appletree wrote:Hi moonlight_pmdct,
from the airport to the apartment is about 1200NT, and back to the airport is about the same too. From the apartment to shiling night market should be around 200NT ++
Luckily i was able to do shopping on my first day as i had my surgery on the other day. However, i think i didnt buy enough yet,thinking to go back shopping maybe one day before i leave taipei.hehe. I spent really alot on the cab fares.. dont know how come got the extra spending of near 2k sgd just on the 2nd day. ..
moonlight_pmdct wrote:Vicky,
that's what i'm afraid of (don't know how to speak chinese being a factor). I will be in Taipei on Dec 21. I have already booked a pick-up from the appartment where I and my mom will be staying. However, it would be really helpful still if you can ask him for the rate from the Kang Ning Service Apartment in Neihu to the Shiling market and the other markets that you have told me about, also from the appartment to the airport (so maybe I can book him for my departure date).
Thanks Vicky for all your help.
vickyabc wrote: Hi Mooonlight
Im back in singapore.. Dread leaving Taiwan!!!! And i miss my Dr's Cinic!
Sure i will email u the details.. he can speak very little but u can bring along the address.. i will call him tomorrow and ask the exact rate to your hotel. Btw Which hotel r u staying? And when will u be going over?
To be frank staying in taiwan not knowing chinese is quite a huge language barrier.. i will try to help you ask him what degree of english does he understand till. Otherwise i will ask him to arrange someone who knows better english..
And yes, his cab is a limo
Vicky
wow... be brave girl! u go girl! recover well and soon ok!!appletree wrote:Hi people,
im now here in taipei, just had my rib autology done with dr.Kao. Will just update alittle bit first.
Day 1 - Consultation with dr.kao, he sure does is a very patient and friendly doctor. He was very busy as on and off there's patient seeing him on that day. There was a taiwanese lady at the counter registering for admittion to the hospital, as she will have her rib autology on that day. Rib autology is rather common in taiwan i think. However, seems like most of his patients are local, very few foreigners as he was asking how come i know about his autology rhinoplasty.
Day 2 - admit into the hospital. Was really scared and frighten! I still get to see dr kao before i went in to the surgery room to have GA..so i keep repeating to him that i do not want to have a pinch or too sharp and tall nose, something nice like the picture i provided and which is good for mian xiang. Though dr kao said that he's not going to touch the side of my nose, due to the scars created when i did my nose in "KALO", i was at first very disappointed when he said he will not expand the alar (as i felt my nose abit pinched), but when i came out of the surgery room, dr kao told my bf that he tried his best to expand abit of my alar, but he didnt do much to my nose tip for this time, he just used septal cartilage for my nose rib, and he said after 1 year when the nose has stabalise, i can still consider for revision for the nose tip using ear cartilage. He had even corrected my nostril as i had very small nostril, now like abit bigger opening and he said that the nose tissue inside which was damanged by the previous nose job at KALO.
As for the pain, i was on the bed whole day after i came out of the surgery room. The sugery was from 1pm till 9pm in the night, which was an 8 hours surgery!! I didnt experiences vommiting or naeseous right after the surgery, just the sore throat pain, mouth dry, thirsty and i even feel hurgry.. hehe. But i felt really painful to climb up from bed as i drank too much orange juice. Some of the nurses there are okay but theres one who is really damn! Basically, the nurses will not bother you unless you press the bell for them. I was lucky that my bf was there for me whole night in the hospital room, i got discharged out from the hospital the next day evening.
My appetite was ok and i keep visiting the toilet, so you can imagine me having to bear with the pain when i climb up from the bed. Im able to walk around the room on day 3 onwards, today is day 4,everythings fine, the chest wound getting lesser pain, but still pain lar when i cough, climb up, sniff or laugh.. hehe
Will be seeing dr kao tomorrow for the wound dressing. Its really cold in taipei now, will try to update abit when im back to sg
Im sure my new nose will definately looks better than the previous one, lets wait for few days more to remove the stitches.
do you share wif us the whole process, likefeline.eyes wrote:What do you want to know?tobehunk wrote:your comments have some good angles for me to ponder upon...
i would still like to hear from those who went for the autogolous (rib/ear graft)route...
could anyone share? pls....
I decided that I wanted an autologous Rhinoplasty and went about searching for a doctor who does that. Ear cartilage has limits; it can only raise your bridge minimally (limited material can be harvested due to the small harvest site). My nose is pretty flat.tobehunk wrote:
do you share wif us the whole process, like
pre ops: how did the surgeon recommend autologous graft for you. which part - rib or ear graft?
ops: is the surgery separate from the nose one? which part did they get the graft? what is the pain level? scar level? under GA or LA?
post op: how is scar n nose healing now? do you wait a few days after the graft surgery for the surgeon to shape the graft to fit? what other post op care do they provide for the graft n nose?
what is the price tat dr quote u? is it separate from the nose? will the graft grow back in your body? what are the possible implications? fever?
sorry feline eyes for the long list of questions.. hope you can oblige me.. BIG thanks!! = )
I hereby certified that appletree has pain tolerance of 2/10 ! hahahaappletree wrote:Hi people,
im now here in taipei, just had my rib autology done with dr.Kao. Will just update alittle bit first.
Day 1 - Consultation with dr.kao, he sure does is a very patient and friendly doctor. He was very busy as on and off there's patient seeing him on that day. There was a taiwanese lady at the counter registering for admittion to the hospital, as she will have her rib autology on that day. Rib autology is rather common in taiwan i think. However, seems like most of his patients are local, very few foreigners as he was asking how come i know about his autology rhinoplasty.
Day 2 - admit into the hospital. Was really scared and frighten! I still get to see dr kao before i went in to the surgery room to have GA..so i keep repeating to him that i do not want to have a pinch or too sharp and tall nose, something nice like the picture i provided and which is good for mian xiang. Though dr kao said that he's not going to touch the side of my nose, due to the scars created when i did my nose in "KALO", i was at first very disappointed when he said he will not expand the alar (as i felt my nose abit pinched), but when i came out of the surgery room, dr kao told my bf that he tried his best to expand abit of my alar, but he didnt do much to my nose tip for this time, he just used septal cartilage for my nose rib, and he said after 1 year when the nose has stabalise, i can still consider for revision for the nose tip using ear cartilage. He had even corrected my nostril as i had very small nostril, now like abit bigger opening and he said that the nose tissue inside which was damanged by the previous nose job at KALO.
As for the pain, i was on the bed whole day after i came out of the surgery room. The sugery was from 1pm till 9pm in the night, which was an 8 hours surgery!! I didnt experiences vommiting or naeseous right after the surgery, just the sore throat pain, mouth dry, thirsty and i even feel hurgry.. hehe. But i felt really painful to climb up from bed as i drank too much orange juice. Some of the nurses there are okay but theres one who is really damn! Basically, the nurses will not bother you unless you press the bell for them. I was lucky that my bf was there for me whole night in the hospital room, i got discharged out from the hospital the next day evening.
My appetite was ok and i keep visiting the toilet, so you can imagine me having to bear with the pain when i climb up from the bed. Im able to walk around the room on day 3 onwards, today is day 4,everythings fine, the chest wound getting lesser pain, but still pain lar when i cough, climb up, sniff or laugh.. hehe
Will be seeing dr kao tomorrow for the wound dressing. Its really cold in taipei now, will try to update abit when im back to sg
Im sure my new nose will definately looks better than the previous one, lets wait for few days more to remove the stitches.
. He doesnt runs a clinic, hes the ENT specialist in Kang ning hospital and Tri-general hospital, rather famous in taiwan if im not wrong. The procedures is just like when you go to a hospital then have to take a register number 1st, before u go up to the floor to see him. , finally the surgery is over, just hope the healing will goes well, and awaiting for the stitches to be remove..however i will be removing them in singapore because im flying back tomorrow. cersepn wrote:Day 1 - Consultation with dr.kao, he sure does is a very patient and friendly doctor. He was very busy as on and off there's patient seeing him on that day. There was a taiwanese lady at the counter registering for admittion to the hospital, as she will have her rib autology on that day. Rib autology is rather common in taiwan i think. However, seems like most of his patients are local, very few foreigners as he was asking how come i know about his autology rhinoplasty.
haha, did you manage to see any of his own post op patients there? if so, how are their noses? I'm assuming you spoke with him in chinese all the way right, if not, how's his spoken english? How's the clinic itself? Does it look very well-furnished?
Though dr kao said that he's not going to touch the side of my nose, due to the scars created when i did my nose in "KALO", i was at first very disappointed when he said he will not expand the alar (as i felt my nose abit pinched), but when i came out of the surgery room, dr kao told my bf that he tried his best to expand abit of my alar, but he didnt do much to my nose tip for this time, he just used septal cartilage for my nose rib, and he said after 1 year when the nose has stabalise, i can still consider for revision for the nose tip using ear cartilage. He had even corrected my nostril as i had very small nostril, now like abit bigger opening and he said that the nose tissue inside which was damanged by the previous nose job at KALO.
Hmm, just curious, which celeb's picture/pictures you showed him? Does he like have a better catalogue of before and afters in the clinic than on the website, cos the website ones not really that impressive and i'm pretty sure he's much capable of more. Interesting ar, so the reason for not touching the tip was cos of the damaged nasal tissue and if he were to do the tip at the same time, your nose might not be able to take the stress? So right now your tip has no change at all ar?
As for the pain, i was on the bed whole day after i came out of the surgery room. The sugery was from 1pm till 9pm in the night, which was an 8 hours surgery!! I didnt experiences vommiting or naeseous right after the surgery, just the sore throat pain, mouth dry, thirsty and i even feel hurgry.. hehe.
Walau.. you're very fortunate loh!! 8hrs of surgery and no after-effects of the GA, very good leh! Got strong body sia
But i felt really painful to climb up from bed as i drank too much orange juice. Some of the nurses there are okay but theres one who is really damn! Basically, the nurses will not bother you unless you press the bell for them. I was lucky that my bf was there for me whole night in the hospital room, i got discharged out from the hospital the next day evening.
Will be seeing dr kao tomorrow for the wound dressing. Its really cold in taipei now, will try to update abit when im back to sg
Im sure my new nose will definately looks better than the previous one, lets wait for few days more to remove the stitches
Haha, great to know that you're in excellent condition and most importantly, you don't have the post-op blues! We over here in SG are here giving you all our support, stay optimistic k. oh and btw how much were you charged? 100-110k region?
Hi kittygal,kittygirl8 wrote:Hi appletree,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. It really means alot as I'll be heading off next month for my rinoplasty with Dr Kao too...am feeling jittery just thinking about it!
May I check with you how come the surgery take such a long time? Is it usually that long and does the hospital provide meals and food? Is it edible??
Hope to hear from you again soon. Take care and rest well
Kitty xx
not a problem, i believe by sharing, more people will come to know about autology rhinoplasty! 
It's not a big operation lar, to the nurses and doctors, autology rhinoplasty is just a small surgery only!! 
lol...because the moment when i was being pushed to the surgery room, i keep asking the nurses will it be very painful..lol... but now you see, i still can shop around and laugh on my 5th day liao. ..but sad lar, cant stay until i remove the stitches,need to rush back, wasted the next 3 days apartment room fees somemore and have to pay extra on the changing dates for return tickets.meili_wudi wrote:hey appletree, i am doing my nose with Dr Kao next month too. U did full autologous?
Dr chuang quoted me TWD60000 for medpor chin, find it quite expensive..
He is a very patient and caringt doctor, and will did his best to give you what you want. My bf saw the stitches under my chest and he commented that dr kao is really a very skillful doctor, there isnt any blood from my chest wound at all!! 
To see a doctor skillful or not can simply see from the way he stitches up the wound. .. just be sure to stay kang ning apartment if you are going alone, as the apartment is just beside the hospital only!! They even have provide breakfast everyday! U will be fine ya.Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
