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Why Experience Matters When Choosing a Surgical Clinic

Author : Dr. Dong-won ByunMay 18, 2026 at 03:18 PM 31

Truman Customer Story Column

- Gwangju Branch -

Choosing a clinic for a surgery that will affect
your appearance is never easy.

Search online and countless clinics appear, each with a different price.
Many people feel lost about what criteria should guide their decision.

I believe the most important criterion of all is accumulated experience.

Why Does Case Volume Matter?

A high number of surgeries is not just a statistic. It means exposure to a wide range of cases.

The know-how built from countless patients — different body types, different tissue conditions, different recovery courses.
That is the foundation of consistent results.

Minimal scarring, a natural finish, recovery without indentation. Results like these don't happen by chance.
They come from repeated experience and the expertise built along the way.

How Should You Think About Cost?

If a surgery is priced unusually low, it's worth pausing to ask why.
On the other hand, a high price is no guarantee of a good result.

Choosing an experienced medical team at a reasonable cost — that is the wisest standard of all.

During Surgery, and During Recovery

Pain and recovery are what patients worry about most before surgery. If you follow the aftercare guidelines we provide, most patients return to daily life without significant discomfort during recovery.

Trusting and following your medical team's guidance — that partnership is what creates a good result.

Confidence doesn't come from a change in appearance alone.
Being able to comfortably face the situations you avoided for so long — that feeling is what changes daily life.

“To Those Coming to Trueman in Gwangju”

Some patients travel a long way to see us. That's how carefully they've thought this through.

We believe answering that trust with results is our role.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Dong-won Byun

Chonnam National University Medical School · Extensive Clinical Experience

# Honam's Trusted Specialist# Easy Communication# Extensive Clinical Experience

Key Background

· M.D., Chonnam National University Medical School
· Department Head, Suncheon Medical Center

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"A dependable medical partner in the Honam region — extensive clinical experience. I meet men's concerns like a neighbour and address them with the expertise built in university hospital practice."

"The tension should be gone the moment you open the consulting-room door. Drawing on wide clinical experience, I make a space of trust where a patient can speak about their concern most comfortably and leave with a clear answer."

· Department Head, Yeocheon Jeonnam Hospital, Yeosu
· Member, Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA)
· Member, Korean Society of Obesity and Body Contouring
· Member, International Society of Obesity and Body Contouring

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