Hello! I’m a 42-year-old married woman raising one 6-year-old son in Gangnam. Starting in my 30s, my skin elasticity began to noticeably decline, so I had been barely getting by with Shurink, filler in the nasolabial fold area, Botox, and so on. But after my 40s, even when I got procedures, I couldn’t see any noticeable effect. On top of that, I have a relatively long midface, so I looked mature enough to be taken for an adult since middle school. Since I’m raising a young child, I desperately wanted at least my face to look younger. After my son looked at my friend with firm skin and said he loves mom more, but auntie is prettier than mom, I was deeply hurt and decided I should seriously look into something. But a full facelift felt burdensome, and the dermatology clinic I had been going to also told me it was still too early, so I decided to try the thread lift I had been thinking about for about a year. First, to check the procedure pain and progress, I sent my husband as a test subject to another hospital where the procedure cost was cheaper. That hospital does not use anesthesia, so he got a thread lift without anesthesia first. My husband, who even got Ultherapy without pain, advised me that thread lifting hurts so, so, so, so much and that I must get it under sedation. In the past, when I had threads put in my nose, I held my breath during the procedure because it hurt so much that tears streamed down, and I accidentally spat “ptooey” at the doctor like a baby alpaca. I felt so sorry and had such painful memories that I had been hesitating about thread lifting, but before I even had time to keep watching my husband’s progress, the same-day procedure result looked noticeably good, so I immediately looked for a hospital. What I considered the highest priority was whether sedation was included as standard. In addition, I looked into several hospitals through an app with various criteria. Among them, I ultimately chose Lowell Plastic Surgery near Gangnam Station because a board-certified plastic surgeon performs the procedure personally, the reviews and ratings were good, and the cost was reasonable. In the end, it was a very satisfying choice. First, I had a consultation with the consultant, and then Director Kim Jae-yoon immediately continued the consultation. He listened sufficiently to the areas I was concerned about and explained in great detail how the surgery would proceed. Because the threads are fixed to the fascia, there is less concern about sagging, and we decided to use the well-known Mint threads. Thanks to the director, who seemed highly professional, I was able to lie on the operating table without much fear or worry. He also explained about one other procedure that could be done for my face, and that part was actually something I had been concerned about for a long time, so I thought, as expected, he really pinpoints things; he’s a professional. But it was a recommendation strictly without any pressure, and he told me to think it over myself and tell him later. At some hospitals, even when you go for a consultation with a specific purpose like I did, they often recommend other procedures at the same time and create an atmosphere where it’s hard to refuse, right? Especially for people like me who aren’t good at saying no, you may often experience going in to spend 1 million won, spending 2 million won instead, then going home and blaming yourself. In fact, at the first hospital my husband went to for a thread lift consultation, they added this and that procedure and recommended procedures amounting to three times the initially advertised price, so he firmly refused and came back, then had the procedure at a second hospital. Lowell Plastic Surgery did not have that kind of atmosphere, so I thought it was an even more trustworthy place. Before the procedure, my skin, which was usually firm in the morning because of swelling, would feel like it was melting and sagging by evening. Now there is almost no change in my face between morning and evening. It stays satisfyingly firm. And even when I wear makeup, there is less skin sagging over time, so it holds up well. On top of that, people around me say something seems different, but they can’t quite tell what changed. That was exactly the reaction I wanted. The feeling of becoming naturally prettier! But not only I know it; it’s just noticeable enough that people around me pick up on it! Right after surgery, my face was swollen and had widened sideways. The DuoDERM applied to the needle-entry sites was not yet visibly swollen white, and even afterward it was covered by my hair, so I kept it on for 3 days and removed it. For about two days, there was strong pain, and it was hard to open my mouth, so I had to cut food into small pieces to eat. Pain may vary by person, but what my husband and I both felt was that it was pain that goes away when taking Tylenol. For about a week, the area above the temples hurt as if it was being pulled, and I still couldn’t open my mouth wide, but the swelling gradually started to go down and the lifting effect showed properly, so the pain was worth tolerating. Occasionally when I had a headache and slight dizziness, I took Tylenol, about once every 3 days. From the second week, opening my mouth became easier, the pain completely disappeared, and the very tiny scabs remaining at the needle-entry sites also fell off, so there was no inconvenience in daily life, and I could even eat a hamburger. Among the small procedures I’ve quietly received so far, this was the one I liked the most, and the effect was excellent. From beginning to end, they kindly handled the reservation, guidance, and consultation, and the trustworthy professional medical staff carefully performed the procedure and treatment, so my satisfaction is huge. Putting everything else aside, I like the procedure result. Next time my face starts sagging again, I plan to grab my husband’s hand and go straight to Lowell Plastic Surgery without hesitation.
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Lowell Plastic Surgery fascia lifting Mint threads Gangnam plastic surgery clinic
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