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[shinenim]

I think this is a very important word and everybody should learn it! hahahahaha!

"Machwi juseyo"

Need it or not i guess when you say it they know you are in pain~ hahahahaha

 

[mrai89]

davincci said: ↑

TUESDAY - 365Mc liposuction
I did all the blood tests and check-ups on Monday evening. Final consultation Tue morning with my assigned dr, Dr. Che-Won. He drew some architectural lines on my body and told me how he's going to shape my legs to optimal shape. Then I was brought into the operation room. When I woke up, I was already back in the ward, in the compression garment.


First night was the most painful esp when I tried to sit on the toilet. But I would say, the pain is bearable. I didn't take the pain killers they gave me as I might have my rhinoplasty on Wed and I don't want to risk it. I peeked in side my compression garment and as expected, my whole thigh is black (bruised).



WEDNESDAY - Checkup at 365, they cleaned my wounds and taught me how to massage my legs to help with recovery. I felt totally fine so decided to go for rhinoplasty that day. I called Daphne from Dream and she scheduled my surgery that afternoon (Glad I come during low season). I had final consultation with Ms. Lee as well as Dr. park. I was extremely scared before I walked up to the building, but again, they somehow calmed me down.


Surgery at Dream was such an adventure and I really need to share. For those who has read my previous notes should know, I was freaking out about waking up during surgery. After reading a few recent posts, I already prepared myself for the worst. I told Daphne that it will scar me for life, and told her to make sure they put me back to sleep if I'm waking up. Daphne was standing there talking to me about her next holiday, then she said they are injecting some tranquillisers to make me feel calm. Then BAM!!! I was suddenly on this roller coaster ride? Then a beautiful white bubbly room? Then something like a bouncy castle.... I don't wanna sound like a junkie but I can't say its a bad feeling LOL


Then I heard a woman's voice. It's Anna who's doing the grafting. I know I'm waking up, but somehow I was calm. I said "I'm waking up" no one replied. Then I said 3x "Machwi juseyo!" (Give me sedation) then I'm back on the roller coaster. The next moment I woke up was when Dr. Park finishing the surgery. I heard him humming and I asked him what song it is. I forgot what he said. I asked if Daphne was there, someone grabbed my hand said Daphne is in a meeting and she's Unji, another English translator. She held my hand till the end of the surgery. I can't be more thankful for that.



I'm really surprised for the experience. I kinda like the feeling lol. The waking up part was not scary at all. The sedation Dream uses must be 'special'. They give you nice Dreams haha. I woke up from the operation table, then they wheeled me down to the ward. I was very awake by then and started playing with my phone. In less than 30 mins, I was already on their limo heading back to hotel.



Again, first night was the worst. A straw would help when u drink water, but I left it at Dream. Blood kept dripping out from the gauze throughout the night.



THURSDAY - Woke up feeling a lot better, blood dried out but kind of clotting around the sutures. So I went back to Dream, they cleaned my wound with saline, took out the gauze. I don't feel any discomfort at all by then. Slight runny nose so I have tissue with me at all times.



FRIDAY - I'm already going to the gym with light jogging and sit-ups. I'm wolverine! Lol. Swelling was minimal, only looked like I drank too much water the night before.



Week 2 - MONDAY: my recovery is extremely speedy. I went back to Dream on Mon because some white spots grew near my nose. Originally, they said they can only remove sutures on Wed. But after examination, they removed cast and all the outer sutures for me. I think the tip is defined, nostrils looking nice, the alar weir is nicely done, just slightly red, can barely see any scars (surprised). Nose tissue is still very stiff, the bridge between my eyes is a bit too high (I look like a swordfish lol) and I can feel the grafted fat when touching. But I already know about this from my research that it will go down in 2-3 weeks, Daphne also said the same thing. So will wait.


After that, I went to 365Mc to try my luck. After examination, 365mc also removed all my sutures. I think I'm really lucky, guess going to gym everyday helps. Both Hyelim and Daphne said the speed of my recovery is not normal.



Week 2 WEDNESDAY: Everything went well so I decided to leave on Wed. final checkup and removed all remaining sutures at Dream. Daphne is super sweet, she arranged car to send me to the airport.

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Hey hun, Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I know you said you recover super quick, but I want to know realistically if it was manageable in term of pain and discomfort combining thigh lipo and face contour.
I want to do V line surgery along with inner thigh lipo and stomach lipo. I know it was be a heavy recovery so I'm prepared to take some pain killers and rest etc but do you think its too much to do in one go? I guess I just want someone who has done it to tell me exactly how it is, no sugar coating so please help guys haha

 

[peiyoung]

davincci said: ↑

Hi BlancNoire, no need to apologize. I know how you feel. I had pretty serious anxiety too.

My ear look exactly the same. Just have a tiny dent behind my ear (as big as a rice?), but you can't really see it as it's near the fold. You'll be surprised how tiny the amount of cartilage they take out.

My bridge is not much higher. As mentioned before, my bridge is high enough to begin with, that's why I don't want implant, the use of the grafting is to smooth out any uneveness. I'm not sure if the FG can actually use to raise your bridge.

Of course I can still see my nostril from the front, just less. Isn't it weird if you can't see your nostrils at all? It will have to be a pretty long nose...

It actually won't completely change the shape of your nostrils. Compare to my original nostrils, they just look less wide, more slender now. To gauge how it will look like, you can grab the tip of your nose and slightly pull outwards.

I did close surgery so no incision on the columella. For the alar weir, no scars at all. I'm really surprised.

No sinus, smelling, breathing problems and I don't see why there will be. No tissue has been removed and the augmentation is just on the cartilage level. (unless they excessively reduce your alar so your nostrils shrink too much?)

So far you can still tell if you touch the tip, coz the tissue there is still very stiff. It will slowly soften and Unji showed me she can do slight piggy nose (Dr Park did her nose too). No it doesn't hurt. I blew my nose this morning.

No, Dr Park never suggested donor's cartilage. Rib grafting is quite invasive so personally won't even consider. Ear cartilage grafting is actually quite a quick and easy procedure.

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Hello

I think you were pretty much in the same situation before you did the surgeries as I am now...
I'm also gonna do my nose tip and nostrils in Dream this summer using ear cartilage, and I dont need much surgeries on my nose bridge cuz it's high enough... but I do need to polish the bump on my nose bridge so it looks smoother from the side...now I just have a question regarding the anesthesia of the nose job surgeries in Dream. Did you do your nose under GA or just sedation? I actually had consultation with Dream on the internet, and the consultant recommended me to go under GA cuz that way I won't feel scared or any pain from anesthesia injections. However a lot of ppl I know said it actually doesnt worth to go under GA for just a nose job and there are a few reported deaths associating with plastic surgery GA, cuz most PS clinics in korea do not have proper protocols to deal with it and some patients cannot wake up from GA... Does Dream has sufficient and proper monitors over GA? Is Dream only considered to be mid-sized clinics in korea? I thought it's quite famous among local ppl cuz there are rumors that SM artists do PS there...Thank you for the help

PS I'm not english speaker so hopefully you can understand me...

 

[k-couture]

Peiyoung said: ↑

Hello

I think you were pretty much in the same situation before you did the surgeries as I am now...
I'm also gonna do my nose tip and nostrils in Dream this summer using ear cartilage, and I dont need much surgeries on my nose bridge cuz it's high enough... but I do need to polish the bump on my nose bridge so it looks smoother from the side...now I just have a question regarding the anesthesia of the nose job surgeries in Dream. Did you do your nose under GA or just sedation? I actually had consultation with Dream on the internet, and the consultant recommended me to go under GA cuz that way I won't feel scared or any pain from anesthesia injections. However a lot of ppl I know said it actually doesnt worth to go under GA for just a nose job and there are a few reported deaths associating with plastic surgery GA, cuz most PS clinics in korea do not have proper protocols to deal with it and some patients cannot wake up from GA... Does Dream has sufficient and proper monitors over GA? Is Dream only considered to be mid-sized clinics in korea? I thought it's quite famous among local ppl cuz there are rumors that SM artists do PS there...Thank you for the help

PS I'm not english speaker so hopefully you can understand me...

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It sounds like you just need some mild osteo and tiplasty so I wouldn't suggest you use general for just your nose. It is not necessary. The sedation at dream is actually like a dream lol. Its like a slow roller coaster high (for me anyway). Also sedation is safer and less stress on your body and you don't have to fast for so long.

If you do want to still undergo general anesthesia tho, I know that Dream does tests on the patient before they agree to use general anesthesia on you. I'm not entirely sure what type of test this is but I assume its got to do with testing for allergies to anesthesia. You best inquire about it to confirm because I only ever used sedation at Dream, not general anesthesia.

Also, pain wise from injection it doesn't matter whether from general or sedation. When the needle goes in the first time you will feel it haha. This is what I do. I can't stand needles in my arm cos I get this really gross feeling from it. I tell them to place the IV into my finger or wrist area. Then I tell them to inject local anesthesia into the injection site so I feel no pain. So that's my strategy for dealing with needles (which i hate!)

 

[babydiscus]

K Couture said: ↑

It sounds like you just need some mild osteo and tiplasty so I wouldn't suggest you use general for just your nose. It is not necessary. The sedation at dream is actually like a dream lol. Its like a slow roller coaster high (for me anyway). Also sedation is safer and less stress on your body and you don't have to fast for so long.

If you do want to still undergo general anesthesia tho, I know that Dream does tests on the patient before they agree to use general anesthesia on you. I'm not entirely sure what type of test this is but I assume its got to do with testing for allergies to anesthesia. You best inquire about it to confirm because I only ever used sedation at Dream, not general anesthesia.

Also, pain wise from injection it doesn't matter whether from general or sedation. When the needle goes in the first time you will feel it haha. This is what I do. I can't stand needles in my arm cos I get this really gross feeling from it. I tell them to place the IV into my finger or wrist area. Then I tell them to inject local anesthesia into the injection site so I feel no pain. So that's my strategy for dealing with needles (which i hate!)

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Hi, I'm new to the forum. I'm thinking of going for thigh lipo. I can't speak a single word of Korean. For those who have gone to Korea for their ps, can share with me how to you get back to your accommodation after lipo? Do you stay in their medical center for the first few days? How about going back for check up post lipo? Do you need to find your own translator first before going over?

 

[davincci]

Mrai89 said: ↑

Hey hun, Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I know you said you recover super quick, but I want to know realistically if it was manageable in term of pain and discomfort combining thigh lipo and face contour.
I want to do V line surgery along with inner thigh lipo and stomach lipo. I know it was be a heavy recovery so I'm prepared to take some pain killers and rest etc but do you think its too much to do in one go? I guess I just want someone who has done it to tell me exactly how it is, no sugar coating so please help guys haha

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Sorry guy, been off this forum for quite a while...

Mrai89, I don't think I can give you good enough opinion as I've never done face contouring nor any bone-related surgeries before. For lipo, I think it's totally manageable. I went to see friends for Korean BBQ the next day. Tho the compression garment will give you a certain degree of discomfort, it just feel like wearing super tight spandex LOL.

PeiYoung, I've only undergone sedation. Personally don't think GA is necessary, tho you can request for deep sedation at Dream. For deep sedation, they just use the same substance as sedation, but the dose will keep you under until they complete the surgery.

Babydiscus, Dream provides limo to take you back to your hotel. I think this is one of the very important aftercare they provide me. I didn't stay overnight after any of my surgeries.

 

[ting11]

Peiyoung said: ↑

Hello

I think you were pretty much in the same situation before you did the surgeries as I am now...
I'm also gonna do my nose tip and nostrils in Dream this summer using ear cartilage, and I dont need much surgeries on my nose bridge cuz it's high enough... but I do need to polish the bump on my nose bridge so it looks smoother from the side...now I just have a question regarding the anesthesia of the nose job surgeries in Dream. Did you do your nose under GA or just sedation? I actually had consultation with Dream on the internet, and the consultant recommended me to go under GA cuz that way I won't feel scared or any pain from anesthesia injections. However a lot of ppl I know said it actually doesnt worth to go under GA for just a nose job and there are a few reported deaths associating with plastic surgery GA, cuz most PS clinics in korea do not have proper protocols to deal with it and some patients cannot wake up from GA... Does Dream has sufficient and proper monitors over GA? Is Dream only considered to be mid-sized clinics in korea? I thought it's quite famous among local ppl cuz there are rumors that SM artists do PS there...Thank you for the help

PS I'm not english speaker so hopefully you can understand me...

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Hi Peiyoung, may i know when will u go? Maybe we can meet there together.

 

[vivaldii17]

Thanks for full report but now i'm in the decision for the huge surgery.

 

[tyrosinekinaset]

Thanks for sharing