Does anyone have experience / feedback about these South Korean hospitals?

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PanAva

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I'm planning to get my rhinoplasty done while I'm living in South Korea next year. I've been doing a lot of research for different hospitals but want to ask if anyone has positive/negative feedback or helpful information about the below clinics:

Seoul Medical Guide
ID Hospital - Also, supposedly this is one of the few hospitals that's certified by the department of wellness and safety, is that true?
VIP (Now on Jeju Island)
GNG Hospital

Thanks!
 
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All of these clinics are supposedly bad and blacklisted. Blacklisted means they've done something medically wrong or sketchy. I'm planning to go to Korea next year and get surgery too and I'm avoiding those clinics! Also don't go through Seoul Guide Medical. I heard some bad reviews about their communication
 
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sugarboba said:
All of these clinics are supposedly bad and blacklisted. Blacklisted means they've done something medically wrong or sketchy. I'm planning to go to Korea next year and get surgery too and I'm avoiding those clinics! Also don't go through Seoul Guide Medical. I heard some bad reviews about their communication
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Thanks! If you don't mind my asking, have you chosen a clinic yet? If so, which one? Do you have any search suggestions to find good clinics? I'm registered with DFK to help, but it seems they have mixed reviews as well. Otherwise, it's hard to decipher real reviews from fake/promoted ones :(
 
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PanAva said:
Thanks! If you don't mind my asking, have you chosen a clinic yet? If so, which one? Do you have any search suggestions to find good clinics? I'm registered with DFK to help, but it seems they have mixed reviews as well. Otherwise, it's hard to decipher real reviews from fake/promoted ones :sad:
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I haven't chosen a clinic yet but I've made a list of clinics I want to consult with online and face-to-face. Don't settle on one until you are really sure. I recommend smaller clinics. Doctors who are skilled will be successful enough to move on and have their own clinic and practice. Most big or popular ones are too factory-like and only care about your money. Always look at A LOT of before and after pictures and make sure the doctors are certified plastic surgeons! DFK tends to link patients to the same big popular clinics so I wouldn't go through them. They also charge double or triple apparently :/
 
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sugarboba said:
I haven't chosen a clinic yet but I've made a list of clinics I want to consult with online and face-to-face. Don't settle on one until you are really sure. I recommend smaller clinics. Doctors who are skilled will be successful enough to move on and have their own clinic and practice. Most big or popular ones are too factory-like and only care about your money. Always look at A LOT of before and after pictures and make sure the doctors are certified plastic surgeons! DFK tends to link patients to the same big popular clinics so I wouldn't go through them. They also charge double or triple apparently :/
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Thanks for the head's up!
 
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Welcome @PanAva! Look up @chanelsaint 's thread. She has researched a lot of nose clinics in korea. For primary rhino, I can only recommend Dr Seo at Machimpyo based on seeing a number of his patients afters and Dr Hong at gng but gng may switch you to another doctor which they did to me when I went for consult and then they upped the estimate to a huge sum, 3x more than the phone estimate so no, best to do your research. Use the search bar on this site for rhinoplasty to read all the threads here. Do not go to April31 who have botched many foreigners noses.
 
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MissOrange said:
Welcome @PanAva! Look up @chanelsaint 's thread. She has researched a lot of nose clinics in korea. For primary rhino, I can only recommend Dr Seo at Machimpyo based on seeing a number of his patients afters and Dr Hong at gng but gng may switch you to another doctor which they did to me when I went for consult and then they upped the estimate to a huge sum, 3x more than the phone estimate so no, best to do your research. Use the search bar on this site for rhinoplasty to read all the threads here. Do not go to April31 who have botched many foreigners noses.
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That's so helpful, thank you! And I appreciate the welcome :)
 
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If you are living in Korea it’d be super easy for you to visit each hospital yourself without worrying of wasting your time.. Also, don’t go through any agency as from what I know they put some extra on original price (just heard from one girl, perhaps rumors but quite realistic). And also, from my experience, most clinics have their own foreign assistants, so no need to waste money on translators.. Also worth to consider DA or Regen or TL. BTW, I contacted Regen myself and they suggested Dr. Lee for my primary augmentation rhino, searched for his results, seemed pretty good. I think I’ll go with him when go back to Seoul
 
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