Reason why I started thinking
about double eyelid surgery
- My eyes are double eyelids, and in particular, I have a lot of double wrinkles. My right eye has one deep double wrinkle like an outer double eyelid, while my left eye has wrinkles in the eyelid like an inner double eyelid + several double wrinkles. I wanted to give my eyes some unity, so I started thinking about
it. The most important thing to consider in double eyelid surgery is - Will the line suit me most naturally? (Not too much, no)
- I don't really consider in-out lines, semi-outlines, etc. (I'm going to trust the aesthetic sense of the experts who have already seen hundreds of thousands of eyelids)
- Safety, side effects (very important!!!)
I plan to only get double eyelid surgery, and if it's really necessary, I'd allow for a plus, like an upper eyelid fold. (I don't know about the upper eyelid fold properly yet, so I'm going to look into the risks more and consider it...) I wasn't considering any other eye procedures.
Places I've made appointments for: TKK / JSㅇ / ㅇㅇㅇ(ㅗㅔㅓ) / ㅇㅁㄹ /
Places I'm considering making appointments for: ㅈㅇㅈㅇ / ㄷㅇㅇ / ㅍㄹㅇㅂ
=> Why am I even considering making an appointment for a consultation? Is that place no good? => No, no. Rather than that, it's because of laziness...(...) I looked at all
four places and made appointments, but I got really tired. I'm planning to make appointments for today or tomorrow. I haven't been to all the places I've made appointments for yet, so for now, I'll just post about the two places I've been to and continue to edit and add to the rest.
1) TKK (Director ㄱㅎㅅ)
- Appointment for consultation at 2:30. Arrived at 2:25.
- Relevant information (name, phone number, address, resident registration number, blood type) + Consent form for use of personal information (including event-related information) + Consent form for use of video recording media (I'm not sure if the name is correct... Notification and consent regarding CCTV in each room) Please receive it first.
- First, take pictures of the eyes. Several pictures from above and below.
- First interview with the director: Around 3:30 PM.
- The director was kind. He asked me if I preferred incision/non-incision, if I was considering any other surgeries, etc. Since I don’t remember any particular issues, I think the interview was satisfactory.
- After that, I waited again.
- Interview with the director: 4:20 PM. However, I went into the interview room around 4:20-4:25 PM, but the director came in around 4:35 PM. I waited alone in the interview room for about 10 minutes.
- The director was kind. And he seemed busy. (If I may add a side note, it seems that the reason for the long wait was not due to any other reason but because the director was busy. However, this is my subjective judgment and there is no basis for it.) He drew the lines several times, showed me each line for comparison, and told me which line he would recommend. In my case, she said that if I set it too high, it will look like my eyelids are bulging out, so it would be better not to do it too high. There are in-out and semi-out, etc., but she said that for my eyes, the line should be slightly raised like a semi-out to look refreshing. At the same time, she recommended upper team.
- Interview time with the director: About 10 minutes
- Interview with the director again: Price, possible surgery dates, possibility of viewing the CCTV, when to request viewing if necessary (best if not), how many times I should visit the hospital after the surgery, etc. She explained everything calmly and kindly.
- During the interview, she received the paper you wrote + business card and went to the next hospital...
2) Gangnam JSS (Director JSS)
- It definitely seems like a lesser-known place. The reason I considered this hospital is because I saw a few reviews somewhere that weren't bad + experience at a one-person hospital + large hospital, and the period of practice was very long. I put it on the list because of these three things.
* Is a private hospital better?? => I think that large hospitals and private hospitals each have different pros and cons. That’s why I was going to mix up the list of large and private hospitals.
- Arrived at the hospital a little late, at 5:10. When I asked about the waiting time, I was told it would be about 15-20 minutes.
- Interview with the director: Around 5:30. As expected, he was very kind. He asked me if I preferred incision/no-incision, etc. and if I had any other questions. But I don’t remember clearly… so it seems that the director responded very kindly as expected. (I’m sorry about my memory)
- Interview with the director: Around 5:40-45.
- Director JSS… He gave me a very long consultation!! And he explained everything in detail!!!! He brought in my skull and started with the principle of double eyelid surgery, where the muscles in the orbit are pulled like this… and even explained ptosis as a bonus. The director pointed out that I raised my eyes to my forehead, that my right eyebrow was especially raised, and that my left eye was slightly lower. (I think this part was because I told the director during my interview that the purpose of the surgery was because my eyes are asymmetrical and I wanted to correct them a bit, so he pointed out the asymmetry in my eyes (....))
- I'll skip it if I explain it in detail... Personally, I like these long explanations. Recommend this surgery -> Why? -> This is better. Rather than that, my eyelids cover my eyes more than I thought (it's not to the extent of pseudoptosis, but it feels like that), so if I get double eyelids, my field of vision will open up a bit and that part will be corrected, but the line might not be visible very well. He told me the condition of my eyeballs and logically explained to me that this could be like this. It was really nice that he told me.
- Because I told the director that I strongly plan on not getting eye surgery or other surgeries, the director didn't recommend it at all and only talked about double eyelid surgery.
- However, most of the before and after photos he showed me were photos of eye surgery... Why..... ㅋㅋㅋ Did the director think my eyes looked stuffy ㅠㅠ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Interview time with the director: About 30-40 minutes
- Afterward interview with the director: About 10 minutes. As expected, I only remember how sweet it was... Asked about possible surgery dates/non-incision, but why I had to come separately to get the knots untied, etc.
Summary
ㄸㅋ Pros and
Cons - Pros: 1) Post-surgery care was good (scar treatment (laser), 1-year after-sales service, etc.) 2) The director and staff are kind
- Cons: If I had to choose one, it would be the price.
Pros and Cons
- Pros: 1) It feels like the director is looking into my eyes a little more 2) There's no pushing and they inform me several times about situations that could be bad (the line might be barely visible, you tend to open your eyes to your forehead, so even if you draw the line, it might come off a little quickly, etc.) 3) Price
- Cons: If I had to choose one, it's that the sample size is still small...? But this can be an advantage because it can be interpreted that they don't use a broker.
I plan to add more hospitals that I've visited for consultations in the future!
I included the price in the pros and cons, but I plan to compare it later by considering the prices I hear at other hospitals after visiting them.
***Caution****
I tried to exclude subjective judgments about which hospital is good/bad as much as possible! I wrote this consultation review so that you can get a feel for the atmosphere beforehand when planning a consultation and to help you calculate the time between consultations.