My review of April31

[annaleesa]

Is anyone interested in joining me to go this October or November?

 

[khaleesi106]

hello , Ho

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I too had my rhinoplasty surgery at April31, so I am posting on this thread (as it is one of the first ones that come up after searching ‘April31&#8217 in hopes of enlightening people who are researching April31 for their clinic and hoping to reach a decision.

I really have too many wonderful things to say about this clinic, from their caring and attentive attitude in the beginning to their detailed postoperative care.

I believe Dr. Kim should be the rhinoplasty surgeon everyone should go to in the first place, then they would never need a revision. Personally, after reading so many horror stories about bad results, attitudes, and postoperative care done by factory clinics I was appalled at the naivety of some individuals. People need to sit down and seriously think about their surgical decision, you are living with this nose for the rest of your life, your nose is not something to bargain for.

I’ve read on other threads about some people who complained that the pricing of April31 was too high, yet those were the very same innocent but naive people that discover that ‘bargaining’ for their nose entitles a one way ticket into a corporate giant clinic (Grand, BK etc. )and a more certain ticket into a bad result and experience. It’s better to pay more for primary rhinoplasty and get a good result than to pay less (get inadequate and sometimes really bad results) and have to ultimately pay more economically for revision surgery and emotionally for all the depression and trauma caused by a botched surgery.

With that said I’ll sum up a few key points.

-Dr. Kim is the most experienced and skilled rhinoplasty surgeon I’ve ever encountered.

I have to admit I was a bit apprehensive to go to him because their website displays a lot of conservative changes while my nose had too many issues for a conservative change to be enough. However I did my research and I trusted my gut and I am honestly so grateful I went with April31 and Dr. Kim.

April31 and Dr. Kim is tangible proof that there is hope for gaining an amazing result after revision, and in my case a primary rhinoplasty if you have an extremely bulbous nose with thick skin. I’ve contemplated rhinoplasty for a good portion of my life and I had a very specific image of what the ideal result would be like. I never expected to attain the ideal result because my nose had such a weak starting point. But to be completely honest Dr. Kim 100% achieved that ideal result. He really achieves the unachievable and I could not be more glad I trusted his judgement. I never doubted him but I doubted my nose’s ability to be manipulated in a good way since I had many challenges like thick skin, lots of fat in the nose tip, etc.

[I really regret not thanking him enough after I saw him in my followup this kind of change would’ve brought me to tears (but i was really careful about not doing anything that would make my nose swell and I’m really good at concealing emotions for later)]

-They actually really care

Although Dr. Kim deals with quite a good volume of famous and important patients everyday he still put his best effort forth with my individual case. To me, that is one of the most rare and special things about him and this clinic. He pays special attention to the fine details of my nose (even though I was just another scrawny patient not to mention with an extremely unappealing nose + face lol). I have a massive amount of respect for him and his work.

April31’s nurse and surgical team is very well trained. After reading about 300 pages of purse forum on asian rhinoplasty in Korea, I’ve heard too many things about anesthesia related problems, IV problems, harsh stitch removals etc. Their team gives you the highest level of care possible. The nurse was really careful in finding my vein and didn’t poke me unnecessarily and I felt 0% pain during the whole process. Their anesthesiologist was great because I didn’t wake up during the surgery like what happened at other clinics. To me it really felt like just going to sleep and waking up. Their checkup nurse was very gentle in the stitch removal process (don’t worry it’s the kind of manageable eyebrow plucking pain for a split second).


Bouncing back to Dr. Kim’s level of skill, I have to comment at the amount of swelling I had postop. I had normal swelling for an april31 patient but a lot less swelling in comparison with a lot of those individuals who came out of other clinics like JW, BK, etc. That made breathing and the recovery experience so much more comfortable and I was really glad. After doing a bit of research on this forum I was under the impression that the experienced surgeons don’t touch or manipulate the tissues that don’t need to be touched, thus resulting in less overall swelling. Dr. Kim really has that level of expertise that is also very rare.

-Refreshingly humane place
They are not there to sell you anything like corporate giant clinics. Everyone at April31 didn’t care about the money but the customer’s greatest and safest satisfaction, I never felt pressured into performing more surgeries and they have been known to turn away patients whom really have nothing to correct and have become slightly addicted to plastic surgery.

-Brian and ease of process
To me, Brian really played a key role in also ensuring I had a good result. After the consultation, I was slightly worried that Dr. Kim would be too conservative and that my tip was droopy, but it was hard for me to articulate it to Dr. Kim on the surgery day because I didn’t want to seem disrespectful or doubtful of his abilities, I held a lot of respect for him and didn’t want to come off offensive. But Brian articulated it to Dr. Kim right before surgery he said ‘she is concerned about her droopy tip’ and ‘doesn’t want the change to be subtle’ and I am still really thankful because after the surgery, Brian showed me Dr. Kim’s notes on how he performed the surgery (specifically what he did with the ear cartilage and silicon implant) and he placed the ear cartilage at an angle that (in my opinion was the perfect angle that really made the result come together) and he wrote he placed it at an angle pointing a little higher because he knew I was concerned with my droopy tip. His expertise of placing it at that specific angle combined with Brian’s reminder really contributed to creating my ideal result. I could not be happier.

Like the rest of the April31 staff, Brian was very good at his job and he made the language barrier nonexistent and the atmosphere comfortable, humorous, and pleasing. I appreciated the genuinely of his personality.

-Consultation process

The consultant lady kept it real with me and gave no BS. She correctly informed me of my limitations and was very calm. I appreciated that she understood the problems I was dealing with, with my nose. She wasn’t a marketer at all like at those corporate clinics which pressure you into performing multiple surgeries that are unnecessary by making you seem like you have more perceived flaws. Instead she was a very helpful aid in helping me achieve my desired result.

Additionally, I was really impressed at the amount of english Dr. Kim knew and his fluency. He informed me that ear cartilage would be used for the tip, and a silicon implant would be used to augment my bridge in order to maintain a good aesthetic balance between my tip and bridge. Through his articulation I was able to gain a very good representation of how things were going to go and the reasons why certain things were necessary. Very humble and intelligent man with a deep understanding of facial balance. He’s also very nice, and he smiled here and there, which was most assuring and just part of his genuinely kind nature.

-My result
Dr. Kim did tip work that in my opinion narrowed the width of my tip considerably while maintaining a very natural looking result. Huge improvement, extremely natural. Being in Korea it was quite easy for me to point out noses which had work because they looked overly done, his noses look so natural that it was like those individuals could’ve just been born that way. He managed to create tip contour and tip defining points that weren’t present and exceeded my expectations. When he told me I didn’t need alar reduction I trusted him and was really glad I didn’t because he increased my tip projection to the extent that alar narrowing wasn’t necessary as the alars were pulled inward by the increased projection. I’ve read accounts about other individuals at other clinics whom have done alar reduction when it wasn’t necessary resulting in a notched look and a loss in the natural ‘C’ of the nostril. If any of you want to undergo surgery there, take his advice, he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

Good luck to all of you! Do your research and avoid the corporate clinics which accumulate masses of bad reviews. Don’t fall prey to their advertising techniques.

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Hello, Could tell me please the price of your rhinoplasty (nose tip) . Thanks

 

[mlydzz]

khaleesi106 said: ↑

hello , Ho

Hello, Could tell me please the price of your rhinoplasty (nose tip) . Thanks

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Their rhinoplasty prices start at 6mil. If you want alar reduction, bridge etc it could range from 2mil to 2.5mil more

 

[itsangie123]

I haven't update but I guess I'll update here for April 31.. Unfortunately I'm 6 months post op and now that swelling is going away. It's very apparent and obvious that my silicone implant is shifted to the right. They were accommodating and said that I can go to Korea to get it fixed whenever. I'll just have to pay for the anesthesia.. I'm devastated that this happened to me.. But now you know the risk you're taking with PS. After this, I will definitely not get silicone implant and do not recommend to get any foreign object in your nose (other than your own cartilage/fat). In the future for Foreign implants (like silicon/gortex) you will most likely have to change it. Your skin will thin out as you age, it'll shift, or get infected.

 

[fairybox]

itsangie123 said: ↑

I haven't update but I guess I'll update here for April 31.. Unfortunately I'm 6 months post op and now that swelling is going away. It's very apparent and obvious that my silicone implant is shifted to the right. They were accommodating and said that I can go to Korea to get it fixed whenever. I'll just have to pay for the anesthesia.. I'm devastated that this happened to me.. But now you know the risk you're taking with PS. After this, I will definitely not get silicone implant and do not recommend to get any foreign object in your nose (other than your own cartilage/fat). In the future for Foreign implants (like silicon/gortex) you will most likely have to change it. Your skin will thin out as you age, it'll shift, or get infected.

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Omg what are you going to do now angie? I know a lot of gals who got offered revisions by the same clinic and then regret their decision...

 

[itsangie123]

fairybox said: ↑

Omg what are you going to do now angie? I know a lot of gals who got offered revisions by the same clinic and then regret their decision...

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Wait really? May I ask what happened to them?? I had no idea there are other people who went for primary and got offered revisions... I have no idea I'm stressed out about a lot of things...

 

[fairybox]

itsangie123 said: ↑

Wait really? May I ask what happened to them?? I had no idea there are other people who went for primary and got offered revisions... I have no idea I'm stressed out about a lot of things...

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I can't remember specifically if any girls went for failed revisions at April bc I've spoken to so many girls about revision in the last few months, but just be wary of the same clinic giving u free / not free revision - it didn't work the first time for a reason lol

 

[wonderlandl]

Annaleesa said: ↑

Is anyone interested in joining me to go this October or November?

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I'm considering going in late Oct. Would you mind send me your contact information? And also, where r you from if you don't mind me asking.

 

[annaleesa]

I'm actually not sure about April anymore, but changing my trip time so no longer late October.

 

[annaleesa]

fairybox said: ↑

I can't remember specifically if any girls went for failed revisions at April bc I've spoken to so many girls about revision in the last few months, but just be wary of the same clinic giving u free / not free revision - it didn't work the first time for a reason lol

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So there were a lot of girls who got primary done there, then got revision, and STILL didn't work out?

 

[stvnwij]

April 31 is NOT as good as it said, I had my nose job last Sep 2016. I wanted to have my revision since I've done my nose job before in my country with 'L' silicon, and dr.Kim suggest me to change with 'I' soft silicon and make my nose a little longer to gain a bit droopy looks nose to be look natural.

I thought he knew how to increase my nose looks cosmetically, well post-op until now a year later: My nose looks a little longer, but not well-defined looks at the front, still bulbous and since he didnt perform alarplasty, the bridge did not go slimmer which make my tip looks bulbous, also my nostril were not evenly stitched - overall my nose volume did not decrease in volume, did not look straight line at the front, pfiuhh... I paid 9 Million for nothing improvement cosmetically imho.

What I learn:
- Expensive, higher medical title, friendly translator did not equal to surgeon's skill of expertise
- Plastic surgeon is an artist, not every one of them have that 'sense of art'

I'm thinking of having another revision somewhere Phillipine or Thailand. References are mostly welcomed...

 

[lovelypeach]

@stvnwij
April31 is known to be really expensive though :/
Geez, I feel sorry for your bad experience at this PS you paid quite a lot for nose surgery! :/

 

[_ava]

stvnwij said: ↑

April 31 is NOT as good as it said, I had my nose job last Sep 2016. I wanted to have my revision since I've done my nose job before in my country with 'L' silicon, and dr.Kim suggest me to change with 'I' soft silicon and make my nose a little longer to gain a bit droopy looks nose to be look natural.

I thought he knew how to increase my nose looks cosmetically, well post-op until now a year later: My nose looks a little longer, but not well-defined looks at the front, still bulbous and since he didnt perform alarplasty, the bridge did not go slimmer which make my tip looks bulbous, also my nostril were not evenly stitched - overall my nose volume did not decrease in volume, did not look straight line at the front, pfiuhh... I paid 9 Million for nothing improvement cosmetically imho.

What I learn:
- Expensive, higher medical title, friendly translator did not equal to surgeon's skill of expertise
- Plastic surgeon is an artist, not every one of them have that 'sense of art'

I'm thinking of having another revision somewhere Phillipine or Thailand. References are mostly welcomed...

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Oh no. Thank you so much for sharing. I was really considering April 31 because I've read nothing but good things about them. Everyone is okay with their price believing that they're paying for quality. I hope you'll finally get what you originally wanted with your revision.

 

[cantdecide_]

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April31 did offer me revision, but why would I go back? If a surgeon cannot even get the nose STRAIGHT ( my nose was not deviated previously - HE deviated it ) then why would I put my trust in them again? I can no longer breath out of my left nostril. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. To demonstrate how morally abhorrent they are they refused to arbitrate with me after four requests from Korean Arbitration Agency (probably knowing that they ruling would be in my favour ) and they refuse to release MY medical records to me when they realised I wanted to apply to the Korean Consumer agency. If you want photos please just message me - I do not feel comfortable just posting them on a random thread. Just please, be careful. If you want to go there, be very very wary.

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This sounds awful, so sorry this happened to you... Would really like to see your photos however I cannot figure out this pm/conversation thing -_- After reading these bad reviews, I'm starting to feel hesitant about April 31. If you are comfortable, please update us on your progress...

 

[stvnwij]

Here guys, I give you the proof of April31 nose job result. My before pic was in year 2015 and I did my nose job at April31 in Sept 2016, yet my after pic is in Sept 2017. As you can see my previous nose was better looking, and post op with Apri31, they make my nose bridge longer and wider, still bulbous tip, and not even nostril stitched. I don't see any cosmetic improvement for 9Mil won that I was hoping a first class result for a nose job, but the money is not the measurement to see one's surgeon level of expertise, also Marketing/Translator excellent salesmanship. RESEARCH is the key, based on evidences. I was refer to April31 by a friend who's their friends of the other friend 'told' that they have good result, yet I supposed to consider it as rumor then.

Beware of April 31 clinic in Seoul!