I had my first surgery in Seoul, but now I live outside Seoul, so I'll post reviews from the provinces. Last year in Seoul, I went to ㅎㄴㅂ, ㄷㅇㅇ, and ㅈㅇㅈ, but I couldn't find the place I wanted.
When I had my first surgery, I didn't know anything and asked the plastic surgeon to do rhinitis surgery too. I was young then, so I thought all doctors could do every surgery. Since they were doing rhinoplasty, I thought of course they would also do rhinitis surgery. But they said they couldn't. I felt really disappointed at the time. I even had the foolish thought that maybe I had chosen the wrong hospital. I was completely clueless and couldn't distinguish between plastic surgery and ENT. But these days, there is functional rhinoplasty too. Sometimes I think about just having the silicone removed, but on the other hand, I keep thinking: if I get revision surgery, it absolutely has to be functional rhinoplasty! I originally had rhinitis, so after surgery my nose became even more sensitive to inflammation. Even if I pick my nose just a little, my immune system acts up and my lymph nodes swell lol
So I'm looking for a place where a plastic surgeon and an ENT doctor operate together for functional rhinoplasty. Even if I go to Gangnam in Seoul, it seems either the ENT doctor does the whole surgery or the plastic surgeon does the whole surgery. They said they don't do it separately. When I call, they make it sound like they can do everything, but once I actually go, they say I have to choose only one doctor.
Busan
ㄷㅇㅇㅊ I had a functional rhinoplasty consultation, and the director seemed very confident. The hospital seemed to do a lot of different things. The aftercare also looked good, but in conclusion, it didn't seem like the ENT director would be doing the surgery.
ㄴㄹㅇ I went there full of hope, thinking the ENT director was at the hospital and would be doing surgery. Maybe it was just the day I went, but the director wasn't there. Even after consulting with the plastic surgery director, I just wasn't really sure.
Gimhae
ㄱㄴㄷㅌㅇ Apparently this hospital is famous for revision eye surgery, and I only found that out after going. If they're famous, they must be good at everything, I guess. Before going, I couldn't find reviews to look up, but when I went, there were a lot. It kind of made me think this place might be the real deal. Anyway, here the ENT director does the surgery, and the plastic surgery director also does surgery. For now, I found the kind of place I wanted. The ENT doctor told me to go to another hospital and get a CT scan, so I went right away and got one. When I brought it back, they explained why I couldn't breathe well, why my nose kept getting blocked, and why it hurt. Anyway, I'm keeping this place on my list.
I'm totally just looking for validation, right? I just hope this helps as information for people like me who currently have multiple complex issues and want information. Anyway, I'm still thinking about it now... Because I'm scared lololol