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spendalot said:
Since she is at Beverly Hills, I supposed her fees will be high? Could you advise on how much your friends paid? Thanks!
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Her rates were REALLY reasonable! I remember my friends saying it was totally reasonable. Obviously it depends on what you want done and how difficult it is. I'd suggest you contact her directly to see how much it would cost for what you want done. Maybe she will give you a tpf discount! :D
 
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betty123456 said:
Hi Panache397 - i am so sorry to hear about your experiences and thank you so much for this post. In fact, I consulted with Dr Kim two wks ago and apparently they had a floor for 'foreign patients' which was absolutely dead - there were so many nurses and no patients. Is it that they are getting such a bad rep that they are losing their clients or is it just that floor? Is it Dr Kim that done your surgery?

I really want my surgery done in Korea but seems there are not much choices for English speaking docs. Any other insights you can share will be appreciated or pls PM me
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Hi Penache, so sorry to hear that. I had the same experience in BK clinic just before the surgery, but quickly i pulled back and went to dreamsurgery.com, the doctor and staff are very professional. I had good surgery inthat clinic. I knew BK clinic only good at advertising but the staff and the doctor are terrible
 
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dear Penache, I know BK clinic is terible coz i had experience during my consultaiton, but lucky i quicly move to dreamsurgery clinic, very good doctor and staff, unlike BK clinic crowded and the staff very rude.
 
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asin said:
hi, thanks for the response. i get the same impression from most "asian" plastic surgeons, such as those in taiwan, or dr. lee in beverly hills who specializes on asians. they make it seem like asian rhinoplasty is synonymous to augmentation rhinoplasty, and raising the bridge is always essential. i personally think that slightly lower bridges and radixes can be pretty too, but some surgeons consider it a deformity because the ideal nose has a certain radix.

how do you feel about traveling to taiwan for surgery? even if i like the surgeon, it's scary to do it overseas because what if things go wrong? what if i want to have my nose checked out after the surgery? it'd be a hassle to fly all the way back to taiwan. also, it may be difficult to get a post-op report from the taiwanese doctors if things go wrong and i am seeking a revision from a US doctor.
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Hi Asin,
Sorry about the late reply. Btw, can we discuss in detail in email? you can drop me an email @ [email protected]? :)

May I know where are you from?
You're right, it is scary travelling overseas for a surgery, especially if there are any complications. The pricing for a rhinoplasty in my nation is comparable to Taiwan and Korea. However, I couldnt find the right surgeon who can impress me with the tip results and thats my main concern. PS in my nation dont specialize in autologous as well. Most of the really good ones are experienced in using L shape or silicon. If my issue is bridge augment, I will definitely go to Taiwan. But like you said, it is a complex surgery and since I'm spending a huge amount of $, I should go to the best.

So far, I am considering Dr David E Kim (I like the tip he create), Dr Anil Shah (v patient, detailed and caring PS, but not so sure abt his results) and Dr Grigoryants (has a number of good reviews from makemeheal, seen v good revisions and results from him but are Caucasians.).
What about you? Have you found any surgeons u are interested in? When do you intend to do the surgery?

Im looking for someone to go together, if possible.
Hope to hear from you soon.
 
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pleasance, I will be 100% honest.....you do NOT need that eye socket surgery. Seriously, please don't risk it. If I were you (and you ARE a pretty girl....I didn't even notice anything asymmetrical or bizarre with your eyes in that above photo), even if the top plastic surgeon in the US offered that surgery to me for free, I would not proceed with it. It sounds incredibly dangerous and the risks far outweigh the potential benefits (got to assess the "expected value" here, e.g. if there's 20% the surgery will yield perfectly symmetrical eye sockets and a model-eque face......and there's 80% chance a complicated surgery like that could go wrong and cause blindness/facial nerve damage/paralysis/etc......there's just no way you can convince me to proceed with it). I'm all pro-PS when it comes to relatively safe procedures that have been proven time and time over....e.g. blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty (as long as you find a reputable surgeon), etc. With any type of surgery (even oral surgery!), no matter how minor the procedure, there's the chance of something going wrong and unexpected complications arising, but at least with procedures like bleph/rhino those chances are minimal provided you do your research and go to a highly reputable surgeon. When performing a bleph or rhino, the surgeon is not touching areas where there are a lot of nerves. Also, Asian augmentation rhino is generally reversible (as in you can take out the implant if you don't like it.....only alar reduction is not reversible), and so is bleph (if you use DST; otherwise incisional double eyelids can also be revised w/o much difficulty). But with the eye socket surgery you're describing, it sounds even more dangerous than cheekbone reduction which is already a high-difficulty surgery with potential nerve damage side-effects. EVERYONE has something slightly asymmetrical about their face.....that's just how human beings are born, even the top runway & commercial models (yes, my PS explained this to me during my initial consultation)......with top models any facial asymmetry they have is extremely minimal and almost unnoticeable, while the rest of us mere mortals may have more obvious asymmetry present on our faces. But the type of "asymmetry" you noticed with your eye sockets is truly not the type requiring surgery, especially the complicated surgery your doctor described.
 
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Pleasance,
I agree with foxycleopatra. The surgery is too dangerous. From your photo, you are pretty enough, so why tempt fate? I don't even notice the eye socket problem you mentioned. Anyway, beauty is temporary and you don't have to have the perfect look to be beautiful. Even a plastic surgeon told me that the beautiful girls' photos you see in mags are all photoshopped so don't be drawn into the idea that those girls are more perfect looking than you. You are pretty enough, so drop the idea of this surgery - concentrate on other things.
 
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yeuyeu said:
The tip graft looks fine, but because the implant is gone, my nose looks (on the side view) curved slightly inward. Very slightly, but still very bothersome (I like it super, super, super straight...). So I definitely want it straightened via augmentation. Hanging columella has always been a problem for me (which I don't think Dr. Lee corrected, but then I didn't ask) and I don't think that in my case, the tip graft is responsible for it. But I'm definitely interested in correting it (by cutting the septum? that's what I hear). I think the round appearance of my tip has a lot to do with the hanging columella. (This girl's tip refinement is due in part to correcting the hanging columella, in my view (@3:30)
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I know nothing about removing scar tissue, but it sounds like a fairly advanced procedure... Have you found a surgeon that's good with this kind of procedure? Sorry if you already posted about this before..
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for some reason, doctors in the US do not like to remove scar tissue. they think it's risky. however, every doctor i consulted with in taiwan are willing to do it and say it's not risky if they do it carefully. maybe the doctors in US are just inexperienced with it, therefore they say it's risky.
 
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Guys, I have been questioning since I have done a nose job in which I don't really like the shape. I did it in Korea btw. Why mostly rhino doctors give such a straight nose like you usually see in examples rhino picture (not a curvy one in the center of the nose)
I am so desperate to find a doctor who wants to hear what I want not to sculp my nose with western look and about the same with their other patients.

Do you feel the same like I do?
 
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Hi,
I've been looking over this forum the past couple days and after some research I'm interested in getting a nose job at BK clinic in Korea. Can any of you provide me with before/after pictures or your experience with BK? I really like the before/after pictures on the bk website here >>> http://english.bkdy.co.kr/photo/photoList.asp?cate=nose
so i think in december i'm going to korea. would anybody like to meet up and travel with?
my email is [email protected] if you're interested. thanks!
 
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...and you are asian and love your results, please tell me who your surgeon was! and tell me about the pricing/procedure.

i've been thinking about bk clinic and oz clinic in korea based upon the reviews i've been reading on this thread. but, if you know a good, affordable surgeon in the usa that would be even better. before/after pictures are much appreciated also.

thanks!!:D
 
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