First of all, I started looking into it last December and had alar reduction in January. Back then, I joined a community and got some help by reading posts, so I thought it might help if I posted the notes I had written down!
I was planning to do only alar reduction, but some clinics also talked about rhinoplasty, so there’s a bit of that mixed in too!
ㅇㄹ Plastic Surgery
> Surgery time 4-5 hours Autologous ear cartilage harvesting 2 hours + nasal tip 2 hours + alar reduction 1 hour Under the condition of writing a review: alar reduction 1 million KRW, nasal tip 4 million KRW, total 5 million KRW If you do the nasal tip, the cartilage is small, so they can bring the pinched-looking nose outward They said there is no need to use donated dermis for a first surgery
ㅇㄴㅁㄷ Plastic Surgery
> Surgery time around 1 hour Suture removal 1 week / local or sedation anesthesia, additional 150,000 KRW Donated dermis used for the nasal tip Alar shape contour, lowering the alar rim and columella, nasal tip: 4.8 million KRW Review + interview: -200,000 KRW Internal and external approach (8 stitches); dissolvable sutures used on the internal side and alar groove area
ㅅㅇㅋ Plastic Surgery
> 860,000 KRW Internal and external approach (4 stitches) Postoperative care (scar removal possible) Surgery time 20-30 minutes / suture removal 3 days / sedation anesthesia
ㅅㅅ Plastic Surgery
> 600,000 KRW Internal and external approach / suture removal 10 days
ㅁㅌ Plastic Surgery
> 1 follow-up visit / surgery time 10-30 minutes / local anesthesia (if done under sedation, additional 110,000 KRW; not fully asleep, more like light sedation) / suture removal after 7 days Internal alar reduction 880,000 KRW (same price for cash or card) No need to do surgery to raise the alar rim If doing it, it should be done overall (nasal bridge, nasal tip, and lowering the nostrils too) Doing it externally can make the alae look smaller, but it can also make them look more pinched Internal: nasal floor / external: alar groove They said the degree of pinched appearance and the postoperative effect would be minimal, so if I’d be satisfied with that amount, I could do the surgery, and if not, I shouldn’t