Angeluv101 wrote:TreeHugger wrote:Angeluv101 wrote:Hi all,
Just did my nose with Dr Kao last week. Since noone has experience with him here yet so thought I can share mine here.
Dr Kao has really good knowledge of the nose and is very confident in his work. He is as friendly as he sounds like in his emails and gives very detailed consultation. Discussion was almost 2hrs and he makes sure there is mutual understanding on the nose shape I want with pictures of models. You can bring your own pics but Dr Kao has tons of model pics taken from magazines. I was quite surprised to see he also printed out my photo beforehand and he also does photo imaging so I can see how my nose looks like. I like that he takes the consultation professionally and seriously.
This is my 3rd revsion. I did it twice with Dr Chuang and the reason for this revision is due to a deviated implant from the 2nd revision. Exact reason I am still not sure cos both Dr C and Kao had different views. Dr C feels the deviation is slight only and I can keep it that way, not necessary to go through revision to correct it. Faintz.. who will not mind having a crooked nose? Honestly, he is too busy and consultation with him is stressful cos he always has another surgery to rush for and limited time to talk.
So I went ahead with Dr Kao. Did rib cartilage and the surgery took around 7hrs. Was hospitalised for 2 nights due to the GA.
Rib hurts slightly especially 1st 2 nights, pain was terrible when getting off the bed and coughing. I stayed at Kang Ning hospital and the service were quite limited. Better to have someone to take care of you during the stay cos nurses there are different from Sg. They only do their job like changing drips, take blood pressure. If you need help to get off the bed or to go toilet, they are relunctant to help you. Food is not included in the hospital stay uness you want to order from them at additional cost. But there is a 7-eleven below if you can walk there, otherwise it is better to have someone to help you get food.
Results so far is very good and I'm happy with my nose now. But it is only one week and swelling still so have to wait longer to see the final results. No regrets going to Dr Kao. He has very good post op follow up too, quite caring doctor. Comes to the ward everyday to check everything is alright and after I came bk to sg, he emails me first to ask how is my nose doing and any probs.
Sorry for the long posts, but hope these info can give a better idea to those who are still considering which docs to go to in Taiwan.
Thanks for sharing such valuable information. It's unfortunate to hear that your rhinoplasty procedures with dr. chuang had not gone smoothy. What materials did you use to augument your nose? Did you get any alarplasty or tiplasty done?
After hearing a few negative results from dr.chuang, i'm trying to look for a different plastic surgeon now
No prob, just contributing my share of experience so others can decide better which doc is suitable.
I did full rhinoplasty including alar and tiplasty. 1st time using silicone I implant with septal cartilage. Results were not good enough, bridge is thick and tip is still round. I like a sharp nose so Dr Chuang changed to a higher L shaped implant and added ear cartilage. The tip got sharper but not really what I wanted. I was ok with it until the implant shifted and it was quite obvious. Scared it might be turn into infection later on, so decide to change to rib cartilage. And Dr Kao website photos looks very good to me.
Dr Chuang is still good but he does not specialise in nose. He is well known for breasts. And his style is conservative, does not suit me. But then, he did my epi and eyes very nicely. I went back to him for calves reduction together with my 2nd nose revision cos I still prefer his friendly and patient personality. But, his business has grown tremendously over the year and now he has even lesser time to speak to you. Consultation or follow ups will be fast and rushed cos he has so many patients waiting for him. And the waiting time is horrible, at least 1hr? It is getting annoying to wait so long and when you finally get to see him, he can only spare you 10-15mins. I was also quite pissed when he says my deviated implant is alright and leave it this way. It sounds like he is maybe too busy to slot in a revision for me so he is shrugging me off not to have surgery now.
What surgery are you doing? Doctors have their own speciality. Have to be sure what you want and which doc can meet ur expectations and if you are comfortable with him. I think there is enough reviews here on other docs to help you with your decision.
Actually im surprised Dr Kao's consultation took
2 hrs!!!
I have another forum friend(call her A), who had another Taiwan friend (sorry, complicated), her consultation (Tw fren) was only about 10mins or less.
And after the surgery, she hated her nose. and she blames it on the fact that Dr Kao didnt spend much time on consultation with her.
That's how i actually came to a conclusion Dr Hsu was better and eventually A did with Dr Hsu & was very happy!
So i did intended to do with Dr Hsu (although i prefer Dr Kao's examples in his website)aft doing cheek and jaw shaving with Dr Chuang...
Now im having 2nd thoughts..
Angeluv101, how much were u charged? Since it's revision, it would be more ex right? My friend wants to do a revision bcos she's not happy with the results of silicone done in Thailand. If it's not convenient to disclose the price here, u can pm me.
Just to share with everyone, i was quoted TWD100k by Dr Kao when i sent my pics over early this yr and TWD120k by Dr Chuang..i did not even consider the latter bcos it's too ex and he's not known for noses(esp we r r talking about ribs here)...however pls just use the figures as a guideline bcos it's usually case by case..
Email for the doctors for more info.
Hope this helps!
