Lower Bleph and Fat Repositioning at Marble Plastic Surgery

Lower bleph, Marble Plastic Surgery

Did a lower bleph plus fat repositioning for my undereye hollows at Marble Plastic Surgery one month ago. They were the most responsive out of the three clinics I contacted- Heekyung, the lady I was speaking to, was probably the reason I decided to go with Marble. Communication is very prompt which was what I was mainly looking for given that this is my first surgery. I did not do any in-person consults with any other clinics and paid a non-refundable deposit prior to arrival in Seoul.

My main concern was the undereye hollows. I was very clear that I did not want fat grafting , only fat repositioning.

Also asked about a sub-brow lift because I assumed my upper eyelids were sagging. I was told on the day of the consultation that I do not have sagging on the upper eyelids, just thicker skin. Was recommended a ptosis correction via DES but ultimately decided to not go for that as I did not want the scar (a friend who did a double eyelid surgery still has the scar many years later) and I figured I liked my asymmetry.

Ok the day of surgery you're told to fast (no water, no food) for a few hours before. Placed under twilight surgery so you're able to respond to instruction. The first rush of anaesthesia up your veins was trippy as you feel like you're moving from room to room in different coloured lights. You're on the surgery table with harnesses (sic?) tohold your arms in place. Incisions were made outside, not inside the lash line, I was told to basically hold the fat in place. The surgery line was clean though and nobody notices it unless I actively point it out. Surgery I think was about 2.5 hours. I was placed under again after for 5 minutes to get Rejuran before being helped up onto the waiting room.

Recovery- stitches were taken out 7 days later. I was staying at the OCloud hotel which was some 4-5 minutes walk away which made everything so much easier. Finished the surgery after 8pm that evening and managed to walk back. Was given painkillers for the next 3 days, antibiotic drops and ointment. Zero pain. Was told to ice and then use heating pads during recovery. The fridge at oCloud was not cold enough but in any case Heekyung emphasised that walking is more essential to recovery so the best would be to get a lot of steps in during the recovery stage. One thing I've not seen mentioned anywhere is to keep the ointment on at all times. I was out with a friend on the 6th day and forgot to apply the ointment and that was the only time I felt an uncomfortable, almost sharp pain on the stitch line, which made the skin look puckered. It's best to keep the incision area moisturised with the ointment at all times.

Side effect of the surgery is that my dry eyes from lasik seems to have improved . Also my eyelashes seem to be more obvious now. The doctor did cut the lower lashes to prevent infection but the lashes both upper and lower look thicker for some reason- something I've noticed on several before and afters.

Very happy overall at the one month stage. I understand that I didn't have enough undereye fat for the repositioning so I moderated my expectations and am happy with the results. Dr Suh, who did the surgery, was conservative and cut only 70% of what he felt was the sagging undereye skin.

I appreciate the conservative approach.