djj Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 The title says it all. Why do you guys want to go to Korea for plastic surgeries? The more I read the Korean plastic surgery-related websites, the more scared I am. I would like to learn why Korea is so popular among people who consider plastic surgeries. What do you know and what makes you consider Korea? Thank you.
bisousx Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 lol, why are you scared? Korea is known for its plastic surgery, and being in Asia, consequently have a much higher volume of asian patients than American doctors. Also, the surgeons will have a better idea of what asian people consider beautiful. They "know" it rather than learn it from what they read in textbooks. Some procedures completely rely on this: Asian rhinoplasty, for example, is completely different from Caucasian rhinoplasty and involves implants rather than shaving the bridge down. There are also other procedures that are not commonly performed in the US, like revision eyelid surgery. Being asian, I've gone to Korea for surgery and was very happy with my results. If my surgery was not ethnicity-related though, of course I'd rather stay home and go to an American doctor.
djj Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 I am scared because it is very hard to know the truth. I almost decided to have a revision surgery on my eyes with one doctor in Korea, who is supposed to be very skilled (after I had contacted many doctors in Korea). So I have been following and visitng all kinds of plastic surgery-related websties looking for some information about his patients everyday. It was very hard to find a real patient's story. Recently I found that when there is any negative review about him, it gets deleted right away. There was one persistent patient who would post his review again and again. It seems that even he couldn't persist forever because his review is gone now, though. But due to the combination of his persistency (for a while) and my everyday routine check, I could read some real story. Anyway now I am considering having my revision surgery here in the US, if I still want to have it.
bisousx Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 There are surgeons in the US who require their patients to sign a gag contract (Paul Nassif is one) as well. Patients who write a negative review will be sued. Good luck in choosing a surgeon!
djj Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 I wouldn't go to a surgeon, who makes me sign a gag contract.
djj Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 FYI: (Source:http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/12/117_101689.html)
djj Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 The following link is reporting the same information I posted above, but it has names of the plastic surgery clinics, who had top 12 complaints for the last three years. Unfortunately they are in Korean. So I am not sure how it could be helpful to folks who don't know Korean.http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=kmi&arcid=1324986840&cp=nv
djj Posted January 26, 2012 Author Posted January 26, 2012 This report about accidents at a plastic surgery clinic points out that this kind of accident happens due the lack of regulations in the medical field in Korea:http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=2042089
jinju82 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 Here are the plastic surgery clinics with top complaints from article above ▲ Apgujeong, Seoul Plastic Surgery (Sinsa) ▲ granulator Plastic Surgery (Sinsa) ▲ BK Dongyang Plastic Surgery Clinic (Nonhyeon-) ▲ Wonjin Plastic Surgery (Seocho) ▲ Seoul won Plastic Surgery (Yeoksam-dong) ▲ Rapids en-Up Assembly (Samseong) ▲ The United Nations Children molding Surgery (Yeoksam-dong) ▲ Hee Moon Plastic Surgery (Sinsa) was followed.
jinju82 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 Saw BK Dongyang! A lot of ppl on purse forum bring up BK. yikes
jinju82 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 Gotta do a lot of research wherever you plan to do plastic surgery.
juboozi Posted May 15, 2012 Posted May 15, 2012 Wonjin was one of the places I plan to go for consult but after reading this I'm having 2nd thoughts... One issue is that big clinics such as BK and Wonjin would obviously perform a lot more surgeries than smaller clinics so maybe the reason for the large number of complaints could be due to the fact they have a lot more clients?
loverrrly Posted May 16, 2012 Posted May 16, 2012 I agree. I finally decided on Wonjin but started to rethink it. Actually, regardless, Wonjin is STILL one of the top among Korean locals. BK is for sure a NO
juboozi Posted May 16, 2012 Posted May 16, 2012 What surgery are you getting? Yeh BK is a no for me too. Im also considering banobagi n Regen.. Do you know if they are popular with the locals? Regen seems a lil overpriced tho
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