(V-line, Nose, Accu) My Consultation Experience with Girin, View, Namu

[babychittycake]

Hi,

Is Girin's dr certified? how about their facilities or emergency response team?Read about non certified ps doctors performing surgeries and patient dying, it's scary. Then there's also some clinic that offers rework if job is not well done. Does girin provide the above? Safety and assurance is important. Thanks.

 

[asiandreams]

Rinda10 said: ↑

Hello, HYIE

I satisfied with result of course. Dr.Lee is really skillful and good at English. he is not perfect for Eng but he tried to explain about surgery procedure to make me understand what does he going to do during surgery and why he is going to put silicon on bridge and why he will use cartilage on my nasal tip and etc. But what I really got impressive from Girin is.. the Eng consultant name is Jefferson, her service was soooooo good. she took long time for me when I visit to Girin and she reacted such a like friend lol. Also I still keep in touch with Jefferson by email, and she always care about my result and ask me any problem or uncomfortable also girls talk as well lol.
I really recommend you if you consider about rhino. Dr.Lee is good at rhino I guess !

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Hi Rinda,

You said you had rhino done at Girin. Are you happy with the results? When did you do it? U mind sharing your pre and post photos just on the nose please?

Thanks in advance.

 

[rinda10]

asiandreams said: ↑

Hi Rinda,

You said you had rhino done at Girin. Are you happy with the results? When did you do it? U mind sharing your pre and post photos just on the nose please?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi,
I can send you by email. could you PM me about ur email address?

 

[tari_tigerlily]

Rinda10 said: ↑

Hi,
I can send you by email. could you PM me about ur email address?

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hi rinda10

I'd like to see your nose's b&a too.
would it be possible to PM me?

 

[motty26]

Rinda10 said: ↑

Hi,
I can send you by email. could you PM me about ur email address?

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Hi Rinda, can u please pm me your BnA photo as well? thank you

 

[rinda10]

tari_tigerlily said: ↑

hi rinda10

I'd like to see your nose's b&a too.
would it be possible to PM me?

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I tried to show my B&A picture through PM, but it was not work. I don't know why.
Please PM me your email

 

[rinda10]

MOTTY26 said: ↑

Hi Rinda, can u please pm me your BnA photo as well? thank you

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Please PM me your email address, I cannot send my photo by PM.

 

[asiandreams]

Rinda10 said: ↑

Hi,
I can send you by email. could you PM me about ur email address?

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I Rinda,

I pm you just now. Thanks in advance!

 

[tari_tigerlily]

Rinda10 said: ↑

I tried to show my B&A picture through PM, but it was not work. I don't know why.
Please PM me your email

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hi rinda10

I've pmed u my email

 

[1st-timer]

starrynights127 said: ↑

I narrowed down my list to 5: First day by myself, Namu, View, Girin. Second day with friends: the Line and DA.

1.) Namu:
The reason I chose Namu is because they gave me a really attractive quote via wechat and I liked their combination method of v-line (bone, fat, muscle removal) advertised, and how they use ultra soft silicon for nose. That, and they have lots of pictures on Naver.

So Namu was my first stop. They only speak korean and chinese, and have no english translator btw.

When I arrived there on appointment time, the receptionist looked really confused. She then confirmed I indeed booked an appointment and asked me to wait. Later on she told me that the chinese consultant is away and won't be back 'til tomorrow, and if it's ok for me to reschedule...since I was on a tight schedule I asked to do consultation with Korean consultant, and the receptionist to translate for me. This was probably not a good idea...don't do this ladies.
they were nice enough to arrange the consultation with me. The waiting room had people walking in now and then, but I was the only one waiting.
the doctor came in and saw me after an hour or so. He spoke korean at first and had the receptionist translate to chinese, but after seeing her struggling a little, he spoke english directly to me. This was a pleasant surprise.
I actually really liked his recommendation: v-line with muscle and fat removal, rhinoplasty with hump shave, silicon implant of 3.5mm, tiplasty. No need for chin implant, but i should get acculift.
I must've been nervous at first cause all the questions I prepared escaped my mind and I didn't ask too many questions. relative to the other consultations, this one was shorter but I did like the doctor. I also asked how many surgeries he does in a day. He said he does facial contouring in the morning, maybe 3-4 surgries. then in the afternoon he does nose, eyes etc. I showed me photo of angelababy =P and mentioned I like her face shape. He said it is achievable for me.

Then it was time to talk about prices...the korean consultant gave me quote of 23.5M. I was able to talk it down to 18M...but still, this was twice the price they gave me via wechat. but they said the wechat price was a mistake and the chinese consultant that gave me what quote is longer here.
Also, on wechat they said they will take CT scan during consultation, but didn't.
Needless to say, although I liked the doctor and the receptionist/consultant was friendly, I was discouraged and moved on to my second appointment.

2.) View - kaokao view5391177
I went to view with the mentality I have to wait for a long time and they will give me a ridiculous price too...in the mean time i was in contact with kaokao group and friends gave me quote they received for surgery- around 2M for nose and 4M for mandible reduction. so this was the price I was going for.

View was bigger and on separate floors. There's definitely a lot more patients coming in and out. the english translator, Catherine, greeted me along with the korean consultant. Both of them were super nice and friendly. I booked consultation with Dr Lee for facial contouring and nose, but due to the wait time, they asked if I was ok with seeing Dr Kim for nose and I was fine with that. I'd say the overall waiting time was short even though the clinic was busy.

Dr Kim is an easy going guy. He suggested the same as namu doctor actually- 3.5mm implant, tiplasty, removal of hump, but also pushing in my nose nose a little (can't remember the term). Dr Kim says 80% of his patients use gortex, but I could go with silicon if I wanted, I insisted silicon. He said i have an easy nose to work with and he's confident it will turn out good.
Later on I asked the consultant how long the nose surgery will take and she said 15-30 minutes max.

then I saw Dr Lee. Dr Lee suggested v-line with t-osteonomy and titanium plate. When I asked if I can just do v-line with implant or injection, he said not if you want to be like angelababy lol. His nose suggestion was the same as Dr. Kim.

Then it was time to talk about prices and I braced myself. To my surprise, the prices the consultant gave me was the same as via email. They also gave me a lot of discount when I haggled. In the end I was able to haggle around 30% less than what they quoted me initially.
The price was so good for these procedures I was pretty ready to put down deposit...but I wanted to visit Girin first since it's in the same building. See above for kaokao id of english consultant.

3.) Girin - girinlife
I arrived at this consultation a little late but receptionist was friendly and ok with this. My first impression was the girls here were pretty too, but more natural looking than View's.

Contrary to whats said on the forum, Girin does have an english translator now and you don't have to pay for the service. Her name is Jefferson and she can be contacted via kaokao, which I put above.

They took me to do x-ray and CT scan right away, and Jefferson stayed with the entire time to translate. First I saw the consultant, who explained examined my face and wrote down procedures I'm interested in, then it was time to meet Dr Lee.

I have a very good impression of Dr Lee. He seemed really laid back yet knowledgeable. I asked a ton of questions at this point (built up experience from previous clinics) and he took his time to answer each one of them.
What I liked was he looked at CT scan first, identified the nerves, and showed me how will cut the bone. I questioned him whether I need t-ostenomy. His response was that he used to perform that procedure as well, and over the years, he found long section v-line works just as well so need to cut chin into three pieces since it's more invasive.
I also questioned on this choice of 2.5mm implant instead of 3.5mm...he showed me what the implant looked like, placed it on my nose and asked me to look into the mirror. Since I have a taller nose to begin with, he said anything more than 2.5mm will make it unnatural. He prefers a more natural/balanced face, but he can do 3mm if i insist.
I decided to go with his choice of 2.5mm implant. Actually, Dr Lee can speak english as well. He looked to Jefferson to translate some of the more technical terms but he was able to understand all my questions and answered some in english.
When I asked how many surgeries he does in a day, he said 3-4, he's only human XD.
The procedures he suggested were: v-line with muscle and fat removal, rhino with 2.5mm implant, hump removal, push nose bone in, tiplasty, acculift and fat pad removal. Also, Dr Lee said he could only remove 10% of the muscle and more will cause issues years down the road. He will use botox at the beginning of the surgery, which will lessen swelling too. Planned procedure time is 3 hours.

Then it was time for price consultation. To my surprise again, Girin gave me the quote they said on kaokoa as well. Again, they gave me discount for doing all procedures together, 12M for all procedures mentioned above. I was able to haggle down more after a few rounds of going back and forth with prices and propositions, and the final price was really attractive!

I still had the Line and DA consultations to go to the next day, but since I really liked the doctor and staff at Girin, I put down deposit and decided to go with them instead.

both View and Girin were attractive, staff were friendly, but I chose Girin at the end due their promise I can have v-line without t-osteonomy,Dr. Lee's experience and 3-4 patients per day limitation, and the final price being closer to my budget.

Getting my blood works done and surgery the day after. So nervous now haha. I will keep this thread updated on my surgery and recovery progress.

I hope my experience will be useful to others. Feel free to ask any questions and have a lovely day everyone~~

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Hi thanks for sharing such an informative and useful experience. I'm actually going to have my surgeries with Dr Lee too tomorrow morning. I heard that Girin's Acculift was not good. I'm going for Acculift there too tomorrow, as I'm doing it with all other procedures together so to be able to haggle the price. But nervous with the Acculift and BA result. Do u mind me asking you, how's your Acculift result so far? Any sagging? Thank you very much.

 

[peachy35]

1st timer said: ↑

Hi thanks for sharing such an informative and useful experience. I'm actually going to have my surgeries with Dr Lee too tomorrow morning. I heard that Girin's Acculift was not good. I'm going for Acculift there too tomorrow, as I'm doing it with all other procedures together so to be able to haggle the price. But nervous with the Acculift and BA result. Do u mind me asking you, how's your Acculift result so far? Any sagging? Thank you very much.

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Hi, do u mind to share with us your experience in Girin especially the BA? Girin is on my list when I go in March! Thanks alot! And speedy recovery!

Kakao: peachy35

 

[rinda10]

peachy35 said: ↑

Hi, do u mind to share with us your experience in Girin especially the BA? Girin is on my list when I go in March! Thanks alot! And speedy recovery!

Kakao: peachy35

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Hi, Peachy35

I have no Kakao ID, PM me ur email address.

 

[peachy35]

Rinda10 said: ↑

Hi, Peachy35

I have no Kakao ID, PM me ur email address.

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PM-ed! Thank you!!

 

[ppsusan]

Hi, please pm me either.

Thx.

 

[ppsusan]

peachy35 said: ↑

PM-ed! Thank you!!

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Hi, peachy35.

Please help to pm.

thanks a lot.