Hi everyone, just wanted to do a 6 month post-op update (I hate it when people post things but don't follow up with updates months later
). All the swelling is gone but I still see no difference. I've asked family members and they all tell me they can't understand what exactly the surgeon did to my face, besides cause some sagging. I'm experiencing some sagging on both sides (even though the surgeon had "promised that wouldn't happen"), and some pain around the incision area sometimes. It's as if my bone wasn't reduced, but somehow the fat on my cheeks were pushed downwards... Yeah I know, it's strange and bizarre. At this point, I'm thinking that I wouldn't mind uneven results, because even that would be better than no results at all. I want to warn all of you, once again, to avoid Smallface Clinic. I copied and pasted this post that I added to someone's zygoma thread:
"I had the most horrible experience there - 6 months later I see absolutely no difference, the nurses and surgeon were extremely rude and careless, and I basically gave them $5000 to get no results and be treated poorly. I got zygoma reduction there, which wasn't even a reduction. I am also experiencing some sagging and pain at the incision area. This isn't a post about me being unsatisfied with the results (like "oh I don't like the way it turned out") - rather, this is a post about the surgeon taking my money and not even bringing any visible results and not taking the time to make sure that I received proper post-surgery follow-up and treatment. They were soo nice BEFORE my surgery, but once my surgery was complete they ignored my questions and said the surgeon was "too busy" to see me for another follow-up, and kept telling me to wait 6 months for my concerns to be resolved. I ended up visiting another doctor to check my incisions to make sure that everything was ok/to prescribe pain medications. I realized that their top surgeons left to start their own surgery centers (sometime at the beginning of this year or maybe last year, I think), so the surgeon remaining there is not the good surgeon, and definitely not the one you want cutting your face open, trust me. I ended up going there based on online posts from like 2011, etc. when the actually good surgeons were there, so I got deceived and didn't do my research properly (my own fault) and I hope that none of you make the same mistake as I did. Especially for those who live outside of Korea, it's really hard to find the best surgeons in Seoul and we often depend on these online forums. Please do thorough research before making such a huge decision, and note that often surgery centers who cater to foreigners aren't always the best (they turn to the foreign market because they're not popular with locals - top surgeons become famous with locals based on word of mouth advertising). Also, sometimes these surgery centers don't do their best jobs with foreigners because they know they're going to go back to their own country and not necessarily have the opportunity to make claims/warn local customers against them/carry lawsuits, request a re-do, etc... Anyway, I really hope that you all find a good surgeon with moral conscience, unlike the one I encountered at Smallface Clinic. Good luck
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Oh and have a happy holiday everyone, at least I'm grateful that I'm alive/the surgeon didn't cause nerve damage lol