I’ve had procedures before, but I’ve never had surgery, and I had never even thought about it, but after entering my 30s, maybe my eyelids got thinner; my original inner double eyelids came undone and I started getting multiple folds, so I looked into double eyelid surgery I made appointments at only three places in Apgujeong and went
1. ㅇㅁㄷ Director Kim Sang-heon
This place comes up a lot if you search blogs, and while watching YouTube vlogs, I saw someone who turned out super pretty and it seemed like she had it done here, so I specifically requested Director Kim Sang-heon and went. Seeing that even consultations are booked out by about two months, I guess a lot of people go there.
Honestly, after searching reviews a lot, I went there almost decided on this place, but it just felt exactly like a factory.. I was recommended natural adhesion + ptosis correction, but rather than feeling like they were explaining based on my eyes, it felt a bit mechanical? Of course, since all the other clinics also said my eyes don’t need incision and that buried sutures alone would be enough, it does seem like they diagnosed me after looking at my eyes.. But it felt like a mechanical explanation, the same explanation given to everyone. Both sedation anesthesia and local anesthesia are possible, and sedation costs an extra 100,000 won.
The consultant felt like a beginner. No pressure to pay a deposit, and there’s a big price difference depending on whether you share a review or not. So I thought, that’s why there are so many reviews.
2. ㅁㅎ Director Yoon Jeong-won
I wear contact lenses, and this was the only place that asked me to take them out so they could check my pupil size. It made me trust them, but the downside was that without my lenses I’m basically blind, so I couldn’t properly see the line lololololololol
They explained things well to fit my eyes. They explained that my eyelid skin is currently a bit weak, so later I may even need skin removal, but right now it would be a waste to do an incision, and natural adhesion + ptosis correction would be enough. However, because of the issue mentioned above, they can’t set the line high (risk of sausage eyelids), and a natural in-out line is possible.
I liked the detailed explanation, and they proceed with sedation anesthesia, but near the end they said I would try closing and opening my eyes.
The consultant was so-so.. Here too, there was about a 300,000 won price difference depending on whether you share a review or not.
3. ㅋㄹ Director Kim Hyun-soo (solo director)
There are really not many reviews for this place, and I was going to try ㅇㄹㅈ in the same building, but ㅇㄹㅈ was closed that day, so I contacted ㅋㄹ, and they said a consultation slot was open exactly at that time, so I went kind of by chance.
After I came out and searched, it seemed somewhat known for kind consultations lololololololol Here too, they said buried sutures would be enough for me, and since my eyes are already on the large side and my eyelids aren’t thick, they said all the lines I wanted were possible, and they held up several lines to show me. The line that was slightly lifted from an in-out line? Not quite semi-out, but somewhere in between, was really pretty, and the nurse who was there with us (there doesn’t seem to be a consultant manager, only nurses or nursing assistants) also made a fuss saying that line was pretty
They said ptosis correction wasn’t really necessary and could have side effects, so let’s not take that risk, which actually made me trust them more Actually, I had been hesitating about ptosis correction..
But this place doesn’t do sedation and only uses local anesthesia, so since I’m a scaredy-cat, I’m debating because the anesthesia injection scares me so much
The reason there aren’t many reviews here seems to be that there are no review-sharing events at all, and card and cash prices are the same, with buried sutures alone at 1.5 million won Compared with other places, the price seems a bit on the expensive side
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None of the three places recommended things like canthoplasty, since my eyes are already long horizontally and on the large side.. All three felt like they didn’t make unnecessary recommendations, but 1 and 2 said I definitely need ptosis correction But I’m not the type to open my eyes using forehead strength yet..
If I were to do it among the three above, I think I’d do it at clinic 3, but there’s so little information that I joined this community today lol I’m going to level up and look up more information before doing it If you have questions about the clinics above, leave a comment I’m a beginner, but I’ll try hard to answer