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My PS Experience at Braun (Facial Contouring, Rhinoplasty, Face Lift)
Hi everyone, I am excited to be sharing my experience at BRAUN Plastic Surgery in Seoul, Korea. I hope this is helpful for all of you interested in getting surgery here. FYI, I am going to update this thread continually so stay tuned!
Background: I had my heart set on Braun after watching their plastic surgery vlogs on YouTube and being really impressed by how amazing the results were, especially on South East Asian faces. I also scheduled with a couple more clinics just to get a fair ideas and various opinions on my facial features.
The overall atmosphere of the clinic was very neat and spacious and the staff members were all super polite and helpful. There were always people waiting in the lobby so it was a good sign. First, we did the CT scans and bloodwork to make sure I was healthy. My main areas of concern for surgery were my nose, and face shape. I wanted a smaller face and taller nose (but still have an overall natural look, not too overdone). I had prepared some reference photos in advance to show the doctors.
The consultation lasted around 2 hours, but around half that time was spent waiting for the facial contouring doctor, Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim. You get the feeling that he is a very busy man. Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim is undisputedly the face of Braun, as you can see very clearly when you walk across a big poster of him advertising one of the videos that he has on YouTube as you exit the subway station to Gangnam. He is a very decorated facial contouring surgeon, having developed his own patented inverted-V osteotomy technique. Unlike the other clinics that I visited, Braun did not seem to have any VIP rooms, probably because Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim prefers to consult with you in his personal consultation room that he has decorated with his vast awards.
I consulted with Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim for facial contouring and Dr. Ji-Won Lee for nose. The diagnosis for my nose was basically the same as the doctors from other clinics. But the facial contouring was slightly different. Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim also recommended paranasal augmentation to lift up the sunkeness right next to my alars. This was something the doctors from other clinics did not mention.
To be honest, I didn’t expect so many procedures need to be performed on my face. But you can see with your own eyes that Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim has the expertise that other doctors do not have. He is the only one I can tell who has patented a surgical technique that he himself developed. He has personally published several papers on facial contouring. You can tell the moment you step inside his consultation room that he is the real deal. And that is something the other clinics I consulted with just do not provide.
All in all, if you're planning to go to Korea to get plastic surgery, you'd better save up a lot of money. Some clinics will even offer you the same promises and post-ops care at a more competitive prices, but do not be fooled. Not only is it your money, it is also your face and your future depends on it (I'm being a little dramatic but it's somewhat true!). At the end, it is the skill of the doctors and their ability to provide you with the appropriate diagnosis and treatment that all matter. And that is why I chose Braun.
Also wanted to shout out to the translation team, especially Esther. She is the one who guided me through everything and helped translate for me during the consultation.
Anyway, I'll be updating this post with a 1-mth, 3-mth, and 6-mth post ops in the future. So if Braun screws up my face, I'll let you know. Hope it's not the case though lol!
Background: I had my heart set on Braun after watching their plastic surgery vlogs on YouTube and being really impressed by how amazing the results were, especially on South East Asian faces. I also scheduled with a couple more clinics just to get a fair ideas and various opinions on my facial features.
The overall atmosphere of the clinic was very neat and spacious and the staff members were all super polite and helpful. There were always people waiting in the lobby so it was a good sign. First, we did the CT scans and bloodwork to make sure I was healthy. My main areas of concern for surgery were my nose, and face shape. I wanted a smaller face and taller nose (but still have an overall natural look, not too overdone). I had prepared some reference photos in advance to show the doctors.
The consultation lasted around 2 hours, but around half that time was spent waiting for the facial contouring doctor, Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim. You get the feeling that he is a very busy man. Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim is undisputedly the face of Braun, as you can see very clearly when you walk across a big poster of him advertising one of the videos that he has on YouTube as you exit the subway station to Gangnam. He is a very decorated facial contouring surgeon, having developed his own patented inverted-V osteotomy technique. Unlike the other clinics that I visited, Braun did not seem to have any VIP rooms, probably because Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim prefers to consult with you in his personal consultation room that he has decorated with his vast awards.
I consulted with Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim for facial contouring and Dr. Ji-Won Lee for nose. The diagnosis for my nose was basically the same as the doctors from other clinics. But the facial contouring was slightly different. Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim also recommended paranasal augmentation to lift up the sunkeness right next to my alars. This was something the doctors from other clinics did not mention.
To be honest, I didn’t expect so many procedures need to be performed on my face. But you can see with your own eyes that Dr. Tae-Gyu Kim has the expertise that other doctors do not have. He is the only one I can tell who has patented a surgical technique that he himself developed. He has personally published several papers on facial contouring. You can tell the moment you step inside his consultation room that he is the real deal. And that is something the other clinics I consulted with just do not provide.
All in all, if you're planning to go to Korea to get plastic surgery, you'd better save up a lot of money. Some clinics will even offer you the same promises and post-ops care at a more competitive prices, but do not be fooled. Not only is it your money, it is also your face and your future depends on it (I'm being a little dramatic but it's somewhat true!). At the end, it is the skill of the doctors and their ability to provide you with the appropriate diagnosis and treatment that all matter. And that is why I chose Braun.
Also wanted to shout out to the translation team, especially Esther. She is the one who guided me through everything and helped translate for me during the consultation.
Anyway, I'll be updating this post with a 1-mth, 3-mth, and 6-mth post ops in the future. So if Braun screws up my face, I'll let you know. Hope it's not the case though lol!
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