,800,000won.
I was unsure so had to think about it so I was allowed some time to think while I was there. Quite disappointed at this point as JW were my top choice in the beginning but by this point they were my bottom choice.
However, after about 10minutes, the consultant came out and said there was no time for Dr Ahn to do my surgery so can come in next day to consult with Dr Suh and Dr Choi as there was a cancellation for Dr Suh (how lucky?!).

So Next day I came in again for consult with Dr Suh (rhinoplasty specialist) and Dr Choi (eyelid surgery specialist) and again clinic was filled with locals, this time there was no foreigners.
Before I went with the Drs, I had my pictures taken then I went in with the Drs and these consults were quite long. Dr Suh was very nice an quite chilled but very thorough, much like Dr Kang at Migo, they are probably on par with each other. Dr Suh examined my pictures and then touched my nose and tip. He asked me what I thought was wrong with my nose and I told hm everything that I didn't like. He agreed with my and then went on to explain everything that he was going to do, showing me in the mirror and even drawing on my picture showing me where the bones were and how he would do it. Unlike Dr Ahn, Dr Suh would break my nose bone to make the bridge narrower and shave the hump too. He said he would use septal cartilage for the tip to build it up. He said I didn't need an implant as I had a good height, but he asked me how I felt about height anyway, saying if I wanted one he can put one in but he recommended none at all.
After I then had consultation with Dr Choi. He was very thorough as well. I probably spent the most time with Dr Choi as he was explaining to me all my options very carefully. He examined my eyes for a while and did the eyebrow test like Dream DR did and concluded I definitely did not need muscle correction. He even had "words" with the consultant asking why I was advised this when it was no necessary!
He gave my three options though, full forehead lift to lift sagging skin, eyebrow lift (incision on eyebrow) to remove skin and lift the lid or eyelid surgery and remove the skin and make eyes bigger. He said it was up to me as all three would have similar results.
I then went with the consultant again to go through pricing. Rhinoplasty was more expensive with Dr Suh and as I had bone narrowing so that went up to 5,500,000won, and then for eyes, it would be either 3,000,000won for the eyebrow lift or 3,300,000won for eyelid revision.

Total Price :: 8,500,000won or 8,800,000won depending which eye surgery I go for.

I was happy with JW clinic so booked with JW clinic and had surgery with them !! Ended up doing eyelid revision rather than eyebrow lift, so paid 8,800,000won.


Teuim Plastic Surgery

So, for Teuim the consultation was actually for my cousin who was getting primary eyelid surgery. I tagged along, so I thought I would write about them anyway.

Teuim is close to JW beauty clinic, and was quite nice interior, a bit outdated, the couches were quite old, and it was also quite empty. It wasnt ever busy when I went but all the patients that did go were Korean locals. The receptionists were okay looking, with the main consultant being rather pretty in a natural way, others looked a bit awkward but none were ugly!
My cousin got to see Dr Kwon straight away and he was quite nice, quite blunt and laid back but he was confident in what he was saying and was quite good at examining the eyes. He suggested full incisional surgery with muscle correction and epi surgery. My cousin didnt initially want epi surgery, but she did need it and all doctors suggested it to her but as an option, but Dr Kwon told her she definitely needed it and was pretty adamant about it, which was fair enough, but I didn't really like that about him.

Went then spoke to the consultant and went through prices

Epi + Full Incision + Muscle = 4,200,000 won
Not including 10% tax.
We managed to go down to 4,000,000won but they were quite hard with haggling. My cousin however did want to pay by card and initially the consultant said she would need to pay 4.2million then but we said if we book now, can we hav it at 4,000,000won. So no tax paid even with card, she was hesitant with it but in the end gave in. So my cousin went with Teuim.


Overall, JW and Migo were definitely my favourite clinics in terms of overall, Dream comes in at third with BK and Teuim coming in last.

But I will update again with my surgery post. Need to give my hands a rest after writing so much! haha,
Any questions, feel free to ask obviously ^___^

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thanks for the long and detailed post. was there any haggling on your part? if you don't speak korean, is it easy to navigate around? also the celebrity you saw, i'm guessing it was minho from shinee possibly lol

 

[lexethan]

meliwaa said: ↑

hey lexethan since our times overlap, i hope we can meet up in seoul. ^^ i heard you're vietnamese, are you still fluent? it'd be cool for my mom to have someone to talk to other than me so she doesn't go crazy while we're there haha. true what you said about makeup, though i'm most worried about not looking like the girl in the passport photo since i'll be flying to vietnam after.

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Sounds good. I'm fairly fluent. Keep you mom company? LOL. I'm not that old.

 

[onlyif]

hongkongphooey said: ↑

Hey, it's on the news here too. I am very worried, can you tell me if this is on the news all the time, is South Korea taking the threat seriously or casually?

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Hi HKP, ops sorry just saw your message,, Sadly the host I stayed with didn't had any TV so Im not really sure then. Guess nothing happened for now which should be a good sign.

 

[lemmiknox]

fishbone said: ↑

Hi! Maybe this is a silly question- do you need to pay for any consultation fees while visiting PS clinics in Korea? Thanks...

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Nope. It's free.

Lemoniscate said: ↑

Heyy I'm from Melbourne too!

So what other clinics are you considering? Btw, are you just looking at rhino or other procedures as well?
I'm kinda considering a chin augmentation now as well..

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Awesome. I've considered heaps. VIP, Shimmian, Samsung, Nano, April31, Item, O&Young, BeautyLine4U, Chungadam U, Wonjin, BK, Regen, Pitangui, Bangobagi, Hyundai Mihak, Bomvit, and Real Cosmetic are the Korean Clinics that I've gave some serious consideration, but they'll all fizzled out. For every pro, theres and equal and opposite con. And some just don't respond. I'm a little over South Korea tbh.

I'm semi-booked to go to Dr Wang Ting in Dalian, in September. I have a primary source who just had his nose done there with incredible success. It was a revision from Banobagi which was disappointing. But oops, this is a Korean thread. I just spoke blasphemy!

I have a few other things I want to do in the near future, but right now I'm only focusing on getting rhino done and dusted.

A great and proportional chin that compliments your nose can make all the difference. Kain did his nose and chin and looks like a completely different person. So it's only natural that the next step is chin. I'm also looking to do sliding genio in the future, as I am not too pleased with my implant.

bleecker.st said: ↑

oh sweet yeah i heard VIP isn't that great. From what i've gathered doing research i'm either gonna get my rhino done at JW, regen, migo or cinderella (cindy is a bit pricey though but yolo).

In that case i'll post as much as I can so we can start chatting haha, so many questions i need answered!

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No, VIP is good, I won't discredit them for their work. But way too overpriced.

When do you plan to get your nose done?

Haha, yeah for sure. I've been doing research for years, I've learnt all there is, and at this point all there is left is to make the jump. You can ask away.

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Hi HKP, ops sorry just saw your message,, Sadly the host I stayed with didn't had any TV so Im not really sure then. Guess nothing happened for now which should be a good sign.

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Politically, the SK government is taking this seriously. Their military on guard for unprecedented attacks. But from a SK friend, the sentiment among the South Korean locals has been nonchalant. Noone is taking their Northern counterparts seriously, and the news isn't even reporting it as frequently as it is in the US.

The North is just trying to create a stir. New young leader flexing his muscle to show he means business, testing the limits of the newly elected female leader in the South.

I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[snowcup]

snowcup said: ↑

Hi, I'm new and am planning to go to Seoul in April for revisionary eyelid surgery. I would like to book consults with Dr. Kang from IOU, Dr. Cho from BIO, Dr. Lee from Eye Magic and Dr. Kwon from Teium. Does anyone have any experience with Dr. Lee from Eye Magic? Please share anything you might know.

I have an issue with retraction on one eye, which may be difficult to correct. Does anyone have experience in correcting this issue with a surgeon in Seoul? I would welcome your advice. Thanks in advance. I have posted this question in the revisionary eyelid surgery thread, but I see that people are also posting their experiences with eyelid surgery on this thread as well.

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I'm wondering if April is a busy time in general (despite the small list we've been updating), as the translators are fully booked. I was hoping on going in early April, but I wonder if I can manage it alone and on somewhat short notice. I speak some Korean, but the technical terms could easily bypass me.

Any tips on reaching the above doctors and clinics would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sanmi]

may i know those that went to korea recently n came back, how's the weather there currently..
izzit still cold n what's the temp now?

 

[hongkongphooey]

lemmiknox said: ↑

This is what my Thai doctor also told me, which is why he didn't touch my muscle. He said it hypertrophies after a while if you overuse it again. Obviously if your large masseter muscles are from teeth grinding or whatever, removing them is only a temporary solution. I don't know how true this is though.

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Botox will significantly reduce the size of the muscle by "freezing" as it prevents you from using it so shrinks down. After several Botox shots over a year, the muscle will not get bigger as it will be permanently relaxed.

 

[hongkongphooey]

snowcup said: ↑

I'm wondering if April is a busy time in general (despite the small list we've been updating), as the translators are fully booked. I was hoping on going in early April, but I wonder if I can manage it alone and on somewhat short notice. I speak some Korean, but the technical terms could easily bypass me.

Any tips on reaching the above doctors and clinics would be greatly appreciated.

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I think Zoe my translator has a slot free early April. What dates have you in mind? April is a good time to go, not hot and not cold, too hot can slow down recovery of swelling, I went in June last year and it was very hot, doctors told me next time come in colder weather as recovery is quicker. Also April is not too busy so you can haggle better prices. It starts to get busy from May.

 

[hongkongphooey]

onlyif said: ↑

Hi HKP, ops sorry just saw your message,, Sadly the host I stayed with didn't had any TV so Im not really sure then. Guess nothing happened for now which should be a good sign.

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Hey! How is your recovery? Also wanted to ask if Itawon is a good place to stay as its purpose built for tourists right? I have only stayed in Gangnam Gu and Yeoksam in the past so want to try new district.

 

[bleecker-st]

lemmiknox said: ↑

Nope. It's free.



Awesome. I've considered heaps. VIP, Shimmian, Samsung, Nano, April31, Item, O&Young, BeautyLine4U, Chungadam U, Wonjin, BK, Regen, Pitangui, Bangobagi, Hyundai Mihak, Bomvit, and Real Cosmetic are the Korean Clinics that I've gave some serious consideration, but they'll all fizzled out. For every pro, theres and equal and opposite con. And some just don't respond. I'm a little over South Korea tbh.

I'm semi-booked to go to Dr Wang Ting in Dalian, in September. I have a primary source who just had his nose done there with incredible success. It was a revision from Banobagi which was disappointing. But oops, this is a Korean thread. I just spoke blasphemy!

I have a few other things I want to do in the near future, but right now I'm only focusing on getting rhino done and dusted.

A great and proportional chin that compliments your nose can make all the difference. Kain did his nose and chin and looks like a completely different person. So it's only natural that the next step is chin. I'm also looking to do sliding genio in the future, as I am not too pleased with my implant.



No, VIP is good, I won't discredit them for their work. But way too overpriced.

When do you plan to get your nose done?

Haha, yeah for sure. I've been doing research for years, I've learnt all there is, and at this point all there is left is to make the jump. You can ask away.



Politically, the SK government is taking this seriously. Their military on guard for unprecedented attacks. But from a SK friend, the sentiment among the South Korean locals has been nonchalant. Noone is taking their Northern counterparts seriously, and the news isn't even reporting it as frequently as it is in the US.

The North is just trying to create a stir. New young leader flexing his muscle to show he means business, testing the limits of the newly elected female leader in the South.

I wouldn't worry about it.

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I'm thinking of getting it done sometime early next year like (Feb or March). I know it's awhile away but it's always good to have a year's worth of research on this. I'm actually looking at some hotels know and i'm getting soooo excited. I'm gonna have a holiday in Seoul too even though i'll be recovering for the majority of the time haha. When are you going?

 

[xsh]

Shhshh said: ↑

Hi xsh. I going seoul on 10-23may. To get rhinplasty and lip on abdomen and thigh+hip line.

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That's great! are you doing lipo first?

 

[onlyif]

hongkongphooey said: ↑

Hey! How is your recovery? Also wanted to ask if Itawon is a good place to stay as its purpose built for tourists right? I have only stayed in Gangnam Gu and Yeoksam in the past so want to try new district.

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Yea it was not bad! it's a safer place to stay at as during my stay there, I saw many US soldiers pacing that area too。There are so any restaurants that caters to foreigners as well as volunteer tourist ambassadors who walks around in Itaewon incase anyone who don't know Korean needs help.

As for my recovery, I'm almost 1 month post-op, and I'm greatly disappointed with the result now and I REALLY REGRET going to Grand Clinic.

I have consulted with a doctor here and realized that Dr Seo, the doctor who did my facial conturing at Grand Clinic, have done an improper sewing job. I now have a 3 cm mentolabial / labiomental fold beneath my lip (which is not even centralized and is deviated to the left) due to Doctor Seo's improper sewing of my gum when he re-attached my chin muscles. Just imagine I used to be able to puff up my lower lip area (think a frog) but he sewed it so high up I can only puff up half now! All these wasn't told to me during our consultation!

And Dr Seo is such a big liar... I met him before I left Korea and asked him about the fold, and if it's gonna disappeared, he actually replied something like "it will go back to what it used to be" which is an indirect answer that shows that he was trying to hide something, until I pressed him again, stating clearly that I didn't have it before my surgery so does he means that it will disappear, and he just gave an unconvincing "yes"..

And for my nose (tiplasty) I have an obvious scar as well as a slight bump of flesh due to the stiching.

It really has caused me a lot of distress and had a few days of sleepless nights and bad dreams about it.. Can you imagine people kept asking me what happened to my face? I don't even want to go out and meet people now..
I've quitted my job, and just staying at home to get a grip on my feelings and trying to think about other positive things and watch funny shows to lighten up my mood.

For those who are going for PS, please do reconsider if you are prepared for the negative as well cause it may very likely happen. I've really staked a lot for this, and choosing Grand Clinic has been the greatest regret of my life because now I have to deal with such disfiguration due to a doctor's negligence instead.

The doctor that I consulted here told me he can help to even my chin fold out by injecting fillers in my chin, but it's not permanent so can you imagine I have to keep injecting fillers for as long as I live?

I will email Grand Clinic and will see what they reply when I feel less distressed as I don't want to explode in anger on them. Does anyone know how I can make a complain in Korea?

I'm prepared to take up a law suit case if need be so I'm gathering more advice from PS doctors in the meantime to make sure and to gather more evidence, and in the meantime get advice from local korean forums.

 

[lemoniscate]

lemmiknox said: ↑

Nope. It's free.



Awesome. I've considered heaps. VIP, Shimmian, Samsung, Nano, April31, Item, O&Young, BeautyLine4U, Chungadam U, Wonjin, BK, Regen, Pitangui, Bangobagi, Hyundai Mihak, Bomvit, and Real Cosmetic are the Korean Clinics that I've gave some serious consideration, but they'll all fizzled out. For every pro, theres and equal and opposite con. And some just don't respond. I'm a little over South Korea tbh.

I'm semi-booked to go to Dr Wang Ting in Dalian, in September. I have a primary source who just had his nose done there with incredible success. It was a revision from Banobagi which was disappointing. But oops, this is a Korean thread. I just spoke blasphemy!

I have a few other things I want to do in the near future, but right now I'm only focusing on getting rhino done and dusted.

A great and proportional chin that compliments your nose can make all the difference. Kain did his nose and chin and looks like a completely different person. So it's only natural that the next step is chin. I'm also looking to do sliding genio in the future, as I am not too pleased with my implant.



No, VIP is good, I won't discredit them for their work. But way too overpriced.

When do you plan to get your nose done?

Haha, yeah for sure. I've been doing research for years, I've learnt all there is, and at this point all there is left is to make the jump. You can ask away.



Politically, the SK government is taking this seriously. Their military on guard for unprecedented attacks. But from a SK friend, the sentiment among the South Korean locals has been nonchalant. Noone is taking their Northern counterparts seriously, and the news isn't even reporting it as frequently as it is in the US.

The North is just trying to create a stir. New young leader flexing his muscle to show he means business, testing the limits of the newly elected female leader in the South.

I wouldn't worry about it.

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Oh cool you did chin implant?

Where/with what material did you do it and what was the cost ?

Btw, I've just come across ahappycamper's references to Dr Wang in Dalian and am tempted (i got family in China). But Im curious why hes not based in Beijing or Shanghai if he is that good, surely is a bigger customer base there

Btw i'm pretty new like bleeker.st and would really appreciate some intel from you haha

 

[bleecker-st]

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Yea it was not bad! it's a safer place to stay at as during my stay there, I saw many US soldiers pacing that area too。There are so any restaurants that caters to foreigners as well as volunteer tourist ambassadors who walks around in Itaewon incase anyone who don't know Korean needs help.

As for my recovery, I'm almost 1 month post-op, and I'm greatly disappointed with the result now and I REALLY REGRET going to Grand Clinic.

I have consulted with a doctor here and realized that Dr Seo, the doctor who did my facial conturing at Grand Clinic, have done an improper sewing job. I now have a 3 cm mentolabial / labiomental fold beneath my lip (which is not even centralized and is deviated to the left) due to Doctor Seo's improper sewing of my gum when he re-attached my chin muscles. Just imagine I used to be able to puff up my lower lip area (think a frog) but he sewed it so high up I can only puff up half now! All these wasn't told to me during our consultation!

And Dr Seo is such a big liar... I met him before I left Korea and asked him about the fold, and if it's gonna disappeared, he actually replied something like "it will go back to what it used to be" which is an indirect answer that shows that he was trying to hide something, until I pressed him again, stating clearly that I didn't have it before my surgery so does he means that it will disappear, and he just gave an unconvincing "yes"..

And for my nose (tiplasty) I have an obvious scar as well as a slight bump of flesh due to the stiching.

It really has caused me a lot of distress and had a few days of sleepless nights and bad dreams about it.. Can you imagine people kept asking me what happened to my face? I don't even want to go out and meet people now..
I've quitted my job, and just staying at home to get a grip on my feelings and trying to think about other positive things and watch funny shows to lighten up my mood.

For those who are going for PS, please do reconsider if you are prepared for the negative as well cause it may very likely happen. I've really staked a lot for this, and choosing Grand Clinic has been the greatest regret of my life because now I have to deal with such disfiguration due to a doctor's negligence instead.

The doctor that I consulted here told me he can help to even my chin fold out by injecting fillers in my chin, but it's not permanent so can you imagine I have to keep injecting fillers for as long as I live?

I will email Grand Clinic and will see what they reply when I feel less distressed as I don't want to explode in anger on them. Does anyone know how I can make a complain in Korea?

I'm prepared to take up a law suit case if need be so I'm gathering more advice from PS doctors in the meantime fr more evidence, and in the meantime get advice from local korean forums.

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Oh god I am deeply saddened for you. So sorry to hear that. When i first started researching for clinics for my rhino, Grand was actually on top of my list, however after reading many reviews on here i've learnt that they're not that great. Thanks for sharing though, it will let others become aware of (some) of the surgeons' negligence.

Hope you physically and emotionally get better soon!

 

[lemoniscate]

onlyif said: ↑

Yea it was not bad! it's a safer place to stay at as during my stay there, I saw many US soldiers pacing that area too。There are so any restaurants that caters to foreigners as well as volunteer tourist ambassadors who walks around in Itaewon incase anyone who don't know Korean needs help.

As for my recovery, I'm almost 1 month post-op, and I'm greatly disappointed with the result now and I REALLY REGRET going to Grand Clinic.

I have consulted with a doctor here and realized that Dr Seo, the doctor who did my facial conturing at Grand Clinic, have done an improper sewing job. I now have a 3 cm mentolabial / labiomental fold beneath my lip (which is not even centralized and is deviated to the left) due to Doctor Seo's improper sewing of my gum when he re-attached my chin muscles. Just imagine I used to be able to puff up my lower lip area (think a frog) but he sewed it so high up I can only puff up half now! All these wasn't told to me during our consultation!

And Dr Seo is such a big liar... I met him before I left Korea and asked him about the fold, and if it's gonna disappeared, he actually replied something like "it will go back to what it used to be" which is an indirect answer that shows that he was trying to hide something, until I pressed him again, stating clearly that I didn't have it before my surgery so does he means that it will disappear, and he just gave an unconvincing "yes"..

And for my nose (tiplasty) I have an obvious scar as well as a slight bump of flesh due to the stiching.

It really has caused me a lot of distress and had a few days of sleepless nights and bad dreams about it.. Can you imagine people kept asking me what happened to my face? I don't even want to go out and meet people now..
I've quitted my job, and just staying at home to get a grip on my feelings and trying to think about other positive things and watch funny shows to lighten up my mood.

For those who are going for PS, please do reconsider if you are prepared for the negative as well cause it may very likely happen. I've really staked a lot for this, and choosing Grand Clinic has been the greatest regret of my life because now I have to deal with such disfiguration due to a doctor's negligence instead.

The doctor that I consulted here told me he can help to even my chin fold out by injecting fillers in my chin, but it's not permanent so can you imagine I have to keep injecting fillers for as long as I live?

I will email Grand Clinic and will see what they reply when I feel less distressed as I don't want to explode in anger on them. Does anyone know how I can make a complain in Korea?

I'm prepared to take up a law suit case if need be so I'm gathering more advice from PS doctors in the meantime to make sure and to gather more evidence, and in the meantime get advice from local korean forums.

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Hey I'm sure things will work out, the first few weeks can be pretty unpredictable so stay strong and keep a clear head. things will turn better =]