Thanks to the director, my Voldemort nose became a luxury nose.
I had nose surgery with septal cartilage 12 years ago, and starting about 5 years ago my nose gradually began to droop upward without any inflammation. Then 1 to 2 years ago, from the front it became an obvious pig nose, and from the side it developed contracture like Voldemort. I knew how risky revision nose surgery is, so I tried to just live with it if possible, but as time went on the contracture got worse and worse, and it was really hard on me mentally. I visited almost 10 clinics for consultations, but there was no hospital I could trust. After meeting Director Lee Jun-seong at Trend Plastic Surgery, I decided to go ahead with revision surgery, and I truly think it was a very good choice. The surgical plan was silicone removal, autologous costal cartilage, ear cartilage, postauricular dermis + alar rotation correction (at other clinics this is called nasolabial angle correction or cat surgery. But the director does not like the term nasolabial angle, and I had already agreed with that for a long time.)
Right now I don’t feel the nose has been lifted at all, the columella is so pretty, and I’m extremely satisfied.
In one review I once saw someone say that Trend Plastic Surgery’s surgical fee may feel expensive at first, but after going through the surgery and aftercare, it feels reasonable, and they even felt they should have paid more. My feelings on day 19 after surgery are exactly that right now... Since the director does not charge extra, I’m leaving this review out of gratitude. (Even before consultation and surgery, I wondered why there were so many surgery reviews praising the director here, and why people wrote such long, detailed reviews voluntarily when it wasn’t even a discount event. But now I understand it completely. The 17 million won + 3D CT scan fee + medicine were not a waste at all, because the nose became unbelievably beautiful and they provided an almost perfect surgery and care. If you look at my previous review, you’ll see that I visited 10 hospitals over one month in November and ultimately had surgery at Trend at the end of the year.)
I feel very heartbroken seeing that people who recently had consultations at this community left harsh reviews. I was worried that if consultations and surgeries increased too much, the director would become overworked, so I almost didn’t write a review. But I’m writing because my heart hurts seeing posts that misunderstand the director. (My surgery took 13 hours, and even in the middle of the night after surgery, the director was resting in a short nap on the bed next to mine and checking on me. The next morning I had treatment, rested, had treatment again in the afternoon, rested, and then was discharged.)
The director is not a salesperson; he is a true doctor. (That’s how my mother, who accompanied me as my guardian on the day of surgery, described him.) That’s why he can be blunt and strong before surgery for the patient’s sake. If he were trying to make money like other clinics, he would just say sweet words and operate according to the patient’s wishes. From the start, the director’s philosophy and surgical method matched me perfectly, so I decided on surgery right away. (And I could really feel the director’s sincerity about noses during the 2 hour 30 minute consultation. I had the conviction that I could trust him with my nose and with more than 10 hours of general anesthesia.) However, if you have a different view from the director, please do not insist on your own opinion; please trust and follow the director’s opinion. The director’s expertise, aesthetic sense, and care for my nose are truly the best in the universe.
Until day 14 after surgery, excluding Sundays and holidays, I went to the hospital every day except for exactly 3 days to check progress, and the director personally handled every treatment. Now I visit once every 5 days. Even for something as small as inserting a needle for an injection, he doesn’t make the nurse do it; the director does everything himself. So there’s no risk of the so-called post-plastic-surgery mental breakdown. Of course, the director checks the nose every day, and in the beginning he even called me personally every day.. (Even before surgery, he called from his personal phone and told me various precautions.)
When I thanked him very much while he came in on Sunday to treat me, and he replied that he wasn’t doing volunteer work, so why was I thanking him so much, and that it was only natural, I deeply felt what “professional duty” means. There are so many clinics where such an obvious thing is not obvious... The director is willing to accept criticism and still insists, even with blunt words, on what he believes is right for the patient, and he takes almost perfect responsibility for the surgery and aftercare as well. (I want to use the word “perfect,” but I wrote “almost perfect” because I didn’t want to unfairly affect him due to the director’s cautious personality. The director does not like expressions like “the final surgery” or “doing one’s best.” For example, he thinks the phrase “an athlete gives their best” can only be used when the athlete finishes and reaches death. My writing is lacking, so I hope my awkward wording is not misunderstood, and I want my respect for the director’s sense of responsibility and cautious personality to come through.)
Lastly, the manager and nurses were also very kind, and I was truly grateful. Thank you to the manager for helping me up every time on the day after surgery when the autologous costal cartilage pain made it hard for me to get up by myself; to the nurse who said alcohol cotton pads could make the skin sensitive and instead cleaned my ears with wet wipes; to the nurse who came out together even on Sunday to do the treatment and kindly explain precautions; and to the doctor who came with me in the cold weather on the morning of surgery for an additional ECG test, and so on.)
I’m ending this in the hope that it helps people suffering from contracture and side effects like me. I have so much more I want to say, but I’ll leave another review next time. Everyone, stay beautiful after surgery!
(The hospital’s current official name is Fillup Trend Plastic Surgery, but it seems like many people are still reading reviews under the previous name, so I’m posting it here too.)