I had double eyelid surgery exactly 10 years ago, and from about 4 years later, one eye started to feel like it was coming undone. That eye had always been weak to begin with, but I think the problem was that I rushed into surgery 10 years ago without getting enough consultation. Back then I didn’t know anything and I was young, and I went because an acquaintance recommended it. There were multiple doctors (thinking about it now, the No. 1 clinic to trust and avoid..), and I had a small wart on my upper eyelid. The doctor I consulted said he would remove it during surgery, but when I came out after surgery, it was still exactly there^^ I didn’t see the doctor before anesthesia, so I suspect a shadow doctor here. Judging by how severe the bruising was, I suspect excessive bleeding during surgery. It was a buried-suture method, so why did I bruise that much.. Anyway, I was waiting for the right timing for revision surgery, and last year I had time to take a long break, so I got the surgery. The result was a huge success.
First, before visiting clinics in person, I did a lot of online research. If a place looked even a little okay, I searched everything: the clinic’s full name, consonant initials, initials, the director’s name, initials, and so on, digging deeper and deeper through links. Then I narrowed it down to two places I liked and visited them.
Clinic visit 1: Gangnam OOK I liked that they said they only handle eyes, and there was one director. I heard rumors that the director had completely mastered double eyelid surgery, so I went to check it out. First I consulted with the manager, and she was quite good. She talked only about what was necessary, wrote it down, and then passed me to the director. I wanted revision surgery on only one side, but he used a toothpick to check the lines on both eyes and said the eye that had come undone had always been weak and prone to loosening. He honestly told me that even if he redid it, it might come undone again within a year. His way of speaking was calm, and he understood exactly what I had been feeling right away, so I trusted him there. I also liked that he explained both the buried-suture and incisional options and gave me a choice. (It took a little over a month just to get a consultation date, and I waited two more weeks until surgery day. The downside is that there is too much waiting..)
Clinic visit 2: Apgujeong JD I heard they do no advertising at all, but many patients come only because of their skill, so I was curious. While researching online, I got the sense that many slightly older-looking people praised them a lot. (My guess from the wording.) So I felt some trust because it didn’t seem like comment part-timers. But it seems like the director is not in Korea much? When I tried to get a consultation, they said he was in the U.S., and even after he came back, they said he would leave again soon. Does he go overseas to teach? It seemed like he gives lectures or something. A doctor who teaches doctors! I was curious. Here, unlike clinic visit 1, I consulted with the director first and then the manager. The director checked my eyes and said one side (the loosened side) had originally been set too high. My trust dropped a bit here. I know myself very well. There is no problem with the height of my double eyelid. It’s just that the skin on this upper eyelid has no strength. Then he asked where I had it done 10 years ago. When I said I had it done at so-and-so place, he said if it was done there, he could clean it up well. He said the original method is also important for revision surgery, and if it was that place, he could redo it well. He also said the surgery would be done in 10 minutes. Even if it’s simple double eyelid surgery, 10 minutes..? He seemed confident, which was good, but I worried he might be too casual because he trusts his skill too much. I’m the type who worries a lot, so I thought excessive confidence could also be harmful; After the director’s consultation ended like that, I went into the manager consultation. Since something the director said differed from clinic visit 1, I said another clinic had said this, and she asked what the clinic name was. When I said Gangnam OOK, she tilted her head and said she had never heard of it, with a slightly mocking tone like, why did you go to a place like that? The way they tried to sell by putting down another clinic made me lose interest a second time. The cost was also about 250,000 won more expensive than clinic visit 1.
I only went to two places, but I was already exhausted from doing so much online research, and I liked clinic visit 1, so in the end I had revision surgery there, and I’m living very satisfied now. My original surgery was an outer double eyelid, but as it settled, it became almost like an inner double eyelid. But it’s not a completely inner double eyelid either; there’s a slight gap? Anyway, it’s an inner double eyelid, but not completely emerging from inside, and not clearly outside either. It’s an eye with its own detailed nuance. Before surgery, I debated whether to mention this, but I thought they might think I was too picky, so I just went into the operating room. I don’t know if I was lucky or if it was the director’s sharp eye, but he matched even that detail symmetrically like a ghost..
Eyes are truly case by case. Even a clinic everyone says is good can ruin my eyes, and even a place everyone says is bad can do my eyes well. People say that when you meet the director and hear the diagnosis(?), there will be a place where you feel, I should do it here, and that’s true. I hope everyone has successful double eyelid surgery!