I have a typical hump nose with a high nasal bridge and drooping nasal tip + a bulbous nose with thick skin + deviated septum and fairly severe allergic rhinitis When searching online, I looked as much as possible only for stability-oriented and natural-result-oriented hospitals
1 ㅋㅂㅈ - ㅎㅅㅁ (Seoul National University ENT specialist) Consultation fee 10,000 won CT 22,800 won Diagnosis: raise the nasal tip after harvesting septal cartilage, add ear cartilage if insufficient, shave the hump, osteotomy, alar reduction, correction of deviated septum, rhinitis surgery (inferior turbinate), bulbous nose correction / 4.8 million (4.3 million if booking the same day) It was the first consultation in the morning, and another patient seemed to be busily preparing for surgery, probably scheduled for surgery after my consultation. They took a side-view photo with a tablet, Photoshopped the nose, and showed the expected postoperative progress. The reviews were so good that I even used community points, so I had high expectations, and this was my top online research choice, to the point that I would have booked right away if only the consultation had been okay. But I personally felt very disappointed because I could see the director trying to finish the consultation quickly. Consultation time exactly 10 minutes A/S free for 3 years, real-time CCTV check (storage period one month), allergic rhinitis medication provided, free blood test, cotton removed after one day, swelling-reduction machine used, one-day hospitalization for functional nose surgery, free scar-tissue injections, etc.
2 ㅂ - ㄱㅈㅇ (ENT specialist) Consultation fee 10,000 won CT 0 won Diagnosis: raise the nasal tip after harvesting septal cartilage, add ear cartilage if insufficient, shave the hump, osteotomy, correction of deviated septum, rhinitis surgery (inferior turbinate), bulbous nose correction, alar reduction optional / 4 million The director looked very tired. Still, he drew pictures and explained the overall condition of my nose. After the consultation was all over, while talking with the manager, I suddenly had another question and got restless, but the director came back and kindly explained it. The manager here was bright and nice CCTV stored for a little less than a month (consent before surgery to recording), A/S 1 year (no separate anesthesia fee, but cartilage use has a separate cost), frequent use of swelling-reduction machine, one-day hospitalization for functional nose surgery
3 ㄱㅅ - ㄱㄴㅅ (Chung-Ang University Hospital plastic surgery specialist) Consultation fee 10,000 won CT X Diagnosis: No need for septum correction or rhinitis surgery (it might improve functionally, but in my case, allergic rhinitis is more severe, so there is a possibility it will recur), ear cartilage only for the nasal tip, osteotomy and hump shaving X (optional), no need for cartilage suturing because the left side is already pinched, he said / 4.2 million This was the only consultation that was worth the money. I think it lasted almost an hour. Not only did he not recommend unnecessary surgery, but I had thought that if I had a hump nose, osteotomy and refining the hump were absolutely necessary. But after hearing that from the front view it would look wider, I realized even that would be overcorrection. After that, when I said at other hospitals on my own that I would not do osteotomy, everyone started treating it like an option. If you are getting a nose surgery, even if you do not have surgery here, I think you should definitely get a consultation here. The more we talked during the consultation, the more I felt that if the previous hospitals were stability-oriented, this director was stability-stability-stability-oriented, so I almost booked, but recent reviews made me hesitant CCTV stored for one month (consent before surgery to recording), wake you up midway, one surgery per day, no separate A/S
4 ㅊㄷㅊ - ㄱㅌㅎ (Yonsei University ENT specialist) Consultation fee 25,000 won CT seems included in the consultation fee? Diagnosis: hump shaving optional, since the septum is thick on CT, the nasal tip can be done with septal cartilage alone (ear cartilage reserved for secondary surgery), bulbous nose correction, septum correction, rhinitis surgery (inferior turbinate) The only place that explained the thickness of my septum. Before the consultation, surgery ran long, so the waiting time took quite a while. I had heard at the previous hospital that rhinitis surgery recurs, so I asked whether it was absolutely necessary - he said it is better to do it while the nose is already open than not doing it and later having nasal obstruction; from the outside the deviation does not look severe, but on CT the inside is severe, and there is tissue filling the turbinate area (a rebuttal to ㄱㅅ's opinion that rhinitis surgery is unnecessary) Aftercare (swelling and most other things are all taken care of), CCTV viewing not allowed (can view if there is an accident)
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