Find clinics and hospitals in Korea using Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service registry data. Plastic surgery, dermatology, dentistry, eye surgery, orthopedics and more, with how many board-certified specialists each clinic actually has, what it treats, and what public reviews say.
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Board-certified specialist counts, physician counts, registered address and opening year for every clinic listed.
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Recurring themes across public patient reviews, summarised into six categories. Individual reviews are not reproduced.
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Every specialty page lists the procedures under it and the clinics that perform them.
Board-certified plastic surgeons in Seoul and beyond
42 clinics · 7 procedures
Laser, injectable and medical skin treatment
67 clinics · 6 procedures
Implants, orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry
65 clinics · 4 procedures
LASIK, SMILE, ICL and cataract surgery
56 clinics · 4 procedures
Joint, spine and sports injury treatment
60 clinics · 4 procedures
FUE, FUT and non-surgical hair loss treatment
25 clinics · 3 procedures
Women's health, IVF and fertility preservation
57 clinics · 3 procedures
Comprehensive medical checkup programmes
58 clinics · 2 procedures
Licensed traditional Korean medicine clinics
61 clinics · 2 procedures
Hospitals with dedicated foreign patient services
0 clinics · 2 procedures
Indicative price in KRW, recovery time, and the number of days you have to stay in Korea before you can fly. The stay is set by the mandatory follow-up appointment, not by how quickly you feel well.
Liposuction removes localized fat deposits through small cannula incisions, and in Korea it is c...
2,500,000 - 9,000,000 KRW · stay 10 days
A facelift repositions the sagging SMAS layer and removes excess skin, and unlike thread or devi...
8,000,000 - 20,000,000 KRW · stay 14 days
Stem cell work in Korean aesthetic practice usually means processing fat taken during liposuctio...
3,000,000 - 15,000,000 KRW · stay 10-14 days
Double eyelid surgery creates a crease in the upper eyelid, using either an incisional method th...
1,200,000 - 3,500,000 KRW · stay 7 days
Rhinoplasty in Korea most often combines a bridge implant with tip work using the patient's own ...
3,000,000 - 8,000,000 KRW · stay 10 days
Facial contouring reshapes the jaw, chin and cheekbones through incisions inside the mouth, and ...
6,000,000 - 15,000,000 KRW · stay 14 days
Where the clinics actually are. Seoul is shown district by district, since almost all international treatment happens inside a handful of them.
The practical questions every international patient asks first. What to verify before you pay a deposit, what treatment actually costs, and how long you have to stay in Korea before you can fly home.
The length of your trip is set by the mandatory follow-up interval, not by how quickly you feel well, and flying too early raises the risk of swelling, bleeding and thrombosis.
Foreign patients without Korean national health insurance pay the full private rate, which is still typically 30 to 70 percent below US pricing for the same procedure, and card payment is accepted almost everywhere.
Processing your own fat during the same operation is permitted as a medical procedure. Cultured or donor-derived cell products are regulated as drugs and need Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approval, which very few hold.
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The length of your trip is set by the mandatory follow-up interval, not by how quickly you feel well, and flying too early raises the risk of swelling, bleeding and thrombosis.
Foreign patients without Korean national health insurance pay the full private rate, which is still typically 30 to 70 percent below US pricing for the same procedure, and card payment is accepted almost everywhere.
Source: National Health Insurance Service, coverage for foreign residents https://www.nhis.or.kr/english/index.do