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Medical specialties in Korea
10 specialties covering 37 procedures at 491 listed clinics. Each specialty page explains how that field is organised in Korea and what qualification to check before booking.
10 specialties covering 37 procedures at 491 listed clinics. Each specialty page explains how that field is organised in Korea and what qualification to check before booking.
Korea performs more cosmetic procedures per capita than any other country, and most international patients are treated in a dense cluster of clinics around Apgujeong and Gangnam in Seoul.
42 clinics · 7 procedures
Korean dermatology clinics run high volumes of device-based treatment, which means newer lasers and injectables reach the market years before they are widely available elsewhere.
67 clinics · 6 procedures
Dental implants and orthodontics are the two treatments that bring most international patients to Korean dental clinics, and both cost substantially less than in North America while using the same implant systems.
65 clinics · 4 procedures
Vision correction surgery is one of the highest-volume elective procedures in Korea, and the full range of laser and lens-based options is available at prices well below Western markets.
56 clinics · 4 procedures
Korean orthopedic and spine centers combine high surgical volume with same-week MRI access, which is the practical reason many international patients come for a diagnosis rather than a specific operation.
60 clinics · 4 procedures
Korean hair transplant clinics are known for high graft counts per session and for non-shaven techniques that let patients return to work quickly, at roughly half to a third of US pricing.
25 clinics · 3 procedures
Korean fertility centers run some of the highest IVF cycle volumes in Asia, and treatment is available to international patients at roughly a third to a half of US cost per cycle.
57 clinics · 3 procedures
Comprehensive health screening is the single most common reason international patients visit Korean hospitals, because a package that would take weeks of referrals elsewhere is completed in one day.
58 clinics · 2 procedures
Korean medicine is a separate licensed profession with its own six-year university training and national examination, practised in dedicated clinics alongside the conventional medical system.
61 clinics · 2 procedures
Around twenty large Korean hospitals operate dedicated international healthcare centers with English-speaking coordinators, direct insurance billing and interpretation in several languages.
0 clinics · 2 procedures
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: Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea https://www.mohw.go.kr/eng/