It has been about 7 months now. Up until 6 months, there was definitely still swelling, so there wasn’t a huge difference from before, but after that the lines definitely started to show well and I could clearly feel the difference compared with before surgery. During that period, to wait without getting impatient, it is really important to be able to see the actual amount of bone reduction and advancement through CT. If you want, they also provide the original files, and if you just visit the clinic, they show them to you. To summarize what differentiates Director Kim Tak-ho from other clinics:
1. In the case of a retruded chin, if a significant portion is only advanced, it can create a witch’s chin shape, so he advances it together with bone from the mandibular body area. By witch’s chin, I mean something like the photo I uploaded, where the mandibular body area looks eaten away. I also attached my CT image. Therefore, because this is a surgical method that most clinics, even highly standardized Gangnam clinics, do not do well, this part is a differentiating point.
2. For the cheekbones, he reduces them as much as desired. In my case, I wanted them reduced as much as possible, so about 7 mm was moved inward per side. Even if you reduce them blindly by a lot, the numbers themselves can decrease, but if it becomes worse due to side effects like hollowing, it becomes meaningless. With many years of experience, the doctor is good at judging exactly where each patient’s individual maximum is before that happens.
3. This connects to point 2. There is no exact data on how much the soft tissue, meaning the tissue over the bone, actually reflects the reduction in bone. Therefore, it depends purely on the doctor’s experience, and he is excellent in that respect too. Most of all, I think being good is not simply about having a lot of experience; age is also somewhat important. He is in his mid-to-late 40s, which can be considered the prime age for a surgeon, with physical ability, knowledge, and experience all in harmony without shortcomings, and that is also a major advantage.
4. In the case of upward fixation of the cheekbone area, it is true that the possibility of cheek hollowing is very high, but he eliminates that part by adjusting the insertion angle. If it is pushed in too excessively in one direction, the possibility of cheek hollowing during upward fixation is very high,
For other parts, cosmetic surgery clinics in Gangnam are already so highly standardized that if other places have a certain level of skill, they are more or less similar, so I will omit them.
Things outside the surgery are not more important than the surgery itself, but he makes people feel comfortable, and even during follow-up checks, the structure is such that you always meet the director directly, so I could feel how responsible he feels toward his own patients. His attitude does not change just because the surgery is over, and he always treats patients with a consistent attitude.
As you’ll know if you read my previous post, this was a decision I made after truly worrying a lot, and it was a clinic I chose after researching just as much. Naturally, I’m very satisfied with the result now.
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