Korea Revision Rhinoplasty Booking? Photos & Cost

If a booking form with a date picker is open in another tab, read the first two sections below before you pick a date.

They cover what comes before any appointment, how long to wait after your first surgery, what moves the cost of a revision rhinoplasty in Seoul, and how many nights to plan for your stay and stitch removal. With those answered, you'll know whether you're ready to choose dates or still at the photo stage.

Hello, I'm Dr. Choi Hang-seok, Head Surgeon at TIANA Plastic Surgery in Gangnam, Seoul.

TIANA performs rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty only, including corrective nose surgery after another clinic and nasal contracture, which is often rebuilt with a rib cartilage graft. I see you one-to-one from the consultation through surgery and aftercare.

I manage the anesthesia myself, and the bone and nasal cavity are mapped with 3D-CT before the plan is set.

Most people treat the Korea revision rhinoplasty consultation booking appointment as step one. For secondary rhinoplasty (a second nose job), or any nose revision surgery after a primary rhinoplasty, step one is collecting what your previous rhinoplasty left behind, including the nasal implant or cartilage graft used.

For general background on the procedure, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has a rhinoplasty overview.

You don't need a Korea revision rhinoplasty consultation booking appointment to start. You send five photos (front, 45-degree and side) on LINE for a free photo consultation.

The reply explains the likely scope of the revision rhinoplasty on the nasal bridge and nasal tip, and how the estimate is worked out. The final plan is set after 3D-CT and an examination in Seoul.

With the photos, add the year of your first surgery and anything you were told about what was used, such as a silicone nasal implant, rib cartilage, or ear or septal cartilage.

Then ask one question: “Is it too soon for me to plan a revision?” That question is about your own timeline, so the answer is more useful to you than a general price question.

Korea revision rhinoplasty consultation booking appointment: what comes before the date

The belief I'd correct first is that booking means choosing a slot on a calendar. For a revision, the date comes last. The order runs like this:

1. You send five photos on WhatsApp: front, both 45-degree angles and both sides, in daylight, with your hair off your face.
2. The reply explains the likely scope of surgery and how the estimate is worked out.
3. In Seoul, 3D-CT and an examination set the final plan, and surgery goes ahead only once you're comfortable with that plan.

The angles are also listed on TIANA's English rhinoplasty page if you want to check them before taking the photos. Because the examination in Seoul is where the plan becomes final, put it at the start of your stay and plan the surgery after it.

The second belief is that the first message commits you to something. It doesn't. You can ask questions before booking anything.

What does a revision consultation have to answer that a first one doesn't?

A first rhinoplasty starts from untouched tissue. A revision starts from scar tissue, cartilage that may already have been taken, and skin that may have tightened around an implant. So the question isn't only “what shape do you want?” but also “what is left to build with?”

Example case (revision rhinoplasty): side view before surgery (left) and 2 weeks after (right). Procedures: revision rhinoplasty, silicone bridge implant, tip with septal and donor rib cartilage, hump reduction, osteotomy, drooping-tip correction. Results vary between individuals; swelling, bruising, asymmetry and infection are possible risks. Shared with the patient's consent.

That's why revisions involving contracture are often rebuilt with rib cartilage. When the septum has already been used, or the skin has shrunk, there isn't enough local cartilage to support the tip and lengthen the nose again. On the 3D-CT I can see how the bone sits after the first operation, which matters a lot if the bridge was cut or rasped.

When you bring a reference photo, I compare it with your anatomy and set the range that can actually be reached. In a revision that range is often narrower than in a first surgery. It's better to hear that at the first examination than after the operation.

Forums and review sites tend to judge a clinic by one finished photo. Reading Korea rhinoplasty reviews on WhatClinic before a consult covers what those threads usually leave out. And if your nose has never been operated on and the concern is a round tip, that's a first surgery: booking a bulbous tip consultation in Korea is the closer read.

When is it too early to book a revision?

Swelling after rhinoplasty takes a long time to settle fully. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons notes it can take up to a year for the nose to refine.

Many surgeons prefer to wait about a year after the last operation before revising. A shifting implant, infection or skin thinning over an implant is a different situation and needs earlier attention.

So if you're four months out and unhappy, photos are still worth sending, but before any Korea revision rhinoplasty consultation booking appointment, expect the conversation to be about timing as much as shape. If you're several years out, the scar tissue has matured and planning can be more precise.

Step	What happens
2. Reply	The reply in English explains the likely scope of surgery and how the estimate is worked out.
3. Seoul	3D-CT and an examination set the final plan and fee.
4. Surgery	You go ahead once you are comfortable with the plan.

Summary

Start with photos, the year of your first surgery and what you know was used, then ask whether it is too soon. Dates come after the Seoul examination has set the plan. More guides are collected in Korea rhinoplasty articles.

Say your hump was shaved elsewhere and the bridge now looks uneven

Say you had a hump reduction three years ago. From the side, a small bump remains near the top of the bridge. From the front, the upper bridge looks wider than before.

Here's how I'd reason through it. First: is the leftover bump bone, cartilage or scar? Then: was the bone cut and brought in the first time? A wide bony bridge can be narrowed with osteotomy, but bone that has already been cut behaves differently, and the 3D-CT shows where it healed. Even though your tip was never touched, I'd look at it too, because the bridge and tip are designed as one profile. A bridge that's been lowered can make an untouched tip look too heavy.

What I'd advise is the scope you actually need, no more and no less. If the bridge and tip both need work, it's better to know that at the examination than to find out after you've flown home that the scope wasn't enough.

Doctor's note

A plan that looks smaller and cheaper can become the expensive one if it needs another correction, because each correction means another trip to Seoul. In a revision I would rather change less, in the right places, and have it hold. My aim is a nose that blends into your face, not a second dramatic change on top of the first.

What decides the cost of a revision?

A revision is quoted for your nose, not from a menu. These are the factors that move it:

• Scope: the bridge only, or the bridge, tip and osteotomy together.
• What has to come out: an old implant that needs removing adds work.
• What it's rebuilt with: how much of your own cartilage is left and how thick your skin is. Contracture often means rib cartilage.
• Anesthesia and operating time, which follow from the scope.
• Your nights in Seoul, which follow from the surgery.

For the number in your case, send the five photos on WhatsApp and ask what your revision would likely cost. The final fee is confirmed after the examination in Seoul. If you want the factors in more depth, what sets the cost of a revision in Korea goes through them one by one.

Booking the trip: nights, hours and the deposit

Plan on 7 to 14 nights in Seoul, and at least 7. The splint and outer stitches come off around day 7 and the inner stitches around day 14. The exact timing is confirmed at surgery.

The clinic is at 108 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It's open weekdays 10:00–19:00 and Saturdays 10:00–16:00, and closed on Sundays and public holidays. If you land on a Saturday evening, your first possible visit is Monday, so count that day into your leave.

Once you're ready to book surgery, the deposit and payment method are agreed after the consultation, so put that question in the same WhatsApp thread as your dates. If you're still comparing surgeons, how revision rhinoplasty surgeons in Korea plan the trip days lays out what to ask about the days around surgery.

If you want to see how real noses changed and how many months after surgery each photo was taken, browse TIANA's rhinoplasty case gallery before your consultation.

What can go wrong with a second surgery?

Risks and side effects to know

Common temporary effects after rhinoplasty include swelling, bruising around the eyes, a blocked feeling in the nose, and a numb tip. These ease over weeks, but the last bit of swelling takes months. In a revision, scar tissue usually makes that swelling last longer than it did the first time. If rib cartilage is used, the chest donor site is sore for a while, and carved cartilage can warp slightly as it heals. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons lists breathing difficulty, an appearance you're unhappy with, and the possible need for further surgery among rhinoplasty risks. How you heal is individual, and suitability is decided at the examination.

As a general rule, you should wait or talk it through first if:

• your last nose surgery was less than about a year ago and nothing urgent is happening;
• you have an active infection, or the skin over an implant is red or thinning (this needs prompt care, not a planned cosmetic revision);
• you smoke and can't stop around surgery, since smoking slows healing;
• you're pregnant or breastfeeding;
• you take blood thinners or have a bleeding disorder.

If you fly home on day 7, you leave with a referral letter and a surgery certificate. Take both to your doctor at home if something changes. If you notice spreading redness, fever, or swelling that increases instead of easing, see a doctor locally and send photos on WhatsApp the same day.

One extra that helps a revision more than a first surgery: if you still have an old side photo from before your first operation, send it with your current five. Then ask, “Would my revision involve the bridge, the tip, or both?”

You can send the five photos and the year of your first surgery on WhatsApp today, without booking anything, and ask how many nights your revision would need. In Seoul, the first thing I look at on your 3D-CT is how much bone and septal support the first operation left. That decides what the revision can be built on.