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Plastic Surgery Experiance in South Korea, View Clinic

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I am 23 years old and I've never been happy about...

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SarahDom
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I am 23 years old and I've never been happy about how masculine my jaw made me. And it was not just my jaw but my entire face that seemed like I was an exact replica of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The size of my face made my eyes and lips appear very small and unattractive. In 2014 I decided to go to a "popular" clinic office in my state and I told them that I was looking for a procedure that would make me more feminine and younger looking. The doctor recommended mandible reduction (2-3 millimeters at most) and under chin liposuction. That was a huge waste of money because it did absolutely no change and left me with saggy skin and a huge scar under my chin! A couple years after that I understood that the procedures I'm looking for involves more bone structure work and the plastic surgeons in the United States mainly focused on or had only knowledge ondeep tissue procedures (face lift, Botox, fillers) that is when I decided to go to South Korea because research showed that they where number 1 when it came to osteotomy procedures. That's when the hard part came to decide on a clinic. There are over thousand of clinics in South Korea and just like in the United States, their are clinics that do don't perform well or perform botched jobs. Every clinic had different reviews so it was very hard to decide. That's when I came across this YouTube video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzcuiqq62Sg. After watching this video I was confident in choosing View Clinic because the video showed and supported the work and achievements the doctors accomplished on the girl and it wasnt no photoshopped or edited photos but actual footage! I went on their website and emailed my photos and requested a consultation. They got back to me very quickly, requested more photos from different angles, asked me my exact goal or how I wanted the results to look like, and sent me what the plan of surgery was and estimate. They stated that if I do decide to go to their clinic that before having surgery they had to do blood work, Ct scan, X Rey, and EKG before sugery and the doctors would have to take a look at me and discuss with me plan of surgery and results. I really liked that safety was a big concern for them and they actually cared what I wanted done to my face! Not like the doctor in the US. So I got my ticket and I am ready to meet with them! I will be posting pictures and writing more about my journey.

SarahDom's provider

Chang Woon Yun, MD

Chang Woon Yun, MD

Plastic Surgeon

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October 10, 2017
please do not do this procedure. I had this done and it was the biggest regret . Please read my review. Facial structure is important. You have gorgeous face so please do not ruin it with facial bone reduction. Just look at angelina jolie.
October 10, 2017
Again, please do not do this surgery. Ask anyone, your facial shape is so stunning.
October 11, 2017
What procedure did you have done, where did have it done and what was the outcome? Please share. Did you experience sagging ?
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October 13, 2017
Thank you for saying that about my face, and I am very sorry you went through that awful experience. I read what happen to you and I have to say that they doctor was not skilled or had any experience on facial contouring and you should get your money back!

I did go to South Korea and choose Dr. Yun Chang Woon because my biggest concern was saggy skin too! Also you were correct that South Korean surgeons have more experience and knowledge when it comes to bone osteotomy of the face. The doctor explained that saggy skin factors on the persons age, genetics, and the surgeons technique on how the bone is cut and the pull of the skin. He guaranteed that my age (24) was a perfect candidate, and that his technique would result in no saggy skin. When I asked him how will I know if I have saggy skin from the procedure, he said that we would have to wait a couple months for the swelling to go done.

So I will keep posting pictures and see the result but once again you should contact that doctor again and demand he do something! If you are unhappy with your face, (which I think is beautiful too!) I can recommend my doctor. There are many skin tightening procedures View Clinic offers and the pricing is not high at all.
October 16, 2017
I hope you are healing well. Make sure you get a copy of your CT scan to see what your cheekbones look like now. The bones should fused together and not have any gaps or dislocation.
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October 17, 2017
I will! Thank you!
December 6, 2017
March 7, 2018
I really love the results that you had has with the View Clinic in South Korea with the three good Doctors:Dr.Soon Woo,Dr.Lee Dong Chan as well Dr. Yun Chang Woon and I'm so glad that you had have a very good experience with them,if you reading this review ,please contact me at Cathybui7766@yahoo.com or my cell #504-265-2601 because I would like to know the total costs for every thing so that I starting to make plan for it.thank you.
July 15, 2018
Looks nice :). Glad you're happy with the results~
UPDATED FROM SarahDom
14 days post

Pre-op care, Day of surgery, Post-op care at View Clinic

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Procedures I got done: V Line, Zygoma Reduction, Rhinoplasty, Fat Grafting, and Thread Lifting.
This is going to be a honest review through my experience at View Clinic. I'm not going to lie it's going to be super detailed so it will be quite long.
Hello!
For a long time I wanted to get V line surgery because I had a masculine face that made me appear older than what I really was and made my facial features small and unattractive. I did my research and contacted a lot of clinics: TL, ID, Jewelry, Wonjin, VIP, MINE, BK, Regan, Cinderella, etc. I contacted a lot! Since I was in the states, my only source of communicating with them was emailing or through kakao talk. Like any clinic, there are good and bad reviews, some had more good than others and some demanded deposits sent right away without even looking at my photos. When looking and doing my research I looked for three very important things:
1. Safety, accident free
2. Doctors that specialized in their fields and had proof of crediantials
3. Post (after-care) treatment
It was very stressful finding a clinic because some before and after photos appeared photoshopped and to some clinics, once finding out I was a foreigner tried to "upsell" me. My final desicion was View Clinic. I'm going to be honest, it was a YouTube video that made my mind set. The video showed a tv show about how the doctors transformed a girl who had a really huge under bite into a symmetrical v line face. In my head, that was proof the doctors had knowledge on the procedure and there was no photoshopping done because it was actual film.
Pre Consultation: Once arriving at the clinic I met with two translators. Oh my god....I'm not going to get into it but those two really eased my panic and stress because I was in a foreign country by myself and I was super stressed about not being able to communicate or tell the doctor what I wanted. Those two helped big time. They said I would meet with three doctors. One for nose, face, and the head surgeon. But before any of that they said they needed blood work, ekg, x-Rey, and Ct scan. The building was really really big, it had different floors. So one of the floors was a lab work floor I guess? So the tests where done there.
Meeting the doctors:
First doctor: Dr. Lee Suk Hyun. He was the doctor for my fat grafting, nose, and thread lifting. He specializes in rhinoplasty.
He spoke English well enough that there was good communication. My nose was never big to begin with but I wanted it slightly sharper and my small hump removed. He agreed that that was all that was needed to my nose. I emphasized to him that do NOT want it raised. My biggest concern with him was saggy skin. I had a operation in 2014 in the states (mandible reduction) ( 2-3 millimeters shaved off) that left me with saggy skin. I flat out asked him to give me a face-lift. Hahahaha I was dead serious because it was such a insecurity of mine! He looked at me and said No, you don't need a face-lift. I argued with him that I know once I get v line and Zygomatic reduction that my skin will be very saggy. He said for my age, that their should not be saggy skin. I was very persistent, I asked him, will there be saggy skin after my procedure. He answered that he would not be able to tell until a couple of months after the surgery. What he offered was thread lifting that would last 2-3 years and facial liposuction(acculift) that would really help lift the skin. So I agreed. Hey, at least he was being honest.
Second doctor: Dr. Yun Chang Woon. He was the doctor for my V line/genioplasty and zygomatic reduction. He specializes in craniofacial surgery.
He understood English very well so communication with him wasn't hard. He sat down looking at my Ct scans and showed me what he was going step by step. He showed me the importance of my facial nerve and that part of the region that will be no where cut. I showed him a picture of my ideal face type and he said that he will do his best but if I wanted that look I would need 2 jaw surgery and I was like, hellll no.
Third doctor: Dr. Choi Soon Woo. So apparently he's the head surgeon in the clinic but he only does breast augmentations. However, he oversees everything. He went over everything, the procedures that was going to be performed, what is my ideal face, safety, and if I had anymore questions. I asked him if he would be in the room while I went under for surgery, I asked this because like I said before, the reason why I picked View was because he and Dr. Yun Chang Woon where the doctors who performed surgery on the girl with a huge underbite. He smiled and said yes he watches over all surgeries.
Before leaving the clinic I was given instructions on how to prepare myself the next day, time to be at the clinic, and that the doctors would look over my blood work and lab results before starting surgery.
Day of surgery: I meet up with the two translators again and they said the doctors looked over my blood and everything and I was cleared for surgery. They gave me their set of patient clothing and I was sent to another floor to the operating room. The doctors came to see me one by one asked if I had any questions and gave me a "fighting". I meet with the anesthesiologist and she put me to sleep.
I woke up to only being able to breath through my mouth because My nose was sealed and I had Cotten stuffed inside. I wasn't in pain, but I was very Uncomfortable for two reasons. I had a urine line (I never had that before) and I wasn't allowed to drink water for a couple of hours because on the blood draining tubes in my mouth, (View picture). One of the translation ladies was there when I woke up and she kept gushing at how beautiful my nose turned and how she loved my nose. All I was thinking was "what about my face" hahahaha. I moved my face in certain directions to see how my nerves were and could feel it moving so that was a good sign! So I stayed overnight at the clinic. I had a IV for nutrition and urine line (ugghh). Surprisingly I feel asleep easily. The night nurse would come in ever two to three hours to drain my blood out of the tubes in my mouth.
Second day at Clinic: When I woke up, I didn't feel pain. I got the tubes out of my mouth and the urine line out (thank god!) I still had to breath through my mouth because my nose was stuffed up. That was really uncomfortable. I could walk and was recommended to by the translator. She asked me if I wanted to spend another night at the clinic because I was all alone in Korea and she was worried for me......that really made me cry. I agreed and she offered to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication, antibiotics, and pain killers. That night I got my cotton removed from my nose by Dr. Lee Suk Hyun. He said it shouldn't hurt...it kinda did lol. Idk I felt it in my eye if that makes sense but maybe I was a baby. I made sure to ask him if everything was alright, how where the stitches and he said everything was good.
Third day at Clinic: So today I was prepared to be discharges. A new translator meet with me and explained before I would be discharged the doctors would look at me one more time and answer any questions I had. I met with Dr. Lee Suk Hyun and Dr. Yun Chang Woon and I made sure to ask them did everything go okay, was the surgery successful. They looked and then felt my face up with their hands (lol idk why, checking I guess?) and said yes everything was fine. The translator then gave me a bag with pumpkin juice, 3 huge ice packs, masks, two big bottles of isotonic solution, my medication/painkillers, instructions, and the dos and donts for after surgery. She explained about swelling and bruising normality and if I needed anything to kakao talk her or come to the clinic. Then I was discharged.
Aftercare: I was given a time card for my schedule with my aftercare. My first day of aftercare I was so swollen I couldn't put my contacts in my eyes. I meet with a translator and she led me to a floor where they shampooed, conditioned, and blow dried my hair. A nurse then came to clean my sutures in my mouth and nose all the while the translator explaining what the nurse is saying which was it was very very important to gargle and rinse with the isotonic solution every two hours or after I eat/drink something to make sure my stitches where clean. I told the nurse that I was very swollen and if it was normal. The translator explained that because it was day 4 of recovery the swelling is very normal and for now the best thing to do it is walk for 30 to one hour, ice pack no hot pack, and sleep upright above my heart. After that cleaning and putting new bandages on me they asked if I had any other questions. I'm not going to lie I was a little worried because I was really swollen, so swollen that my eyes practically disappeared into my cheeks. The nurse assured me that's what happens when you get fat grafting in face and it is very normal.
Day six of healing: Today's aftercare was AMAZING. I got my hair washed again. My swelling went down, it's still there, but not like before. I got my nose stitches and bandage removed. I got my sutures cleaned again and could finally take of my bandages for my face! I met with Dr. Lee Suk Hyun and Dr. Yun Chang Woon. Dr. Yun Chang Woon felt my face again, asked me to make a "oh" "eh" you" sound, and said everything was good. I made sure to ask him AGAIN if everything was symmetrical and if everything was healing fine. He said yes. Dr. Lee Suk Hyun looked at my nose and explained that the stitches inside my nose would still remain until next week and that everything was healing nicely. ONCE AGAIN I asked him everything was okay, how was the stitches, is my swelling normal, etc. he answered yes. After that I was taken to the dermatology level of the clinic and they started the de-swelling treatment!!!!! Yes, it's a stupid this to be excited over but I was over joyed and if you ever have been swollen in the face then you can relate. I laid relax in a room where a lady cleaned and took off all the dead skin cells on my face and then I was put under a laser that helped my swelling go down.
My honest opinion on the clinic....it's still early to give a full honest review but so far I can honestly say I haven't had a bad experience yet. It's still way to early to tell so I am so to give it months before declaring it but my time at a View Clinic has been a pleasant one and the results are most definitely showing. Number one things that stand out from them is their translators. The doctors are amazing and are certainly specialized at what they do but my god the translator hospitality towards me shook me. I was literally shook. Though it might be like that for other clinics and I'm just being dramatic lmao but the doctors, translators, and so far results deem ( FOR NOW ) that View Clinic is amazing.

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February 9, 2018
Thank you for taking us all on your journey. You’re inspiring. I appreciate the level of detail. I am interested in how you searched for your criteria - safety, credentials and post op. May I ask which websites or places you found accurate and useful to verify your search criteria?
February 25, 2018
The airport security didn’t give you a hard time on how you look different from your passport picture?
UPDATED FROM SarahDom
23 days post

4 week post-op pictures from View Clinic in Korea

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4-5 weeks post op after surgery.
Swelling still present in the nose and face but it has reduced a little.
No pain or pressure present which I am grateful for.

Friends, family, and co-workers tell me that I look very different from before. Everyone says that I now have a "babyface" and my features are very "soft". It is still to early to tell for the final results so I will update again when month two of healing arrives.

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November 8, 2017
Thank you for your sharing, I cannot wait to see your new review!