My Experience at BRAUN PLASTIC SURGERY (DES, Rhino, & Breast Augmentation)

[morning_Lily]

Hi,

I'm only 2 weeks post-op right now so I can't provide much in terms of answers. But I would say that I still can't carry much with my hands only or open closed jars/bottles.

You probably need a total of 6 weeks (when the capsule around the implant is fully formed) to be carrying anything 10lbs or heavier with your hands only.

If you have a good understanding of muscle usage and movements you can get away with lugging a massive 50lb luggage off a conveyor belt (which I did during week 1 because I had no other choice). If you're able to structure the weight balance to be managed by other muscles such as the trapezoids and back you can get away with more weight.

Right now, I can carry a 2L jug of water with my hands for a short period of time (about 5lbs).

Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate it. I hope you can have a speedy recovery.

 

[Rosie25]

wow, what a surprising result

 

[tahco]

So I reached out to them through kakaotalk because it seems they dont have a whatsapp when I enter their phone number in, and they ghosted me after responding once? is anyone seeing anything similar?

 

[wengielo]

So I reached out to them through kakaotalk because it seems they dont have a whatsapp when I enter their phone number in, and they ghosted me after responding once? is anyone seeing anything similar?

I have her Whatsapp and Jennifer (English services) usually replies within 1 business day.

I booked an appointment for fat graft recently so she should be around…

Try this one?

 

[wengielo]

Hi all,

I finally got a chance to take some photos of my breasts 3.5 weeks post-op.
For comparison to my prior breasts, I have worn the same top.

BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH MOTIVA

• Dual plane insertion
• 340CC both sides
• Demi profile
• Original size 34A

REQUEST

• Bring my chest closer together and help hide my pigeon chest (those with ribcages that protrude and breasts that move away from each other = no cleavage)
• Increase size to 34C (full) or 34D (small)

BEFORE VS. AFTER 3.5 WEEKS POST-OP






UPDATES

• One of the things prior to surgery is that I wanted my pigeon chest to be corrected as much as possible. My breasts were far apart, especially in the lower pole. You can see the fibers of my lower chest shown in my before pictures and it looks like a ribcage is in the way. When braless, my original breasts would actually look like they've traveled apart. In Canada, they would not both with trying to bring them together.
• When I brought up the issue to the surgeon he indicated that he can help me try to bring them closer together but it would require cutting into the areas that were originally ribcage so my original anatomy may show.
• Not sure if you can see, but the 'pulled' or 'dented' center area from my original breasts are still there but it's definitely a significant improvement in distance from my original breasts. From what I've read, I shouldn't judge them for another 4 to 6 months since my inner chest was basically just skin before. I've seen cases on Realself where the muscle in the inner wall has a slight dent which I have right now too. I hope it resolves over time, but even if it doesn't I'm not that mad since it's only noticeable with touch or lighting above. I am DEFINITELY NOT doing a re-operation for something this small and is only visible in rare situations.
• The left breast has no soreness or tightness but the right breast inner portion has soreness and tightness. On my 5th day post-op, I fell off the pillow a bit and got myself upright (not even with my arms), and pulled something on the inner chest wall on the right. I'm not sure if it caused anything but it hurt a lot. I'm not sure if it may have caused an injury but my right breast is still very sore and tight.
• The breasts would likely sit very high on my and not look natural for at least 3 months. I use to bench for PECS (yes, PECS because I gave up on accumulating any breast tissue) so I have extremely tight chest muscles and I also got a fairly big size for my frame (I'm 5'3 - 115lbs).
• I'm hoping the right breast recovers soon as the discomfort is notable.

SCAR HEALING

• The scar was pretty much healed up at week 2 but I waited until week 3 to start to use silicone tape (they advised 2 weeks post-op).
• I read online that if there is ANY scabbing you must wait for it to fall off before using silicone tape as it can trap moisture under the tape and cause infection if the wound is not fully healed.
• I will continue to use silicone tape for the next 12 months until these scars are less dark and flatter.

I hope this update helps someone with a similar issue.
I'm happy with the result so far but will have to wait 3 to 6 months to see how they turn out since you can definitely tell right now they are implants.

 

[miami7351]

How much was the rhinoplasty? do they have a promotion right now?

 

[wengielo]

How much was the rhinoplasty? do they have a promotion right now?

I paid full price for my rhinoplasty (alarplasty, tipplasty with donor rib cartilage, silicone bridge, and osteotomy) for 5.2M KRW. I didn't get any advice or research far into how to get a deal and I'm not the type to haggle. I think you can probably ask for a better price if you show some intent of booking and then appear to want to back out if they don't give you a deal.

Some people wrote in this forum that if you do a consultation in person and then book while you're there you can haggle a discount if that's what you're looking for.

There's this site called All About Mei with promotions on all kinds of surgery.
But if you're interested in Braun you can reach out to the number I posted above.

I'll be back in SK in October if that's about the time you're going too. I will be getting facial fat grafting and potentially some mini lipo while taking care of my friends (NANA rhinoplasty and eyes) and facial contouring (not sure where yet). If you'll be there around then, happy to provide some advice for the city on Kakao if you'd like, just PM me.

 

[miami7351]

I paid full price for my rhinoplasty (alarplasty, tipplasty with donor rib cartilage, silicone bridge, and osteotomy) for 5.2M KRW. I didn't get any advice or research far into how to get a deal and I'm not the type to haggle. I think you can probably ask for a better price if you show some intent of booking and then appear to want to back out if they don't give you a deal.

Some people wrote in this forum that if you do a consultation in person and then book while you're there you can haggle a discount if that's what you're looking for.

There's this site called All About Mei with promotions on all kinds of surgery.
But if you're interested in Braun you can reach out to the number I posted above.

I'll be back in SK in October if that's about the time you're going too. I will be getting facial fat grafting and potentially some mini lipo while taking care of my friends (NANA rhinoplasty and eyes) and facial contouring (not sure where yet). If you'll be there around then, happy to provide some advice for the city on Kakao if you'd like, just PM me.

That's awesome. I'm thinking of rhinoplasty and had no idea where to choose to be honest. Thx for your advice!!

 

[Love4pugs]

Hi all,

I finally got a chance to take some photos of my breasts 3.5 weeks post-op.
For comparison to my prior breasts, I have worn the same top.

BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH MOTIVA

• Dual plane insertion
• 340CC both sides
• Demi profile
• Original size 34A

REQUEST

• Bring my chest closer together and help hide my pigeon chest (those with ribcages that protrude and breasts that move away from each other = no cleavage)
• Increase size to 34C (full) or 34D (small)

BEFORE VS. AFTER 3.5 WEEKS POST-OP

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UPDATES

• One of the things prior to surgery is that I wanted my pigeon chest to be corrected as much as possible. My breasts were far apart, especially in the lower pole. You can see the fibers of my lower chest shown in my before pictures and it looks like a ribcage is in the way. When braless, my original breasts would actually look like they've traveled apart. In Canada, they would not both with trying to bring them together.
• When I brought up the issue to the surgeon he indicated that he can help me try to bring them closer together but it would require cutting into the areas that were originally ribcage so my original anatomy may show.
• Not sure if you can see, but the 'pulled' or 'dented' center area from my original breasts are still there but it's definitely a significant improvement in distance from my original breasts. From what I've read, I shouldn't judge them for another 4 to 6 months since my inner chest was basically just skin before. I've seen cases on Realself where the muscle in the inner wall has a slight dent which I have right now too. I hope it resolves over time, but even if it doesn't I'm not that mad since it's only noticeable with touch or lighting above. I am DEFINITELY NOT doing a re-operation for something this small and is only visible in rare situations.
• The left breast has no soreness or tightness but the right breast inner portion has soreness and tightness. On my 5th day post-op, I fell off the pillow a bit and got myself upright (not even with my arms), and pulled something on the inner chest wall on the right. I'm not sure if it caused anything but it hurt a lot. I'm not sure if it may have caused an injury but my right breast is still very sore and tight.
• The breasts would likely sit very high on my and not look natural for at least 3 months. I use to bench for PECS (yes, PECS because I gave up on accumulating any breast tissue) so I have extremely tight chest muscles and I also got a fairly big size for my frame (I'm 5'3 - 115lbs).
• I'm hoping the right breast recovers soon as the discomfort is notable.

SCAR HEALING

• The scar was pretty much healed up at week 2 but I waited until week 3 to start to use silicone tape (they advised 2 weeks post-op).
• I read online that if there is ANY scabbing you must wait for it to fall off before using silicone tape as it can trap moisture under the tape and cause infection if the wound is not fully healed.
• I will continue to use silicone tape for the next 12 months until these scars are less dark and flatter.

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I hope this update helps someone with a similar issue.
I'm happy with the result so far but will have to wait 3 to 6 months to see how they turn out since you can definitely tell right now they are implants.

 

[Love4pugs]

Hi everyone,

I want to share my very 1st plastic surgery experience with everyone here. Other people who have posted have given me the confidence to fly to South Korea alone and have various procedures done and I want to do the same for others who are in their researching part of their journey.
Most people thought I was crazy to go alone to South Korea and have plastic surgery for multiple procedures and they're not wrong. I'm quite independent and would never want someone to spend their precious vacation days being my nurse, it's just not something I wanted to do. Nonetheless, I would suggest you find a surgery buddy to room up with just in the case you have an emergency or cannot get up (for BA).

I want to preface this that I did not receive a discount for posting this and neither was I sponsored.

SURGERY CLINIC - Braun Medical Group at 857 Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

• The location was easy to walk to from my hotel at Patio7. It was about a 10 minute walk and was close to other plastic surgery clinics too.
• Visit the Korean website and translate in English, there's way more content there about the surgeries available or provided.

SURGEONS - Eyes + Forehead Fat Graft - Dr. Lee Wu Seop; Rhinoplasty + Breast Augmentation - Dr. Lee Ji-Won

SURGERIES

• Double eyelid surgery - incisional outline style, epi upper and corner, lateral outer and lower
• Rhinoplasty - alarplasty, tipplasty with donor rib cartilage, osteomy, and silicone implant
• Breast augmentation - 340cd Motiva Ergonomix Demi Round

PRICE - Eyes + Forehead Fat Graft +Rhinoplasty + Breast Augmentation = $16.8M KRW + VAT

• The price was very affordable but not so cheap that you would be afraid you may be going to a clinic that didn't have an anesthesiologist.
• In Canada the cost would be have been eyes $6M KRW, fat graft $5M KRW, rhinoplasty $12M KRW, and breast augmentation $10M KRW.

ONLINE CONSULTATION - Day 0

• I had my online consultation with Jennifer who was prompt in answering my questions and giving me a quote. There was no pressure (unlike some clinics like JW PS - they asked 'how about facial contouring, it was honestly offensive and off-putting) to do additional surgeries. I started my conversation with her prior to the quarantine restrictions being lifted and she respect that I didn't want to proceed with the surgery until quarantine is not required. When quarantine was not almost required anymore, she informed me prior.
• Originally I only planned to get double eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty done so I only paid a deposit for these procedures about 1.5 months prior to surgery date. Last minute, I found out they had Motiva breast augmentations via their Korean website not their English and asked on the Friday 1 week before surgery date if they would be able to add procedure in for me. I think they moved around some surgeries or consultations because they actually had to change my surgery day to Saturday instead of Friday because of the BA.
• Jennifer got back to me with good news that they could do all the procedures at once. She also didn't request for additional deposit either although I offered.

CONSULTATION - Day 1
The consultation took place one day before my surgery since I had to get blood work and x-rays done for my breast augmentation. I found little issues with the procedures, consultants, and surgeons during this time except the following.

• The surgeons here appear very busy, so one thing I found that they lacked is communicating the potential complications related to the surgeries I had. For example, a forehead fat graft because its close to the arteries feeding your eyes, there is a chance for blindness. Having multiple surgeries done could have complications related to Edema or DVT (deep vein thrombosis) especially if you lay in bed the entire time. These are serious post-surgery complications that should be explained by your surgeons prior to paying for the surgery. Instead, these are read to you briefly about 30 minutes before your operation by your patient coordinator.
• Both surgeons made me feel comfortable that they would do a good job with my surgeries but I would highly suggest bringing a print out of all your questions. When they asked if I had questions, I completely blanked out twice - during my consultation and also 15 minutes before my operation.

SURGERY DAY - Day 2
My surgery took place on a Saturday and was going to be a total of 8 hours. Yes, 8 hours! I'm going to keep this brief since I have a very short recollection of memories.

• Pre-operation before photos
• Pre-operation consultation - If you have questions ask again! I didn't have many because I blanked out, likely because of my nerves.
• Operation
  • It felt unreal, like a movie or TV show. Laying on the operating room table made me feel very nervous, so I told Jennifer who stayed with me the whole time with some jokes to help with my nerves. The most PAINFUL part is the IV. I had the IV to the ankle, luckily they got my vein on the first shot. I would have been horrified if it was twice.
  • Because my surgery was 8 hours under sedative anesthesia and general anesthesia I had to have a ureter inserted which honestly I don't recall at all, but wow, if I was awake please give me some laughing gas.
  • The anesthesiologist matched the photos on the website (phew!) and checked my teeth before the surgery. I let them know multiple times I had veneers and they said they would be careful to not break them. Keep in mind that you do sign a waver that your teeth my break since there's always a chance.
  • They gave me some 'oxygen' which I think is actually something else to ease my mind before they injected my IV with the sedation chemicals. I blacked out.
  • I dreamed the entire time being in Las Vegas with my girlfriends partying in a dark night club. Then whoosh I remember someone telling me 'Wake up, breath, you have to get up'. I seriously though I was black out drunk and getting up it was a bit funny now looking back at it.
  • EXTREME NAUSEA the worst nausea I have experienced in my entire life which went on the whole night every time I tried to get up. The 4 hours with no water and no breathing through the nose were the worst. I honestly regretted my decision for surgery because of how uncomfortable I was and how difficult it was to breathe (my throat was closing because of the lack of water and breathing through the mouth).
  • Because of my extreme nausea I opted to stay over night at the clinic and Jennifer stayed with me even though it was uncalled for in my case (usually this is only for facial contouring surgeries). I stayed until 6AM that day with Jennifer and she drove me back to my hotel, this was so nice of her! I really appreciate her for doing all of this even though there was no notice.

POST-OP DAY 1 TO 5

• Day 1 - Hardest day - nausea was still bad, throat was dry, drinking water often caused me to choke because you can't breathe through your nose, and the same thing with food. I ate a couple nibbles of a soggy sandwich and tried to sleep it all off.
• Day 2 to 4 - The days got increasingly easier after they removed the nasal cottons from my nose. Eyes were super greasy and blurry with the ointment so be careful walking around outside because the drivers are quite aggressive here. Also, they should name their BA rapid recovery because I was able to pretty much do everything and everything except picking up very heavy objects.
• Day 5 - Splint removal day. Honestly my eyes were so healed even the surgeon was shocked. Removal of stitches didn't hurt for me and neither did the removal of the splint. It was just uncomfortable.

BEFORE & AFTER

• The moment you've been waiting for, here are my before and after photos for my facial surgeries (day 5 post-op). I look like a completely different person even my boyfriend is confused whenever he talks to me. I almost look a bit mixed?
• Nonetheless I love my outcome! I was going for the dolly look and I think that's what I achieved. Being specific with what you want and how you want it is what I think is the key to my surgery.
• There's still lots of swelling on my nose, but it looks great already. They informed me the bridge and tip will be narrower. Because I asked for S-line upturned nose, it is currently overprojected upwards so that when it drops in following months it would maintain a degree of that upturned look.

Please feel free to comment below if you have questions and I'd be happy to answer.
I will add my BA once I am able to take my 1st shower and as they drop and continue to update my post with the recovery journey in the months coming up.

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[dianank]

Hi everyone,

I want to share my very 1st plastic surgery experience with everyone here. Other people who have posted have given me the confidence to fly to South Korea alone and have various procedures done and I want to do the same for others who are in their researching part of their journey.
Most people thought I was crazy to go alone to South Korea and have plastic surgery for multiple procedures and they're not wrong. I'm quite independent and would never want someone to spend their precious vacation days being my nurse, it's just not something I wanted to do. Nonetheless, I would suggest you find a surgery buddy to room up with just in the case you have an emergency or cannot get up (for BA).

I want to preface this that I did not receive a discount for posting this and neither was I sponsored.

SURGERY CLINIC - Braun Medical Group at 857 Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

• The location was easy to walk to from my hotel at Patio7. It was about a 10 minute walk and was close to other plastic surgery clinics too.
• Visit the Korean website and translate in English, there's way more content there about the surgeries available or provided.

SURGEONS - Eyes + Forehead Fat Graft - Dr. Lee Wu Seop; Rhinoplasty + Breast Augmentation - Dr. Lee Ji-Won

SURGERIES

• Double eyelid surgery - incisional outline style, epi upper and corner, lateral outer and lower
• Rhinoplasty - alarplasty, tipplasty with donor rib cartilage, osteomy, and silicone implant
• Breast augmentation - 340cd Motiva Ergonomix Demi Round

PRICE - Eyes + Forehead Fat Graft +Rhinoplasty + Breast Augmentation = $16.8M KRW + VAT

• The price was very affordable but not so cheap that you would be afraid you may be going to a clinic that didn't have an anesthesiologist.
• In Canada the cost would be have been eyes $6M KRW, fat graft $5M KRW, rhinoplasty $12M KRW, and breast augmentation $10M KRW.

ONLINE CONSULTATION - Day 0

• I had my online consultation with Jennifer who was prompt in answering my questions and giving me a quote. There was no pressure (unlike some clinics like JW PS - they asked 'how about facial contouring, it was honestly offensive and off-putting) to do additional surgeries. I started my conversation with her prior to the quarantine restrictions being lifted and she respect that I didn't want to proceed with the surgery until quarantine is not required. When quarantine was not almost required anymore, she informed me prior.
• Originally I only planned to get double eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty done so I only paid a deposit for these procedures about 1.5 months prior to surgery date. Last minute, I found out they had Motiva breast augmentations via their Korean website not their English and asked on the Friday 1 week before surgery date if they would be able to add procedure in for me. I think they moved around some surgeries or consultations because they actually had to change my surgery day to Saturday instead of Friday because of the BA.
• Jennifer got back to me with good news that they could do all the procedures at once. She also didn't request for additional deposit either although I offered.

CONSULTATION - Day 1
The consultation took place one day before my surgery since I had to get blood work and x-rays done for my breast augmentation. I found little issues with the procedures, consultants, and surgeons during this time except the following.

• The surgeons here appear very busy, so one thing I found that they lacked is communicating the potential complications related to the surgeries I had. For example, a forehead fat graft because its close to the arteries feeding your eyes, there is a chance for blindness. Having multiple surgeries done could have complications related to Edema or DVT (deep vein thrombosis) especially if you lay in bed the entire time. These are serious post-surgery complications that should be explained by your surgeons prior to paying for the surgery. Instead, these are read to you briefly about 30 minutes before your operation by your patient coordinator.
• Both surgeons made me feel comfortable that they would do a good job with my surgeries but I would highly suggest bringing a print out of all your questions. When they asked if I had questions, I completely blanked out twice - during my consultation and also 15 minutes before my operation.

SURGERY DAY - Day 2
My surgery took place on a Saturday and was going to be a total of 8 hours. Yes, 8 hours! I'm going to keep this brief since I have a very short recollection of memories.

• Pre-operation before photos
• Pre-operation consultation - If you have questions ask again! I didn't have many because I blanked out, likely because of my nerves.
• Operation
  • It felt unreal, like a movie or TV show. Laying on the operating room table made me feel very nervous, so I told Jennifer who stayed with me the whole time with some jokes to help with my nerves. The most PAINFUL part is the IV. I had the IV to the ankle, luckily they got my vein on the first shot. I would have been horrified if it was twice.
  • Because my surgery was 8 hours under sedative anesthesia and general anesthesia I had to have a ureter inserted which honestly I don't recall at all, but wow, if I was awake please give me some laughing gas.
  • The anesthesiologist matched the photos on the website (phew!) and checked my teeth before the surgery. I let them know multiple times I had veneers and they said they would be careful to not break them. Keep in mind that you do sign a waver that your teeth my break since there's always a chance.
  • They gave me some 'oxygen' which I think is actually something else to ease my mind before they injected my IV with the sedation chemicals. I blacked out.
  • I dreamed the entire time being in Las Vegas with my girlfriends partying in a dark night club. Then whoosh I remember someone telling me 'Wake up, breath, you have to get up'. I seriously though I was black out drunk and getting up it was a bit funny now looking back at it.
  • EXTREME NAUSEA the worst nausea I have experienced in my entire life which went on the whole night every time I tried to get up. The 4 hours with no water and no breathing through the nose were the worst. I honestly regretted my decision for surgery because of how uncomfortable I was and how difficult it was to breathe (my throat was closing because of the lack of water and breathing through the mouth).
  • Because of my extreme nausea I opted to stay over night at the clinic and Jennifer stayed with me even though it was uncalled for in my case (usually this is only for facial contouring surgeries). I stayed until 6AM that day with Jennifer and she drove me back to my hotel, this was so nice of her! I really appreciate her for doing all of this even though there was no notice.

POST-OP DAY 1 TO 5

• Day 1 - Hardest day - nausea was still bad, throat was dry, drinking water often caused me to choke because you can't breathe through your nose, and the same thing with food. I ate a couple nibbles of a soggy sandwich and tried to sleep it all off.
• Day 2 to 4 - The days got increasingly easier after they removed the nasal cottons from my nose. Eyes were super greasy and blurry with the ointment so be careful walking around outside because the drivers are quite aggressive here. Also, they should name their BA rapid recovery because I was able to pretty much do everything and everything except picking up very heavy objects.
• Day 5 - Splint removal day. Honestly my eyes were so healed even the surgeon was shocked. Removal of stitches didn't hurt for me and neither did the removal of the splint. It was just uncomfortable.

BEFORE & AFTER

• The moment you've been waiting for, here are my before and after photos for my facial surgeries (day 5 post-op). I look like a completely different person even my boyfriend is confused whenever he talks to me. I almost look a bit mixed?
• Nonetheless I love my outcome! I was going for the dolly look and I think that's what I achieved. Being specific with what you want and how you want it is what I think is the key to my surgery.
• There's still lots of swelling on my nose, but it looks great already. They informed me the bridge and tip will be narrower. Because I asked for S-line upturned nose, it is currently overprojected upwards so that when it drops in following months it would maintain a degree of that upturned look.

Please feel free to comment below if you have questions and I'd be happy to answer.
I will add my BA once I am able to take my 1st shower and as they drop and continue to update my post with the recovery journey in the months coming up.

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I love your results and thank you for your detailed review. Do you have updated pictures of your nose? You can also reach me on kkt dianank

 

[queenelle]

Hi!! I’m planning on getting an incisional double eyelid surgery and inner epicanthoplasty as well. How was the healing process for your eyes like? I’m hoping I can still explore a little since I’ve never been to Korea, but healing well is of course the most important for me.

 

[honglee1888]

How did you do online consultation? Is it just texting or do they schedule a video consultation?

 

[a.town]

did u get the exact price during ur online consultation? im planning to get my eyes and nose done and im still tryna budget. also do u mind sharing how much each surgery was??

 

[milobear88]

did u get the exact price during ur online consultation? im planning to get my eyes and nose done and im still tryna budget. also do u mind sharing how much each surgery was??

Yes would love to get a rough estimate of cost!