<This was when I got a foreign-body sensation and uneven eyes after my first surgery>For 4n years, I lived with eyes that were close to monolids, and I thought that made them distinctive in their own way. I had no interest in cosmetic surgery at all, and just looking at my face, no one ever even said my eyes were small, so I honestly had no major complaints about them. But as I got older, I started to feel like my upper eyelids were getting thicker? So every time I took a photo, I thought... it would be nice if my eyes looked a little sharper. And as people get older, I noticed more and more of them getting surgery, too? So without thinking much, I joined the ㅇㅇㅇ cafe and, while browsing posts with the keyword “eyelids,” I got hooked on something called upper-eyelid fat removal; I didn’t think twice, didn’t even consider looking for another hospital, and just booked it and went straight into surgery. I scheduled the surgery one week after the consultation, so I was completely crazy....... After they told me that removing eye fat could cause the eyelids to droop (I thought, so my eyes really did have a lot of fat after allㅡㅡ;;), I asked them to keep my eyes as close to monolid style as possible without making a double eyelid, and the result was.... uneven eyes and a foreign-body sensation.....^^ I really thought it would be simple... but I ended up with side effects I never expected and almost lost my mind. People kept asking why I was opening my eyes like that, and when I opened and closed them it felt like sand was stuck inside... it kept feeling like my eyelids were turned inside out... I don’t know how many times I woke up even while sleeping... I’ve always had a quick temper, so as soon as those symptoms appeared I went to the hospital and asked them to check my eyes, but they told me to come back in two weeks, then in a month, then in another month.......I work too, and my home is far away... I couldn’t keep going all the way to Seoul without any certainty.... I felt like they were just making me run around for nothing. As if their goal was to wear me down.......And since they had already ruined my eyes once, would they really do better the second time? I started thinking I should quickly look for a revision-surgery clinic. After that, for months, I agonized so much that I joined not only the ㅇㅇㅇ cafe but also many other cafes and apps, and read almost every post that came up under the keyword “revision eyelid surgery.” As I kept reading, I noticed a lot of the same clinics repeated, and many clinics were blatantly advertising. After filtering and filtering, a few places were narrowed down, and among them the review photos all looked genuinely elegant, with no artificial feeling, and a pursuit of naturalness! (If you see my photos after surgery, you’ll understand... I really hate results that look obviously operated on. They don’t suit me either...) I went because they had that distinct lack of ad-like feel, promised to protect my privacy, and said they would provide a detailed consultation. When you go to the clinic, the director greets you first. As rumored, it’s a one-doctor system, and they handle everything directly from booking to consultation, but because the clinic is so well known, and because people who are going to become well known come here, they seem to take personal information protection very seriously. (If you go, you’ll understand why it’s called a celebrity plastic surgery clinic.) If there is already a patient in consultation in front of you, then you have to wait in a private waiting room first. So you almost never run into each other... I really felt there must be a reason why famous people come here. Even if you’re only going to see someone once, honestly, if you run into them it’s awkward and uncomfortable, right? And having my name revealed was awkward too. Anyway, once the consultation starts, they speak very directly and boldly. First, they said my eyes were not the result of having a lot of eye fat; that fat becomes more necessary as you get older, so why did I remove it... (At that moment I really felt how ignorant I had been...) They said I shouldn’t worry because fat can be added later, and that the most important surgery I needed now was correcting the asymmetry of my eyes. They also said they could create the bright, open look I wanted~~ (my ideal is Suzy...) but that a person’s natural eye framework does not change without front-upward enlargement or back-downward enlargement. In other words, what can be done can be done, and what can’t be done can’t be done. I liked that they didn’t say everything is possible~ just do this and that~. On the contrary, it felt more like they were forcing in the idea that, because removing fat would make the eyelids sag, we should pull it down...(...) Thinking back, that made me even angrier^
Anyway, after a long consultation, the biggest problem with my eyes (the foreign-body sensation) was addressed by saying that since it had only been a short time since my double-eyelid surgery, we should wait until that area stabilizes in about six months before touching that line. If I wanted a more refreshing eye shape, they suggested upper-eyelid contour correction (not the commonly mentioned brow lift, but the director’s own proprietary technique). I was worried that if it were below the eyebrows, the scar would be too visible, but the doctor said, “How about this?” and as soon as they finished speaking, they showed me photos of other people who had undergone surgery... Really, more than saying a hundred or a thousand times that there would be no scar, or that they would take responsibility if there was one, what I truly wanted were the results from people who had actually had the surgery, and they showed me those before I even asked, which was so satisfying. From photos with stitches in place, to right after stitch removal, to a few days later, to several months later, they let me check everything I wanted to confirm~ And because they have so much surgical experience and such a wide variety of cases, they show as many examples as you want of people who look similar to me or are similar cases. They also have a good eye, so they immediately show example photos. Just as thorough and refreshing as the consultation, they clearly explain the post-op course, try to tell me about as many of my concerns as possible, and even inform me about any additional procedures that might be needed~ People without aesthetic sense probably wouldn’t come here, but,,^^ Even if something isn’t there, the director tries to explain it more~ and they also tell you about things other patients have done, so you can keep getting care after surgery. It’s not just surgery and done! It feels like continuous management? The more I learned, the more I realized that the before-and-after state was cleaner than expected, and the position could be adequately covered with makeup or even simple eyebrow tattooing, so I went ahead with the upper-eyelid contour correction first. People say the surgery takes a long time, but that refers to the total time from design to after surgery; the actual surgery time is not that long. I think that’s because they carefully and thoroughly check the design before starting surgery. The director personally pointed out the design and asked me to confirm it, and they let us exchange feedback for dozens of minutes before deciding on the design. And because they used local anesthesia, they kept observing my condition from multiple angles during surgery, and they also stitched neatly so it wouldn’t look ugly. They were so meticulous that I even zoomed in just to look at the stitched area... So during recovery there were almost no unnecessary post-op effects, bleeding, bruising, or side effects. (The previous surgery kept bleeding for over a week...) I didn’t even need cold compresses; I just applied ointment and then had the stitches removed. They explained the ointment application one step at a time, and even told me what kind of skin I have and how I should manage it. And there was very little bruising. I usually bruise very easily, but people could barely tell at a glance, and with upper-eyelid contour correction, a little bruising appears above the eyebrows and on the upper eyelids, but after the stitches came out and I covered it a bit, no one could tell. And even if my eyes didn’t change dramatically, they definitely felt more open than before. The heavy, stuffy feeling (that characteristic dull heaviness from sagging tissue...) disappeared. Later, while reading more posts, I learned about eye correction surgery, and those side effects were exactly the same as what happened after my first surgery... But upper-eyelid contour correction doesn’t have those side effects at all... I should have done this from the beginning... If I had, I wouldn’t have suffered so much for those months and wasted all that money.... And while doing the upper-eyelid contour correction, they kept checking the area from my previous surgery (the botched^^ one), told me how revision surgery should be done, and after enough time had passed for stabilization, I also had revision double-eyelid surgery. My face really does not suit double eyelids at all (I know my face extremely well), so I asked for an as-thin-as-possible double eyelid + a refreshing eye shape + without looking overdone +.... and so on. I ended up asking for a lot.. Even while saying it I was embarrassed, so I kept laughing, but the doctor just said to keep telling them what I wanted like that, because that way they could understand what I truly wanted and match it as closely as possible. And because I had already had a few consultations after the upper-eyelid surgery, I think I felt much more relaxed with the doctor and spoke very openly. While doing the surgery, perhaps because the doctor knew I was the type to be very curious, they kept giving me feedback like, this is the current condition, this is what we’re doing, just a little more and it’ll be done. After the surgery, they immediately let me check the condition in the mirror. Since it was revision surgery, I wondered if there would be more bleeding, or more swelling... what if it changed too much... with all sorts of thoughts in my head, I looked in the mirror. My first thought was just, huh? It’s a little swollen?...? In fact, during my first double-eyelid surgery, one eye was covered in blood... but during the revision, the surgical area was completely neat, with only the stitch marks showing? And yet the doctor next to me said, “There was a lot of bleeding and a lot of swelling, so it looks like this”ㅡㅡ;; So I was like, is this what swollen means?? Younger people, and those having their first surgery, might have it easier than I did... If I had been having my first surgery too... it would have been better Anyway, after that I kept monitoring the progress and was satisfied, so now I also had the back-lower eye-widening surgery as an additional procedure (...my greed has no end;). This was a surgery I did purely out of greed, but it gave the feeling that the back of the eye was simply opening refreshingly, and my eyes did not become reattached or develop side effects. Some people say the tissue looks red, or they got conjunctivitis, or they can’t smile with their eyes, but me? None of that applied to me at all.! In photos taken straight-on, my eyes definitely feel much more open. That said, it doesn’t feel artificially stretched out like a doll, it just makes my impression brighter! And since it’s not obvious, it naturally improves my image. By then I already trusted the doctor’s skill because of the two surgeries... so I went ahead without hesitation. If I kept going, it felt like there would be no end, so I wrapped things up here in terms of touching my eyes! I just wanted to recommend it because my revision surgery went well, and I didn’t want to keep rambling in messages, so the post got long, but I also attached a photo I took with the iPhone front camera after work today. It’s been a year and a half since the surgery? I just wear a bit of eyeshadow and go out. The upper-eyelid surgery leaves absolutely no visible trace. It’s embarrassing that I hadn’t trimmed my eyebrows properly and that even my eye veins are visible... but I want to show the results without filtering them, and for those of you considering revision or repeat revision surgery... I hope this helps. Originally, my perfectly fine eye became uneven... I had fat removed... and I ended up with side effects, but at least those worries have been resolved, and I have the bright eye shape I can see, so I’m going to stop tormenting my eyes. This has been my surgery journey from last year to this year... It feels like I went down a road I should not have taken and safely came back. For now I blame my own ignorance... even small clinics do marketing... not every specialist is automatically trustworthy... and the surgery that suddenly becomes trendy online from time to time (you know how there are procedures that suddenly explode in popularity in cafes...) should be filtered out... I learned a lot. If eye surgery goes wrong, not anywhere else but with the eyes, it really messes with your mental health... because you have to look at your own face every day... and when you meet people, they look at your eyes first. The one or two months while my eyes were still unresolved felt unbearably long to me. I finally feel free now. I’m fully stabilized now so I won’t need to visit again, but since I received help myself, I’m leaving this review to offer a little information and help to anyone worried about revision eye surgery. It may have been a long post, but I really hope you think carefully about the clinic so you don’t have to suffer like I did!!
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Revision eye surgery at a celebrity plastic surgery clinic
This review is a post-op review that pursues natural beauty.