[quote="clownfish"]Hi all,
I have been following this forum very closely and I do gain alot of knowledge and information from all you ppl that contributed. I guess I will do my part as well.
After many months of reading this forum and research. I finally did it and had rhinoplasty in Taiwan. Infact, I just got back today.
I did not choose any of the PS listed in the forum. But from the forum I decided that taiwan is a better place than Korea or Singapore because of cost and better than thailand as Dr. Sukit only do safe procedure.
I have a slight deviated septum and a flat nose due to sport injury and I needed much more than just inserting silicon/goretec after I had consulted 2 PS in Singapore and Dr. Sukit in Thailand.
After making my decision that I will have my rhinoplasty done in taiwan. I check through some taiwanese website and found that there are actually alot of PS in taiwan and it is a very competitive field.
I check through many websites and finally decided on Dr. Kao from Feng Hua
http://www.charm3c.com.tw/index.html. He caught my attention because he seem to have good knowledge of using goretex and silicon depending on the needs of the patient. I think this is good because he can better tailor to your individual needs and not biase towards any material.
Furthermore, I also saw that he is someone that continue to upgrade himself from the seminar that he attended. That means he understood the current techniques and trend. This gave me a slight insight of this PS.
I decided to write to him. His reply was very prompt. He answered in very good english, clear and concise. ( I sent him pictures in my email ).
I wrote to him again with more questions the next day but he did not reply and I called him. His staff was very sweet to take down my number and he actually return my call. I was impressed as one thing I do not need is a stuck up doctor that do not treat you respectfully by not returning call. But he did and he called after an hour ( 6.30pm ) answered my questions. After speaking to him, I decided I will go to him because he give me confidence and knows what he is taking about.
Before I actually made the trip, his staff actually call me the day before to give instructions for pre-opt. I bought sinecch from one of the local PS and took it along with me.
I arrived at his office on Monday morning and the staff prepare me for the opt while waiting for Dr. Kao. His office is clean, professional and homely. It is located in an upper class area taipei city ( Tian Mu Xi Lu ).
After half hour an hour Dr. Kao attended to me. By then the staff already have taken many pictures of my nose. Dr. Kao studied it closely and explain to me. I think it is interesting as he has 2 monitors one for him to look at and one for you so you know exactly what he is talking about. I think that is very considerate towards the client. He also suggested to me what can be done. I just told him the result that I wanted and he provided his professional opinion. However, what really impressed me is that he has a sense of beauty. He consider the overall look of the nose and suggest that some alternations are need to make the entire nose fit the face ( alarplasty ). I think this is important as the nose also need to compliment the face in return.
From then on I am confident that he is the right person for me and I told him to decide for me. He gave me a choice of goretex or silicon and I told him to decide for me.
After the consultation I enter the operating table and there are 3 nurses preparing me for the operation. I felt very well attended and I also told the nurse that I do not want to wake in the middle of the surgery. She did just that for me.
I did not know how long was the procedure but when I woke I think it was already 1 plus. I was still under the effect of the sedation and I slept for another 2 hours with a cold pack on my face. I felt stuff but not in pain.
I left the clinic with alot of medication and a special brew of chinese medication that Dr. Kao prepared for me to help to reduce the swelling. I think it does help as well as I was not badly bruise at all.
I stayed in the hotel room for 5 days and took care of myself. I am back in Singapore and very happy with the result even it is only 5 days. ( Still swell though )
I am glad I made the choice with Dr. Kao.Ok, I think I had enough of posting today. Pardon my english or grammer as I am too tired to read through for corrections.
Lastly, some information.
Type of surgery perform on me : Rhinoplasty, Septoplasty and alarpasty ( suggested by Dr. Kao ). I also had cartiledge harvested from my left ear.
Costs : NT 75,000. ( I think it is very reasonable compare to Korea or Singapore ).
Sorry everyone tired of writing already. I left out alot of minor details.Anyway I would like to say thanks for all those who contributed here.
Good Luck to those that choose to walk the same path. It is an interesting experience.[/quote]
Thank you for sharing your experience with us !
He does sound like a very nice surgeon !
Are you happy with your nose ? What did you do exactly ? Open rhino or L shape implant ??