Revealing everything , “P’Nu Maem Suriwipa” shared her experience of undergoing facial rejuvenation surgery in Korea at the age of 58. It was a major decision, a nearly complete facelift, with an emphasis on safety and naturalness. Even though she had post-surgery hematoma due to high blood pressure, the results were satisfactory, clearly more beautiful and younger. Everyone who saw it exclaimed “wow” on the program WOODY INTERVIEW.
beginning ?
Phi Nu Maem: I messaged you, Ae, that I wanted to rejuvenate myself. I happened to see a clip that you often post. Actually, to do something about transformation or surgery or anything, we all have to research. Phi Nu Maem is one of them. One day, we will have a version of ourselves in mind, but we just feel that when that time will come. We live in a safe zone, in Thailand, one day, we are just waiting for the right day. But since the innovations and changes in the medical industry in various surgical procedures in Korea are quite big and have gone very far, we often see it in the media and we go to look. We heard something that Ae said in a clip that plastic surgery actually involves both transformation and rejuvenation. When I heard the word rejuvenation, I immediately marked it as a warning that I had to talk to this person. That’s how I DM’d you. Phi Nu Maem’s challenge was to create a rejuvenated version of myself, but without looking too taut, too young, and too strange. “Don’t change me,” I emphasized it over and over.
How old were you when you did it?
Phi Nu Maem: I did it when I was 57. This is when I was 57-58, so it kind of overlaps. I’m very late. I still regret that I didn’t think of it when I was 40. Phi Nu Maem feels that starting early gives you an advantage. Starting early is beautiful first. I’m very beautiful because my weight is starting to come off. Because we received orders from the doctor that you have to lose weight. You have to lose weight.
From a facial doctor?
Phi Nu Maem: Yes, because the doctor said, “Look here and there, okay here and there. If you want to be wowed, you have to lose weight.” I didn’t think about it at all. I mean, I didn’t have anything in my mind. I just told myself I had to go back and lose weight.
Why does Inspire reach the weight loss stage?
Phi Nu Maem : If you’re going to change, why change to the same person? You have to change to someone who’s wowed. Because the doctor said the word wow that day, the doctor said, but he didn’t really take it seriously. I sat at home thinking, “It has to be wowed. If we’re going to change, it has to be more than just surgery and then our faces look beautiful.” I felt that if it’s going to be wowed, it has to create a little bit of a ripple effect. So I felt, ‘Okay, this is my homework. I have to do it.’ It’s not like the doctor can only help you. You have to help the doctor too. Why can’t we do it? I came back and took care of myself.
Every day, I imagine that I will get a facelift?
Phi Nu Maem: Yes, I think about when my weight goes down and I’m happy, then I’ll be ready.
Will Bobby do it?
Phi Nu Maem: Phi Bobby was scared. Even when we went, he wouldn’t go with us. He was afraid he’d see the wound. Phi Bobby didn’t go. He went with his assistant. We called each other every day, talked via FaceTime. He put the camera up on the ceiling of the hotel because he couldn’t let me show him my face. He said no, he wouldn’t look. He was probably afraid it would hurt or something.
What are the reactions from friends or people close to him?
Phi Nu Maem: He wants to see the wound first, to see if there’s a scar. I don’t know why everyone has to run to check the side of the ear first, because it depends on each person’s skin.
What does Nu Maem do?
Khun Ae: Lower blepharoplasty. One of the challenges with Noo Maem’s case is that she’s a Caucasian. Her face is indeed wrinkled and saggy, but what makes her unique is that she has triangular skin under her eyes, as thin as crumpled wax paper. This is very difficult. While the doctor may cut the skin under her eyes, if too much is cut, the lower eyelids will break. Therefore, when it comes to lower blepharoplasty, the doctor will first look at the underlying tissue to see how much can be cut without causing the lower eyelids to break down. This limits the scope. However, due to the quality of the skin, a facelift for someone whose collagen and skin still look good will result in a more beautiful result than for someone who is already very wrinkled. Furthermore, for someone who has never had filler injections, the results from a facelift are much better. Therefore, for Noo Maem, the doctor wasn’t concerned about her face at all, as it’s a very normal form of rejuvenation. However, she was more concerned about her under-eye area. Because the doctor knows that even if the doctor cuts the skin under the eyes, the wrinkles here will not disappear 100%. It might improve by 50%. Once it improves, we will have to use skin injections and various treatments to help heal the skin under the eyes and make it better.
So what next?
Khun Ae: Under the eyes, then there’s a facelift and a necklift. But before the facelift, Nu Maem had sagging buccal fat, so it was removed. This was done at the same time as the facelift and necklift. The advantage of removing the buccal fat while doing a facelift is that Nu Maem doesn’t have to have any wounds inside her mouth. Next is the incision to remove the double chin. After the incision, the doctor will lift and tighten the muscles under her chin, using a similar technique to a facelift. Next is the stem cell fat injection. When we have a facelift and our face is flat, stem cell fat will be added. The most commonly injected areas vary from person to person, but the most common areas are the forehead, temples, under the eyes, the Indian line, and the cheeks. Finally, there’s the hospital’s skin treatment.
But what’s important is safety?
Phi Nu Maem: At first, when I talked to her, “Ae, will you be safe?” I wanted the utmost safety. I could charge you however much I wanted. I wanted to be safe. Ae then explained the procedure to me, and it gradually gave me more confidence. Because I’m old and have high blood pressure, I asked to rest the night before the procedure and then do it the next day. The next day, I did it late, with an appointment around 10:00. I got a day off, went out, ate delicious food, and was stunned. The next day, when I went into the operating room, I had no questions left. I walked into the operating room with peace of mind. The anesthesiologist asked to open my wound twice because my blood pressure was rising. Let me explain. He asked to anesthetize me a second time, and I even told him to go ahead.
Khun Ae: The medical team, anesthesia team, nursing team, and all staff members truly care about patients. Safety and surgical standards must come first. The doctor truly cares about the patients. Everyone will see the doctor come down to visit at night.
What should he check?
Khun Ae: Check for swelling, blood clots, like in P’Nu Maem’s case from the beginning when Ae interviewed P’Nu Maem and posted a clip before the surgery on air to let everyone know before the surgery. Ae said that P’Nu Maem’s case had the right to open the wound and drain the blood clots from experience with patients with high blood pressure. P’Nu Maem’s was very high, 200. When the blood pressure is about to rise, when taking medicine to control it, how much will it remain?
Sister Nu Maem: 140
Ae: Because P’Nu Maem always took medication, took it until she went into the operating room. But for people with high blood pressure, when they had surgery, I’ve seen many of them. Out of nowhere, it would go up without any warning. The body had to respond. It had already responded. Normally, after surgery, they wouldn’t bring the patient up to the ward. The person who had the surgery had to lie next to the operating room, with an anesthesiologist and nurses watching over them. At first, P’Nu Maem was completely normal. She was wheeled to the recovery room next to the room. She was about to be released. It was almost finished when suddenly her blood pressure shot up to 200. Her face swelled up again on one side, the left side. The doctor saw it. We went back into the operating room again, wheeled her in, gave her another blood draw, and put her under another sedation. It was just a sleeping pill, not anesthesia. We informed P’Nu Maem, who already knew that her blood pressure had gone up and she had blood clot. We had a second blood draw, so the only side that was drawn was the left side. It was much more swollen than the right. It’s 100% certain that both sides of her face were completely different. And indeed, the next day, her right eye was able to open. The left eye cannot open.
Phi Nu Maem: The interpreter is very important to our minds. Actually, we are Thai. One of the comforts is that the interpreter will explain until we fall asleep. The doctor will do this and that. Luckily, we had a preliminary discussion with Ae before doing it. We had a plan about how to proceed. When we got there, it made us not worried.
