Was there really no problem with the surgery, and are my eyes the problem?
About 12 years ago, I had natural-adhesion double eyelid surgery at Gangnam ㄱㄹ* Plastic Surgery Clinic. Because my eyelid skin is thick, the doctor recommended an incisional method, but I insisted and had it done with the natural-adhesion method. I remember the major swelling lasting quite a long time back then. About 1 year..... After 10 years, one side completely came undone, but since I was the one who did it even though the doctor had discouraged me, I don't have major complaints.
Anyway, so about 2 years ago, I had surgery by incision at Sinsa ㅂㅆㅇ* Plastic Surgery Clinic (the one with an alphabet name). The doctor was very confident, and I decided to have the surgery without any doubt. On the day of surgery, right before surgery, after I washed my face, my asymmetry got worse. I got on the operating table worried, and I don't know if the doctor was on edge or what, but because my eyes were stinging and I couldn't open them well, he snapped at me? He said, "Damn it, I told you to open your eyes." He didn't actually swear harshly, but the tone made me feel like I had been cursed at. I felt terrible, but I was already on the operating table, and in any case he was the person who was going to operate on my eyes, so I just held it in.
After the surgery ended, he confidently said that because my eyes were severely uneven, he operated on them in different sizes to make the sizes match. So I thought that was how it was, but when I came in for the next follow-up, a nurse removed the protective tape attached to my eyelids, told me to wait a moment, and called the doctor. The doctor checked my eyes and said we had to redo the surgery immediately. Only then did I look in the mirror myself, and as the eye that had been uneven loosened and returned, what he had said about setting the two sides at different sizes during surgery showed up as mismatched. My left eye was twice the size of my right eye. I really thought I was going to faint when I saw myself in the mirror.
Then, not even in an operating room but in a treatment room, he laid out just a few surgical instruments, personally removed the stitches from my left eye, and then said he had another surgery right away so he couldn't do it, and that another doctor who had been watching beside him would do it instead, and he disappeared. That person had been beside him during the surgical consultation too, and also during the surgery, and it seemed like he was in a learning position (I wasn't under sleep anesthesia, so I heard all the conversation). Anyway, that person sutured it again... and I went home. As the swelling went down, I could see that the suture lines were uneven. I told the doctor it seemed like my eyes were uneven, but he said they weren't, so I thought maybe it was because of the swelling and accepted it.
But even now, about 2 years later, they are severely uneven. The height and curved line are completely different between the eyes. And the biggest problem is that they still look like eyes that were operated on only a few months ago. Everyone I meet says, You had surgery? It must not have been long? The swelling still needs to go down more. People I'm really close with, who can speak without holding back, say I need to redo the surgery. Your eyes look strange. When you get double eyelids, your eyes should look clearer or bigger, but your eyes became smaller than before, and it looks like a line was drawn on your eyelids. You look sleepy and strange.
So because I had to go overseas, I went to the clinic to get the surgery redone right before leaving. The doctor said, "What exactly looks strange? The surgery went well. The swelling has all gone down well. It's because your eye skin is thick. No doctor can fix that. You asked not to make it too small so the line would show a bit, so that's why it was done that way. If you go to the UK, nobody will look at those eyes and say they're thick or strange. There isn't a single person in the world whose eyes aren't uneven to this degree. If you come back in 2 years and have surgery to pull up the eyelids, your eyes will look clearer."
I was left speechless by that mindset, and I also didn't want to get surgery from that person again, so I just laughed awkwardly and left. It really wasn't a level of thinking where conversation was possible. I know a doctor is running a business to make money, but didn't he really sell off way too much of his conscience?
I asked them not to make the double eyelids so thin that they looked buried; who asked them to make me look like someone who just had surgery? With my previous surgery, it took about a year for the swelling to go down, but after that the line and thickness were natural. As if having someone else perform the surgery wasn't enough, saying that everyone has uneven eyes, and that if I go abroad they won't be thick eyes ㅎㅎ. It isn't just a problem of thickness. There is none of the clearer look that should be the basic effect of double eyelid surgery, my eyes look smaller than before surgery, and it looks like lines have been drawn on them. Even to me. I look sleepy. My eyes don't open well, so it's hard to put in contact lenses too.
Because I don't have time, I can't get surgery again right away, but even to me they look so strange, and everyone who sees me stares and says they look strange. Only the doctor and staff at the clinic that did the surgery act like nothing is wrong.
Of course, there are people around me who had good results at this place. That's why I went through an acquaintance's recommendation too. But seeing the absurd things during the surgical process and the way they responded when my eyes went wrong, this is not a clinic that is good or handles problems well. Please think carefully about the possibility of something going wrong with your own eyes too before deciding on a clinic.
The clinic also charged me a lot because it was a revision surgery, and thanks to what they did, I think I will have to spend time and money yet again to get surgery.
Sinsa ㅂㅆㅇ* Plastic Surgery Clinic (the one with an alphabet name). That is the problem clinic.
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