r/SeoulPlasticSurgery

Hiiii everyone 💗

I’ve noticed that many people get excited after an online consultation and pay a deposit before checking the small details, so here’s a little checklist that may save you a lot of stress later!

Before sending any money, ask:

1. Which surgeon will actually perform my surgery? - ask and make sure the appointed surgeon will perform your surgery
2. Will I meet the surgeon before surgery day? - Since most of you are abroad, you can't see the doctor unless it's through a video call which most of them are reluctant to do. However, make sure that the clinic tells you that you will see the surgeon for a consultation before the surgery day and on the surgery day to design your face.
3. Is the deposit refundable or transferable? - MUST check the clinic's refund policy so you can take any legal actions in case they ghost you. I'd consider paypal a safe option as the clinic usually pay the transaction fee, and most Korean clinics don't have a direct SWIFT code. Paypal is okay.
4. What happens if I need to cancel or change my dates? - This is why I recommend that you don't book the surgery and pay deposit until you are 90% sure about the dates. If your surgery is months away, it's possible you won't be available then or have to change the dates. So please make sure you check in with the clinic regarding this cancellation or dates changing policy.
5. Does the quoted price include anesthesia, medication, and follow-ups? - Learn what's included! Ask this beforehand so you don't get overcharged with everything else once you are here in Korea.
6. Who will administer the anesthesia, and will they stay throughout the surgery? - I personally asked this to the clinic for my surgery. What kind of aesthesia they will use and if the anesthesiologist will stay monitoring my surgery! It is rare for a lot of clinics to have an anesthesiologist so keep that in mind.
7. How many post-op checkups are included? - usually clinics don't want to bother taking you in for post op checkups unless you have some side effects or going for post op care therapies etc. Also, not all clinics have you remove your sutures by the surgeon who did your surgery. These are things you need to ask and request.
8. What is the clinic’s revision policy? - very important, unless it's seriously botched, for minor asymmetry or side effects caused by yourselves/ your specific anatomy the clinic cannot refund or refund you. There are many cases where it's hard to tell whether it's the clinic's fault so I'd recommend going to the right doctor so you wouldn't have the need for revision surgery in the first place!
9. Who should I contact after hours if something feels wrong? - this is why I think having a concierge is the best idea as some of them have 24h standby service, but if this is not your case check with the clinic. In most cases you have to wait until the morning after to immediately see the doctor for any complications.
10. Will I receive the full treatment plan and price in writing? - ask what is included, make sure the price is right and how much is due before and after you pay the deposit.

Also, please don’t feel pressured by phrases like "discount only if you book today or this month” or “the surgeon’s schedule is almost full so book asap” A reputable clinic should give you enough time to understand the procedure, compare options, and make a calm decision.

Deposits are 100% normal, but safety & clarity should always be first. You’re not being difficult by asking these questions if the clinics take you seriously since you are going in for a life lasting surgeries at high prices. You’re just being responsible with your face, body, health, and money 🫶

Be safe and best of luck babies!

I’m helping my boyfriend narrow down the clinics for his lower bleph and wanted to see if others have input on pricing as I feel like we are getting quoted higher when using a concierge service.
Right now we are looking at ROI and Sketch. We were quoted by the concierge that Sketch would be ₩4,330,000–₩5,110,000 KRW
Approximately US$2,885–3,405 for lower bleph.

Hi. So originally I was booked with Dr Kim because Dr Choi was on vacation. When I tried canceling they said Dr Choi is now not on vacation and can do my surgery.
I would be happy to have Dr Choi do my surgery but I’m worried, will they trick me and it’ll be Dr Kim doing the surgery instead?
Thank you

Any clinic recommendations for hairline lowering surgery? I haven’t really seen much reviews on this procedure on this sub but I’m interested in getting this done.

Considering getting Potenza (with exosomes) + facial fat dissolving injections a few days apart, is there any dangers/downsides to doing these procedures so close together?

Got Re2O on my cheeks and I feel like it helped with my hollowness too. I wonder if it has good enough effect where it can replace filler or collagen stimulator?

Hi all,

I know there is a lot of discourse at the moment about the results patients are getting with Dr Kim.

That aside, I am booked in with Dr Choi in August and have been closely following the posts on Google reviews, reddit, purse forum and unni.

Can you please let me know if you have done DES with Dr Choi and whether you are satisfied with your results? Am also keen to hear from anyone who feels "botched".

Thank you!

I just had my online consultation and I wanted to gather my thoughts as well as get some insight. I thought they were pretty professional and replied promptly to each of my messages. I heard that usually they push Dr Kim onto patients, so I was a bit surprised to see they recommended Dr Choi. I was even more surprised at the price:

-Incisional double eyelid surgery 2,600,000 KRW
-Ptosis correction 800,000 KRW
-Medial epicanthoplasty 800,000 KRW

Total cost 4.2 million KRW (Tax excluded)

I was prepared to spend even triple as much as that. Is that considered the normal price?

Of course, they also offered the 20% discount for reviews, which I will probably take up.

My worries are as follows:

-The person operating is not Dr Choi and I have no way of knowing since I'm not sure whether I'll be alone or accompanied (more likely the latter)
-Since I plan to go during early-mid august, I'm worried the booking will be full.

I most definitely should check out other clinics, but I'm not sure which. I'm looking for a specific, slightly western style and I don't know if there are many places that do that over the preferred soft and subtle kind. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone!!

I’ve officially booked my dates to Korea! I’m Canadian-Vietnamese and I’ll be travelling solo from July 21-August 4. I was wondering if anyone else will be travelling to Korea alone during this time and maybe we can meet up before our surgeries or something 💕

I’ll be attending my in person consultations on July 23rd!

Edit: I should mention I’m getting a rhinoplasty and breast augmentation :)

Hi! I recently had a bunch of procedures done, including:
- Revision upper eyelid surgery with high fold correction and a fat graft to my upper eyelids
- Under eye fat repositioning and fat grafting
- Full facial fat grafting

I am having severe facial edema and bloat and I look severely distorted right now. My forehead is the side of a balloon and the skin around my eyes are swollen so badly that I can’t even open them to full capacity. I also can’t lift my eyebrows at all.

Can someone please share their fat grafting experience and how long it will take to look and feel normal again? Any pictures as you healed would be so helpful.

Thank you <3

I'm scheduling multiple in-person consultation at several clinics to maximize my time in Seoul. Some clinic accepts CT scan data from other clinic, some don't.

Is it safe to do multiple CT scan in one day? In my case, it's 4 clinic per day in 2 days.

Hello everyone ,
I was wondering if anyone had paid for their surgery with a credit card and that payment went through fully? I would like to pay with my credit card and have contacted my credit card company to and asked if there was a daily spending limit on my card and if I were to pay for surgery if the patient would go through (they said payment should be able to go through and to call them if it doesn’t). My surgery will cost around 21k dollars and I was planning on paying 15k with my credit (travel rewards) card and the rest in cash. I was wondering if anyone had paid for their surgery fully with a credit card and if they’ve had any issues?🥹

i had a consult with ARC recently and honestly out of the 4 clinics i consulted, ARC is the one i would never ever entrust my face to.

interior of the clinic was not like a clinic at all: pebbled floors, huge bright LED screen that gave me a headache at the waiting area

Doctor showed photos of other patients (possibly without consent.) Flashed someones privates on the screen to everyone in the room while looking for pictures. There was like a gallery of the pictures they took of patients and i saw my own pictures in that gallery

They have an insane starting price of 3.5 million krw and every procedure is a 700k to 3million on top of that starting price. the other clinics i visited did not have this insane ‘starting price’

The Doctor was very pushy with procedures. i initially only asked for 1 or 2 procedures and we ended up with 7 more. He was very very persistent with it despite me turning him down multiple times. And its not even to achieve the results that i want, he brought up features i didnt even have issues with in the first place like suggesting to shave down my hump when i initially did not have any concerns about my nose bridge at all

The cherry on top was when they told me we would not have to pay for surgery tax if we paid in cash…. which is probably illegal? since the recent law stated foreigners also have to pay for medical tax

i hope anyone who is planning to get things done at arc will think carefully about choosing this clinic. i really do not think they can be trusted. They also have a consultation fee of 55k krw while other clinics i visited were free (VN, BT, Eight)

edit: to the ones saying the paying in cash to exclude tax is normal, it is not. clinics are required to report their income to the government. by paying in cash AND saying no tax will be charged, it is highly likely that the clinic is not reporting their cash income to reduce their tax liability which is illegal. but i dunno its up to yourselves to decide which clinic to trust your face to.

I know it’s most likely swelling, even though my brain keeps telling me it isn’t.

I had a revision rhinoplasty about two weeks ago. I previously had a Gore-Tex implant, but I had it removed and replaced with rib cartilage. I specifically asked my surgeon for a very natural result. He also lifted my tip a bit, but nothing else was really changed (no alar base reduction or anything like that, but lifting the tip would slim the nose a bit.

What’s frustrating is that I asked for a natural result and I got one, yet now I’m worried it’s too natural. I know that sounds a bit dumb because that’s exactly what I wanted. I can definitely see that my tip is more projected and lifted than before, but it still feels very large, and I’m scared that this is actually my final result rather than swelling.

The reason I’m so anxious is because my first rhinoplasty didn’t really improve my tip. They only placed a Gore-Tex implant, which, looking back, mostly weighed my tip down. It became flatter rather than more projected, and it stayed bulky. Because of that experience, it’s really hard for me to believe that swelling alone can make such a big difference this time.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? If your tip looked really big at around one month but shrunk significantly over the following months, would you be willing to share photos with me (privately is totally fine)? I think I could really use some reassurance right now.