Hi everyone! I just came back from Seoul where I had BA and fat transfer done. I've been on the PurseForum for a long time now but mostly lurking, and I've spent months reading this sub forum while doing my research for my BA surgery. I've just had my BA done exactly 9 days ago in Seoul, and I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully it'll come in useful for someone else who is considering the same surgery.
I was in between a B to C cup before the surgery, depending on the brand of the bra. No kids yet but my breasts were saggy with some loose skin because I lost quite a big of weight two years ago. I've always been slightly chubbier my whole life and during those years, I was a D cup.
I was aiming for a D cup, similar to what I used to have before the weight loss, but on a slimmer body. After months of research online, I was set on getting teardrop implants with fat transfer as I was told that the fats will make the breasts feel more natural.
I chose Deesse upon the recommendation of a Friend who had procedures done there, and I knew other girls who had their BA done at Deesse as well with really nice results. To be honest I did not really consider any other clinics, but just went ahead with Deesse. I know I took a risk by just choosing one clinic without considering others, but I trusted my friends and I didn't encounter any negative reviews on Deesse so far. I felt very comfortable with the doctor and clinic staff from the beginning too.
I paid 15,000,000 KRW for teardrop implants and fat transfer from thighs. I asked JW for a quote too and I recall that the quote was about 16,000,000 KRW.
Day of surgery :
I landed in Seoul the day before the scheduled surgery. I had the surgery date booked months ahead and so on the day itself, I arrived at the clinic at 10.30am. The clinic is located in Cheongdam area, inside of a building, and it was very nice and comfortable looking with friendly staff. There were no other patients when I was there.
I was immediately greeted by a Chinese-speaking consultant and was ushered into the changing area where I kept my belongings in a locker with a four digit combination. Then I was led to a washing area where I could wash my face and remove any makeup. After that, the nurses took my blood and did a chest x-ray. It was only after all these was done that I met the doctor, Dr Choi.
Dr Choi looked at my breasts and recommended round shape 275cc implants because he said that my upper poles were empty and flat. But I was planning to do a bigger size and I was worried that bigger sized round implants would look fake. Dr Choi then recommended that since I wanted to go bigger, I can do 295cc teardrop implants with fat transfer on the upper poles of my breasts.
Next came the decision for the incision area. Dr Choi and the translator was really recommending to cut at the armpits, but I was insistent on cutting at the breast crease (inframammary) because I don't usually heal well from scars and I wear mostly sleeveless tops. I did not want any scars on my armpits because it will be very visible. Besides, only my husband will see the crease scars and he is fully supportive of my surgery. So we went ahead with crease incision and Dr Choi proceeded to draw on my breasts and thighs, for the fat transfer. Dr Choi said that I did not have much fats on my thighs and spent some time squeezing my thighs before deciding that he could extract fats from the back of my thighs and knee area.
After about an hour, I was led into the operating room. I laid down on the bed, feeling nervous but excited, but the nurses and clinic staff were all very warm and friendly, which helped to ease my nervousness. The GA was injected into my forearm and I laid down, face forward, because they would be starting with liposuction from the back of my thighs. After a few seconds I felt pleasantly sleepy and lightheaded and drifted off to sleep.
I think I went into really deep sleep because I had very realistic dreams and when I was woken up, it took me a while to realise what was going on. I was helped into a wheelchair and brought to the recovery room where I rested on a bed. Chest felt very very tight and sore, like as if I had a chest workout from hell. Thighs were sore too. But the worst pain was from my eyes! I underwent lens exchange surgery last October for both eyes, and my eyeballs have lost the ability to constrict when there is brightness, unlike everyone else's. Usually I can barely go outdoors without sunglasses on because of this. I suppose the lights in the operating room were intensely bright, because my eyes were in so much pain that I cried. I felt as if I just did my eye surgery all over again. I had eye drops put in every three minutes and had all the lights in the recovery room turned off because of the unbearable pain. The nurse eventually gave me a numbing eye drop which helped tremendously but I had to have them dropped in again after an hour because the effects wore off and I was soon in pain again.
In comparison to the pain in my eyes, I barely felt the pain or discomfort on my chest and legs. Pain level for chest was a bearable 6/10, with mostly tightness. Legs were 4/10. Eyes were definitely a 10/10.
I did tell the Nurses and translator before the surgery about my eye surgery, but I don't think they fully understood the implications since my eye surgery was not the commonly done lasik. So I don't think they took any preventive measures to prevent my eyes from being affected. I didn't expect something like this to happen too, so this was really unexpected from myself and the nurses.
After two hours of agony on my eyes in the recovery room, I was eventually allowed to go home. I was not allowed any water for the first hour but could drink sips of water in the second hour. The Nurses also made me walk around the room assisted to make sure I was not feeling nauseous before letting me go home. I took an Uber back to the hotel to rest.
I was given a pumpkin porridge and a bottle of soy milk for dinner and I ate it in my hotel room after a short nap. Eyes were still in a lot of pain but slowly getting better. I went to sleep with two pillows under my head, a pillow under my knee and a towel to cover my eyes. Thankfully, the pain in my eyes slowly went away and I woke up with my eyes back to normal, with no loss of vision or discomfort.
I was in between a B to C cup before the surgery, depending on the brand of the bra. No kids yet but my breasts were saggy with some loose skin because I lost quite a big of weight two years ago. I've always been slightly chubbier my whole life and during those years, I was a D cup.
I was aiming for a D cup, similar to what I used to have before the weight loss, but on a slimmer body. After months of research online, I was set on getting teardrop implants with fat transfer as I was told that the fats will make the breasts feel more natural.
I chose Deesse upon the recommendation of a Friend who had procedures done there, and I knew other girls who had their BA done at Deesse as well with really nice results. To be honest I did not really consider any other clinics, but just went ahead with Deesse. I know I took a risk by just choosing one clinic without considering others, but I trusted my friends and I didn't encounter any negative reviews on Deesse so far. I felt very comfortable with the doctor and clinic staff from the beginning too.
I paid 15,000,000 KRW for teardrop implants and fat transfer from thighs. I asked JW for a quote too and I recall that the quote was about 16,000,000 KRW.
Day of surgery :
I landed in Seoul the day before the scheduled surgery. I had the surgery date booked months ahead and so on the day itself, I arrived at the clinic at 10.30am. The clinic is located in Cheongdam area, inside of a building, and it was very nice and comfortable looking with friendly staff. There were no other patients when I was there.
I was immediately greeted by a Chinese-speaking consultant and was ushered into the changing area where I kept my belongings in a locker with a four digit combination. Then I was led to a washing area where I could wash my face and remove any makeup. After that, the nurses took my blood and did a chest x-ray. It was only after all these was done that I met the doctor, Dr Choi.
Dr Choi looked at my breasts and recommended round shape 275cc implants because he said that my upper poles were empty and flat. But I was planning to do a bigger size and I was worried that bigger sized round implants would look fake. Dr Choi then recommended that since I wanted to go bigger, I can do 295cc teardrop implants with fat transfer on the upper poles of my breasts.
Next came the decision for the incision area. Dr Choi and the translator was really recommending to cut at the armpits, but I was insistent on cutting at the breast crease (inframammary) because I don't usually heal well from scars and I wear mostly sleeveless tops. I did not want any scars on my armpits because it will be very visible. Besides, only my husband will see the crease scars and he is fully supportive of my surgery. So we went ahead with crease incision and Dr Choi proceeded to draw on my breasts and thighs, for the fat transfer. Dr Choi said that I did not have much fats on my thighs and spent some time squeezing my thighs before deciding that he could extract fats from the back of my thighs and knee area.
After about an hour, I was led into the operating room. I laid down on the bed, feeling nervous but excited, but the nurses and clinic staff were all very warm and friendly, which helped to ease my nervousness. The GA was injected into my forearm and I laid down, face forward, because they would be starting with liposuction from the back of my thighs. After a few seconds I felt pleasantly sleepy and lightheaded and drifted off to sleep.
I think I went into really deep sleep because I had very realistic dreams and when I was woken up, it took me a while to realise what was going on. I was helped into a wheelchair and brought to the recovery room where I rested on a bed. Chest felt very very tight and sore, like as if I had a chest workout from hell. Thighs were sore too. But the worst pain was from my eyes! I underwent lens exchange surgery last October for both eyes, and my eyeballs have lost the ability to constrict when there is brightness, unlike everyone else's. Usually I can barely go outdoors without sunglasses on because of this. I suppose the lights in the operating room were intensely bright, because my eyes were in so much pain that I cried. I felt as if I just did my eye surgery all over again. I had eye drops put in every three minutes and had all the lights in the recovery room turned off because of the unbearable pain. The nurse eventually gave me a numbing eye drop which helped tremendously but I had to have them dropped in again after an hour because the effects wore off and I was soon in pain again.
In comparison to the pain in my eyes, I barely felt the pain or discomfort on my chest and legs. Pain level for chest was a bearable 6/10, with mostly tightness. Legs were 4/10. Eyes were definitely a 10/10.
I did tell the Nurses and translator before the surgery about my eye surgery, but I don't think they fully understood the implications since my eye surgery was not the commonly done lasik. So I don't think they took any preventive measures to prevent my eyes from being affected. I didn't expect something like this to happen too, so this was really unexpected from myself and the nurses.
After two hours of agony on my eyes in the recovery room, I was eventually allowed to go home. I was not allowed any water for the first hour but could drink sips of water in the second hour. The Nurses also made me walk around the room assisted to make sure I was not feeling nauseous before letting me go home. I took an Uber back to the hotel to rest.
I was given a pumpkin porridge and a bottle of soy milk for dinner and I ate it in my hotel room after a short nap. Eyes were still in a lot of pain but slowly getting better. I went to sleep with two pillows under my head, a pillow under my knee and a towel to cover my eyes. Thankfully, the pain in my eyes slowly went away and I woke up with my eyes back to normal, with no loss of vision or discomfort.
