Procedures That Don’t Take A Thousands Miles

Written by Seoul TouchUp. Posted in Asian Plastic Surgery, Korean Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery News

South Korea may be the best place in the world to get plastic surgery done? Quite possibly. Its abundance of specialists, its supportive environment, and years of research and development have made this country a serious hot spot for those who are seeking to undergo a plastic surgery. However, despite its many advantages, it is not necessary to take this long journey to South Korea in order to get a specific Korean plastic surgery done. Although this may be true for more serious procedures, your own country will likely be qualified enough for smaller ones, and you will save quite a bit of money on the travel costs in the process.

WHY PEOPLE GO TO SOUTH KOREA IN THE FIRST PLACE

The most frequent answer to this question is that people will choose to go to South Korea specifically to have a procedure done if it is a complex and difficult procedure for which they need the highest possible plastic surgery specialist, and Korean surgeons understand how to create the beauty of Asians. Korean clinics are equipped with special recovery rooms which specifically cater to these kinds of patients, and which allow them to recover in peace for as long as needed until they are ready to return to their everyday lives. However, while these are certainly a valid reason to travel to South Korea for your surgery, not all procedures are this complex, and they certainly don’t all require a long period of recovery after they are done.

CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE FLY

Once you have decided on what kind of procedure you would like to have done, check to see just how complex it really is, or isn’t, and what the expected recovery period will look like. For procedures like skin treatment, cosmetic dental surgeries, and full-body liposuction, it might be a better choice to have it done in your own country.

In order to discover whether or not there is an expert near you, you can do a simple online search for various plastic surgery clinics in your country and then do further research to see where the doctors have received their training, which types of patients they usually work with, and what is their area of specialty in terms of plastic surgery. You will often find that there are indeed many fantastic clinics around you that you can also trust for your procedures, and that they will be just as supportive and informative as the ones in Korea. Book a free consultation with the few clinics of your choice that seem interesting, and then see what they have to say about your desired procedure and how they would go about getting it done. You can then compare their information to the ones found in clinics in Korea and see how much, or little, they differ. Plastic surgery procedures follow a very specific series of events, and many surgeons follow the same style of procedure. This is not an experimental area of medicine, but instead one that is very detailed and requires a lot of experience and years of working in the industry in order to get it done right. If you have found a surgeon in your country who fits all of these positive traits, who is experienced in their work, who is up to date with the latest research, who is honest with their judgment, and who also has experience with patients from Asia, then there is no reason why you wouldn’t be able to trust him with your procedure.

YOUR BUDGET MAY NOT NEED SUCH A BIG HIT

There are many costs to traveling to Korea to get plastic surgery done, least of which go to the actual price of the procedure. The plane ticket, hotel reservation and overall money for living expenses while there can be quite high, especially if you are traveling from far away to get it done. There is no reason to spend so much money for something as simple as laser skin peels if you can get the same thing done where you live right now. Remember that every plastic surgery holds with it a certain level of stress and anxiety regardless of how small it is, and you need to be in the best possible head space before you get it done. Worrying about money along the way will only make you more scared and unsure in yourself, and you should avoid this level of stress at all costs. Instead of rushing to Korea, take a moment to see how the doctors in your own country approach their practice, and which additional features they have for their patients. Perhaps you will be surprised by how much great choice you actually have. If you are, however, looking to have a drastic change done, then of course Korea would indeed be the right choice because of its experience, but you may not need to go so far.

SMALL CHANGES CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

For patients who are really unsure of how they can approach a physical change in their life, and who think that they need one big procedure to make a difference, what they often forget is that small changes can in fact make a great difference, and they are also the least likely to be noticeable. Most people start their plastic surgery journey by changing certain features of their face. But instead of getting one big change done, start small and slowly build up to a level that you are comfortable with. For example. If you would like for your lips to look fuller, start with simple botox injections instead of instantly getting silicon implants done. Perhaps botox will indeed be enough, whereas a full silicone implant could add too much definition to your lips and take away the attention from other beautiful parts of your face. Instead of instantly getting a full face makeover, think of very small procedures for your eyes, nose, skin and lips, and you will be surprised by how much of a huge change they can make. This way of having plastic surgery done will not only save you a lot of money on the travel expenses, but it will also give you plenty of time to adjust to your new small changes after each one. This means that you will take your plastic surgery journey slowly and have more time to process whether or not you need to go any further. Some people can get very carried away when they book a plastic surgery trip to Korea, and then wish to have as many changes done as possible while they are there. Again, this is for medical travel for plastic surgery that is complex, not for plastic surgery that is minor and can be done in many other places. You need to create a balance in your life where you will be able to clearly understand which parts of your body you feel uncomfortable with, and also which parts you know are beautiful and should be accentuated and not hidden by sudden and more drastic changes.