The Line Plastic Surgery Clinic
Surgeon-owned plastic surgery clinic on Garosu-gil holding JCI accreditation, with an anaesthesiologist on site and an in-house SVF laboratory, covering liposuction, facelift and stem cell work.
In short. Stem cell work in Korean aesthetic practice usually means processing fat taken during liposuction and reinjecting its cell-rich fraction, most often to improve graft survival rather than as a treatment on its own.
- Indicative price
- 3,000,000 - 15,000,000 KRW
- Procedure time
- Combined with the harvesting procedure
- Anesthesia
- As per the accompanying procedure
- Recovery
- Follows the liposuction or grafting it accompanies
- Minimum stay in Korea
- 10-14 days
- Also known as
- Stem cell liposuction, SVF therapy, 줄기세포
The common form is autologous: fat is harvested during liposuction, the stromal vascular fraction is separated, and that concentrate is added to fat being grafted elsewhere. The claimed benefit is better graft take, since transplanted fat otherwise loses a substantial share of its volume.
Korea regulates cell therapy tightly. Products that are more than minimally manipulated require Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approval, and only a small number hold it. Same-operation processing of your own fat sits in a different regulatory category from a cultured cell product, so ask specifically which one is being proposed and under what approval.
Evidence quality varies sharply by indication. Ask what outcome the clinic expects, over what period, and what happens if it does not appear.
Clinics offering Stem Cell Therapy
Frequently asked questions
Is stem cell treatment legal in Korea?
Processing a patient's own fat during the same operation is permitted. Cultured or substantially manipulated cell products require Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approval and few hold it. Ask which category applies to what you are offered.
Does adding stem cells improve fat grafting?
Enriching a graft with the stromal vascular fraction is used to improve survival of transplanted fat, and that is its best-supported use. Claims beyond graft survival should be examined case by case.
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