South Korea has seen some massive interest in LL in the past 3 years with hundreds or even thousands of people doing LL every year, but even 5 years ago nobody seem to have known there was a surgery for increasing their height. For example let's see the next available surgery date for the "big 3" surgeons in Korea:
Dr. Lee Dong Hoon: Probably everyone knows him since he has a huge social media presence. There's no exact number but he probably has done 1000s of cosmetic LL surgeries. His next available LL surgery is 5/1/2024 ( yes he has 2 years worth of LL already scheduled ), but if you look at his personal forum 3 years ago his average wait time would have been few months.
Dr. Lim Chang Moo: He has done over 3,900 cosmetic limb lengthening surgery and considered the most experienced in Korea. He is considered to be the 2nd choice for South Koreans before Dr. Lee. His next available appointment is December 2022 ( 6-7 months wait time ). His past patients describe his hospital a LL factory because he does a lot of surgery ( one source says 2-3 per surgery day ).
Dr. Ju Hwan Chung: He's the least popular of the three but he has lot of cases under his belt ( near 1000 probably ). He's most notable for having special events and discounts. His wait time is about the same as Dr. Lim.
There are lot of other unnamed clinics that do LL as well, but they are not very known and don't really specialize in cosmetic LL surgery. In fact the only known case of death after cosmetic LL in Korea was from a hospital that didn't specialize in LL and didn't treat the patient with the standard DVT prevention protocols.
Has your country seen a massive uptick of LL interest?
Only korea is this f***ed up. There is a serious problem in that country regarding the importance of appearence
True, but still even outside of Korea places like Japan and China seem to be have a significantly increasing LLers. There's a lot of JP LL bloggers in twitter ( many going as groups to do quad lengthening at Turkey/Armenia ). China not many diaries since cosmetic LL is banned in China but I hear they mostly go to Turkey/Korea/NA.
It's in our best interests to keep awareness low by ensuring that misinformation stays high.
There's only so many doctors and with such strong increasing demand I'm afraid prices are going to shoot through the roof.
Quote from: JamesBrown on May 10, 2022, 07:56:10 PMIt's in our best interests to keep awareness low by ensuring that misinformation stays high.
There's only so many doctors and with such strong increasing demand I'm afraid prices are going to shoot through the roof.
I am in Toronto..Are you planning to do the surgery with Dr Marie?
Quote from: Realistic on May 11, 2022, 02:07:51 PMI am in Toronto..Are you planning to do the surgery with Dr Marie?
out of curiosity, is LL well known in Canada? Are there hospitals that offer LL surgery in Canada? I know America has some.
Quote from: ilovescience on May 11, 2022, 02:26:00 PMout of curiosity, is LL well known in Canada? Are there hospitals that offer LL surgery in Canada? I know America has some.
Yes..But only Dr Marie does cosmetic LL
At least in its western part, CLL in Europe is still unheard of by most people.
Could you post links to the website of the last two Korean doctors,sir? Do they accept foreign patients?
Quote from: sprit33 on May 12, 2022, 03:18:34 AMCould you post links to the website of the last two Korean doctors,sir? Do they accept foreign patients?
http://www.dary.co.kr/ <--- Dr. Lim who has 3900+ confirmed cosmetic LL surgery
https://limblengtheningsurgery.org/surgery-cost/ <-- Dr. Ju
I am pretty sure Dr. Ju accept foreign patients since that's his official foreigner website, but I am not sure about Dr. Lim ( I am pretty sure he does too ).
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