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Hey Kitty995,

I don't know a whole lot about Dream clinic except for the fact that it is quite popular among international patients and because of that it is a bit more expensive. Dream clinic was one of the places I was considering based on B+A pictures. However it seems as though a lot of clinics have awesome B+A pictures so the final deciding factor for me was the popularity among the locals and feedback from this forum. When I get to Korea next week and see my relatives, I will ask them about Dream clinic :)
 
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ak212 said:
Hey JuicyME!

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with Jeffrey Ahn. I remember hearing good things about him awhile ago but recently his reviews have been not so great. I will definitely keep you updated on my consults and my experience with each one of them. I will also try to get the name of the clinic that botched my mom's cousin nose. She recently got a revision but I'm not sure where. She said she should have done my research though :P I too am really nervous it too! I hope the results turn out good with no complications. During the summer, I had jaw surgery to correct my under bite. I've been 6 months post op and the results are great. But the recovery was tough!! Especially due to the fact that I could not chew for 2 months so I was basically on a liquid diet for 2 months. While the jaw surgery corrected my bite, it made my nose a bit wider and it looks flatter.

@share2help: When my mom called the clinics to make an appointment, she also asked about the cost. She said it ranges from $2-4K USD at most for a nose job. I'm not sure about a face lift. For eyes, $1k just for the fold.
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Hey, I also heard good things about him - which is why I went!! I will have to post a photo of what my eye looks like (closed)

It's unacceptable!!!!! I really don't think I'm exaggerating... This is about a year post op
I still wonder to this day.. how this could have happened.. when everyone was saying such amazing things about Dr. Ahn...
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ak212 said:
I don't know a whole lot about Dream clinic except for the fact that it is quite popular among international patients and because of that it is a bit more expensive. Dream clinic was one of the places I was considering based on B+A pictures. However it seems as though a lot of clinics have awesome B+A pictures so the final deciding factor for me was the popularity among the locals and feedback from this forum. When I get to Korea next week and see my relatives, I will ask them about Dream clinic :)
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Thank you so much and good luck with your surgery!!!:D
 
#665
JuicyMe: Thank you for sharing. I hope you find the right doctor that can perform the revision & get you the results you wanted.


JuicyME said:
Hey, I also heard good things about him - which is why I went!! I will have to post a photo of what my eye looks like (closed)

It's unacceptable!!!!! I really don't think I'm exaggerating... This is about a year post op
I still wonder to this day.. how this could have happened.. when everyone was saying such amazing things about Dr. Ahn...
eyedrahn.jpg
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#666
Hey JuicyMe!

How did that happen?! I know there is some scarring that's apparent in the beginning but I would think after 1 year, it would've faded?! You poor thing, I'm sure your revision in Korea will be MUCH better!! I heard Jeffrey Ahn wasn't on his A game anymore but that is just unacceptable. I will keep you updated with my consults when I get there. I have 4 lined (JW, Grand, Regen, and With) up for next Thursday and I will probably get my procedures done on Friday or Saturday.
 
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ak212 said:
Hey JuicyME!

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with Jeffrey Ahn. I remember hearing good things about him awhile ago but recently his reviews have been not so great. I will definitely keep you updated on my consults and my experience with each one of them. I will also try to get the name of the clinic that botched my mom's cousin nose. She recently got a revision but I'm not sure where. She said she should have done my research though :P I too am really nervous it too! I hope the results turn out good with no complications. During the summer, I had jaw surgery to correct my under bite. I've been 6 months post op and the results are great. But the recovery was tough!! Especially due to the fact that I could not chew for 2 months so I was basically on a liquid diet for 2 months. While the jaw surgery corrected my bite, it made my nose a bit wider and it looks flatter.

@share2help: When my mom called the clinics to make an appointment, she also asked about the cost. She said it ranges from $2-4K USD at most for a nose job. I'm not sure about a face lift. For eyes, $1k just for the fold.
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Thank you ak212 for taking the time to write down the approx cost to do the nose job.



Best,

share2help
 
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ak212 said:
Hey Kitty995,

I don't know a whole lot about Dream clinic except for the fact that it is quite popular among international patients and because of that it is a bit more expensive. Dream clinic was one of the places I was considering based on B+A pictures. However it seems as though a lot of clinics have awesome B+A pictures so the final deciding factor for me was the popularity among the locals and feedback from this forum. When I get to Korea next week and see my relatives, I will ask them about Dream clinic :)
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Any specific reasons that most people will consider those clinics that popular among locals? is it because of the price? How can you ensure there's no communication breakdown and the surgeon understand fully on your expectations?

I would like to do a nose revision and partly my surgery failed was due to lack of communication and research. I'm in a desperation now cos most people can see that it looks fake.
 
#670
ak212 said:
Hey everyone,

First off I want to thank everyone for their insightful contributions! I've been looking to get a nose job and my eyelids done for quite some time in Korea. Since there are so many clinics to chose from, this site has been really helpful in narrowing down my choices. So I'm going leave from NYC next Tuesday (right after my finals!) early in the morning for Seoul. I've already made 3 appointments for Wed Dec 21st and I plan on getting work done the following day or the day after. I will be going with my mom, and her cosin who lives in Seoul got a revision nose job recently. My mom's cousin said that Grand, Regen, JW (JW = jung won, which translates to garden in english), and With are very popular among the locals.

The clinics I will be seeing:
1) Grand
2) JW (I think its right across the street from Grand)
3) Regen

For some reason the phone number for With is not working. I tried looking for With's website but to no avail. Apparently you can only find it if you search in korean. I think I will try and see Banobagi too before I make my decision. I will probably be in Korea for 2 weeks until I head back to the states.

Will keep everyone updated after my consults and during my recovery. If anyone else has any insights/thoughts/recommendations/expectations, please share! I had a consult with Eric Choe in NYC and I really liked him. But my mom said to get it done in Korea simply because so many Koreans get work done thus giving surgeons more experience. Anyways going back to Dr. Choe, he said that most people go back to work within 1 week after a nose job and by week 2 90% of the swelling it gone. Is this true?
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Hi, do you know what's the procedures done by your mom's cousin for her nose revision? Material used & price? Which clinic and surgeon?
 
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ak212 said:
Hey everyone,

First off I want to thank everyone for their insightful contributions! I've been looking to get a nose job and my eyelids done for quite some time in Korea. Since there are so many clinics to chose from, this site has been really helpful in narrowing down my choices. So I'm going leave from NYC next Tuesday (right after my finals!) early in the morning for Seoul. I've already made 3 appointments for Wed Dec 21st and I plan on getting work done the following day or the day after. I will be going with my mom, and her cosin who lives in Seoul got a revision nose job recently. My mom's cousin said that Grand, Regen, JW (JW = jung won, which translates to garden in english), and With are very popular among the locals.

The clinics I will be seeing:
1) Grand
2) JW (I think its right across the street from Grand)
3) Regen

For some reason the phone number for With is not working. I tried looking for With's website but to no avail. Apparently you can only find it if you search in korean. I think I will try and see Banobagi too before I make my decision. I will probably be in Korea for 2 weeks until I head back to the states.

Will keep everyone updated after my consults and during my recovery. If anyone else has any insights/thoughts/recommendations/expectations, please share! I had a consult with Eric Choe in NYC and I really liked him. But my mom said to get it done in Korea simply because so many Koreans get work done thus giving surgeons more experience. Anyways going back to Dr. Choe, he said that most people go back to work within 1 week after a nose job and by week 2 90% of the swelling it gone. Is this true?
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It's not exactly true that the swelling will go off in second week especially if you are doing it at the first time. However, it does depend on the surgeon's skill too. Like my case, it went off only after 3 weeks of the nose surgery.

I'm planning for a nose revision and i have met Dr Jung from Shimmian recently. He told me that the swell will go away in second week because this is a nose revision (second time) and there is already a gap at the bridge. Therefore, the swelling can be minimized.
 
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@Richbaby: Apparently those places are popular amongst the locals based on results, service and clientele (actresses, and actors). I think there are a few clinics where they cater mostly to international patients so their prices are steeper. I know for sure that my mom's cousin got a bridge augmentation. I'm not too sure if she got anything else. Her first nose job, she caught a bad infection and the nose looked curvy. She just recently got a revision but I'm not sure how that turned out. I believe the material used was silicon. I will find out where she got it done + price when I see her in Korea :) When my dad called some of the clinics, the prices are based on the type of procedure. For example, if you just want a bridge augmentation using silicon, it starts off at $2-$3k USD. But if you want a bridge augmentation + tiplasty, the prices start to increase, obviously because you're getting more done. Hence the range that the clinics quoted my parents are from $2-$4K USD. At my consult with Eric Choe in NYC, he wanted to do 4 things which I can't really remember but I know it was a bridge augmentation using silicon, tiplasty where he will harvest cartilage from my ear, nasal reduction, and something else. The total price he quoted me was $4.8K. The procedure would be done in his office using local anesthesia. I think Banobagi quoted my dad a little less than $3k USD for bridge augmentation using silicon, and VIP a little less than $2.8K USD for the same procedure but with rib cartilage. They quoted my dad in won's and USD is stronger than won.

In terms of communication, I am bringing my mom. My Korean is good enough for everyday conversation but definitely not good enough for anything more sophisticated than that. My mom is somewhat pushy and fiesty, the typical Korean woman, so I am hoping that my expectations are communicated via my mom :P I already had a consult in NYC so I pretty much know exactly what I want. Now it's just a matter of finding a skilled and experienced surgeon.

Thanks for the feedback on your swelling experience! I had a feeling 2 weeks was too short of a time for the swelling to go down. From what the surgeons in Korea are telling my parents, unless they perform an osteotomy (cutting or breaking bone), the recover isn't too bad.
 
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ak212 said:
@Richbaby: Apparently those places are popular amongst the locals based on results, service and clientele (actresses, and actors). I think there are a few clinics where they cater mostly to international patients so their prices are steeper. I know for sure that my mom's cousin got a bridge augmentation. I'm not too sure if she got anything else. Her first nose job, she caught a bad infection and the nose looked curvy. She just recently got a revision but I'm not sure how that turned out. I believe the material used was silicon. I will find out where she got it done + price when I see her in Korea :) When my dad called some of the clinics, the prices are based on the type of procedure. For example, if you just want a bridge augmentation using silicon, it starts off at $2-$3k USD. But if you want a bridge augmentation + tiplasty, the prices start to increase, obviously because you're getting more done. Hence the range that the clinics quoted my parents are from $2-$4K USD. At my consult with Eric Choe in NYC, he wanted to do 4 things which I can't really remember but I know it was a bridge augmentation using silicon, tiplasty where he will harvest cartilage from my ear, nasal reduction, and something else. The total price he quoted me was $4.8K. The procedure would be done in his office using local anesthesia. I think Banobagi quoted my dad a little less than $3k USD for bridge augmentation using silicon, and VIP a little less than $2.8K USD for the same procedure but with rib cartilage. They quoted my dad in won's and USD is stronger than won.

In terms of communication, I am bringing my mom. My Korean is good enough for everyday conversation but definitely not good enough for anything more sophisticated than that. My mom is somewhat pushy and fiesty, the typical Korean woman, so I am hoping that my expectations are communicated via my mom :P I already had a consult in NYC so I pretty much know exactly what I want. Now it's just a matter of finding a skilled and experienced surgeon.

Thanks for the feedback on your swelling experience! I had a feeling 2 weeks was too short of a time for the swelling to go down. From what the surgeons in Korea are telling my parents, unless they perform an osteotomy (cutting or breaking bone), the recover isn't too bad.
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Really? VIP quoted less than $2.8K USD? I know that some of members in this forum had to pay $8 -9K USD for nose job in VIP!

BTW I plan to get my nose job done in Feb next year in Korea, but maybe not...not really sure.. I'M not korean, so kind scary! cause I don't speak the language!
 
#675
ak212 said:
Hey everyone,

First off I want to thank everyone for their insightful contributions! I've been looking to get a nose job and my eyelids done for quite some time in Korea. Since there are so many clinics to chose from, this site has been really helpful in narrowing down my choices. So I'm going leave from NYC next Tuesday (right after my finals!) early in the morning for Seoul. I've already made 3 appointments for Wed Dec 21st and I plan on getting work done the following day or the day after. I will be going with my mom, and her cosin who lives in Seoul got a revision nose job recently. My mom's cousin said that Grand, Regen, JW (JW = jung won, which translates to garden in english), and With are very popular among the locals.

The clinics I will be seeing:
1) Grand
2) JW (I think its right across the street from Grand)
3) Regen

For some reason the phone number for With is not working. I tried looking for With's website but to no avail. Apparently you can only find it if you search in korean. I think I will try and see Banobagi too before I make my decision. I will probably be in Korea for 2 weeks until I head back to the states.

Will keep everyone updated after my consults and during my recovery. If anyone else has any insights/thoughts/recommendations/expectations, please share! I had a consult with Eric Choe in NYC and I really liked him. But my mom said to get it done in Korea simply because so many Koreans get work done thus giving surgeons more experience. Anyways going back to Dr. Choe, he said that most people go back to work within 1 week after a nose job and by week 2 90% of the swelling it gone. Is this true?
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Hi there,

I have visited the three clinics that you listed for double eyelids and nose surgery in June. There was another clinic that I visited and I did my surgeries there. It's called Wonjin Plastic Surgery Clinic. One of my close Korean friend recommended me to visit Wonjin because it s really popular among the locals but not so much among the international patients. I thought that it will be more trustful if the clinic is well-known among the locals. After visiting the four clinics, I decided to do at Wonjin because Dr. Park ( the main director) seemed really professional and thoughtful andthe medical staff fluently spoke English and Chinese. Apparently, they speak Japanese too. I am really satisfied with my new look now. My eyes got much bigger and nose became higher and pointy.
Since you are going to Korea for consultation, why don't you give a try at Wonjin too? The clinics are all located in Gangnam area so it won't be so difficult to get around.
 
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