Seomyeon) First rhinoplasty, cosmetic-only estimate in the mid-5 million KRW range, plus one other clinic visit...

My needs: a creative-looking nose with a clearly prettier side profile while improving the downsides of a hump + crooked nose Photos I brought: not celebrities - I felt this before when I had double eyelid surgery, but no matter how pretty a celebrity's eyes are, if you don't have the natural underlying structure yourself, you're basically screened out from the start ㅠ So I thought it would be more realistic to bring postoperative review photos of ordinary people who had a severe hump similar to mine, rather than photos of celebrities who were born with good noses. So I searched hard online through this community and other apps, and among reviews from clinics B and C, I picked surgical nose photos that matched my aesthetic. I made them in the Instagram Story layout - a 4-split grid - and took screenshots to bring with me. (3 different people's side nose lines + 1 nostril shape) A ㅈㅅㅎ (single-doctor clinic) (special note: the doctor who did my eyes) Criteria for choosing the consultation: I expected an honest and detailed explanation. I didn't go thinking I would have surgery there if I liked the consultation. I went because I thought I could hear explanations about the parts I couldn't decide on firmly, so I thought, I absolutely have to put this place first on my consultation list!! and had the consultation. Consultation details: He drew my nose and gave an extremely detailed consultation. While touching my nose himself, he suggested two surgical methods: correcting only the hump, and correcting it together with the crooked nose. When he talked about the two correction procedures, he said things like, “The principle of this surgery is like this,” but somehow I felt a kind of ambiguity, like we would only know for sure after opening it up during surgery..? And when I asked about silicone for the nasal bridge, he said that if it were used, this nose would need only a very thin layer. I'll write only the things I remember the director saying. “The structure of the nose is like a triangular tent.” “Just because you stack something on it doesn't mean it gets higher.” - A person who is 150 cm tall may look higher if they wear 20 cm heels, but they won't look tall. > Explanation of structural limits To meet my needs, “this is a nose that needs general anesthesia and a full-scale operation.” “But with general anesthesia, I'm not confident.” - Hearing this made me feel he was honest, and when I heard the estimate from the consultant, it sounded like he was indirectly saying he would rather I not get surgery from him. “If we do it under general anesthesia, I (the director) get anxious, so I always hospitalize the patient for one day... A resident nurse will watch over them.” “We'll pack it with cotton, and when I ask patients after surgery how they feel, there's something they commonly say - ‘I feel so stuffy I could die.’” “If the septum is crooked, it's a difficult nose to operate on.” So I asked about functional rhinoplasty, and he said, “This nose should be approached cosmetically. You don't have nasal obstruction, do you?” - But since I saw there were no disease codes on the non-covered fee table on the website, it also seems to be a hospital that doesn't do functional rhinoplasty at all. TMI: When he saw the nostril photo I brought (only this photo was from a large clinic in Gangnam), he was very surprised and said, “This nose doesn't look like it was operated on by a rhinoplasty specialist.” That's because for East Asians, scars are less visible when made on the lower side, but in the photo, the scar was made on the upper side. When I searched in the community, that doctor had only obtained specialist certification 5 years ago... *Let's not entrust surgery to someone without a long career! Before-and-after photos: Maybe because the photos were taken at one week postop, they still had a lot of swelling. Here, rather than noses becoming beautifully shaped after rhinoplasty, many only had the hump improved. Because of limitations in each person's natural nasal structure, only a few had prettier lines, and most kept the same line with only the hump improved. (You can see realistic outputs.) So I thought it was hard to predict the director's aesthetic sense, and I felt that, at least for rhinoplasty, this was not a commercial plastic surgery clinic but a treatment-oriented plastic surgery clinic. I'll briefly summarize the estimate! 1. Surgical method: hump only Materials: nasal bridge (if silicone is used, very thin), nasal tip (septal cartilage, ear cartilage if needed) Anesthesia method: sedation followed by local anesthesia, then waking me up to proceed Deposit: X, but O during holidays Hospitalization: X Visit dates: day 2, day 7 (only two visits) Estimate: (card) 4.5 million KRW, (cash) 3.6 million KRW - I expected 4.05 million, but I think the consultant said it could go down to 3.6 million. 2. Surgical method: hump + crooked nose (osteotomy) Special note: the director clearly said he himself was not confident. Materials: nasal bridge (if silicone is used, very thin), nasal tip (septal cartilage, ear cartilage if needed) Anesthesia method: general anesthesia (internal medicine checkup 2 weeks before surgery) - Internal medicine checkup: to determine whether this person can receive general anesthesia. There were X-ray, blood test, urine test, and more, but I don't remember all of them. Deposit: need to visit 2 weeks before and pay 10% of the surgery cost Hospitalization: O, one day Visit dates: they said about 2 weeks. There are no fixed dates, and they decide the next visit date while checking the progress of the nose. “Please come in two days / three days / one week later for your next visit” (not fixed) Estimate: (card) 5.5 million KRW, (cash) 5 million KRW - this is certain. Brief evaluation: I was shocked after hearing the estimate, and I expect there's a high chance my needs won't be met even if I accept this cost. Also, if the doctor says he is not confident, I wondered whether I really need to take on the risk of having surgery while also putting risk on the director. ——————————————————————— B Paid the surgery deposit for the 29th (there are some unclear parts because of functional rhinoplasty, so I'll reveal the initials later) Criteria for choosing the consultation: many surgery reviews for hump-type noses, and a director who seemed like he would make a nose that suited my needs well. Consultation details: My nasal bridge is not that low. The hump would be rasped, and the nasal bridge would be done without an implant. Since the hump is not small, the nasal tip will probably be possible with septal cartilage only, with ear cartilage if needed. Osteotomy is not necessary. Osteotomy is needed when the nasal bridge is wide and you want to make it thinner, but mine is already on the thin side. If silicone were used to make the nasal bridge smooth, he would probably use 3 mm, but as mentioned earlier, my nose is not low, so if that silicone is inserted too, the nose would become too high and the glabella would become high, making it look like an Avatar nose. So this is a nose for which he recommended surgery with no implant at all for both the nasal bridge + nasal tip. Surgical method: hump + crooked nose (rasping), + functional rhinoplasty Materials: nasal tip (septal cartilage, ear cartilage if needed) Anesthesia method: choose one between sedation followed by local anesthesia and sedation anesthesia - For sedation anesthesia, need to arrive 4 hours beforehand Deposit: 10% Hospitalization: X Number of visits: about 2 weeks..? I don't remember every how many days I have to go. Estimate: (card and cash same) cosmetic 2.2 million + functional 2.4 million / cosmetic-only 3.5 million Regarding indemnity insurance for functional rhinoplasty: they said DB no longer comes out. Brief evaluation: Maybe because I had just heard a shocking estimate at A, the surgical method also felt conservative, so I was strongly drawn to it. This director is also famous for giving detailed consultations, but I had already heard a lecture-style explanation at clinic A, so I didn't really have anything I was curious about. They asked if I had more questions, but I didn't really have any, so it ended briefly. Other people said they saw before-and-after photos, but I had already seen a lot while researching online, so I didn't even ask to be shown them. One thing I personally regret not asking is: my nose is blocked when I wake up in the morning, but it usually isn't blocked. Is it okay to do functional rhinoplasty for this? I do have rhinitis and sinusitis, and the CT also says my septum is deviated. Seeing A's 5.5 million KRW now, B's cosmetic-only price of 3.5 million looks like pocket change, so switching to cosmetic-only rhinoplasty without filing an indemnity insurance claim doesn't seem bad either, but I'm still thinking about it. C (single-doctor clinic) Consultation criteria: a director whose results matched my aesthetic 100%, even if the consultation was cut off after 5 minutes. - I paid the deposit at B, so I canceled the consultation. - Thinking about it now, I regret that I should have at least had one consultation because I'm conflicted about whether to do functional rhinoplasty or not ㅠ Sympathy emoticon Translating Would you like to scrap this review? +0 More posts by Grapefruit Lala Report suspected broker Block member