My recent consultations in Seoul and surgical experiences

[dreamii]

Haha now I'm feeling so dumb. Been thinking and worrying so much..
Thank u K

 

[msahpui]

Mrs King,

I went for my pre-op consult today and I asked Dr yi if his clinic does eye revisions and facial contouring. He said he does eyelid revisions and the other doctor (Dr chu who is actually the 3rd Korean doctor listed on their clinic's website) does facial contouring. I didn't muster enough courage to ask "are you famous for that?"...so sorry; ( I really don't know about Dr yi's work, I did see impressive photos of his face lift and some lipo work and I remembered him telling me he is passionate about face lifting haa. But if it is of any help, Dr yi is oldish and used to be a prof at a university. He definitely has many years of experience performing surgeries but which ones, I'm also not sure; (. I couldn't find anything about Dr yi soki and liposuction online. I'm just going with my gut feel, partly I guess.shudders..OMG

When I see my dermatologist during my post op check up, I will try to ask him if 101 is good for eye and facial contouring.

I'm doing my nose with Dr Paik and armpit, thighs and abs lipo with Dr Yi. did my fat graft and chin and cheek lipo with leaders clinic.

As of today, my experience is still very positive. Dr yi actually told me to bring my old compression garment and he will get it altered by the "designer" as my arms have gone down and the garment doesn't fit. I like his humility and sincerity I will update you peeps after next week. I'm sure I will freak out when I look like a pig head after my rhino this fri; ( and I will look to you peeps for support!

 

[mrsking]

Msahpui,

Thank you for being such a sweet girl! I appreciate all of the info you gathered for me while busy learning about the doctors and clinics for your surgery. God bless your heart.

Good luck with Dr. Paik and Dr. Yi at 101. Talk to us here when you need support or just someone to talk to. I know I'll be rooting for you all the way.

 

[sunray]

Hey K, you've been awesome with all the advice! There are somethings I hope you could clarify:

K Couture said: ↑

No need to worry about consistency. Alot of people are very concerned with balance and what not. eg. "what if my nose will be too high and doesn't balance my face?" Very common misconception. The surgeon can only enhance your features according to its original structure.

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As long as I give my body some down time in between, does this mean that if I were to have rhinoplasty, chin implants and zygoma reduction but by different surgeons from different practices (by this I really just mean two), it would be okay to get rhinoplasty more or less a week before having the rest performed? I ask this with the last sentence I've quoted in mind. I'm paraphrasing as I forget which thread I read this from, but the poster(s) said it's better to get the bone-related surgeries done first because of how face shape was a determining factor of how well our facial features could look. Sorry in advance if I got the wrong end of the stick :S

 

[rinnon]

Does plastic surgery necessary made you better? I've shown a picture to one of the clinic in korea through online and the pictures he sent make to me after the surgery on my cheeks, chin and nose was horrendous. I looked like a bird. I have no idea since now after I see the photoshop picture it was so ugly I couldn't even imagine. But however, whenever I look at myself I am determine to do my nose (especially alarplastic bcause my nose is so huge). In addition, I realised I have serious sinus problem especially at night. I 've consulted doctors and they told me it is due to my nose shape. So guys, do plastic surgery made you look better?

 

[anna85]

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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Thank you for sharing your experience with us Msahpui! I'm glad to hear that you're satisfied with the result!
I'm thinking about getting a consultation with Dr Paik at 101 Plastic Surgery after reading your review. Could you please tell me which material did he use for your nose bridge and tip?
Thank you ^^

 

[anna85]

I've just got an email from dr Paik telling that he won't be available for consultation / surgery until 21th September. Since I'll leave Seoul on 20th, he recommended me his friend, doctor Chu, which is considered "one of the best rhino surgeons" by himself.
What should I do guys? °_° Have anyone had an operation with dr Chu at 101 plastic surgery clinic?

 

[meimei5105]

anyone know if there are the slowest season for ps. just thinking out load maybe slower season, one might gets better deal, more attention, easier to book certain surgeons. thinking going there in November or Octorber. kakao: kz168a;

 

[davincci]

meimei5105 said: ↑

anyone know if there are the slowest season for ps. just thinking out load maybe slower season, one might gets better deal, more attention, easier to book certain surgeons. thinking going there in November or Octorber. kakao: kz168a;

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Just avoid Jul-Aug, late Nov - early Jan as well as China long holidays (e.g. early May, early Oct)

 

[sunray]

davincci said: ↑

Just avoid Jul-Aug, late Nov - early Jan as well as China long holidays (e.g. early May, early Oct)

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Holy cow, that that's such a limited window

 

[lanvinfiend]

Winter (nov-dec) is generally packed, first quarter should be ok!

 

[anna85]

Hi guys
Just want to say that I'm already in Seoul and had consultations with dr at Dream, april 31. I'll have the operation on Monday. I'll come back to share my detailed experience soon ^^ Pray for me!

 

[dreamii]

anna85 said: ↑

Hi guys
Just want to say that I'm already in Seoul and had consultations with dr at Dream, april 31. I'll have the operation on Monday. I'll come back to share my detailed experience soon ^^ Pray for me!

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Will wait for ur sharing experiences ^^

 

[unicorncat]

davincci said: ↑

Just avoid Jul-Aug, late Nov - early Jan as well as China long holidays (e.g. early May, early Oct)

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Thanks for the info. Crossing my fingers 1st to 8 nov is not crowded.

Oh ya I read from 16 Feb to 22 Feb 2015 is korea new year hence alot of clinic n even shopping malls r close. please correct me if wrong.

good luck to all who will b having ps soon.

 

[dreamii]

UnicornCat said: ↑

Thanks for the info. Crossing my fingers 1st to 8 nov is not crowded.

Oh ya I read from 16 Feb to 22 Feb 2015 is korea new year hence alot of clinic n even shopping malls r close. please correct me if wrong.

good luck to all who will b having ps soon.

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To be sure to avoid korean holidays, you can search in google for Koreans calendars. They also show students holidays as well.
Just Double check before getting tickets