u/Outrageous_Gain_1700

Hey guys, I’m living in Korea and trying to figure out what to do for Chuseok. The holiday is Thursday to Sunday, and I’m planning to take Thursday off to make it a decent 3-4 day trip for Fri-Sat-Sun.

I totally want to skip Japan since I've been there a million times already, and I've also already hit up Singapore, China, and Bali before.

Since I'm working with a pretty tight window and don't want to waste half my trip flying, where's actually good right now? Would love to hear some recommendations for a quick getaway from Incheon that isn't super basic or too far away.

Thanks in advance!!

Has anyone had anything similar happen after facial laser hair removal?

About 2 weeks ago i got ulthera and facial laser hair removal at a cosmetic clinic. The weather in korea was crazy hot around that time, so i was wearing sunglasses a lot and honestly didnt really notice anything with my eyes.

Then around 4 days later, i suddenly started seeing something like a floater in one eye. Its toward the outer side of my vision. Its hard to describe but it looks kind of like a tiny piece of transparent cracked glass floating around? Sometimes it looks a little dark/black. It moves whenever i move my eye.

I went to the eye doctor and they put drops in to dilate my pupils and checked everything. I had myopia before and had lasik a long time ago, and the doctor said something about the vitreous in my eye being separated from the back of the eye because of the length/shape of my eye, which can cause this kind of thing? I honestly didnt fully understand what they meant lol. They also checked for bleeding because that would be more concerning, but there was no bleeding. The doctor said it might become less noticeable or could eventually go away on its own, so for now i was told not to worry too much about it.

Im not really worried about the ulthera, but i keep wondering if the laser hair removal had anything to do with it. I also had the area right underneath my eyebrows done, so the laser was really close to my eyes. They didnt put anything over my eyes or use any special eye protection, they just told me to close my eyes while doing it.

I get facial hair removal pretty often because i hate dealing with my eyebrows, so now im wondering if i should stop getting that area done if theres any chance the laser could have affected my eye.

Has anyone had anything similar happen after facial/eyebrow laser hair removal? Id especially like to hear from anyone who had floaters afterward and what their eye doctor said.

Im not saying the laser definitely caused it. I just want to know if theres any possibility it could be related, because if there is i obviously dont want to keep doing it. chatgpt says the chance of the laser being related is very low, but i know chatgpt isnt always right lol, so id rather hear from people who have actually experienced something similar.

Maybe I'm crazy, but does anyone else feel like a lot of services in Myeongdong are massively overpriced compared to literally a few blocks away?

I've been looking into hair loss treatments and head spas recently, so Instagram keeps showing me ads. Since I use Instagram in English, almost all the ads I get are from places in Myeongdong targeting foreigners. A lot of them are charging 150,000–200,000 KRW for a head spa.

Then I asked a Korean friend about it, and they were like, "Why would you go to Myeongdong for that?" Apparently if you go a little outside the tourist area, around Euljiro, City Hall station, etc., you can find similar scalp care clinics and head spas for like 50,000–100,000 KRW, especially for first-time visitors. That's what made me start wondering if some of these places are just pricing things higher because they know tourists don't know the local market.

I'm not saying every business there is a scam. But it definitely feels like some clinics and shops assume foreign visitors won't know Korean, won't know the normal prices, and won't realize the same service is available 10 minutes away for much less. Sure, having English-speaking staff is valuable, and I don't expect businesses to provide English support for free, but sometimes the price difference seems way bigger than what you'd expect just from language support.

Personally, whenever I travel, I try to avoid the main tourist zones for exactly this reason. Usually if you walk a little farther, you find places that locals actually use, the prices are better, it's less crowded, and the experience is honestly more enjoyable. Am I missing something here, or is Myeongdong basically operating on tourist pricing for a lot of these services?