Who doesn't want to be gorgeous?
I had made plans to do rhinoplasty with Dr Hong in Oct/Dec this year. In fact, I had sort of planned which weeks SO had to take leave from work and other stuff.
And then I read the news today that famous korean plastic surgeon Dr Kim is coming here to set up a clinic next year!
Yeah! I am excited. I dun have to go to Korea for plastic surgery, I can actually do it here!
I had thought of going to Korea for rhinoplasty some time back. But then the logistic failed me. I had not travelled much and was afraid of being stranded in some foreign land with cuts all over my nose. What if there were side effects or other problems after the surgery?
I had read in Dr Kim's website last year that he was not setting up shop here, so I decided to settle for the best plastic surgeon here that is suited to my price range, Dr Hong.
And now that I read that Dr Kim is coming, I decided to postpone my plans and wait for him.
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The Straits Times
09 Aug 2008
Want to look like a gorgeous Korean star?
Seoul plastic surgeon who counts celebrities and S'poreans as clients to set up clinic here
By Lee Tee Jong
SEOUL: Singaporeans keen to make themselves over to look like Korean beauties in their favourite TV dramas could soon consult a top South Korean plastic surgeon right at home.
Dr Kim Byung Gun, who counts Korean actresses, singers, politicians and two Miss Koreas as his clients, plans to set up a clinic in Singapore.
Despite the competition, he is sure he can make the cut because he already sees about 30 Singaporean patients a month at his Seoul clinic.
He has even obtained Singapore permanent residency so that he can shuttle between here and Singapore. Dr Kim, who runs one of the largest practices in the country, also has two clinics in Shanghai. His BK Dongyang Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul, which has 16 surgeons, makes more than US$30 million (S$42 million) a year.
Nine in 10 of his Singaporean clients are working women in their 20s and 30s. The others are older women.
Even though he is happy to give them what they want, his own view of Singaporean women is this: 'They have lovely body contours and their faces are nicely proportioned. They also have full protruding lips.'
Many Singaporeans see him because of the more affordable fees and the reputation of South Korea's plastic surgeons as being finely skilled at their work, better than those in Thailand and cheaper than those in Japan.
The most popular procedure for Singaporean clients is surgery to create double eyelids. It costs S$2,000, about the same as in Singapore. However, a nose job costs S$4,100, less than the S$5,300 price tag in the Republic. This is the second most-asked-for operation among Singapore clients.
A Singaporean woman who has been to his clinic told The Straits Times that she paid S$6,000 for the trip, including airfare and accommodation. The price of her sharper nose: S$4,000.
When The Straits Times visited the recuperation room in Dr Kim's eighth-storey building in downtown Seoul, two patients with distinctive Singaporean accents were speaking with him. A petite woman in her 20s peeled off a protective mask to reveal a red swollen nose fresh with implants.
Dr Kim allowed The Straits Times to watch as he performed corrective surgery on a patient whose eyelids had been damaged by another surgeon. He said he is in the midst of applying for a Singapore medical licence, and hopes to open his clinic there by next year.
The Singapore Ministry of Health stipulates that any foreign doctor who wants to practise in Singapore must first be registered with the Singapore Medical Council. The clinic must also be licensed by the ministry.
'Singapore has excellent medical infrastructure, and I can use it as a hub to attract clients from South-East Asia,' said Dr Kim.
Plastic surgeons in Singapore for the most part welcome the foreign competition that doctors like Dr Kim will pose.
'Competition is a fact of life whether it is at your doorstep or an hour's flight away,' said Dr Andrew Khoo of Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
The former president of the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons, Dr Leslie Kuek, said there was no problem as long as the foreign doctors met the criteria for practice in Singapore. He added: 'My concern is that these doctors may, for the sake of enhancing their profile, introduce new procedures which may seem fashionable but have not been scientifically proven or accepted. Patient safety should always be paramount.'
Dr Kim is a graduate of the prestigious Seoul National University Medical College. He is also a director of the Korean Association of Clinical Plastic Surgeons.
The 45-year-old has 20 years of experience operating on faces. He has given his mother a facelift, and also operated on his wife, a Supreme Court judge, but declined to reveal details.
The father of three-year-old twins and a self-confessed workaholic, he claims to put in 350 days a year, including weekends at his Shanghai clinics. 'My hobby is my work. My life revolves around plastic surgery,' he said.
Despite that busy schedule, he found time to go under the knife himself. Not quite like a Korean beauty, but his flatter forehead and more rounded cheeks are the work of a fellow surgeon.
I had made plans to do rhinoplasty with Dr Hong in Oct/Dec this year. In fact, I had sort of planned which weeks SO had to take leave from work and other stuff.
And then I read the news today that famous korean plastic surgeon Dr Kim is coming here to set up a clinic next year!
Yeah! I am excited. I dun have to go to Korea for plastic surgery, I can actually do it here!
I had thought of going to Korea for rhinoplasty some time back. But then the logistic failed me. I had not travelled much and was afraid of being stranded in some foreign land with cuts all over my nose. What if there were side effects or other problems after the surgery?
I had read in Dr Kim's website last year that he was not setting up shop here, so I decided to settle for the best plastic surgeon here that is suited to my price range, Dr Hong.
And now that I read that Dr Kim is coming, I decided to postpone my plans and wait for him.
----------------------------
The Straits Times
09 Aug 2008
Want to look like a gorgeous Korean star?
Seoul plastic surgeon who counts celebrities and S'poreans as clients to set up clinic here
By Lee Tee Jong
SEOUL: Singaporeans keen to make themselves over to look like Korean beauties in their favourite TV dramas could soon consult a top South Korean plastic surgeon right at home.
Dr Kim Byung Gun, who counts Korean actresses, singers, politicians and two Miss Koreas as his clients, plans to set up a clinic in Singapore.
Despite the competition, he is sure he can make the cut because he already sees about 30 Singaporean patients a month at his Seoul clinic.
He has even obtained Singapore permanent residency so that he can shuttle between here and Singapore. Dr Kim, who runs one of the largest practices in the country, also has two clinics in Shanghai. His BK Dongyang Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul, which has 16 surgeons, makes more than US$30 million (S$42 million) a year.
Nine in 10 of his Singaporean clients are working women in their 20s and 30s. The others are older women.
Even though he is happy to give them what they want, his own view of Singaporean women is this: 'They have lovely body contours and their faces are nicely proportioned. They also have full protruding lips.'
Many Singaporeans see him because of the more affordable fees and the reputation of South Korea's plastic surgeons as being finely skilled at their work, better than those in Thailand and cheaper than those in Japan.
The most popular procedure for Singaporean clients is surgery to create double eyelids. It costs S$2,000, about the same as in Singapore. However, a nose job costs S$4,100, less than the S$5,300 price tag in the Republic. This is the second most-asked-for operation among Singapore clients.
A Singaporean woman who has been to his clinic told The Straits Times that she paid S$6,000 for the trip, including airfare and accommodation. The price of her sharper nose: S$4,000.
When The Straits Times visited the recuperation room in Dr Kim's eighth-storey building in downtown Seoul, two patients with distinctive Singaporean accents were speaking with him. A petite woman in her 20s peeled off a protective mask to reveal a red swollen nose fresh with implants.
Dr Kim allowed The Straits Times to watch as he performed corrective surgery on a patient whose eyelids had been damaged by another surgeon. He said he is in the midst of applying for a Singapore medical licence, and hopes to open his clinic there by next year.
The Singapore Ministry of Health stipulates that any foreign doctor who wants to practise in Singapore must first be registered with the Singapore Medical Council. The clinic must also be licensed by the ministry.
'Singapore has excellent medical infrastructure, and I can use it as a hub to attract clients from South-East Asia,' said Dr Kim.
Plastic surgeons in Singapore for the most part welcome the foreign competition that doctors like Dr Kim will pose.
'Competition is a fact of life whether it is at your doorstep or an hour's flight away,' said Dr Andrew Khoo of Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
The former president of the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons, Dr Leslie Kuek, said there was no problem as long as the foreign doctors met the criteria for practice in Singapore. He added: 'My concern is that these doctors may, for the sake of enhancing their profile, introduce new procedures which may seem fashionable but have not been scientifically proven or accepted. Patient safety should always be paramount.'
Dr Kim is a graduate of the prestigious Seoul National University Medical College. He is also a director of the Korean Association of Clinical Plastic Surgeons.
The 45-year-old has 20 years of experience operating on faces. He has given his mother a facelift, and also operated on his wife, a Supreme Court judge, but declined to reveal details.
The father of three-year-old twins and a self-confessed workaholic, he claims to put in 350 days a year, including weekends at his Shanghai clinics. 'My hobby is my work. My life revolves around plastic surgery,' he said.
Despite that busy schedule, he found time to go under the knife himself. Not quite like a Korean beauty, but his flatter forehead and more rounded cheeks are the work of a fellow surgeon.
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