Clinics visited: ㄷㅇㅇ, ㅇㅍㅅㅌ, ㅇㄹ, ㅇㅇㅂ, ㅇㅋ,, ㅅㅅㅇ, ㅁㅅ (double-jaw), ㅁㅇㄷㅇ, ㄷㅇ, ㄴㅌ I originally posted this in the plastic surgery discussion board, but I think the nature of the post fits an integrated consultation review better, so I deleted it and am reposting it here.
After I became interested in plastic surgery, I spent three months obsessively going back and forth between YouTube and plastic surgery communities. At first, I learned about surgery methods and procedures by area on YouTube, then I started narrowing down the clinics that were mentioned often or were well known in those communities. It was surprisingly not easy to find cases with the same or similar concerns as mine in those communities. When I finally found a case similar to mine, the information was very helpful. After that, whenever I had time on weekends or weekdays, I went to many plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam to have consultations. Because contouring is such a major surgery, my personality would not let me rest until I had visited every clinic I was interested in. At some point, I realized I had ended up visiting eleven plastic surgery clinics..
The reason I am writing this is because I hope people with the same concerns as mine can get even a little help, and as someone who has visited eleven contouring clinics, I want to organize what I felt in a way that is easy for me to read while also offering reference and help to everyone who reads this post.
< What kind of person am I? > I am a man in my late 20s. I had never paid attention to plastic surgery in my life, but starting last November I became interested and began looking into it. First, I will tell you about my facial features. If you are similar to me, please use this as reference.
(Contouring) Overall, my face is long. My lower jaw is somewhat developed, so some directors said I was a double-jaw case, but (my bite is such that the upper and lower teeth just barely touch, with the lower teeth about 1 mm back) I never even dream of double-jaw surgery, and I had no intention of trying it. So I wanted to solve it through contouring surgery. My chin is wide and long, the square jaw is not severe but there is left-right asymmetry. The nerve line is very low. The cheekbones are slightly peanut-shaped from the front, and from a 45-degree angle they protrude a lot from the higher part of the cheekbones.
(Nose) The bridge and length are there to some extent, but it feels blunt and undefined, and the tip is lower than the bridge, giving a cliff-like impression. Because of that, my mouth looks a little protruded from the side, with a slightly bulbous tip and wide nostrils horizontally.
(Eyes) Overall, my eyes feel slightly slanted, and the eye size is medium to slightly large. I have a natural subtle double eyelid, but it is extremely thin and hidden by the eyelids, so it is practically a single eyelid (pseudo ptosis). That eyelid covers about 20 to 30 percent of the black iris area (I often use my brow muscles). Most directors said I did not need canthoplasty, so the inner and outer openings are already sufficient.
(My own thoughts about each facial area) *This is completely my personal opinion based on my own face and has nothing to do with medicine!! 1st priority: (Contouring) The overall outline of the face changes the entire atmosphere. To compare it with food, good ingredients need to be placed on a good plate for the food to look delicious. - My biggest concern 2nd priority: (Nose) Because it is located in the center of the face, differences in shape change the atmosphere a lot. 3rd priority: (Eyes) The area people look at first when facing someone, and the part that changes the impression the most - That is why I actually ranked eye surgery third, because I wanted a refined result rather than a dramatic change that could feel burdensome.
I have lived with some concerns about my face, but because I was afraid of plastic surgery, I never seriously considered surgery. However, as plastic surgery became more mainstream and easier to encounter through YouTube and other media, the barrier felt lower, and I became interested with the thought of, 'In a life you only get once, let's live a slightly changed life while we're still young.' And with the thought that I should choose clinics very, very carefully, I ended up going to many places. Originally I did not even plan on contouring surgery, but I realized that even if side dishes are delicious, if the table they are served on is not clean, the harmony is broken, so contouring surgery was also a difficult decision for me. That is why I focused on clinics where high-difficulty contouring surgery was frequently mentioned.
< Clinics visited and what I felt > First, to avoid misunderstandings about promotion, I will explain mostly what I felt as someone who visited many places rather than giving a review of each clinic itself. Clinics visited: ㄷㅇㅇ, ㅇㅍㅅㅌ, ㅇㄹ, ㅇㅇㅂ, ㅇㅋ,, ㅅㅅㅇ, ㅁㅅ (double-jaw), ㅁㅇㄷㅇ, ㄷㅇ, ㄴㅌ I will organize the consultation reviews for each clinic and write separate reviews later.
1. Diagnoses from each clinic (director) (Nose) Almost all of the doctors mentioned silicone and rib cartilage. The difference seemed to be mainly the silicone size, and they mentioned around 2 mm to 4 mm. I was a little worried about silicone-related side effects, so I also looked into no-implant options, but what they commonly said was that due to the limitations of no-implant surgery, the tip cannot be lifted as much as desired, and because of the nature of no-implant surgery, the shape may not come out properly. So I chose custom silicone, which seemed to have fewer shape-related side effects. As I looked at many photos of people who had surgery from each clinic's director, I felt I could see a certain style unique to that doctor. So when I had nose consultations, I showed them both the kind of nose I wanted to pursue and the kind of nose shape I absolutely wanted to avoid among the photos of people they had operated on. One thing to note here is that you should avoid thinking your nose will become exactly the same as the photos in those reviews. Every human has their own unique shape, so even with the same surgical method, the result can vary widely, so I think of those photos as simply helping me communicate the direction I want.
(Eyes) For the eyes, I did not separately show the director photos of the eye shape I wanted. Actually, I did have a photo of the eye shape I wanted, but the person in it had protruding eyes, and I realized that because of my own unique eye shape with sunken eyes, it would be difficult to get eyes close to that photo. For those worrying about eye surgery, I think photos of the eye shape you want to show the doctor are important, but please also pay attention to the orbital bones surrounding your eyeballs. The difference between sunken eyes and protruding eyes is really huge. Eyes also have each person's unique shape, so rather than wanting to become someone else's eyes, I explained the degree of change I wanted. I do not want a dramatic change, and it is still low in priority to the point that I have not decided whether to do surgery yet. Even if the eyelids end up heavy and loosen, I asked them to make it really, really thin. There was unanimous agreement on a natural adhesive subtle double eyelid. However, a small number of clinics also mentioned ptosis correction.
(Contouring) At every place, I was told that the nerve line is very low. The irony is that the jaw that needs the most reduction has a low nerve line, which limits what can be done... What differed here was the surgical method, and T-osteotomy and ㅅ-osteotomy were about half and half, and there was one place that did angle reduction without pins. In some clinics, cortical bone osteotomy was also mentioned, but at the clinics where it was not mentioned, I do not remember whether they did not do it, did it but did not explain it, or whether I simply did not hear it. As everyone knows, this is not a case where I get to choose the method I want; the doctor judges based on the condition of my bones. As I said above, I had a very low nerve line and my biggest complex was my wide, long jaw, so at first I was mainly looking for places that would shave a lot. But that idea did not last long, and what became important was how much could be reduced while still maintaining harmony. My cheekbones were also fairly prominent, so I wanted them reduced a lot, but some places said that if they were reduced too much, the lower face would be emphasized even more, so they would leave a moderate amount of volume. To summarize it like this: 1. Clearly understand the aesthetic direction of the face you want and communicate it accurately to the director 2. Accept your own physical limitations (nerve line, harmony with other areas, etc.) Combining those factors, I focused on the director's carefulness in analyzing the whole face with harmony in mind. I think contouring surgery is decided by the combination of one's facial conditions (such as the nerve line) and the director's aesthetic sense. What seems important is how carefully they analyze my face, how well they harmonize that with the rest, and whether they honestly explain the limitations. Rather than being dazzled by claims that they can simply reduce numbers a lot, I think it is important to see whether they pay close attention to harmony.
2. The attitude of the consulting director and the waiting time You have probably heard plenty of 'safety first' and 'patient first' talk everywhere, and those are of course basic things. What I could feel, at least, was the director's consultation style. At some places, the doctor seemed a little rushed and acted as if they were being chased by something, trying to finish quickly or giving only a brief explanation without looking closely at the face, and I felt some places were a bit lacking. Of course, if you think from their perspective, it is just a consultation, not a patient who has already confirmed a surgery booking, and they meet many such people every day, so I can fully understand how it could become a factory-like consultation. But we will feel the image of the clinic very strongly from that. With that kind of consultation attitude, will they really care about me sincerely after surgery? That kind of thought comes up. So I think it is important to choose a place that looks at me carefully and sincerely from the consultation itself. Connected to this is waiting time. A long waiting time can be interpreted as meaning that, excluding factory-style clinics, they are taking the time because they are sincerely investing in someone's consultation or treatment, and that eventually means they are sincerely investing in me too. So it may be a little premature to judge a consultation attitude as poor just because of waiting time, and you should think it through carefully before deciding.
3. Find a place that tells you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear We all have the face we want, and we look for clinics that can create it. But each person has different physical conditions, and there may be limitations. At times like this, if there is a place that says exactly what you want to hear, you can go, 'Oh! Great!' and get fixated on it, falling into tunnel vision where only that place becomes visible. There will definitely be things you miss that way. Even when looking for clinics for consultation, you may keep thinking only about the clinic that told you what you wanted to hear, and because your mind goes there, you might miss the place that could actually assess things more accurately, or end up getting surgery on an area you thought was needed even though it was not really necessary. For example, if you are bothered by asymmetry in the square jaw and want surgery, but in fact the difference is so small that others barely notice it and it could be left alone, you might get caught up in self-satisfaction and end up having unnecessary surgery that is not cost-effective. Of course, self-satisfaction matters in surgery too, but if the change is not very large compared to the extent of the surgery, you will have spent the money and still feel disappointed. If you find yourself strongly drawn to one place, sometimes it is better to step back and think more broadly, visit many places, and hear different opinions. There will definitely be areas where the cost-effectiveness is poor.
--------------------------------------- At first I started with the intention of writing down everything I felt.. But after writing until dawn, my concentration dropped a bit, so I will stop here for now and if there is anything else you are curious about, I will answer in the comments. Please understand that the purpose of this post was not to recommend or not recommend any clinic, but to share approaches to plastic surgery and concerns together.
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