Hi @moomoomui,@MissOrange Hello, new here!! And seeking advice on all of the issues you stated in your last post. But first, let me just say you look flawlessly amazing!!! And thank you for sharing your journey with us.
So I have all of the issues that you stated but I'm only in mid 30's. Growing up I've always had a chubby round face. Now that I'm older with years of fluctuating weight and 3 kids later, my skin has sagged so much which caused deep nasolabial folds and jowls. The jowls give my face a square shape. When I pull the skin on side of face up, my face shape changes. My skin is also thin and I have loss of elasticity & Collagen which made me developed tear trough lines and under eye fat. Soooo depressing I don't even want to look at myself in the mirror. I just look tired all of the time. With that being said, I am considering a full face lift but super scared of botched surgeries as I wouldnt be able to afford revisions. To add, i am unsure if mid 30's is too early for full face lift? And would a face-lift even correct all of my issues? or would I also need a lower bleph?
If you could start your journey all over again, what would be the go to surgery to achieve the look you have today and which ONE Dr. Would you go to?
Also, would you recommend going to SK for a face-lift? (Open to having surgery in SK as I feel they have more experience with Asian facial features. Correct me if I am wrong though!)
Hope to hear back from you soon!!
Xoxo
Sounds like you need a facelift as you have a sagging square face with deep nasolabials and jowls and it looks improved when you lift your skin up. As you have thin skin like I do, then you absolutely need postop steroids to avoid your skin stretching with postop swelling as a head bandage is not enough. The question is do Korean surgeons give postop steroids (prednisolone or prednisone or medro pack)? As you say you only want one facelift and not a revision. I learned the hard way how important it was to have access to a week of postop steroids. If you can confirm your surgeon in Korea does prescribe postop steroids, then Dr Lee at ASPS, Dr Dongman Park at Bio clinic and maybe Dream clinic too are places to research for facelifts. Btw, a friend told me that ASPS is having a sale on facelifts. I would not undertake any facelift without steroids postop as swelling will occur without steroids, and the skin will stretch whether you get full face fat graft, a facelift or bone contouring surgery.
In the UK, ladies are slowly urging their surgeons to prescribe postop steroids like the top surgeons in the US. A lady has confirmed that Dr Marando will prescribe her postop steroids after her lateral smasectomy. Another lady managed to get steroids from Dr Anthony Macquillan after her buccal fat pad removal and her result is amazing with no swelling.
As for going back in time, I think there is no single surgeon who could achieve the results I have today. Only a plastic surgeon specialist in eyes and eyelid fat graft (Dr HyoSeok Seo) could have rejuvenated my old eyes. He does not do facelifts. Dr Nick Rhodes in York, UK is the cheapest board certified surgeon in the UK (£3495 or roughly 4 million won) and cheaper than Korea (ranges from 6.5-15 million won), who makes one look more beautiful with his facelifts but to avoid revision, one needs to source postop steroids. I needed Dr Choi at MVP to remove the upper duck lip scar and fillers with his vermillion lip lift and I needed Caroline Mills in London to do a dramatic bullhorn lip lift. I needed Mr Michael May to do a hairline transplant for my genetic receding frontal hairline. I never researched forehead shortening at the time.
But for you it sounds like you can get away with just one surgeon to do your facelift as long as you source postop steroids from your surgeon or family doctor. Hope this helps.
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