My Journey with Back of Head Augmentation in Korea

[juvek1]

jc987 said: ↑

Hi Juvek,

Same here, mate. Actually, I am following this thread for the last 12 month. Here and there I read the new comments, questions and stories... I am also opting to do this surgery, but my financial situation changed drastically and I needed to prioritize a little my available funds. However, I am still trying to save money as much as I can and ultimately I am trying to do this surgery without getting a small loan. My head shape annoys me since my childhood and I can feel the abnormal flatness when I touch the side of my head. Not to mention, after a haircut the flatness is visible which makes me so insecure. I am Germany based if you want we can travel to South Korea together?

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Man i feel you about insecurity after haircut this is worst for me. We can talk about travel together on private although my goal is to do operation as soon as possible at least till the end of the year.

 

[jc987]

Juvek1 said: ↑

Man i feel you about insecurity after haircut this is worst for me. We can talk about travel together on private although my goal is to do operation as soon as possible at least till the end of the year.

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cool, I am going to text you privately.

 

[morallyimmoral]

I have flatness on both sides, but the right side is even more flat. I can't hide it with hair anymore because male pattern baldness sucks. I'm saving up money for this surgery. I should be ready for it by February. Anybody else considering being around Korea at that time? It would be nice to have some company there.

 

[olliejay]

MorallyImmoral said: ↑

I have flatness on both sides, but the right side is even more flat. I can't hide it with hair anymore because male pattern baldness sucks. I'm saving up money for this surgery. I should be ready for it by February. Anybody else considering being around Korea at that time? It would be nice to have some company there.

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I'm thinking Jan after my deployment of going

 

[olliejay]

Hello all and I'm glad I too found this post. The right side/back of my head is much more flat than the left side and u wish to have it fixed by the good doctor . I'm currently out of country working and will be done late December. I'm considering January In getting this procedure done. After 36 years of life and maybe 30 of it being socially made fun of me feeling out of place it's time to make a move. Any of you planning on January time frame of heading(pun intended) to the clinic for procedure??

 

[olliejay]

rodney_gene_jr said: ↑

hahaha Michael is my hero, careful with your words!

Sure its round, look at that pic!


Mine is nowhere near, I have just a slight curvature but honestly, I think it really fits me better than if it was more prominent. Besides, there are another things to consider when talking about the whole shape of the head, shape of the forehead being just as important as the back of the head.
And usually flat head goes in hand with very sloped forehead.
I have it quite sloped and I already talked about fixing it, just before I had a surgery of the back.
But seeing my profile now, I don't think I will do it, as I think I achieved the look I was dreaming about.
We will see after my occiput honeymoon ends.
Oh another thing, my scar is bigger than 5 cm, it's more of a 7 cm or so, but I real couldn't care more, as there is nothing better than finally see my self in profile looking like a normal human, good god what a relieve, still hard to believe.

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Rodney your story gave me hope.. I'm 36 and habe had enough of it. I'll be seeing the good doctor come January..could you tell me what's this VAT that people who travel to the area on this site state that they receive art the airport upon leaving etc? Did you pay when you got to the clinic with credit/ card for your services or will they only take cash ? As for your hotel did you pay with card when you arrived too or cash up front? How about local eateries, they accept standard debit/card also? Thank you in advance for answering

 

[olliejay]

crystaltrina2019 said: ↑

Lool okay I didnt see his head as prominent as this. That is defo a very round head lol.

Are you able to post some before and after pictures of your head please ?

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If you've not gone yet perhaps we can go/meet up when I go in January. I will stay the full 10 days. Hope all is well

 

[olliejay]

Ashly117 said: ↑

So this was a journey that I definitely need to detail because I see no surgery reviews for head augmentation. But it’s a very powerful surgery that changes your head shape and can even affect hairstyles.


A bit about me: I live in California, USA. I’m 25 and male. I’m Indian, and quarter Middle Eastern…so I’m the other kind of Asian. Unfortunately I was born with a stupid skull shape officially called occipital plagiocephaly.


September 2017 – I wanted this surgery done. So I did research online and found 3 local options.


1) Barry Eppley – He offered a free video consult, so I took it. He seemed too positive, which is not a good sign. Also, he’s got a lot of complaints online which scared me. Just look it up on Google and you’ll see entire threads with a bunch of people complaining about botched results. Also a girl called Lucille Lacovelli filled a lawsuit against him, lost, and then committed suicide. So I didn’t want anything to do with him.

2) Youssef Tahari – He offered a free video consult too. His method didn’t seem too good for me. He suggested a bicoronal approach and inserting a silicone implant. This was bad because I didn’t want a scar over my head like that and I didn’t want a massive silicone implant in the back of my head.

3) Deschamps Braly – I called to set up an appointment, but their consultants appeared very snotty. They were quoting prices at $15,000 minimum and averaging at about $22,000. WTF. Also they refused to show any before and after pics due to BS reasons like “to protect the emotional state of their patients from the public”. They said I’d have to come into the consultation, which would cost me $600.


Basically all these options were too expensive and did not have convincing before and after results or testimonials.


October 2017 – I found out about purse forum. But they also didn’t have solid reviews detailing about this procedure. But I did find out some people mentioning ITEM clinic. They claimed that they could make a 2 inch incision and use bone cement (which is a lot safer than silicone) to reshape the head like a sculpture. I did a bit more research and I had my Korean Airbnb host Tony to help me out. I’ll write a separate post on Tony and how AMAZING he was in helping me. I booked the Korea Trip from Dec 21 2017 – Jan 1st 2018

I was able to find 4 clinics that offered to do the back of the head augmentation with bone cement.


1) Dec 22 2017 – Banobagi – Not very impressed. The doctor just said he could do it and didn’t go into further details. I also remember waiting for SO long but I felt let down in the actual meeting. Also, he did not show me any before and after pics. I crossed it off my list.


2) Dec 23 2017 – ITEM – I didn’t like the clinic itself, but Dr Jung was great. I enjoyed meeting him and he speaks very good English. I was close to choosing him but ITEM quoted at 8 mil KRW when over email they said it would be 6 mil KRW. They said they can reduce it to 7 mil KRW if we paid in hard cash. I wasted a lot of time trying to get this to work because, my bank had auto protect--I couldn’t withdraw such a large amount outside of America. This pissed both me and my Airbnb host Tony who acted as my translator off. So we crossed ITEM off. Also, I noticed a Youtube comment by a girl (Aja Ly) on Item’s YT video that didn’t like her results from Dr Jung. This was a bit upsetting.


3) Dec 26 2017 - BONEPS (Doctorbone) – Here’s a link to their site. http://doctorbone.co.kr/index.php?idx=hb/7

They are a local clinic that is not exposed to the outside. I found this out via Tony. The doctors were nice, but I didn’t like the before and after results.


4) Dec 27 2017 – JOGAK – This was it! I met Dr. Song. I liked this guy, his style, and his before and after. I immediately went for surgery. I paid around 6 million KRW. This clinic is a small clinic that SPECIALIZED in head augmentation. I love specialized clinics, so I knew this was the right place.



Surgery was easy. It was under local anesthesia. It’s literally like sculpting with clay. I wore a head cast and I was able to walk about. I went for Korean barbecue right after because I was so hungry.


I hope this helps! I know quite a few people who are following me through this journey. While I don’t have super perfect results, its still greatly improved. I look and feel normal now. I feel no difference texture wise. I’m so happy.

(Note, I usually don't wear my hair so short. I keep it long. I shave it sometimes but this time I kept it shaven just so I could help the surgeon out with the best possible outcome.)

Before: (Sorry for inverting these 2 pics, but it gives you a good sense of the asymmetry)

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Here are my results:

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Thank you for posting about this. I'll be using the info you gave us to hopefully visit the Dr. in January . Could you explain what VAT is ?

 

[olliejay]

Perceval said: ↑

Wow! Those results look great. I'm glad it went wonderfully for you. I saw your other thread and added it onto my watch list, this certainly helps a lot because I also am thinking about skull reshaping.
I looked at their website not too long ago and liked their results a lot.
I'm kind of curious as to whether they do cheek augmentation? I'll have to ask them, but I'm pretty sure it's just the upper parts of the head that they only do.

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Did you go through with the shaping ?

 

[jp1]

Olliejay said: ↑

Hello all and I'm glad I too found this post. The right side/back of my head is much more flat than the left side and u wish to have it fixed by the good doctor . I'm currently out of country working and will be done late December. I'm considering January In getting this procedure done. After 36 years of life and maybe 30 of it being socially made fun of me feeling out of place it's time to make a move. Any of you planning on January time frame of heading(pun intended) to the clinic for procedure??

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Hey,

Can you please contact me via Facebook. => Samuel Hibbert and yeah I live in Belgium.

 

[mlydzz]

Olliejay said: ↑

Rodney your story gave me hope.. I'm 36 and habe had enough of it. I'll be seeing the good doctor come January..could you tell me what's this VAT that people who travel to the area on this site state that they receive art the airport upon leaving etc? Did you pay when you got to the clinic with credit/ card for your services or will they only take cash ? As for your hotel did you pay with card when you arrived too or cash up front? How about local eateries, they accept standard debit/card also? Thank you in advance for answering

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By the way you can just use airbnb as theyre cheaper and you can save up some cash, if youre well off then ignore this

 

[rosimarydi]

Hello good Morning !! I'm looking for someone to do this surgery, but I'm from Australia, could you help me with some tips?

 

[olliejay]

Rosimarydi said: ↑

Hello good Morning !! I'm looking for someone to do this surgery, but I'm from Australia, could you help me with some tips?

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Use either ITEM or more so, Jogak is what I've gathered from the forum.

 

[examanized]

randomplagguy said: ↑

Hi guys! I've been visiting this thread for quite some time now and finally decided to join in. I'm a 25 yo male who's got his fair share of plagiocephaly. I'm not sure about the severity of it as I haven't had it checked out since my country doesn't offer any treatment i think (not that I'm aware of). I'll post a few pictures of myself so you get an idea and would hope if you guys could share yours as well. I've always wondered whether this condition has any effects on your brain in any way or is it just visual. I do hope to one day get bone cement implant but what could be my options for the face? as you can see the right side of my face sticks out(temporal region, cheekbone, bossing on forehead( that arch bone sticks out more than the left) ). What could be the possible solution for the face? in terms of psychological effects, I've been doomed every since I graduated highschool. My self esteem has dropped significantly and i've developed a massive insecurity. I used to do well in highschool (in terms of girls and all) but now I feel like i've lost it all. This might be all in my head(pun intended) but I can't stop myself from having such thoughts no matter what. The fact that this couldve been prevented drives me nuts and I always think about what could've been if I had a normal head. Society puts a lot of emphasis on how you look. Normalcy is taken for granted by so many people who are not affected by this. It would be an understatement to say that my work life is affected because I can't seem to lose focus on this issue to focus more on my career. Well thats pretty much it. Hope this opens up a more open dialogue between all of us. Cheers!

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You’re head is similar to mine. Is it pretty flat from top to bottom on the right. And angled from left to right? Also have you done anything about it? And i got a response from both clinics also tahiri quoted me for 40k for a very accurate peek implant and then a doc lampert in miami around 20k. Epply said like 15k but i heard a lot of bad stuff about him. I feel like with my head a implant would be best due to how flat and slanted the right is. At the same time i almost feel like nothig will help. My right side view is so flat and my left is round and normal looking. Epply suggested as right occipital implant but idk about silicone implants i feel it may burst or something with my luck. Also heard the can look and feel unatural. Any answers would greatly help me

 

[olliejay]

I for one will be going to Dr.Song at Jogak come early January . I've the same profile as you as far as right side profile being flat and left closer to normal. I will go for his bone cement tactic to correct my dome. Haha