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For patients traveling from North America

Several treatments, one trip to Seoul. We book every hospital and run the schedule.

A health checkup, dental work, skin and lifting treatments, or a major operation — we book the right specialist for each, put the appointments in an order that works medically, put an English interpreter in every room, and stay with you from the moment you land at Incheon until you fly home.

Itemized quotes from specialist-run clinics, by email. No charge to you and no obligation.

Heungnyemun gate at Gyeongbokgung Palace on a clear afternoon.A clinician holding an Ultherapy handpiece against a patient's face.A CT scanner in a bright white room at a Seoul checkup center.

Build a trip and see the days

What do you want done?

One operation per trip here. Combining two is the surgeon’s call.

While you’re there

6 days in Seoul

2 clinics booked by us

  1. Day 1 · Travel

    Pickup at Incheon

    We meet you at arrivals and drive you to your hotel.

  2. Day 2 · Sightseeing

    Settle in, see Seoul

    A palace, Bukchon, a market. Jet lag fades before your first appointment. No food after 9 pm tonight.

  3. Day 3 · Appointment

    Health checkup

    Blood work, imaging, endoscopy if included. Results can change what is safe later.

  4. Day 4 · Appointment

    Skin & lifting

    Dermatology consult, then ultrasound lifting, laser or boosters. Redness settles in a day or two.

  5. Day 5 · Sightseeing

    A day in Seoul

    Shopping, food, a day trip. Your last appointments are done.

  6. Day 6 · Travel

    Drive to Incheon

    We take you to the airport.

A typical example, not a medical plan. Your surgeon and doctors set the real dates after they’ve seen you.

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Board-certified specialists only

Every surgeon we introduce you to is certified by the Korean Board of Plastic Surgery — a four-year residency and a national exam, not a weekend course. We give you their license number so you can check it yourself.

One named surgeon, in writing

You get the name of the person who’ll operate on you before you book, and you meet them face to face before anesthesia. Not a "clinic team," not whoever is free that morning.

English through every step

A medical interpreter is with you for the consultation, the consent forms, surgery day, and every follow-up visit. You’ll never nod along to something you didn’t understand.

Never alone in Seoul

Airport pickup, rides to the clinic, pharmacy runs, and a Korean-speaking coordinator for the whole time you’re in the country.

Procedures

If your trip includes surgery

Surgery gets its own stay, planned around recovery. These are the operations we arrange most. Whether you’re a candidate is the surgeon’s call at consultation, not ours.

Breast Augmentation & Revision

Primary augmentation, augmentation with lift, fat transfer, and revision of implants placed elsewhere — including capsular contracture and implant exchange.

  • Implants are discussed by profile, projection, and pocket plane rather than cup size
  • Revising work done in the US or abroad is routine volume here, not an exception
  • Ultrasound and measurements are done in-clinic before the surgeon commits to a plan

7–10 days in Seoul

Drain removal and the first dressing change happen before you fly.

Facelift & Neck Lift

SMAS and deep-plane lifting, neck lift, mini lift, and lower-face contouring, usually combined with fat grafting to restore volume.

  • Surgeons here treat lifting and volume loss as two problems, not one technique
  • Eyelid surgery or fat grafting is planned into the same operative session
  • Scar placement and hairline preservation are covered in the consultation, with photos of past cases

12–14 days in Seoul

Sutures come out around day 7–10. Bruising is still visible when you fly.

Post-Weight-Loss Body Contouring

Abdominoplasty, 360° liposuction, arm and thigh lift, and breast lift after significant weight loss — including loss driven by GLP-1 medication.

  • Multiple areas are usually staged across two sessions rather than forced into one long operation
  • Skin quality, weight stability, and nutrition are assessed before anything is scheduled
  • A surgeon will postpone if your weight hasn’t held steady — expect that conversation

14–21 days in Seoul

Longer stays apply when procedures are staged. We plan the gap for you.

No surgery, one week? The Seoul Week fits a health checkup, dental work and non-surgical skin treatments into one trip.

Why patients fly past closer options

This isn’t about finding the cheapest operating room. It’s about how the specialty is built here.

Specialist is a protected title

In Korea, a 성형외과 전문의 — board-certified plastic surgeon — completes a dedicated residency and passes a national exam. It’s legally distinct from a general physician who offers cosmetic procedures, and the distinction is published and checkable.

Narrow focus, high volume

Surgeons here tend to build a practice around a few operations and repeat them constantly rather than cover the whole cosmetic menu. You’re choosing someone for the case they do most, not someone who also does it.

Aftercare is scheduled, not optional

Daily dressing changes, drain management, swelling care, and scar treatment are built into the surgical plan and happen in person. That’s the part surgery at home doesn’t give you, and the reason your stay is measured in weeks.

Revision work is ordinary here

A meaningful share of cases are corrections of surgery performed elsewhere. If you’re coming with a result you’re unhappy with, you’re not an unusual patient.

What we handle

Everything except the treatment

The medicine is the hospitals’ work. The rest — choosing the doctors, dealing with each clinic, the language, the order of appointments, the ride to every one of them — is ours.

Your shortlist

Two or three matched surgeons with credentials, case focus, and what each would likely propose for you — not a directory to sort through.

Consultation and translation

A video consultation before you book a flight, then a medical interpreter physically in the room in Seoul.

Dealing with the hospital

We book the dates, get the operating surgeon and the revision policy in writing, and take the back-and-forth with the clinic off your hands.

Arrival and stay

Pickup at Incheon, a local SIM card, and a hotel or recovery stay within reach of the clinic rather than across the city.

Every appointment

Escorted to pre-op labs, surgery day, dressing changes, and suture removal. You don’t navigate a Korean hospital alone.

After you fly home

Follow-up photos relayed to your surgeon and questions translated both ways, so the relationship doesn’t end at the airport.

How it works

From first message to the flight home

  1. 01

    Message us

    Tell us the procedure you’re considering, roughly when you could travel, and what surgeons at home have already told you.

  2. 02

    Send photos and history

    We forward them to matched surgeons for a preliminary opinion. That’s an opinion on approach and candidacy, not a diagnosis.

  3. 03

    Review your options

    Two or three surgeons, with credentials, proposed approach, quoted range, and the dates they can actually take you.

  4. 04

    We book and plan

    Your deposit goes to the hospital directly. We build the day-by-day schedule around your flight and your recovery.

  5. 05

    Fly in

    We meet you at the airport and stay with you through the operation, the follow-ups, and the trip back to Incheon.

Safety

The things you’re actually worried about

You’ve read the horror stories. So have we. Here’s what we require before we’ll introduce a hospital.

"Ghost surgery"

A different doctor operating once the patient is under. We require written confirmation of the operating surgeon, and you meet that surgeon in person on the day, before anesthesia. If a hospital won’t put the name in writing, we don’t work with them.

Verifying credentials yourself

We give you the surgeon’s name and license number and show you how to check it against the Korean Medical Association register. Don’t take our word for it, and don’t take the clinic’s.

If something goes wrong

The revision and complication policy is confirmed in writing before you pay a deposit — what’s covered, for how long, and what a return trip would involve. We stay reachable after you fly home.

What we won’t do

We don’t recommend procedures, upsell add-ons, or talk you into a bigger operation. When a surgeon says you’re not a good candidate, we pass that on unchanged. Sometimes the answer is that you shouldn’t do this.

The questions patients ask first

Can I do a health checkup and cosmetic treatments in the same trip?

Yes, if the treatments are non-surgical. A comprehensive checkup, dental cleaning or same-day crowns, skin and lifting treatments, and joint injections can share one week in Seoul. The checkup goes first, because it needs fasting and its results can change what the other doctors will do. Surgery under general anesthesia needs its own stay. We call the one-week plan The Seoul Week.

How long do I need to stay in Seoul?

Seven to ten days for breast augmentation, twelve to fourteen for a facelift, and two to three weeks for body contouring after weight loss. The stay is set by when it’s safe to fly and when your sutures come out, not by convenience. We give you the exact day count before you book a ticket.

What does your service cost me?

Nothing. You pay the hospital directly at their standard rate, and the hospital pays us a coordination fee when you go through with treatment. You should know that, because it means you can ask us plainly whether a recommendation is in your interest — and it means we have no reason to steer you toward a bigger operation than you need.

Will anyone at the hospital actually speak English?

Some surgeons speak strong English and some don’t. We don’t leave that to chance — a medical interpreter is physically with you for the consultation, the consent forms, surgery day, and every follow-up, however good the surgeon’s English is. Consent isn’t something you sign on a guess.

How much will it hurt, and how long is the downtime?

Breast augmentation is tight and sore for three to five days and manageable with medication after that. A facelift is more swelling and numbness than pain, with visible bruising for two to three weeks. Body contouring after major weight loss is the hardest recovery of the three, with drains and restricted movement for the first week. You won’t be sightseeing. Plan your stay around recovery, not around Seoul.

Can I bring someone with me?

Yes, and we recommend it for facelift and body contouring, where you’ll need help in the first few days. Pickup, transport, and appointment escorting cover your companion at no extra charge. Tell us when you first message so we book the accommodation correctly.

Do I need a visa?

US and Canadian passport holders can enter Korea for short-term visits with K-ETA authorization, applied for online before departure. We’ll confirm the current requirement for your dates and flag it early, since the rules change periodically. Longer stays for staged surgery may need a medical visa, which the hospital sponsors.

What if I decide not to go ahead?

Then you don’t go ahead. There’s no charge for the shortlist, the video consultation, or the questions you ask along the way. Deposits are paid to the hospital under their own cancellation terms, which we show you in writing before any money moves.

How do I choose between the surgeons you send?

Look at which of them performs your specific operation most often, ask each one what they’d do differently from the others, and ask to see cases with a starting point similar to yours. We’ll arrange a second video consultation if the first leaves you undecided. Taking two weeks to think it over is normal, and we won’t chase you.

Free quotes

Get free, itemized quotes from 2–3 specialist clinics

Two taps and an email address. We ask clinics run by board-certified specialists for line-by-line quotes and the dates they can take you, and email them to you, usually within two business days. Free, and no obligation.

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Our partner clinics

The clinics we work with in Seoul

Each one is an independent, licensed medical institution. We introduce you, arrange the visit, and stay with you — the consultation, treatment, and pricing are theirs.

  • VIEW Plastic Surgery
  • SU Dental Hospital
  • Seoul Smart Bon Clinic

Plastic surgery · Gangnam, Seoul

VIEW Plastic Surgery

A 19-story hospital in Gangnam, recognized as an outstanding medical tourism institution by Korea’s Ministry of Justice since 2018.

  • Breast augmentation, lift, reduction, and revision
  • Facelift, mini lift, and thread lifting
  • Facial contouring, V-line, and double jaw surgery
  • Rhinoplasty and eye surgery
  • Liposuction, tummy tuck, and fat grafting

Board-certified anesthesiologist in every operation · Real-name surgery system

Cosmetic dentistry · Gangnam, Seoul

SU Dental Hospital

A cosmetic dental hospital led by a veneer seminar faculty dentist, treating patients from more than twenty countries.

  • Porcelain veneers (Su-veneer)
  • Gummy smile and gum contouring
  • 1-day teeth whitening
  • Dental implants
  • Clear aligners

The chief director sees you from consultation through treatment

Regenerative medicine · Songpa, Seoul

Seoul Smart Bon Clinic

A neurologist-led clinic designated as an advanced regenerative medicine institution, using the patient’s own fat-derived stem cells.

  • Stem cell anti-aging program (Smart 120)
  • Knee joint regenerative therapy
  • Skin booster and hair regeneration therapy
  • Spine and joint pain treatment

Eligibility evaluation and informed consent before any stem cell treatment

Get free quotes from 2–3 clinics