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Plastic Surgery

Seoul Lipo Center

서울리포센터 · Sinsa, Seoul · Since 2007

Seoul Lipo Center, Plastic Surgery in Sinsa
Summary. Korea's longest-running liposuction-only clinic, operating since 2007 with more than 80,000 cases, covering thirteen body areas and revision of work done elsewhere.

Seoul Lipo Center does one operation. It has run since 2007, which makes it the longest continuously operating liposuction-only practice in Korea, and reports more than 80,000 cases. Nothing else is offered here: no eyelids, no nose, no injectables.

That focus shows in how the service is divided. Thirteen areas are treated separately rather than sold as packages - abdomen, full body, arms, thighs, flanks, double chin, neck, knees, calves, male chest, back, pubic area and revision. Calf reduction in particular is a technique the practice developed and published on, and it is not routinely offered elsewhere.

Revision is the harder half of the work and the reason many patients arrive. Correcting unevenness, adhesions or under-treatment from a previous operation demands a different approach from primary liposuction, because the tissue plane has already been disturbed. Few clinics in Seoul take revision on at volume; this one treats it as a named service.

Procedures are performed without an inpatient stay, and a board-certified anaesthesiologist attends rather than the operating surgeon administering sedation. Coordination is available in English, Chinese and Japanese.

Seoul Lipo Center shares its address and surgical team with The Line Plastic Surgery, so treat the two as one provider when comparing quotes. If you want liposuction alongside other surgery, the enquiry belongs with The Line; if liposuction is the whole reason for the trip, it belongs here.

What this clinic states

  • Liposuction only, no other surgical service
  • Consultation in English, Chinese and Japanese
  • Longest continuously operating liposuction-only clinic in Korea
  • Operating since 2007, more than 80,000 cases
  • Thirteen body areas treated as separate procedures
  • Revision liposuction after surgery done elsewhere
  • Calf reduction technique developed and published by the practice
  • No inpatient stay required
  • Board-certified anaesthesiologist attends
  • Also within reach of Apgujeong and Gangnam

Doctors

Dr. Jaeho Cho, MD, PhD - Co-DirectorBoard-certified general surgeon, liposuction and stem cell technique.
Dr. Yoosuk Chung, MD - Co-DirectorBoard-certified plastic surgeon.

Procedures

Verification

Liposuction onlyRevision liposuctionNo inpatient stayAnaesthesiologist on site

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Further reading

Source: Kanapathy M, Pacifico M, Yassin AM, Bollen E, Mosahebi A. "Safety of Large-Volume Liposuction in Aesthetic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjaa338