My recent consultations in Seoul and surgical experiences

[dallas101]

Msahpui said: ↑

Fraulein, I don't know much about noses but I remember seeing your post about your friend having done a nice surgery and another forumer saying that his contact who was working at 2 ps clinics recommending dr paik and not the doctors at his own clinic. Thank you for sharing!

101 plastic surgery:
While I was tempted to skip my consultation with Dr paik as I was far too ambitious in trying to cover 8 clinics in 2 days *(i ultimately dropped April 31 because I was smitten by Dr paik and I dropped real because they never ever got back to me).I remembered your posts and I was also so touched by Dr paik's sincerity as he had been replying personally to my emails since a month ago and when I had to reschedule his appointment to my second day, he was still super polite about it.

I know that b&a photos are not everything but having seen all the photos from the following clinics, I wasn't impressed at all until I saw Dr paik's work on revisional cases and short noses my nose; (. Practically all his noses in the pictures look like my ideal dream nose! His noses are so natural and he manages to make bulbous Short noses look refined and sharp. Amazing!

Lastly, they didn't give me any discount even though I was doing my lipo too Dr chu (executive director of the Korean society of rhinoplasty surgeons) said that they gave foreigners and locals the same prices! I saw only Koreans on my visit there .I asked another skin clinic I had visited about Dr paik's prices- she was amused and said these guys weren't lying -I had local pricesyay!

That pretty much nailed it by the way he is so hot that I go to beg him to try to reschedule stuff to fit me in . It took him a day to work out something but I'm going to do my nose next Friday! ! Phew.

Clinics i consulted with:
In the past 2 days, i have consulted with Dr son fron regen(regen had apparently poached him from wonjin and bk recently), jw (Dr suh), dream (dr park and dr i forgot his name but he does open rhino, lipo and ba) ,banobagi (Hebe apparently said the doctors would only see me if I confirmed my surgery ) , the line plastic surgery (forgot the Dr's name but sincere and humble), 365 Mc and Dr paik and Dr yi from 101 plastic surgery.

Regen:
I have good impression of regen (loved both the rhino and lipo doc, took time to explain procedures to me, hear me out and manage my expectations plus both of them had more than 10 years of experience in their specialization) .The coordinators Kathy and sun were so lovely and I nearly confirmed my surgery with them but when dr paik said he could do my op, I dropped regen right away-(price difference between regen and 101 for all my procedures was about 2m won)

I basically liked every clinic I saw but because I was doing lipo on my thighs abdomen and armpits in addition to my nose, having an experienced lipo doctor played a major part in my decision making.

Dream:
I loved dream's daphne and Dr Park but I Felt That The open rhino Doc might not have been able to lengthen my nose as much as I wanted-he was very honest and sincere and super worried about over stretching my skin. I appreciated his honesty but I guess I dropped dream in the end because the doctor looked youngish so I didn't dare to let him lipo my fats .away;*(

Thanks k, I did tell daphne and Ms Lee that I was at dream because of your experience and they were very nice throughout the consultation and did try really hard to give me a good price

Also, thanks for posting so such detailed posts and sharing your experiences. Dr park and Dr paik are really amazing I can't help but feel amused that Dr park said if I trusted him, I should not do my alars as my nose should look fine after bridge augmentation. Dr paik actually said the same thing. He went further and explained that the risk of getting alars which are not up to expectation(uneven etc) after alarplasty is pretty significant so he advised against doing it if one could avoid it. Thank you so much K Couture and Fraulein. I hope my nose looks good next friday

Jw:
I loved jw's Dr suh and Nancy but I somehow agreed with one other forumer that his tips aren't that nice-looking (my own perspective). Dr Suh was very patient and the lipo doc was nice but again youngish......
Nancy was really honest too.didnt try to over quote me. Oh by the way when I was really desperate to look for another doctor when Dr paik initially wasn't able to operate on me, I asked his colleagues Dr chu if Dr suh (jw)was reliable and good for noses. .haha. He said definitely but he reminded me that i had to make my own judgment according to what kind of noses I would like to have. All surgeons have a preferred method...

The line plastic surgery:
I had a very good experience. Loved the English coordinator-honey.their prices were so high.... and she actually agreed that that was a really common complaint that she couldn't do much about. Honestly I quite liked all their photos and their doc took time to explain to me. Price was the factor for dropping them off my list .

365 mc: I had mixed feelings. Their English coordinator took eons to reply to my mails and I had to resort to reading and writing in my horrible mandarin to the Chinese department boy they were really fast! I dropped this clinic because they would only let me do 1 part at a time .... which wouldn't work for me as I still wanted to do my nose. Their total price for lipo came up to 11m won, more expensive than dream, jw and regen maybe because I did bargain quite hard at these places.

Also, because I was rushing for time during my consultation, they overstated my measurements as they were rushing -this resulted in a difference of a whopping close to 5m won. But i gave feedback to the very nice chinese coordinator straight away cos i remeasured my own parts when i got back to my apartment and she promptly rescheduled my appointment. SO guys please be careful when you go for measurements try not to be in a rush!

Leaders clinic: fat grafting, cheek chin lipo will post more on this in the fat grafting forum. Was kinda like an impromptu thing for me much like accusculpt to k

Sorry for the super long post but I really wanted to contribute back to this forum!! It's my second post, I still can't start a new thread so sorry K for piggybacking on you on this thread")

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Do you have kakao ID? I need to talk to you.

 

[msahpui]

Dallas, let me try to download it now hold on!

 

[msahpui]

Dallas , my id is Msahpui .

 

[vichyk]

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Dallas , my id is Msahpui .

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Hello, msahpui, I would love to hear from u too. Would u mind add me on kakao, just tried to pm u my id, did work.
I think that's ur user name, couldn't find u, u can go to setting and set up an id.

 

[dallas101]

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Dallas , my id is Msahpui .

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I tried to add you but it didn't work. Try to add mine dallas101

 

[msahpui]

Dallas,I've added you!

 

[msahpui]

VichyK, you are so smart ! I'm a kakao klutz"@). You can add me- Msahpui123 .(Evil grin, 5 more posts to go"))

 

[mrsking]

Hi Msahpui,

Happy for you that you've found the clinic and doctor! Great 1st step. Good luck with your up coming surgery. Can I ask you what other procedures you are doing besides nose and lipo? I am looking at 101's web site right now. Would you know what procedures 101 is good for? Are they good for eye revision and facial contouring?

Enjoy Seoul

 

[k-couture]

Msahpui said: ↑

Fraulein, I don't know much about noses but I remember seeing your post about your friend having done a nice surgery and another forumer saying that his contact who was working at 2 ps clinics recommending dr paik and not the doctors at his own clinic. Thank you for sharing!

101 plastic surgery:
While I was tempted to skip my consultation with Dr paik as I was far too ambitious in trying to cover 8 clinics in 2 days *(i ultimately dropped April 31 because I was smitten by Dr paik and I dropped real because they never ever got back to me).I remembered your posts and I was also so touched by Dr paik's sincerity as he had been replying personally to my emails since a month ago and when I had to reschedule his appointment to my second day, he was still super polite about it.

I know that b&a photos are not everything but having seen all the photos from the following clinics, I wasn't impressed at all until I saw Dr paik's work on revisional cases and short noses my nose; (. Practically all his noses in the pictures look like my ideal dream nose! His noses are so natural and he manages to make bulbous Short noses look refined and sharp. Amazing!

Lastly, they didn't give me any discount even though I was doing my lipo too Dr chu (executive director of the Korean society of rhinoplasty surgeons) said that they gave foreigners and locals the same prices! I saw only Koreans on my visit there .I asked another skin clinic I had visited about Dr paik's prices- she was amused and said these guys weren't lying -I had local pricesyay!

That pretty much nailed it by the way he is so hot that I go to beg him to try to reschedule stuff to fit me in . It took him a day to work out something but I'm going to do my nose next Friday! ! Phew.

Clinics i consulted with:
In the past 2 days, i have consulted with Dr son fron regen(regen had apparently poached him from wonjin and bk recently), jw (Dr suh), dream (dr park and dr i forgot his name but he does open rhino, lipo and ba) ,banobagi (Hebe apparently said the doctors would only see me if I confirmed my surgery ) , the line plastic surgery (forgot the Dr's name but sincere and humble), 365 Mc and Dr paik and Dr yi from 101 plastic surgery.

Regen:
I have good impression of regen (loved both the rhino and lipo doc, took time to explain procedures to me, hear me out and manage my expectations plus both of them had more than 10 years of experience in their specialization) .The coordinators Kathy and sun were so lovely and I nearly confirmed my surgery with them but when dr paik said he could do my op, I dropped regen right away-(price difference between regen and 101 for all my procedures was about 2m won)

I basically liked every clinic I saw but because I was doing lipo on my thighs abdomen and armpits in addition to my nose, having an experienced lipo doctor played a major part in my decision making.

Dream:
I loved dream's daphne and Dr Park but I Felt That The open rhino Doc might not have been able to lengthen my nose as much as I wanted-he was very honest and sincere and super worried about over stretching my skin. I appreciated his honesty but I guess I dropped dream in the end because the doctor looked youngish so I didn't dare to let him lipo my fats .away;*(

Thanks k, I did tell daphne and Ms Lee that I was at dream because of your experience and they were very nice throughout the consultation and did try really hard to give me a good price

Also, thanks for posting so such detailed posts and sharing your experiences. Dr park and Dr paik are really amazing I can't help but feel amused that Dr park said if I trusted him, I should not do my alars as my nose should look fine after bridge augmentation. Dr paik actually said the same thing. He went further and explained that the risk of getting alars which are not up to expectation(uneven etc) after alarplasty is pretty significant so he advised against doing it if one could avoid it. Thank you so much K Couture and Fraulein. I hope my nose looks good next friday

Jw:
I loved jw's Dr suh and Nancy but I somehow agreed with one other forumer that his tips aren't that nice-looking (my own perspective). Dr Suh was very patient and the lipo doc was nice but again youngish......
Nancy was really honest too.didnt try to over quote me. Oh by the way when I was really desperate to look for another doctor when Dr paik initially wasn't able to operate on me, I asked his colleagues Dr chu if Dr suh (jw)was reliable and good for noses. .haha. He said definitely but he reminded me that i had to make my own judgment according to what kind of noses I would like to have. All surgeons have a preferred method...

The line plastic surgery:
I had a very good experience. Loved the English coordinator-honey.their prices were so high.... and she actually agreed that that was a really common complaint that she couldn't do much about. Honestly I quite liked all their photos and their doc took time to explain to me. Price was the factor for dropping them off my list .

365 mc: I had mixed feelings. Their English coordinator took eons to reply to my mails and I had to resort to reading and writing in my horrible mandarin to the Chinese department boy they were really fast! I dropped this clinic because they would only let me do 1 part at a time .... which wouldn't work for me as I still wanted to do my nose. Their total price for lipo came up to 11m won, more expensive than dream, jw and regen maybe because I did bargain quite hard at these places.

Also, because I was rushing for time during my consultation, they overstated my measurements as they were rushing -this resulted in a difference of a whopping close to 5m won. But i gave feedback to the very nice chinese coordinator straight away cos i remeasured my own parts when i got back to my apartment and she promptly rescheduled my appointment. SO guys please be careful when you go for measurements try not to be in a rush!

Leaders clinic: fat grafting, cheek chin lipo will post more on this in the fat grafting forum. Was kinda like an impromptu thing for me much like accusculpt to k

Sorry for the super long post but I really wanted to contribute back to this forum!! It's my second post, I still can't start a new thread so sorry K for piggybacking on you on this thread")

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thanks for posting your experience. Sounds like u were rushing between clinics like a mad woman but that's how its gotta be done if we want to make a sound decision. I wish you the best of luck for your surgery! xx

 

[msahpui]

Hello Mrs King,

I'm only getting a primary nose job by Dr Paik and lipo to my upper &lower abdomen, thighs and armpit by Dr Ti Soki. Dr yi told me he specializes in face lifting but he didn't mention anything about face contouring. ..I'm going to the clinic this Tues and I will try to figure out if there is any specialist for eye revision and facial contouring") . I will let you know if I find out anything ") thanks for your luck, I'm relaxed now and I'm even going to do the DMZ/JSA tour soon but I'm sure I will freak out on wed. And of course after the surgery.

 

[msahpui]

K,

Thank you so much for your luck (I will really need it) and for sharing so much knowledge in this forum. I think practically (maybe like 80%) of my knowledge on rhino comes from your posts").

You are so right. I had initially planned to follow my google maps printouts and take the trains but i ended up being late for so many of my appointments that I had to cab quite a bit It was absolutely stressful trying to cover 8 clinics in 2 days ...I should have factored in time to go back to certain clinics to renegotiate or clarify stuff.

But it's an experience and like you said the consults help me make a sound decision") hope your nose is turning out well and your accusculpt too") thank you so much, really really. You inspired me to contribute back to this forum!

 

[dreamii]

Hi guys,
I have a question about consultation and price bargaining.
Actually we have to consult first and bargain the price after right? But what if we bargain the price already, are we suppose to book appointment for surgery right away or we can leave to anther clinic for another consultation?
Because as you know that everyone won't visit only one clinic, at least two. So I was always wondering how the deal with that. Plus I'm not a good bargaining person, and always afraid that I don't dare to leave clinic after I always bargain their price.
Please give me idea.
Thank you

 

[k-couture]

why bother to bargain if u haven't decided on the surgery yet? its a waste of everyone's time including your own. Pick your surgeon then go in to bargain. however after your consultation make sure to tell the consultant that should you choose their clinic, you will come in to renegotiate a better price.

 

[dreamii]

Oh I see. So it doesn't mean that we have to bargain at every clinic we visit, that's why I was feelin uneasy. So I'll onli bargain with the clinic that I'm interest and want to do surgery with them.
Thank k

 

[k-couture]

i swear........common sense my dear....lol