A Seoul skin clinic for foreigners is easiest to judge with a six-point score sheet filled in before the flight: who performs the treatment, the dose written per area, the product shown before use, aftercare in writing, a follow-up route once you are home, and a quote that states what it covers. Most toxin and laser visits take under an hour, so one consultation can be scored on the same day.
Clinics in Korea
5 aesthetic clinics in Korea
| # | Clinic | Languages | Area | Devices & products | Listed price | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kind Global Clinic | English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español | Euljiro-ipgu Station | Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX · Rejuran Healer · PicoSure | ₩89,000 | 4.9 (359) |
| 2 | RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | Gangnam Station | Laser toning · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX | ₩9,900 | 4.9 (1,155) |
| 3 | Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch | English · 日本語 · 中文 · ไทย | Seomyeon Station | Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX · Rejuran Healer · PicoWay | ₩10,000 | 5.0 (93) |
| 4 | RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | Myeongdong Station | Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX · Rejuran Healer · PicoSure | ₩9,900 | 4.9 (1,091) |
| 5 | Rewind Plastic Surgery | English · Español | Nonhyeon-ro | Pico toning · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX | ₩50,000 | 5.0 (54) |
11. Kind Global Clinic
★ 4.9359 Google reviewsKind Global Clinic is a skin and aesthetic clinic by Euljiro-ipgu Station Exit 6, rated 4.9 from 359 Google reviews. Consultations are available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish. HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox lead its menu; its listed prices start from ₩89,000 + VAT. It opens weekdays 10:30 to 20:30, and weekends and holidays 10:00 to 17:00.
Boutique Myeongdong clinic with co-director-led treatment
- Boutique clinic
- One private floor
- Director-performed care
- A free pre-consultation runs on WhatsApp or LINE, where you send photos and receive a treatment plan.
- The clinic is a 5-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 6 on Line 4.
Weekend or holiday appointments · Planning treatment before flying in
- Location
- Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2) Exit 6 / Myeongdong Station (Line 4) Exit 8
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩89,000 + VAT
22. RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam
★ 4.91,155 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam sits a 2-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 10, a skin and aesthetic clinic that holds a 4.9 Google rating across 1,155 reviews. Consultations are available in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. Its main treatments are HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox, and listed prices start at ₩9,900 + VAT. Open every day, 10:00–20:00 including holidays, two minutes from Gangnam Station Exit 10.
Gangnam Station skin clinic built around five-language care
- Five-language desk
- Gallery-style interior
- Regenerative skin menu
- Board-certified dermatologists on staff
- Offers 90 days of multilingual messenger follow-up after visitors return home.
- Consultations in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Spanish through in-house interpreters.
Non-English speakers wanting own language · Evening or holiday appointments
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2) Exit 10, 2 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩9,900 + VAT
33. Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch
★ 5.093 Google reviewsBarog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch runs a skin and aesthetic clinic near Seomyeon Station; its Google rating is 5.0 from 93 reviews. It consults in English, Japanese, Chinese and Thai. It focuses on HIFU lifting, Botox and fillers, and its listed prices start from ₩10,000 + VAT. Posted price boards apply equally to visitors and locals, with consultations in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Seomyeon filler and lifting clinic with open-vial transparency
- Filler-focused
- Transparent pricing
- Welcoming 2F lounge
- Every filler vial is unsealed at the chair in front of you, with lot numbers you can check.
- Importer authenticity certificates for all brands used hang on the clinic wall to photograph.
Lifting plans in Busan · Face and body filler seekers
- Location
- Seomyeon Station
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · ไทย
- Listed price
- From ₩10,000 + VAT
44. RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong
★ 4.91,091 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong is near Myeongdong Station, a skin and aesthetic clinic with a 4.9 average from 1,091 Google reviews. It consults in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox lead its menu; listed prices start at ₩9,900 + VAT. It welcomes patients every day, 10:30 to 20:00 on weekdays and 10:30 to 19:00 on weekends.
Myeongdong flagship for lifting, glass skin and stem cell
- Flagship space
- Open every day
- Six languages
- In-house medical interpreters assist in English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
- The clinic is a 2-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 8, on the 2nd and 3rd floors at 58 Myeongdong 10-gil.
Sunday appointments · Glass skin booster programs
- Location
- Myeongdong Station (Line 4) / Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2)
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩9,900 + VAT
55. Rewind Plastic Surgery
★ 5.054 Google reviewsRewind Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Nonhyeon-ro, rated 5.0 from 54 Google reviews. Consultations are available in English and Spanish. Its main treatments are plastic surgery, HIFU lifting and RF lifting; its listed prices start from ₩50,000 + VAT. The same surgeon carries each case from first consultation to final follow-up.
Apgujeong lifting surgery clinic with a skin-care side
- Surgical lifting
- Same surgeon throughout
- Calm, private floors
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- Interpreter-assisted consultations via WhatsApp or Instagram, with English-subtitled doctor explainer videos.
- Botox, Ultherapy Prime, Thermage FLX, Rejuran and Juvelook are offered, planned separately from surgery.
Combining Botox with lifting consult · Jawline and neck concerns
- Location
- Nonhyeon-ro
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩50,000 + VAT
Prices
Aesthetic clinics cost in Korea
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Wrinkle Botox 1 Area (Domestic)
Range across 2 listed clinics · approx. $7₩9,900 + VATCompare clinicsBotox
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $7–$73From ₩10,000–₩100,000 + VATCompare clinicsMasseter (Jaw) Botox 50U (Domestic)
Range across 2 listed clinics · approx. $14–$21₩19,000–₩29,000 + VATCompare clinicsSkin Botox 1cc (Domestic)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $21₩29,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Nabota)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $28₩39,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Domestic Premium, Nabota)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $28₩39,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle botulinum toxin (per area)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $36₩50,000 + VATCompare clinicsSkin Botox 1 Area (Domestic)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $43₩59,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
Six points to score, and what counts as a full mark
Give each point zero, one or two marks: zero for no answer, one for a vague answer, two for a specific answer you could repeat to someone else. Nine or more out of twelve earns a consultation; below six usually means gaps that surface after treatment.
The scores come from messages and the consultation, not from photos or ratings.
| Point | Two marks | Zero marks |
|---|---|---|
| Who treats you | The treating doctor is named on your record and does the injection or sets the device | Reply avoids saying who holds the needle or handpiece |
| Dose in writing | Units, lines, shots or cc listed per area on the plan | Only a package name with no amounts |
| Product check | Vial, box or tip shown before it is opened | Product brand changes between quote and treatment day |
| Aftercare sheet | Written instructions you can read or translate later | Verbal advice only |
| Follow-up from home | A stated way to send photos and a stated reply time | No plan once you leave the building |
| Quote | Items, VAT line and review visit terms set out | One round figure with no breakdown |
Guide
Why knowing the risks rarely changed the choice
Hassell and colleagues ran a cross-sectional online survey of 484 US adults, published in Plastic Surgery in 2022. Complication risk came out as the most cited drawback of cosmetic travel. Yet how safe respondents believed surgery abroad to be was not linked to whether they would consider it, so the worry did not steer the decision.
Their study covered surgery, which carries far more risk than a laser or toxin visit, but the pattern fits skin trips too: people list safety first, then choose on price and timing. A written score lets the worry move the ranking.
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Safety as a routine of the whole practice
In a 2010 commentary in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Eaves wrote about patient safety in plastic surgery as a matter of how a practice is organized, beyond the skill of a single operator. That view is useful for a short skin visit too.
Look for habits that repeat for every patient: a health questionnaire read back to you, the area cleaned and photographed before numbing cream, single-use needles opened in front of you, and a staff member who knows what to do if a reaction starts. All of these are visible in one visit.
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Breaking a tie between two clinics
When two names score the same, decide on follow-up first. A slow-settling bruise or a small lump is easier to handle when the clinic answers photos within a day. Next compare the written dose, since it is the point you can check again on a later trip. Price comes last, once the other points are equal.
A foreigner friendly skin clinic seoul listing, or a foreigner-friendly skin clinic seoul badge on a map app, says the front desk takes bookings in English. Any skin clinic in seoul for foreigners still needs the six points filled in.
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Replies that remove a clinic from the shortlist
Some answers end the comparison at once. A clinic that withholds the product brand, pushes a larger package after you arrive, or claims a treatment has no recovery at all is asking for trust it has not earned.
- Product name withheld until treatment day
- Plan grows during the visit without a new written quote
- Claims of no swelling, no bruising or no risk
- No question about pregnancy, recent sun exposure or medicines
Evidence
Research behind this page
- Patient Safety in Plastic SurgeryAesthetic Surgery Journal · 2010 · doi:10.1177/1090820x10369375
A commentary that placed patient safety in aesthetic practice at the level of the whole practice and its routines, beyond the individual procedure.
- Costs Versus Complications: Public Perspectives on International Cosmetic Surgery TourismPlastic Surgery · 2022 · doi:10.1177/22925503221134817
A survey of 484 US adults in which complications were the most cited drawback of cosmetic travel, yet perceived safety abroad was not linked to willingness to go.
FAQ
Questions about aesthetic clinics in Korea
Which clinics offer Aesthetic clinics in Korea?
Clinics offering Aesthetic clinics in Korea include Kind Global Clinic (Euljiro-ipgu Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam (Gangnam Station), Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch (Seomyeon Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong (Myeongdong Station) and Rewind Plastic Surgery (Nonhyeon-ro). Each lists Aesthetic clinics on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
How many clinics should I score before choosing a Seoul skin clinic for foreigners?
Three is a workable number for most visitors, enough to compare answers without spending the whole trip on consultations. Send the same short set of questions to each, then score the replies on the same day so they stay comparable. If one clinic stays vague on dose or follow-up, replace it with another rather than lowering the bar. Keep the sheet; it helps on a later trip.
Can I score a clinic properly by message before I land?
You can score four of the six points by message: dose per area, product brand, quote breakdown and the follow-up route. Who performs the treatment and how routines look in the room only become clear at the consultation. Ask for the plan in writing and save it, so you can compare it with what is proposed in person. A gap between the two is worth noting on the sheet.
Is a lower price a reason to drop a clinic from my list?
Not on its own, because price differences often come from product brand, dose or what the package includes. Ask the cheaper clinic to list the same items as the dearer one, including VAT, which is added at 10% at payment on top of listed prices. If the amounts per area match and the follow-up terms are clear, the lower quote may simply reflect a different cost structure. Score it like any other.
What should I do if a clinic changes the plan on the day?
Ask for the new plan and quote in writing before anything is opened or injected, and take a few minutes to read it. Changes are sometimes reasonable, for example when the doctor sees thinner skin or old filler during the examination. What matters is that you agree to the change knowingly. If the reasoning is unclear, it is fine to keep the original plan or leave without treatment.
Does a short visit to Seoul limit which treatments I can score fairly?
Yes, a stay of two or three days suits treatments with little visible recovery, such as toxin, light laser toning or a skin booster. Filler, deeper lasers and lifting devices are easier to judge when a review visit fits before the flight. Note the trip length on your score sheet, since a clinic that adapts the plan to your dates is showing the kind of planning the sheet rewards.
Should the score change if I plan to come back next year?
It should weigh records more heavily, because a returning visitor gains from a clinic that keeps the dose, product and areas on file. Ask whether the clinic will email a copy of the record and whether the same doctor can see you again. Repeat visits also let you compare the result against the plan, which makes the written dose point the most useful one on the sheet.