It's been 10 years since my first double-eyelid surgery, and I'm planning revision surgery! The goal is improving sleepy-looking eyes + changing my image by changing the double-eyelid line. My eyes look very sleepy, so everywhere I went, they said <revision ptosis correction> is the most important part for my eyes~ I've visited a huge number of clinics, but each one has something that bothers me.
Out of the 18 clinics I visited, I've narrowed it down to these final 3 candidates. ㄴㅅㅎ - director ㄴㅅㅎ, the representative doctor ㄷㄹ (Gangnam Station) - director ㅁㅇㅈ ㄱㄴ - director ㅇㄱㅎ
1. ㄴㅅㅎ Pros: Famous as an eye-specialty clinic / experience / I like how long it has been open. The price is reasonable too. Specialist with 13 years of experience. Cons: There aren't many review photos, and it seems like they do more natural adhesion/buried suture than incision double eyelid + ptosis correction. Reviews in this community aren't great, and during the consultation it didn't feel that meticulous either. 2. ㄷㄹ Pros: The before-and-after photos on the website are exactly my style, and the surgeries look really well done. The consultation was fine too. Specialist with 12 years of experience, in charge of eyes. Reasonable price. Cons: It's a clinic famous for nose surgery (1 nose specialist, 1 eye specialist), and if you just look up review photos on Babitalk, they're just so-so. They seem to pursue thicker lines, and I often saw cases where the front part of the line overlapped. If I look only at the clinic photos, they seem the most skilled, but.. 3. ㄱㄴ Pros: Famous for eyes, and I got the impression during the consultation that they were very meticulous. Specialist with 8 years of experience. Cons: When I looked at before-and-after photos, it felt more like just correction. Too natural, with not much image change. The clinic is so busy that I'm worried whether they'll be able to pay close attention, and whether the doctor's condition will be okay.
Which place seems the best?
For reference, places I visited (1) Senior-level experience Traits: Doesn't advertise much / clustered around Apgujeong-Sinsa / list for extreme eye revision surgery ㅁㅅㄹㅇ, ㅇㅅㅎㅇㄴ - Correction would work, but I don't think there would be a big image change. Expensive. No before-and-after photos. Long specialist experience and long time since opening. Eye specialty. Seems good if going for extreme eye reconstruction? Expert among eye experts. Extremely safe and conservative. ㅇㄹㅈ - Someone around me had successful surgery there. No before-and-after photos. Long specialist experience and long time since opening. Eye specialty. The consultation didn't feel meticulous, and the estimated surgery time was too short, so I wondered if they would really examine me properly. ㅇㅅㅈ - The consultation felt very new. It was like a storm. Seems to have the best sense for catching the image, but there are no before-and-after photos. Expensive. Long specialist experience and long time since opening. Celebrity plastic surgery clinic? ㄱㄹㅂ - Surgery not recommended (2) Mid-senior-level experience Traits: Advertises and is known online as an eye-specialty clinic / clustered around Sinsa ㅎㄷㅁㅎ - Surgery not recommended ㅅㅍㄹㅅ - Before-and-after photos are good. A few bad reviews. I like the long specialist career and years since opening. Eye specialty. Not the type to give a very sincere consultation. ㅇㄴㅋ - Meticulous. I liked the before-and-after photos the most. But reviews in this community / Google Maps reviews are bad. (3) Manager-level experience Traits: Advertises and is known online as an eye-specialty clinic / clustered around Sinsa-Gangnam ㅇㅇㄴㅋ - Consultation wasn't meticulous and felt a bit factory-like. Foreigner marketing. Before-and-after photos were ambiguous. ㅌㅇㅅ - Consultation was okay, lots of before-and-after photos and they're pretty. The price was absurd, so I dropped it. Felt a bit commercial. ㅈㅅㅌ - Hard to confirm whether they're good at ptosis correction. Seemed delicate and responsible. ㅇㅇㅋ - The only one with a different diagnosis. Dropped immediately. ㅍㄹㅇㅂ - Reviews are good, but there are no before-and-after photos that don't look Photoshopped, so it's hard to properly verify surgical results. Price is brutal and they're too busy. ㄷㅂ - Hasn't been open long and the price is low. Active on YouTube/blog. They do natural-looking results, so I question whether there would be an image change. The promotional model manager had it done by the director, but ended up with triangular eyes..