zipperfool Posted December 21, 2016 Posted December 21, 2016 Hi everyone; I know most procedures here are centered around surgery in Korea, but I was wondering if anyone had any good experiences with surgery in the states? I have a few fears of going to Korea for surgery: I am not Korean so I'm afraid of getting taken advantage of or ripped off. I have seen a few people who got surgery in Korea in person, and a lot of them look very odd after surgery - like very shiny noses or just that worked on feeling that I don't want. I'm not sure if my aesthetic is just different from the general Korean PS aesthetic? It's hard to really judge a clinic based off of photos of patients on their websites, because they might photoshop it, and even if they don't, a lot of times people in person look very different from in photos. In the case with rhinoplasty, noses are more 3d in person, so it may end up looking taller/longer/more protruding than the photos show. I feel like my taste in noses is very particular - I don't like tall noses, but I want a nose that's less wide and bulbous than it is now. I don't think that's achievable realistically without making the bridge and tip higher though, because my nose is fatty and thick skin. BUT I also don't want a sharp pointed tip. I still want a rounded asian looking tip. Most korean surgeons use super soft silicone. I don't want to have foreign material in my body because my body has a lot of allergies, and I just have this gut feeling that a few years down the road, it will be rejected from my body. So I would probably have to get rib cartilage. If the surgery goes well and I like my result- GREAT! But if not, I feel like a lot of forumers here get dismissed by the doctor. So with all that said, does anyone here have any positive (or negative) experiences with doctors in the states? In particular I have my eye on Dr. Donald Yoo in Beverly Hills. Does anyone here have any experience with him? His website is here: http://donyoomd.com - although not all his noses are my taste, I have yet to find any negative reviews about him so far. Curious what you guys think of his work? Maybe there's something I'm overlooking that's a red flag? His consultation fee is $250 so I want to hear more before committing to go travel and see him. Personally I think Dr. Charles Lee of Beverly Hills has the rhinoplasty results that I like. It's more subtle. But I hear SO many horror stories about him that I'm completely put off. Also some of his before and afters look airbrushed/photoshopped which is weird. Overall he seems like a hit or miss kind of guy. I am curious for those who got a very subtle augmentation done on their nose, how many mm of implant or DCF was used?
jarhead64 Posted December 21, 2016 Posted December 21, 2016 I have never heard of Dr. Yoo, but I remember yeeears ago Dr. Lee had a LOTTTT of horror stories on here. I remember that name so clearly because there were soo many complaints about him years back
taintedtaint Posted December 22, 2016 Posted December 22, 2016 Dr. Yoo has an excellent marketing team. While I don't doubt some of his patients are satisfied with their results, some of his team can be pushy and rude. I informed one of the women (Ana) that I wasn't interested at the time because I didn't want to "commit" before "committing" and she gave me a sarcastic, dismissive and nasty reply. You will pay a $300 consultation fee, but it goes towards the surgery itself. Aesthetically, the noses seem too sloped for my taste, but I like you was desperate to find a decent surgeon in the US rather than make the leap to go to Korea. Personally speaking, I would just go to Korea for rhinoplasty. The options here appear to be very limited for Asian noses and most results are suspect at best. I agree with you that it's a tough decision to put a foreign body in your nose, and that's a personal choice. But just do your research and find a doctor who will listen to your concerns rather than push you into anything you don't feel comfortable with.
zipperfool Posted December 23, 2016 Author Posted December 23, 2016 Yeah, I scoured the forums again and nope. Not going to even consider him now haha thanks for the warning!
zipperfool Posted December 23, 2016 Author Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks for your reply! Did you have a consultation with Dr. Yoo? How was he like? Did you end up getting any work done by him? Would love to hear your experience! Yeah I constantly hear that if the doctor's before/after is not suitable to your taste, you should not go to them because beyond skill, there is also an artist's take on rhinoplasty. I guess it's weird that I'm so stuck on considering him, I think I feel like at least with him I'm in good hands in terms of my health and nothing will go terribly wrong. I also think his noses come out looking very natural, and doesn't have that asian plastic surgery feel, despite the noses looking too caucasian for my taste. I just wonder if he can bend his aesthetics to suit my personal tastes haha. I guess I should say I haven't fully given up on Korea yet. I have the means to go there, but I just feel like a lot of the bloggers who went there came out with noses that look really weird too - a few of them being: Bonqiuqiu: https://www.instagram.com/bongqiuqiu/ , Miyake: https://www.instagram.com/mykxii/ , Stella Lee: https://www.instagram.com/stellalee92/ They just all have a very worked on / PS nose look that I don't like.
wintergirl2019 Posted December 2, 2019 Posted December 2, 2019 Really?? I haven't seen anything that bad and I'm very curious. I like how a lot of his results on Asian patients look natural. I am now second-guessing although he is my first choice in doing a revision Asian rhinoplasty.
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