The Ultimate Plastic Surgery Clinic guide in Seoul, Korea

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soosiq said:
hi pssk029 and thanks for posting this. It is pretty intimidating when researching surgery in Asia for a European mostly because the info that actually comes up on our own search engines is limited and isn't the stuff a Korean local would get. We tend to come across info that is put out by the big clinics and the ones who are probably most dodgy , seeing as they are paying for the advertising internationally. It's a minefield! This is the only forum that comes up for me when I have looked at specific surgeons.

Do you have any feedback or knowledge of The Face Dental and Dr Lee?

Also you mentioned there being a list devised within the Korean community online of bad clinics- would you be able to copy a hyperlink as I couldn't find anything like that when googling here (UK)
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i read facedental is good. they are expert in dental and do together with double jaw or face cou toring.
 
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#198
But... That's like... All of them? T_T

I mean, you listed every clinic I've ever heard or read about. So does this mean I am out of luck?

This guide is interesting but I wouldn't call it helpful.
If you can't make any recommendations, then I,;as an Asian-American foreigner who does not have any relatives who can refer me, am left with no option but to pay blindly at some clinic I can't find anything about online, or either stay out of Korea period.
 
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banonymous said:
But... That's like... All of them? T_T

I mean, you listed every clinic I've ever heard or read about. So does this mean I am out of luck?

This guide is interesting but I wouldn't call it helpful.
If you can't make any recommendations, then I,;as an Asian-American foreigner who does not have any relatives who can refer me, am left with no option but to pay blindly at some clinic I can't find anything about online, or either stay out of Korea period.
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Yeah it's tough but I feel like all you can do (and what I'm doing now!) is just research by reading posts on this forum and finding reviews/photos elsewhere. I've also recently downloaded gangnam unni as there are wayyyy more reviews on there. I can't read Korean or Japanese (somehow the app I downloaded translates to Japanese???) but I use google translate to read the reviews of each clinic and look at patient's photos. It feels better to look at reviews on there as there are hundreds or thousands of reviews for some clinics!!! Instead of reading through 1-2 people's experiences on here
 
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So I got a kakaotalk consultation with Dream about incisional double eyelid surgery + ptosis correction. They quoted me 4,600,000 KRW for the procedure(s), but if I put in a 1,000,000 KRW deposit in advance and book a surgery date, there will be a 40% discount (lowering the total to 2,760,000 KRW before tax). This discounted price is a much more reasonable price IMO than the quoted 4.6mil, but I have a gut feeling that I'm being tricked? Like "we really want you to lock in with us instead of consult at multiple other clinics, so hurry and confirm!"

Am I being paranoid or is it right for me to just pass on Dream and do the regular consultation process?
The other clinics on my list are View and Ruby. I also booked a consultation with ID just for the hell of it, I might as well get their doctor's opinion even if I'm not comfortable with their reputation.

it really sucks that it's impossible to find actual reviews or accounts of these clinics. The before-and-after photos on their official websites pretty much only feature the non-incisional method as well, making it harder for me...
 
#201
Hi placeholder1 and everybody. I'm planning to go to korea next year around april-may for various procedures (eyes, nose, chin implant, and maybe fat grafting). Maybe by that time, covid restrictions are lifted. I am doing thorough research on different clinics.

One of the clinics in my top 3 is also Ruby and I will be doing f2f consultations with them as well. I really like their before and afters in facebook and instagram, and their english consultant is really knowlegeable and responds right away to online consultations and questions. Their prices and discounts seems fair (higher in some procedures, lower with others) compared to other clinics with bigger marketing campaigns. But I can't seemed to find a lot of feedbacks or reviews from people that had procedures with them.

One of the other clinic that I'm looking also is Marble but I'm still waiting for their prices and any applicable discounts (if the price after discounts are too high, then its off my list. I wouldn't mind paying a little more price than locals, but if its a total rip off. No thanks.).

If anybody can give me any feedbacks about Ruby or Marble is greatly appreciated.
 
#202
Hello. I was planning on getting ptosis surgery, and so far I have found Dream, GIO, The Iron, View, VG and ATOP and I am wondering if you reccommend any of these? I saw you said Dream was known to locals, but does that include eyes as well? Since you did rhinoplasty. I want a very natural result with no big double lid if that is helpful :smile:
 
#203
banonymous said:
But... That's like... All of them? T_T

I mean, you listed every clinic I've ever heard or read about. So does this mean I am out of luck?

This guide is interesting but I wouldn't call it helpful.
If you can't make any recommendations, then I,;as an Asian-American foreigner who does not have any relatives who can refer me, am left with no option but to pay blindly at some clinic I can't find anything about online, or either stay out of Korea period.
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I think their post was very educational. Of course it is impossible to site every clinic that has a good rep. Try to search for clinics in the Apgujeong area and click on their websites. Since you can have online consultation, you will get a certain idea of how the clinics are, as well as when you eventually go to Korea.
 
#204
katrina1986 said:
Thanks for sharing this ! I am in kaokao with dream and feeling so so, they didn't push me to do procedure but feels like they do not care much.. feels like they are busy with other patient.

A friend in that industry for sure could help you decide where to go.

I had my first eye lid done in 2014 through a " no name-ish" clinic, a friend suggested and I went with it, now it is called JJ plastic surgery. the experience there was four star, doctor was nice and surgery went fine, result was good. the price is fare.

I had the we chat of the girl who work in JJ, and I am planing to go for a full face grafting in Feb 2020. she told me only do face grafting with this clinic, other doctors keep changing and the face grafting guys is the same... lol . ( however, she is not very interested in consulting and do not take commission or anything like that ...)

I checked with dream because I am considering to do lip lift as well. But might put on hold for a while... I guess/
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Thank you for letting me know about this clinic for face graph...I think face graph is very good since I'm getting older. I'm still searching for a chin ptosis specialist in Seoul if anyone knows a surgeon that can fix this issue please let me know.
 
#208
thuongle said:
Hello there!

I'm Thuong Le. Firstly, I really want to say thank you for your post about Dream Plastic Surgery. Having been researching hospitals and clinics these days, your post really surprised me. After reading your post, I did a lot more researches about Dream and other clinics. I had an online consultation with Dream yesterday. As for my eyes, I got a recommendation from Dr. Yoo Anna to do non-incisional double eyelid as wellas ptosis correction, and fat removal on my eyelids. For my nose, I got a recommendation from Dr. Hong to make my nose a little longer and raise the tip with ear and rib cartilage.

For the eyes, the price is 4,800,000 KRW. For the nose, it is 7,700,000 KRW, and the tutor is 2,300,000 KRW so a total of 10,000,000 KRW. I know this clinic has a good reputation and well known by the locals. However, this is the highest price I've got compared to other clinics.

The online consultant told me right now they are offering a lot of discounts and they can give up to 30%. However, I told them my trip is in July and asked her will the discount last till then. She said if I put a deposit of 50% of the surgery fee, they can give me the same discount of 30%. I don't want to make deposit before I meet their doctors but do you think it's worth it? I asked her how long it takes to the surgery day if things go well after I meet the doctors, and she said they can't guarantee the surgery day because once the Corona situation gets better, there will be a lot more patients. I will come to Korea by myself and probably will stay there in 14 days. I'm afraid if I don't book the surgery day before I came there, I won't have enough time.

Could you please give me any advice? Thank you so much for your time!!!


@thuongle Was wondering if you had surgery with Dream and do you mind sharing your experience?
I'm planning a trip to Seoul in summer 2022 and Dream is on my list too
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