Clinic name: DI Plastic Surgery Consultant: Chief Director Jung Yeon-ik Consultation fee: None
After having a consultation on 6/17 last year, in 2022, I was diagnosed with a retruded chin, excessive overbite, and midface depression.
I immediately had consultations for orthodontic treatment and oral and maxillofacial surgery, and underwent double jaw surgery at ㅇㅂㅇ.
With pre-surgical orthodontics, I had double jaw surgery, genioplasty, and V-line surgery in November, and at the 3-month mark, the director said I could now have nose surgery, so I immediately scheduled a plastic surgery consultation.
The clinics I decided to inquire with were 2 of the plastic surgery clinics I consulted at last year that told me I was a double jaw surgery case.
What actually made me decide to go through with double jaw surgery was that the directors at those 2 plastic surgery clinics explained things honestly and clearly, which gave me courage.
First of all,
Director Jung Yeon-ik at DI Plastic Surgery strongly told me that my retruded chin was severe and could not be corrected with an implant, so I should not get an implant put in, and that helped me decide quickly.
I scheduled a consultation for 10 a.m. on 2023/03/03 and visited the clinic.
When I had the consultation last year, I did not take a CT and only had a consultation with photos, but this time I took a CT as well before going into the consultation.
The consultant who consulted with me last year was still there, and we checked the costs and items again from that time.
The director came in, looked at my chart and the photos taken before, and said my current face looked good after double jaw surgery.
I showed him the style I wanted and celebrity photos, and said I wanted it corrected as much as possible within the director's maximum ability.
What was added was that he mentioned forehead lift + forehead reduction together, ptosis correction, and double eyelid surgery.
For the nose, as before, the plan was to use autologous costal cartilage for the nasal bridge and nasal tip, and to also perform paranasal augmentation to give sufficient midface volume.
What I was especially curious about was whether it would be okay to fill in volume with autologous costal cartilage even though I had double jaw surgery, the maxilla had been advanced, and there were titanium pins.
He explained kindly, and said that with paranasal augmentation, the detailed technique is almost like breast surgery: volume is created with autologous costal cartilage, and tissue such as fascia is additionally harvested from the rib incision area to shape and cover it.
Something new I learned here was that silicone paranasal implants are screw-fixed when inserted into the body, but autologous tissue takes, so screw fixation is not done.
The attached photos are the CT photo before double jaw surgery and the photo taken this time.
After refining my face again and receiving a plastic surgery consultation, the director said he could match things well, so I felt I had made the right decision.
Even after double jaw surgery, I had already been fully told at ㅇㅂㅇ before surgery that my midface volume and chin advancement would still be insufficient, and I had prepared to supplement it with plastic surgery, so I asked a lot because I wanted to hear a more detailed explanation.
Two-layer filling for paranasal augmentation using autologous costal cartilage and fascia/tissue.
Because it is autologous tissue, it is allowed to take without separate pin fixation at the double jaw surgery pin fixation area.
And since I would be doing forehead lift + reduction together, I asked whether ptosis correction and double eyelid surgery could be done at the same time. I had considered doing the forehead first and then the eye surgery, but what I was afraid of was what if the shape did not come out pretty.
At other clinics, they sometimes do not do them simultaneously because forehead surgery changes the eye shape.
But the director said it was possible, and said there was no need to go through the hardship twice, so I decided to do them together.
He also said that if forehead lift and reduction are done together, the result is better.
In case I might have hair loss, I had even tried taking hair-loss medication for 3 months before the consultation, but only my beard got thicker and there was no particular effect, so I stopped.
My parents' hairlines were also a bit pushed back, and looking at old photos, I think my forehead was originally wide, so if I also do forehead reduction, the shape can be made into a balanced M-shape, and he said to cover the slightly sparse areas separately with forehead tattooing.
To summarize everything:
Nose: autologous costal cartilage for nasal bridge and nasal tip, 660 Paranasal augmentation: autologous costal cartilage, fascia/tissue two-layer filling, 330 Forehead: forehead lift + forehead reduction, 220 + 198 Eyes: ptosis correction + double eyelid surgery (in-line), 154 General anesthesia
I ended up having surgery using only autologous tissue.
The next thing I asked about was the director's schedule and condition.
I wanted to have the consultation in January or February, but I judged that peak season would be too much, so I waited until March, the exact cosmetic surgery off-season.
And since DI Plastic Surgery was expanding and relocating, I was able to have surgery in a better environment, so I scheduled it.
Oh dear, when getting tests done, you had to move between floors, so if there were many people it looked complicated, and there were many comments about that in community reviews too. Now they said they are moving to one large floor, so I think that's a relief.
Consultation ended.
After consulting with the consultant, I fully booked the timing when the director would be in the best condition. They said he usually does up to 3 cases a day if there are many, but in my case, he would do only 1 case that day and focus only on me.
I reserved for 4/6 after the relocation, had the tests done, and paid the deposit before leaving.
Now I feel at ease because I no longer have to worry about where to go.
I will post another review after surgery next month.
Doing things step by step is good too, but for plastic surgery/double jaw surgery, I think the initial analysis of my face needs to be accurate in order to save both results and time.
I had been thinking of just living as I was, but ended up going through orthodontics, double jaw surgery, and even plastic surgery. Still, I also feel relieved that I decided to have surgery at a slightly later age after looking at various advice and cases with the mindset of analyzing and studying my face well.
Everyone, find a director who analyzes your face well.
I hope everyone's plastic surgery succeeds!