My experience with DAPRS (or DA) and other clinics in Korea

[bigjaw]

Gentle wind said: ↑

DAPRS: The waiting time was not bad and I had around 30 minutes to talk with Dr. Lee and a little less time to talk with the nose doctor. I decided to do my surgery after one visit, but you can visit again before you decide. I did not spend that much time with the consultant, which I like. Getting to the final price was quick too because I told them my price and the consultant went to talk to the doctor and then they came back and said that they agree. I felt like I got a local price, so it was not a deal, but only a reasonable price. DAPRS seem like that make everything expensive and then they give you discount to make you feel like you are getting a good deal. There are clinics that are expensive because you pay for the skills of the doctor, but some clinics they just like to give you high prices because they are getting popular or because you are a foreigner. For DAPRS high original prices, maybe a part of the reason is because of the doctor’s skills. Dr. Lee did all my surgeries for this trip and so far, I think his skills are good because my results are good. I still like DAPRS even though they use the high price and discount strategy. I like them because of Dr. Lee. He is good at face contouring and many people come to him for fc surgery. Even though I went during the low season, he is still busy and whenever I visit the clinic for check-ups, I see people healing from face contouring.

This was the clinic I went to do all my surgery for this trip. I chose this clinic because I knew 2 and maybe more girls going there for face contouring. One girl asked for as much v-line as possible, so it looks a little unnatural, but that was what she wanted. When Dr. Lee perform face contouring, he look at the overall face and does not use a ruler. He uses his eyes to determine how much he should cut to get a nice shape. Dr. Lee is like an artist. When I met Dr. Lee, I was lucky to have the nose doctor translate for me because Katie, the in-house translator was on a short vacation. Dr. Lee can understand English, but he does not or choose not to speak it. He took the time to answer my questions, but because he is busy, he tries to stop you from asking so much technical questions. He recommends procedures that you need, which may offend you, but he only recommends a surgery if you ask for his input. He does not push you to doing anything. I knew what I wanted, so he did not have to recommend much. He said that acculift on the jaw was not really needed and my cheekbone was not bad, so they do not need surgery. I was thinking of having chin implants, but he thinks that if I do jaw reduction, I should fix the chin by cutting the bone too. My angle was reduced and shaved from ½ inch from my ear to almost to my chin. The chin was cut horizontally and a piece of the angle bone was place in between the cut at the chin to lengthen my chin and forward it. For both the chin and zygoma surgery, he used titanium plates to fixed the bones to prevent sagging after surgery. Proper fixation is needed so sagging does not form because of face contouring surgery. He did not recommend sliding genioplasty for lengthening and forwarding the chin because the cut would be very wide. It is hard to imagine, you have to look a 3D skull to understand. Still, sliding genioplasty for shortening and forwarding the chin is a good method.

Pros:
1. Dr. Lee is great at face contouring. He worked at View before, but made his own clinic after working there and he is known for face contouring. You also have time to consult with him, but that time is limited because he is busy. I talked to him for 30 minutes or more for my consultation. He takes the time to answer your questions, but also try to stop you from asking too much technical questions because he cannot answer them all.
2. I know other girls who also had face contouring at DA
3. Post op was good overall, rating is 8.5/10
4. Price is affordable and reasonable if you know how to bargain

Cons:
1. Their original prices are expensive (sorry I do not have a record of the original prices)
2. Katie (the English translator) is not so talkative, so she may not tell you everything that is going on during your visit at DA. Still, she does her job, is helpful and friendly.

My experience/check-up after surgery:

Post op- After I woke up from the surgery, I felt like throwing up and I did for a few hours. I threw up mostly saliva and blood. I was supposed to go to my own room to rest, but I felt really sick and did not want to move to another room. I woke up around 6 pm and moved to my room around 11 pm. I was thankful to the nurses for letting me stay in the generally room until I felt well enough to move. The anesthesia makes you feel really sick and some clinic will ask you to walk to another room with that feeling. After I was in my own room, I just rested and called for nurses when I needed them. There is a control you can use to call for nurses to your room. The nurses got me water, ice packs, and pain medication when I started to feel pain. I tried not to use pain medication if I did not need it, so I waited until my pain reached to level 5 out of 10 and then I told a nurse that I am in pain. It hurts in Korean is “Ah pa yo,” but if the nurse is younger than you then you can say “Ah pa.” The only thing I did not like was that around 5 to 6 am, the nurses are tired so they may not come to your room when you use the control. I had to use the control 3 times within an hour before a nurse came. That same nurse was also not so careful during the early morning, so she poked me with a needle accidently when she was trying to inject something into a tube on my wrist. Not all nurses at a clinic are good and I just met one bad nurse at DAPRS, the rest of the nurses were decent and good. Anyhow, I felt better after the anesthesia was gone which took more than 6 hours after I woke up from surgery. Also, I did not even noticed the 2 tubes in my mouth to drain bloods out until a nurse came to empty a sack of blood that was attached to my shirt. The tubes were taken out by Dr. Lee at around 7 am and it was not that painful, around 2.5/10. After resting in your own room, the clinic will release you at 10 am or a little after that time. They will give you a bag with this salty water to gargle, medication for a week, masks, a card that tells you when your next appointment is, and other items. Remember to keep the appointment card because you will need it for all your appointments with the clinic.

2 days post op- Katie will always be at the clinic with you to help you understand what is happening. Although, she may leave or is not there when not much translation is needed. I went there for light treatment to help with swelling. It is basically a light that shine on your face for 20 minutes. I think it sort of help to decrease swelling, but not really effective. Maybe it takes multiple session before the light helps. The nurse checked my stitches inside my mouth to see if I cleaned them well with this salty water they gave me. Also the nurse cleaned my ears because there were bloods inside and cleaned my eyes too. Then a lady washed my hair which was pretty quick, it took less than 5 minutes. I wished that lady would wash it longer or at least let me scratch my scalp more because it was getting itchy after many days of no shower.

5 days post op- I came in to remove tapes on my thigh and chin. I had tapes on my thigh because of forehead fat graft. A nurse also removed my stitches on my thigh and it did not hurt much. Removing tapes hurt more, so maybe you could remove tapes yourself before seeing the nurse. Ask if you do that first. I was wearing jeans and after they took off the tapes, tiny pieces of the jean’s fabric got stuck onto the leftover stickiness of the tapes. Maybe you can find something to get rid of the stickiness. Also, the nurse removed the stitches from an incision for the zygoma reduction which is nearby the hair. I also asked for the light treatment to reduce swelling and Katie told me to come back in an hour for it.

2 weeks post op- I came in and waited a little bit for Katie and then she brought me to a nurse to remove my stitches from inside my mouth. I felt odd during that time because Katie did not say much and just brought me to the nurse. Katie only started talking after the stitches of the jaw and zygoma surgeries were removed. Removal of the chin’s stitches were really painful (9/10), so Katie warned me about the pain before it happened. The removal of the zygoma’s stitches were the 2nd most painful (4/10) and the jaw’s stitches were not that painful (2/10). I teared naturally because of the removal of the chin’s stitches, but luckily it only took about 3 minutes to remove. I also got light treatment during this visit.

My last appointment with DA was just before I left Korea. They took CT scans and pictures of me before I saw Dr. Lee. I asked Dr. Lee questions about my concerns and he showed me my before and after. I talked to him for around 10 minutes or less and then I got a light treatment again to reduce swelling.

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can you message me the price for vLINE?

 

[gentle-wind]

Here is the website for DA: http://daprs.com/en/

 

[gentle-wind]

dream17 said: ↑

Thanks for the long and detailed review!
Any idea if Unique is good for double eyelid surgery?
Have a speedy recovery and hope to see updates!

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I am not sure about Unique's eye surgery. I heard about 1 or two people doing surgery there, but don't know what they did exactly.

 

[gentle-wind]

Labyrinth said: ↑

Hi Gentle Wind. Thank you so much for your detailed review, and I wish you a speedy recovery! Can I ask you which doctor you spoke to at unique? bc i was actually considering getting my nose done over there. (i saw some of their b&a pics and really liked their natural results) Also, were there mostly local or foreign patients?

Thank you

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I don't think it matter which doctor I talked to because I didn't do my nose there. I can't tell you if they are good or not. I don't remember the doctor's name. They don't provide English service, but my doctor can speak some English.

 

[lolipop32swiss]

How are u Babe? Been texting you on kakao.
Hope your swelling all gone now and you like your results

 

[gentle-wind]

Hello everyone,

These pictures are my 3.5 months post-op.
I think my 4th picture looks bad, but I wanted to show you that you won't look good in all photos. You have to figure out what angle looks the best.

I am still numb at the chin, but only a little bit. One of my eye would water more easily now, but it only sometime happens. I feel like my forehead lost some fat at the side and the middle. I do not smoke or drink alcohol. If you do those things then fat injected into your face will be lost.The area below my eyes is still looking great, I had fat re-positioning there. I had acculift under my chin and at the jaw and my skin got tighter, but I felt like maybe it was not needed for me because it didn't make much difference. There are a few bumps under the chin that have not disappeared, they appeared after the surgery. My muscle at my jaw still hurts if I put pressure on it.

My doctor said I did not have to do cheek reduction and I think I should have listened to him because my cheek was not that noticeable in the first place. I'm embarrass to say, but I thought the cheek reduction might reduce my outer face which lines up with my eyes. I was concern about that area, but I don't think it can be fixed there.

I am thankful to my doctor. He did a great job on me! My only complaint is it would be better if my chin was moved forward a little more. Not sure if it was my fault or his, but I am still very happy because I did not experience any huge problems after the surgery.

 

[lolipop32swiss]

Babe thanks for pointing out the pain when pressure. And the chin little bump..i used to have that and was very worried.
I even had a lumpsided on my jaw but gone now. After ps was a nightmare. I gained 6kg since i last saw you.

 

[gentle-wind]

lolipop32Swiss said: ↑

Babe thanks for pointing out the pain when pressure. And the chin little bump..i used to have that and was very worried.
I even had a lumpsided on my jaw but gone now. After ps was a nightmare. I gained 6kg since i last saw you.

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The pain for the muscle is very minimal. Like 1/10.

 

[gentle-wind]

Gentle wind said: ↑

The pain for the muscle is very minimal. Like 1/10.

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Did you gain what you lost or are you a little heavy now? You still have a great body to me, but you could try to lose those weight again. My doctor told me to lose weight and my result will look better so that is what I am doing. It's great that the bumps disappeared, did it disappear on its own?

 

[lolipop32swiss]

Yes im fat now. Was worried the last 3 months. But now can diet yes
I look chubby but it is ok.
It has disappeared

 

[hj88]

Gentle wind said: ↑

Hello everyone,

These pictures are my 3.5 months post-op.
I think my 4th picture looks bad, but I wanted to show you that you won't look good in all photos. You have to figure out what angle looks the best.

I am still numb at the chin, but only a little bit. One of my eye would water more easily now, but it only sometime happens. I feel like my forehead lost some fat at the side and the middle. I do not smoke or drink alcohol. If you do those things then fat injected into your face will be lost.The area below my eyes is still looking great, I had fat re-positioning there. I had acculift under my chin and at the jaw and my skin got tighter, but I felt like maybe it was not needed for me because it didn't make much difference. There are a few bumps under the chin that have not disappeared, they appeared after the surgery. My muscle at my jaw still hurts if I put pressure on it.

My doctor said I did not have to do cheek reduction and I think I should have listened to him because my cheek was not that noticeable in the first place. I'm embarrass to say, but I thought the cheek reduction might reduce my outer face which lines up with my eyes. I was concern about that area, but I don't think it can be fixed there.

I am thankful to my doctor. He did a great job on me! My only complaint is it would be better if my chin was moved forward a little more. Not sure if it was my fault or his, but I am still very happy because I did not experience any huge problems after the surgery.

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Your swelling look very similar to me! I'm about the same amount post op as you from Vline and FG - still have some numbness around the chin too!

I think it's very common. The swelling goes down so so slowly.

Some days I look slimmer, some days still (to me) obviously swollen.

I find wearing my chin strap helps, as does drinking heaps of water and sleeping elevated (like I did just post-surgery).

Glad to hear you are happy with your results though I am thrilled with mine too, just waiting for the swelling to go.

 

[hope]

I love DAPRS results, but they don't speak English, do they? Would I be okay hiring an English consultant or would it be better to go to a foreign-friendly place?

 

[hj88]

hope. said: ↑

I love DAPRS results, but they don't speak English, do they? Would I be okay hiring an English consultant or would it be better to go to a foreign-friendly place?

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I assume they do speak english or have an English consultant since so many forummer's here seem to go there (and most don't speak korean). I went to TLPS for mine

 

[emsomeo]

I really like your result GW , i love what he did with your cheekbone

 

[yky]

Is zygoma reduction possible with sedation? I read most websites they all say it has to be general anesthesia. Does that mean that as long as a procedure is general anesthesia it is invasive?

Is it hard to revise a zygoma reduction too? Lets say too much was taken off and you have sagging or you think the cheekbone is too small now. What can we do?