I underwent a primary rib cartilage rhinoplasty and a "midface augmentation" procedure back in November 2018 with Dr Myung Ju Lee at VIP Plastic Surgery Korea (previously in Seoul, now located in Jeju Island) and it is the worst and most expensive mistake I have ever made in my life.
I have written everything I want to say on RealSelf website about my result and experience with Dr Lee and posted all my photos there, so if you want to read all about it and be warned about the hell that I had gone through so that you guys won't have the unfortunate experience of going through it too, you can read my review there.
This is the link: https://www.realself.com/review/pri...-amp-midface-aug-vipdr-myung-ju-lee-worst-amp
Basically, if you don’t know what kind of nose you want, you can go to him. But if you know exactly what kind of nose you want and suits your face, don’t go to Dr Myung Ju Lee. He won’t listen to your needs and concerns, he will just give you whatever nose result that he himself thinks is nice or is capable of doing, and then you’ll have to just accept the result.
I was given a nose result that I never wanted or liked and was gaslighted and put through emotional and mental hell for over a year because, even though I told them from the very beginning I did not like my result when my nose cast was removed and I saw my new nose/face for the first time, Dr Lee and VIP consultants kept gaslighting me and kept making me feel like I got a good result and that I’m crazy not to accept it and they kept telling me that the nose shape will change and the ridiculously high and protruded nose that Dr Lee gave me will go lower but it’s a lie because after 2 years the nose shape and height are almost the same as when my new nose was revealed to me, and now I’m stuck with an unnaturally high, protruded, straight fake-looking rhinoceros/bird-beak-like nose.
From the way I was treated by Dr Lee and VIP, I can’t help but to feel that Dr Lee and VIP just want to make me wait long enough that I will just get used to my new nose after seeing it for over a year and forget what I had looked like before so that I would just accept my new nose and not bother them anymore.
I’ve also been told and shown photos by other former patients of Dr Lee that he gave all of us the same kind of nose – big, high, straight nose with no specific definition of the nose tip that suits/is “harmonious” with our specific facial features – as though he only knows one style and technique and that’s it.
And also be very careful about VIP consultants and Dr Lee recommending unnecessary procedures to you, like the “midface augmentation” procedure that they’ll make you think you need, but after doing it, if you get a restricted smile and have an unbalanced side profile because you now have a more protruded midface, they won’t take responsibility and you’ll have to suffer not being able to smile properly or smile as broadly as before. Even my speech has been somewhat detrimentally affected because of the restriction and tightness I now feel in my midface/upper lip area caused by the needlessly recommended “midface augmentation” procedure!
I was charged USD12k for a primary rib cartilage rhinoplasty and “midface augmentation” and it’s the worst and most expensive mistake of my life. I thought $$$ = quality but I was so wrong!!! I’ve seen other people who used other materials like septal and ear cartilage that cost much cheaper but got much nicer and more natural-looking nose than the unnaturally high, protruded, straight fake-looking rhinoceros/bird-beak-like nose that Dr Lee has given me! And this is a doctor who on his website calls himself “Harmony Face Surgery Expert” who provides “harmonious rhinoplasty” and is “one of the best plastic surgeons in existence today”?!?! Have I been scammed?!?!?!
Dr Lee and VIP acted like one of those unscrupulous businesses that take your money, give you what you never wanted, and hope that you never bother them ever again. Beware of Dr Myung Ju Lee and VIP!!
PS: You know a clinic is an expert/only focused on in marketing when they keep using the same patient/model to promote the clinic, asking the same patient/model to post a raving review about the clinic and doctor, like she's the only success story. You can check out that review on their Google Maps here: https://g.page/vippsjeju?share
I have been told by other former patients that they're very good at marketing and posting fake reviews, so beware of any raving reviews about the clinic or the doctor that seem too good to be sure. My advice to anyone thinking of undergoing any surgery is to always find former patients of that clinic/doctor and ask for opinions and photos of the result. If a doctor/clinic is terrible, you will have a hard time finding many happy former patients. My mistake with VIP and Dr Lee was blindly reading and trusting the good reviews posted about them, which I was told by former patients were probably posted by staff and former patients who were given free products to leave good reviews.
You have been warned! Beware of Dr Myung Ju Lee and VIP!
I have written everything I want to say on RealSelf website about my result and experience with Dr Lee and posted all my photos there, so if you want to read all about it and be warned about the hell that I had gone through so that you guys won't have the unfortunate experience of going through it too, you can read my review there.
This is the link: https://www.realself.com/review/pri...-amp-midface-aug-vipdr-myung-ju-lee-worst-amp
Basically, if you don’t know what kind of nose you want, you can go to him. But if you know exactly what kind of nose you want and suits your face, don’t go to Dr Myung Ju Lee. He won’t listen to your needs and concerns, he will just give you whatever nose result that he himself thinks is nice or is capable of doing, and then you’ll have to just accept the result.
I was given a nose result that I never wanted or liked and was gaslighted and put through emotional and mental hell for over a year because, even though I told them from the very beginning I did not like my result when my nose cast was removed and I saw my new nose/face for the first time, Dr Lee and VIP consultants kept gaslighting me and kept making me feel like I got a good result and that I’m crazy not to accept it and they kept telling me that the nose shape will change and the ridiculously high and protruded nose that Dr Lee gave me will go lower but it’s a lie because after 2 years the nose shape and height are almost the same as when my new nose was revealed to me, and now I’m stuck with an unnaturally high, protruded, straight fake-looking rhinoceros/bird-beak-like nose.
From the way I was treated by Dr Lee and VIP, I can’t help but to feel that Dr Lee and VIP just want to make me wait long enough that I will just get used to my new nose after seeing it for over a year and forget what I had looked like before so that I would just accept my new nose and not bother them anymore.
I’ve also been told and shown photos by other former patients of Dr Lee that he gave all of us the same kind of nose – big, high, straight nose with no specific definition of the nose tip that suits/is “harmonious” with our specific facial features – as though he only knows one style and technique and that’s it.
And also be very careful about VIP consultants and Dr Lee recommending unnecessary procedures to you, like the “midface augmentation” procedure that they’ll make you think you need, but after doing it, if you get a restricted smile and have an unbalanced side profile because you now have a more protruded midface, they won’t take responsibility and you’ll have to suffer not being able to smile properly or smile as broadly as before. Even my speech has been somewhat detrimentally affected because of the restriction and tightness I now feel in my midface/upper lip area caused by the needlessly recommended “midface augmentation” procedure!
I was charged USD12k for a primary rib cartilage rhinoplasty and “midface augmentation” and it’s the worst and most expensive mistake of my life. I thought $$$ = quality but I was so wrong!!! I’ve seen other people who used other materials like septal and ear cartilage that cost much cheaper but got much nicer and more natural-looking nose than the unnaturally high, protruded, straight fake-looking rhinoceros/bird-beak-like nose that Dr Lee has given me! And this is a doctor who on his website calls himself “Harmony Face Surgery Expert” who provides “harmonious rhinoplasty” and is “one of the best plastic surgeons in existence today”?!?! Have I been scammed?!?!?!
Dr Lee and VIP acted like one of those unscrupulous businesses that take your money, give you what you never wanted, and hope that you never bother them ever again. Beware of Dr Myung Ju Lee and VIP!!
PS: You know a clinic is an expert/only focused on in marketing when they keep using the same patient/model to promote the clinic, asking the same patient/model to post a raving review about the clinic and doctor, like she's the only success story. You can check out that review on their Google Maps here: https://g.page/vippsjeju?share
I have been told by other former patients that they're very good at marketing and posting fake reviews, so beware of any raving reviews about the clinic or the doctor that seem too good to be sure. My advice to anyone thinking of undergoing any surgery is to always find former patients of that clinic/doctor and ask for opinions and photos of the result. If a doctor/clinic is terrible, you will have a hard time finding many happy former patients. My mistake with VIP and Dr Lee was blindly reading and trusting the good reviews posted about them, which I was told by former patients were probably posted by staff and former patients who were given free products to leave good reviews.
You have been warned! Beware of Dr Myung Ju Lee and VIP!
