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

[soong-sister]

itsumobaby said: ↑

http://v.baidu.com/kan/tvshow/?id=1650&site=cntv.cn&n=20130819&url=http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10329/b60d621bbae74443aba8796efd8bedab#frp=v.baidu.com/v


Everyone watch this link about the documentary of many patients' lives are being destroyed by ID hospital, revealing the secret of the lies of dr park- his promise for being the surgeon of the surgery but swopped someone else to do the surgery instead! And when the surgery failed the patient was offered a very small amount of money and forced to sign an agreement for not spreading the words out!! This is exactly what happened to me!!!

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Thanks for sharing this is really good to prevent more patient from going there and have their life destroy

 

[neoh2006]

Does anyone know any place in Korea for gold thread facelift?

 

[reinrain]

itsumobaby said: ↑

http://v.baidu.com/kan/tvshow/?id=1650&site=cntv.cn&n=20130819&url=http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10329/b60d621bbae74443aba8796efd8bedab#frp=v.baidu.com/v


Everyone watch this link about the documentary of many patients' lives are being destroyed by ID hospital, revealing the secret of the lies of dr park- his promise for being the surgeon of the surgery but swopped someone else to do the surgery instead! And when the surgery failed the patient was offered a very small amount of money and forced to sign an agreement for not spreading the words out!! This is exactly what happened to me!!!

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riko12 said: ↑

http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10329/b60d621bbae74443aba8796efd8bedab

Yesterday (19 August 2013) News from CCTV2 about plastic surgery in korea and ID hospital surgery victim talk about what went wrong.

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thanks for the information. its quite insightful, bringing up another aspect of plastic surgery apart from all the glamour front and stuff...

 

[tamy_27]

Hi, does anyone has experience with Tlps or has heard about it before? I like their BA pictures a lot and the staff seems so nice and caring. Can anyone share with me about them? Thanks so much :xx

 

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plasticbuns said: ↑

Hey guys! Just finished all my consultations and I've made my decision. I've only decided to do my eyes btw. Clinics I've consulted:

View- I was really looking forward to consulting with View. I had high expectations of course but View did not meet it. All the clinics were professional but the consultant was not very knowledgeable. She also had a lisp (from a recent jaw surgery? I don't know, I didn't ask) which kinda bothered me lol. The doctor that specialized in eyes was very young and didn't say much. I probably spent only a couple minutes with him. I didn't feel very comfortable. Price for only double eyelid: 1,900,000 KRW

Samsung- consultant there was very nice and charismatic. Doctor was very nice and older. He told me right up what was recommended and what isn't recommended. I wasn't expecting much but they were very professional and I had a pretty good feeling about them. Double eyelid, ptosis and lateral prices: 2,500,000 KRW

NJH- I wasn't expecting much from NJH. Professional but bland. Not many clients in lobby. Not much to say about here. Double eyelid and ptosis: 2,300,000 KRW

Chungdam U- High expectations and Chungdam U met them! Lobby is very welcoming and so were the consultants/staff. My consultant and doctor was very friendly and was very honest about the procedures. He also said it was possible to do a slight epi for me when other doctors couldn't. I was very comfortable with the clinic. Double eyelid, ptosis, epi: 2,500,000 KRW

So far I have decided with Chungdam U but I still had one more consultation the next day.

Réal- known as one of the best clinic in korea and the most expensive. MOST of the locals know about it and it is recommended by my aunt. It was actually crowded there (the other clinics did not have many people) My consultant was very nice and I noticed she was very pretty the doctor was much older but very experienced (he also has a sense of humor haha!). My aunt personally knows the doctor so I got a pretty good discount I felt very comfortable there. Price for double eyelid, ptosis, and lateral: 2,600,000 KRW

I was stuck between Chungdam U and Réal but in the end I chose Réal! I have my surgery tomorrow and I am super excited! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Hi Plasticbun could you please share with us which doctor did you do your PS with at Real?

 

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meliwaa said: ↑

Right now it's 9AM and I will be going to Chungdam U at 2 to have my nose cleaned. Since I have a few hours to burn I'll try to write all about the clinics I went to first. It's been a while and there's a lot information so I'll try to recall as much as I can.

Oh I highly recommend you guys get a T-Money card and download the seoul subway app on your phone. Me and my mom arrived at Apgujeong at about 10:20 though we were supposed to meet Nicole at 9:50 because we got lost on the subway. Dream is very close to the exit, maybe about a five minute walk.

Forgot to mention at the beginning I for sure wanted tipplasty and and alar reduction for bulbous nose. Possibly zygoma reduction. My bridge isn't that low, but it looks that way from the front view and glasses tend to slide off my face, so I didn't think fixing it was necessary BUT.

Dream
They're on the second floor of a building, fairly large classy reception area with large windows overlooking the main Apgujeong street. We waited for about 20 minutes before a consultant led us to a private room to talk. She was really friendly and cheerful. I asked about zygoma reduction also but she said I actually had fairly small cheekbones so I decided to drop the case from then on. She drew what they would do to my nose on a clipboard and explained the process. Then she left and we waited for the doctor. It was cold so after a while she led us back to the reception. She also mentioned the doctor would be conferences for two weeks so if I didn't book the next day the soonest I would get to see him is June 24 and then gave us the business card with her number to call her. Maybe 10 minutes later we met with the doctor. He spoke some English. I asked about alar reduction and he and the consultant did not recommend it for me. Just raising the tip would dramatically change the shape. They would be using septum and silicone I think. For lateral canthoplasty, tipplasty, and rhinoplasty it was 5,000k won without bargaining.

Pitangui
Fairly close to Dream, really extravagant reception. They had a white grand piano there and I think a girl who just did surgery was also waiting. I could see she did eyes but she looked rougher than I do today. The consultant arrived and though she was nice, she looked rather...alien. Her nose was rather small for her face and her eyes were really long. She said lateral would not do much for my eyes because the bone was close, so I should also cut downward to make them rounder and more feminine. She said alar reduction was fine too. When we met the doctor he explained again all the processes. I think they said they would use ear cartilage in the tip and a piece of septum in the area between the nostrils (can't remember what it's called) to prevent it from drooping. I can't remember if he mentioned bridge but eyes and nose would be 3800k won.

View
View was farther away so we had to take a taxi. It's on multiple floors of a building. There were many girls waiting in the reception area, which was smaller than the other two. I looked through View's B&A books and there were many dramatic changes, Nicole said they were good for facial contouring. I can't really recall the consultant but the doctor was the most well-spoken in English. He asked me where I was from and said he would do his best. He didn't recommend I do alar nor lateral. I THINK he said he'd put ear cartilage in the tip and reinforce with septum to prevent it from drooping (different from Pitangui though), silicone for bridge. Rhinoplasty + tipplasty was 3300k won I think.

Chungdam U
We also took a Taxi there, it was harder to find because it's off the main road. We arrived early so we looked through their B&A books while we waited. There was something Laser V-Line, which Nicole said she would recommend to her future customers. Our consultant was maybe in her 40's. Since Chungdam U has had a dermatology floor downstairs, we asked about freckle removal for my mom first. There were two types of lasers,the primary one that would remove the freckles is called CO2, after they fell off in 5-7 days she could use another one for skin whitening and reducing the little bumps on her skin. Time was a constraint so we just paid for the primary one first which would be 800k. Then we got to me and she flat out said that lateral would not be worth the money in my case. She touched my face a lot and it felt more personal than the other clinics. She didn't think alar would be necessary either. The tip would use layers of car cartilage in a sideways C position on the top of inside of the nostrils. which she drew in a diagram. There were many plastic implant models in a clear box. I inquired about the Laser-Vline and she touched my jaw and asked me to clench my teeth. She said we should put botox in it to reduce the size but after hearing how young I was, instead said I should go for the less invasive V-line, which would reduce muscle and then they would pull the skin back. My mom refused however. When we met the doctor, he spoke English but slower and repeated what the consultation told us. He asked if I had a nose in mind; I didn't because I just wanted one that was natural and would fit me. I asked about the nose drooping later on because they weren't using any septum but he said the way they layered ear cartilage would prevent that from happening. He also picked up an implant model and laid it on my nose and let me see how it would look like in a mirror. It was straight with and slightly curved at the end, very natural. The implant would be silicone and would fix the very slight bump I on my nose. He said he would let me see my nose right after the operation to make sure I was satisfied and less chance of revision. After that we got into a room with the consultant and after much debating it was decided 4300k for nose, 700k for my TRM laser, and 800k for my mom's freckle removal. Nicole said she reduced the price of laser so she couldn't lower the nose. Oh and the V-Line would be 2500k.

Overall
Out of these clinics, there's not one that I wouldn't recommend you go see if you like them. My personal ranking would Chungdam U > View > Dream > Pitangui. Chungdam felt more personal and I really liked that they told me the truth about lateral and alar reduction; I mean they're not just out to make a buck right? Though they're more expensive, they really stood out with the plastic models. I've known and liked View for the longest time and they didn't disappoint. I felt most comfortable with that doctor, the price was really good, and I also liked that he told me no lateral or alar. Dream was good also, though a little more expensive. Now that I look back on it, I think Pitangui tried to push more procedures on me. I think if you're not careful you might end up with "Gangnam Girl" face. They're not bad, you just have to keep your feet planted on the ground.

Woo and I am finished an hour later. I'm really lazy right now so please excuse any grammar mistakes lol unless they are really bad/confusing (please tell me so). Also after I paid Chungdam me and my mom went down to the dermatology floor for the laser treatments. Our skin isn't finished so I can't tell you the results, but I'd be happy to tell about the actual procedure if anyone's interested. I'll try to type up the operation experience at Chungdam soon...

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Hi Meliwaa could you please share with us which doctor did you do your PS with at Chungdam U?

 

[plasticbuns]

beautiqueen said: ↑

Hi Plasticbun could you please share with us which doctor did you do your PS with at Real?

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His name is Dr. Soo Shin Kim.

 

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[kay-jay]

carrieblacktea said: ↑

August 2013 (kakaotalk group made)

HushBeauty (early in the month; 3 weeks)
LisaFelicia ( 13 August - 21 August; flight confirmed, clinic still tbc, likely to be JW)
jellybean0607 - Aug 21-29 (flight+hotel confirmed)
Boyizzy (July 30-August 15) Flight confirmed, going through seoultouchup, ID clinic -Rhino,Double eyelid, fat graft, vline, zygoma reduction, dimpleplasty, and love bands
ninatam (August 16-September 2, flight confirmed, v line + zygoma reduction)
kiba (Aug 19-September 6, flight confirmed)
kay.jay (female; 29 August - 10 September, flight & accommodation booked. Revision tip plasty, epicanthoplasty, minor fat grafting)

September 2013
Fashion lj (11-24 sept ; Flight & accommodation confirmed.)
Clammie (end sep - early oct)
carakitty (02-14 Sept) Flight & accommodation confirmed
kora22 (03-12) flight & accommodation confirmed
cutiepiepie (26 Sept to 6 October, flight booked. Tip plasty and double eyelid, translator booked)
councilmage (male; 12 - 26 sept, flight booked)
maimeo (female; 18 Sept - 5 Oct, flight booked. Nose and double eyelid)
carrieblacktea (female; 04 - 12 Sept) flight & accommodation confirmed. Double Eyelid Revision and Lateral Canthoplasty.

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Added myself to the list!

 

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August 2013 (kakaotalk group made)

HushBeauty (early in the month; 3 weeks)
LisaFelicia ( 13 August - 21 August; flight confirmed, clinic still tbc, likely to be JW)
jellybean0607 - Aug 21-29 (flight+hotel confirmed)
Boyizzy (July 30-August 15) Flight confirmed, going through seoultouchup, ID clinic -Rhino,Double eyelid, fat graft, vline, zygoma reduction, dimpleplasty, and love bands
ninatam (August 16-September 2, flight confirmed, v line + zygoma reduction)
kiba (Aug 19-September 6, flight confirmed)
kay.jay (female; 29 August - 10 September, flight & accommodation booked. Revision tip plasty, epicanthoplasty, minor fat grafting)

September 2013
Fashion lj (11-24 sept ; Flight & accommodation confirmed.)
Clammie (end sep - early oct)
carakitty (02-14 Sept) Flight & accommodation confirmed
kora22 (03-12) flight & accommodation confirmed
cutiepiepie (26 Sept to 6 October, flight booked. Tip plasty and double eyelid, translator booked)
councilmage (male; 12 - 26 sept, flight booked)
maimeo (female; 18 Sept - 5 Oct, flight booked. Nose and double eyelid)
carrieblacktea (female; 04 - 12 Sept) flight & accommodation confirmed. Double Eyelid Revision and Lateral Canthoplasty.

October 2013
Renoz (female; 10 Oct - 18 Oct)


*** Added myself too ***

 

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August 2013 (kakaotalk group made)


LisaFelicia ( 13 August - 21 August; flight confirmed, clinic still tbc, likely to be JW)
jellybean0607 - Aug 21-29 (flight+hotel confirmed)
Boyizzy (July 30-August 15) Flight confirmed, going through seoultouchup, ID clinic -Rhino,Double eyelid, fat graft, vline, zygoma reduction, dimpleplasty, and love bands
ninatam (August 16-September 2, flight confirmed, v line + zygoma reduction)
kiba (Aug 19-September 6, flight confirmed)
kay.jay (female; 29 August - 10 September, flight & accommodation booked. Revision tip plasty, epicanthoplasty, minor fat grafting)

September 2013
HushBeauty (01-25 Sept ; staying in Nonhyeon-dong near Sinsa & Apgujung!)
Fashion lj (11-24 sept ; Flight & accommodation confirmed.)
Clammie (end sep - early oct)
carakitty (02-14 Sept) Flight & accommodation confirmed
kora22 (03-12) flight & accommodation confirmed
cutiepiepie (26 Sept to 6 October, flight booked. Tip plasty and double eyelid, translator booked)
councilmage (male; 12 - 26 sept, flight booked)
maimeo (female; 18 Sept - 5 Oct, flight booked. Nose and double eyelid)
carrieblacktea (female; 04 - 12 Sept) flight & accommodation confirmed. Double Eyelid Revision and Lateral Canthoplasty.

October 2013
Renoz (female; 10 Oct - 18 Oct)


Me too

 

[motherhen]

maimeo said: ↑

I will come to Seoul on 19 Sept to 5 Oct. Flight is booked. I am from Sydney. If you need a friend to chat contact me.

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Hi Maimeo, Please update on the forum of your experience. I want to do rhino, fatgraft and maybe other things but i'm so scared from reading of many forumers having nose revisions. I will be going by myself so that is another worry as well.
Good luck!

 

[flytoseoul]

beautiqueen said: ↑

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Thanks for sharing!

 

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Nic0la said: ↑

Hi folks,
My trips from the 7th for double eyelid surgery. Anyone going to Cinderella, grand, teuimps or banobagi?

Should I be booking a clinic now?? Has everyone booked with clinics already?

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I'm deciding between Dream (Dr. Song) and Top Class. I have my nose done in Topclass last year. My doctor speaks English and explained details carefully. The surgery went well and I fully recovered.

I want to have Double Eyelid Revision, Lateral Canthoplasty and Blepharoplasty done this time. I'm considering other clinics because communication with the chinese consultant (same lady I met there last year, i was hoping she'd leave) at Topclass is frustrating. She is not being clear when it comes to costs. She gave me a vague total of $5000~$6000 USD for all the procedures mentioned above. When I asked her again for a list of prices, she told me she is not in charge of pricing.

 

[jeinnfer]

meliwaa said: ↑

So I'm back after 2 months of inactivity, sorry! Anyway, I wanted to preface this by saying thank you to everyone who has helped and encouraged me on this journey. Some have left the forums and probably won't read this, but I'll always be grateful for your stories, advice, and kind words.

The appointment with Chungdam U was at 1PM on Friday, June 13. Me and my mom sat in the lobby waiting for about 20 minutes since we arrived early until the nurse called me upstairs. Communication was strained because Nicole had to be with another client and there was only 1 short-haired nurse who spoke a bit of English. They had a private room for me to put my things in and I guessed to rest in after the operation. I was given a really large pajamas and thick slippers to change into. My mom waited in the upstairs lobby while I did so. Then I was lead down a hallway and past another set of doors. I think I was asked if I was scared, but I wasn't even nervous or anything, just somber I guess.

The operating rooms weren't seperated by doors and had more of a dentist office type of feel. In mine there were two nurses and perhaps the anaestilogist coming in and out. I was told to gargle this purple liquid. They put an IV in my arm and a shot in my butt. Kind of awkward to be honest. Once I layed down my hair was tucked into a cap and a large vest put over me. I think a nurse shaved my nose then. They gave me a stuffed bunny to hold on to, I guess because I'm rather young lol? It was cute though. When Dr. Lee came in he talked to me about the procedure. He wanted to affirm if I wanted a western nose or not and I shook my head vigoriously; I wanted it Asian and natural and possible. I looked at the clock when he said the the anaesthetics were going to kick in soon, it was going to be weird, and just to dream of some place I would like to go. It was 1:20 or 1:30 then. He was wiping my nose with disinfectant maybe and then the world slowed down. Everything turned into orange geometric shapes and I thought of buildings for some reason. It started fading in what felt like a minute and I saw circular lights glowing over me.

[Warning: it gets kind of graphic in this paragraph] I hoped everything was done, but the clock showed only 2PM. I'm not sure if this was supposed to happen but I was awake for the rest of the operation. My actions were sluggish but my mind started to race. Dr. Lee was probably in the process of inserting the silicone when I woke up. It didn't really hurt but I could barely feel the sensation of him stretching the cut in my right nostril. And I could hear all of it. I could hear the squish and crunch of silicone in my bridge and later the scraping of my ear cartilage. It might freak you out less if you've broken a bone or something, but I've never gotten hurt more than a scrape or bruise. There was something running down the side of my face and it took me a second to realize it was likely blood. Despite all this, I managed to stay relatively calm. And at least Dr. Lee talked to me when he could. Sometimes my nose would start hurting and I would say a loud "ow" and he injected anaesthetics once more. He said he would try not to because he had already given me more than the usual amount. Oh but I absolutley hated when he was scarping more cartilage from inside my ear. It hurt much more than my nose and it was so scary and freaky. I tensed up so bad and kept my eyes shut tight the entire process. I was breathing hard and I think I teared up a little bit. He did eventually inject more anaesthetics there but there was still the very slight sensation. Remember, I could hear this loud and clear. Then there was more stretching of the nostril cut for the tipplasty. Again, it didn't hurt that much, but I could feel exactly what he was doing. I would try to remember more but I think my brain wants to block out most of it - other than DO NOT DO EAR CARTILAGE AGAIN!!! Finally he started sewing up the incisions. I could feel each pull and occasional poke. Once he finished, he let me sit up and look at my nose in the 3 way mirror. It was a lot straighter and higher already and he asked "Okay?" but I was so dazed I couldn't say much more than "okay." So they laid me down and started bandaging and putting a splint on my new nose. Afterwards, everything else was taken out or off and I was put back in the private room to rest for a bit.

My mom came in and said "woah" and asked if I was okay. I mean, yeah I was; my nose and ear only hurt a bit. The nurses said I could go home right away if I wanted when questioned but I wanted to lay there for a bit since my brain was scattered. I only stayed a little less than an hour since they also informed me they had another patient coming in.

I realized I had a question I wanted to ask, and after a bit of floundering they found someone who could speak enough English to answer me. I think Dr. Lee was missing because he was filling in the prescription forms. When we went down to the lobby he was there and he gave us instructions to the pharmacy that was close Caffee Bene down the street. The pharmacist told me to take a bag of pills 3 times a day, and the bags with a red pill first.

On the subway I got a few stares but I was okay. My ear stung though. That night I had to sit upright so I only got like 5 or 6 hours of sleep. My mouth only gets dry when I nap (even though my mouth is closed) so my throat was okay for the rest of the nights. I think I met up with teatreeoil (a forumer) the second or third evening in Myeongdong. I wasn't tired or anything. My nose didn't hurt, but there was an itchy heavy feeling like during my yearly allergies. My ear on the other hand rang and pulsed with pain.

That week I wanted my bandages off as soon as possible, my skin is very oily and though the TRM laser dried it up until the third day, it was getting oily at the edges of the bandages. So pretty gross. I was more exhausted on the 5th and 6th day then I was on the 2nd and 3rd so I just layed in bed.

Me and my mom came late to our appointment because I took a wrong turn on the subway OTL Nicole was already there. I was tense while the nurse cleaned my nose and took the plugs out and my back kept arching involuntary anytime my ear was touched. When they led me out I glanced at a sliver of a mirror, but I couldn't recognize myself. In the lobby Dr. Lee handed me a splint and bandages to wear at night. There was also this creme and q-tips to apply in my nostrils. Nicole set up another appointment with the doctor in a week, the day before I left. Then I went down to the dermatology branch and had another facial (already paid for). I was really happy that I was 'normal' again.

When I got home, I kept staring at myself in the mirror. The figure was vaguely familar. The nose was a lot sharper and had a gentle curve. Then I put on the splint and went to bed. The next morning, I woke up and FREAKED. I didn't even go outside because I thought that I looked /wrong/. It was a beautiful nose why didn't it fit on me?? I Those in the June Kakaotalk group experienced my hysteria firsthand. But the next day…I was suddenly okay again. I even went to Myeongdong and shopped a lot.

The last appointment with Dr. Lee was right after the last one I had with the dermatology floor of Chungdam U. My skin looked so great ;u; Okay then back up the lobby floor. A nurse cleaned my noses again. He checked to make sure everything was okay and adjusted my nose with his hands a bit. Then he made an splint for my nose - the other one was a pre-made one and didn't fit just right. In the lobby he gave us a card to contact him. I asked him stuff and he sent it's best not to jog for a month, though two is best.

It's about 2 months later. Same old, same old. My bridge has felt normal since day 1 and my nose tip is still hard and alien. I mean, the tip feels like touching someone else's skin but it hurts if I put too much force on it. Like I went in to kiss my grandpa on the cheek and I had to recover from the pain for about a minute or two. I've gotten a lot of compliments and stares, some people have said I look like a doll now heh. Everyone has said it looks very natural and though they can see the tip's changed, they dont realize I also have a bridge implant until I tell them. Sometime I wish my tip was less round from the front (it's perfect in side profile) but I realize I had a LOT of cartilage there anyways and raising it anymore would look unnatural from any other view. But overall, I'm really happy with my nosejob and I don't regret one bit of it.

I think I included most everything…I didn't look over it so I hope everything makes sense but if there's anything you'd like to know more about please feel free to get in touch.

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Hai
Thanks for sharing your story.
Could i ask when u did rhino, you were mentioning about going doing skin treatment in the dermatology floor. How many days was it after the rhino that you were allowed to do any laser or facial?

I am plannng for rhino mid sept and some skin treatment and i have no idea how would that work with the bruises and swollen i m going to get from the surgery.

Thanks.