Why Korea?

For the people that know I'm planning to get surgery the most common question is why I want to get such major surgery done in another country, a non English speaking one at that. I mean...it does sound kind of insane at first but if you're familiar with the internet it shouldn't be that far-fetched honestly. Before and after shots from various clinics have become quite renowned on the internet, especially thanks to popular blogs like kpsurgery. Last summer pictures of women competing for Miss Korea 2013 also went viral. Then of course the hallyu wave. Anyone familiar with that should know what most stars looked like "pre-debut", the wonders of puberty and lymph nodes amirite? This leads to my main reason

1) Korean surgeons are plastic connoisseurs

I mean...

The transformations they do are just incredible. With that being said though any foreigner considering getting stuff done in Korea obviously still has to do tons of in-depth research. For every amazing clinic and doctor there's ten sketchy ones and of course horror stories to go with them. It almost took me a year to settle on a clinic, and I still have a couple backups. I'll probably do a post on that later but I'm just putting it out there!! I'm not that delusional (yet) 

Korean surgeons also have a certain aesthetic that I find appealing that's quite difficult to find anywhere else. When I first started doing research on plastic surgery I started with local surgeons but I wasn't really a fan of their work. The prices I got during consolations were pretty insane too which leads me to my second reason

2) MONEY

As a poor student with only a part-time job obviously money is a pretty big issue. For all the procedures I want it would cost roughly $12k-$15k if I were to get them done at home. A rhinoplasty in Toronto generally costs upwards of $5k-$10k, for my rhinoplasty I want to get an alar reduction and tiplasty. When I did consultations I got quoted  $7k, $7.4k and $8.1k from three different doctors. In Korea the general price for those procedures cost 2-3 million won which converts to $2-$3.1k, and that's only the beginning. In a future post I'll go more in dept for all stuff I want to get done.

Even when you incorporate airfare, a place to stay, and shopping you're still saving money. This doesn't even include possible discounts you can get from Korean clinics for getting multiple procedures done at once or paying in cash, which gets you at least 10% off.  I'm not about the pay double or triple the amount of money for surgery when I can get the same top of the line work done in Korea. 

3) Vacation 

I've never visited a country outside of North America before. Even though Korea isn't at the top of my dream destinations it's still a country I really want to visit. I'm almost just as excited to stalk T-ara  explore Seoul than get the surgery itself. Food and shopping...I'm so ready