I was under the impression that a mini FL would be somewhat a minor surgery. Yura personally took me to the pharmacy near the office to fill my RX. I was also given a skin booster shot and a VIP gift bag with a sunscreen, scar cream, and a bruise cream as a bonus. I ended up having a mini facelift (mid & lower face & chin & jawline), FG to side cheeks, temples, upper eyelids, and laugh lines, lower blepharoplasty, and right tear trough filler/fat removal (to smooth out a filler/fat bump from previous surgery) at V-lif. Nothing unnecessary was pushed upon or sold to me. He made minor suggestions such as filling up the hollows in my side cheeks for a more youthful look, something I was previously unaware of. I told him my concerns about my face and I, as a layperson, was openminded to hear he had to say about what my face needed. Shim struck me as very neutral and professional. I either didn’t vibe with the doctors or the prices would be simply too outrageous at the other places. And it turned out that my initial intuition was right. The day prior to my surgery, not only did I have a consultation with V-lif head surgeon Shim, I also went to NAMU, JK, and WONJIN just to be sure. Talking about meant to be!īut I’m not one to put all my eggs in one basket. 4) I was apprehensive about the hassle of quarantine and covid testing upon arrival at INCHEN airport but all restrictions were lifted a day before my flight. In total I paid about 16M KRW for my surgery which is about 1/3 of what I would have paid with Dr. I agreed to share my photos and story online for another 20% discount which unfortunately disqualified me from the 10% VAT back at the airport. 3) The quote I got was reasonable especially after the 40% off promotion. 2) V-lif employs the best technique that is now the industry standard, Deep Plane FL, where the skin, SMAS, and facia layers are dissected, the retaining ligaments are repositioned before the above layer are pulled and trimmed or folded. Aside from the 12 hour time difference, we didn’t have much difficulty communicating back and forth. Having dealt with a few of them from different clinics, she was by far the most genuine and least pushy. Several factors helped me making up my mind: 1) Yura the English consultant was a pleasure to work with. Again, it was a “sign”I locked down a surgery date on October 5th with a deposit and made travel arrangements around it. However, as luck had it, I saw their 40% summer promotion post days later and immediately jumped on it. Yura, their English consultant, informed me that their business manager didn’t think that I was the kind of mature candidate that would showcase more of a dramatic result with. Shortly after following them on IG, I saw a post looking for models so I volunteered. It gave off a certain young and fresh vibe just like their doctors. As a designer, I was quite impressed by their modern elegant chic office interior design. I’m a firm believer in clinics that specialize in a given procedure. I began to search for an alternative here on Purse Forum. I couldn’t see myself traveling with a fat wad of cash, so I took it as a sign to avoid. Park wasn’t known for being cheap and that to be given any discount I’d have to pay in cash. For about $32k I could have easily had it done here in the US! I also found her off-putting after being told that Dr. When I finally communicate with his consultant, a Chinese lady named Zhu Zhu, on WhatsApp, I was stunned by how expensive he was. However, getting in touch with his office was a challenge. Dongman Park at BIO who’s famous for his dramatic facelifts. Realizing that I needed something more permanent than temporary fixes, I started looking into a facelift in 2022. I couldn’t tell any remaining trace of improvement in my appearance as a result. Having a super-fast metabolism, the grafted fat and threads in my face were completely absorbed within the ensuing 2 years while I waited for the pandemic to be over. A fat top off in 6 month was planned but failed to materialize because of Covid19. The surgery was surprisingly easy for me because I didn’t experience the usual nausea and vomiting post op. The general consensus was that I didn’t yet need a facelift so I opted for FG and thread lift at NAMU. I flew to Seoul for the 1st time in December 2019 and clinic hopped. After noticing that I was having trouble blending makeup, I realized that my facial skin had lost its elasticity and started looking into having some work done over 3 years ago.
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