Korean Plastic Surgery Clinics to Avoid (w/ evidence)

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Many good reviews like Wish Clinic Taipei, Taiwan are posted by the doctor and his PR staff team using burner phones. Check out Google reviews and most are fake. Dr. Jimmy Chuang wishes he has real talents. If he did, then he be super rich and he won't need to be
lying to all his patients. He cannot honor any wishes because he is just a snake oil salesman.

Talking about accidents, Wish Clinic Taipei, Taiwan had so many accidents which included fire in the Operating room and
accidents on the patients who needed to be sent to the hospital ER room. The doctor tried really hard for foreigners to se.
All of this is posted in Chinese media in Chinese. This doctor is famous for botched jobs. He does mainly boob jobs and he frequently botched those procedures leaving patients with infection, one boob higher than the other. Boobs placed too far apart or too close together which looked like a big uni-boob.

Once this clinic takes your money, they don't care about you anymore., the doctor does very sloppy work and afterward no
aftercare. Before you paid them they tell you all the care you will get and how great they can do the procedure for you.
Its been a nightmare and on going.
 
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#409
letmemoveon said:
Hi there,

Does anybody know if Regen is still operational?

I went there when Dr Oh was in charge and now I can't seem to contact them

Their old numbers and email is no longer valid

I'd really like to get a copy of my x ray and medical notes for purpose of corrective surgery

Thank you all.
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As far as I know, the Regen is still operating but Dr. Oh is gone.
 
#414
cherrysprite said:
Hi! I've started seriously looking into getting double jaw surgery (or just genioplasty or an implant, depending on what the doctor thinks is best for my situation). I'll spare you the details, but both my upper and lower jaw are underdeveloped and especially my lower jaw is way too far backward, causing sleep apnea and all the symptoms that come with that. My situation is the result of an orthodontist being incredibly lousy and messing up even though my condition occurs very frequently in my country and the best practices to solve it are well-known. The usual treatment is orthodontics with lower jaw surgery to correct the bite and create more space for the tongue, and since this surgery is so common in my country, jaw surgeons know how to handle it well. However, due to the botching of my childhood orthodontist only double-jaw surgery is an option, as judged by another orthodontist. This orthodontist also informed me that double-jaw surgery is not done in my country since a situation where it is needed rarely occurs (as a result of proper orthodontal care and lower jaw surgery).

So, having no option of getting surgery in my own country (even if I found a surgeon willing to do it, it seems unlikely whether they have enough experience to make me confident all will go well). "Fortunately" for me, I've since moved to the walhalla of double-jaw surgery, South Korea. Since my condition is causing medical issues and my most important goal is getting those resolved (aesthetic improvement is a secondary goal, I hope a more "healthy" looking lower face will make me look better overall), I want to visit a clinic mostly focused on medical treatment and not an aesthetics clinic. However, due to my previous experience, I'm very wary of visiting just any doctor that has the right certification for something as permanent and risky as jaw work. That has brought me to this specific thread. The four surgeons I have currently shortlisted are:
- Dr. Jong Yun KIM (EU)
- Dr. Hee Jin SHIN (EU)
- Dr. Seok Jae LEE (WHY)
- Myeong Geun/Brian KANG (2YD)

EU seems like a great option so far. I haven't found anything that makes me unsure about them yet. Hailing everyone's advice to visit multiple clinics and feel it out with all of them instead of just going in head first for a particular clinic, I'm researching WHY and 2YD too. What worries me about Dr. Lee and Dr. Kang, though, is what they have on their resume.

Dr. Lee was an oral and maxillofacial specialist at ID clinic and even used to be the head of the bimaxillary center there. What I've found on this thread is that ID has lied about at least one fatality and has had at least one botched patient, though I don't know to what extend Dr. Lee was involved with those cases.

As for Dr. Kang, he has worked at both Regen's and Izien's orthognatic/facial contouring centers. Regen is infamous for being the practice where Dr. Oh has botched so many people. Izien has had corrective measures imposed, though I don't know for what, exacly.

My question to you guys, then, is whether you'd be wary of doctors who have worked at "bad" clinics. Do you think bad clinics attract bad staff or do you think a good doctor might just find themselves in a bad place sometimes?
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Hi cherryspite, I am in a very similar situation to you. Could I reach out to understand your experience of jaw surgery?
 
#415
StarsInSky said:
I want to have advancement genioplasty done because my chin is very recessed. This is when you advance the chinbone forward. But I haven't decided where to have it done. I have never had plastic surgery so I can't recommend any clinics and I haven't done so much research.

I did however come across a video on youtube by a dr Kook in Seoul. He states on his website that he does different kinds of revisions. (revision surgery) He also states that he has an American medical license but I'm not sure if that's true? From one of his youtube videos he doesn't seem to speak English very well. I'm not American and I'm not sure if it's possible to have an American medical license without being fluent in English? It would be a good idea if it's possible to verify if he does have this license.? This doctor has got a lot of youtube videos in Korean but only one in English I think. (where he interviews a young woman) A few of the Korean videos are translated into English (subtitles). He has got a few reviews in Korean that I translated with google translate. Some were complaining that it was expensive but I couldn't understand everything. There is another thread here in the forum where a user was trying to get into contact with this doctor in 2021 but she/he says that he doesn't answer her messages. She has got chin ptosis after genioplasty and that's why she was trying to consult with him.

How about you? Have you had plastic surgery?
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Hi StarsInSky,

I have the same desired procedure. I was wondering if you had it done and what doctors did you consider/go to?
 
#416
Helen123_ said:
Thanks for the informative responses guys! Was thinking about heading to SK for the summer and wanted to know if you guys have any recommendations on which clinic is good for browlift, facelift, fat graft, and lower eyelid lift (I'm 60 years old). Some clinics cater towards specific age groups so would love to hear what would be a good recommendation appropriate for my age. Would also like to have recommendations on which doctors I should visit with, because some have more expertise in a particular procedure than another. I'm thinking about JK (any bad reviews about this place? Haven't come across one yet) but let me know if there are any other better ones. Thank you so much!
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Hi, have you had your procedure yet? I’m in the same boat and would love to hear if you did and who and what clinic you decided on
 
#419
JohnGee said:
Hi StarsInSky,

I have the same desired procedure. I was wondering if you had it done and what doctors did you consider/go to?
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Hi JohnGee and StarsInSky,

I'm also planning to have sliding genioplasty surgery because I have a weak chin. I'm a silent reader of this forum for a month now, I was also searching for a good plastic surgeon who specializes in chin surgery (advanced genioplasty), and looking for reviews online. It seems like there are a lot of fake and bad reviews here on purse forum.

After thorough research, I'm thinking between DA and Braun hospital for sliding genioplasty but I'm still looking for other options. May I ask if you already have options?

You can add me on Kakao Talk, my id is bryht
 
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