How to Choose Medical Aesthetics in Korea Without Getting Burned?

When Alive Dermatology Clinic receives clients who travel specifically from Taiwan and Hong Kong, the question we hear most often is this: when coming to Korea for medical aesthetics, how do you choose without getting burned? There is no single answer to this question, but there are a few directions worth sorting out first.

Why shouldn't you choose a procedure based only on price or popularity?

Because everyone's skin thickness and tolerance are different.

Many people come with a trending list they found online and want to work through it from top to bottom. But the same list applied to different faces does not produce the same result. Skin thickness and tolerance are the prerequisites that decide whether a procedure suits you, and the wrong procedure may instead damage the skin barrier. Neither a high or low price nor how much buzz something has can replace a judgment about your own skin condition.

What should be confirmed first before a procedure?

The doctor's license and skill.

Among Korean dermatology clinics, there is a gap in doctors' licenses and skill levels. Checking this one item before you come is more meaningful than comparing procedure names.

After a procedure is done, what else is easily overlooked?

Post-procedure recovery.

Korea's climate is on the dry side. After a procedure, if you do not use enough sunscreen, or enough moisturizing and soothing, the results will be directly affected. In other words, the procedure itself is only one part of it, and the care afterward also takes part in the final result.

Our clinic is in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and in our daily practice we also meet clients who come with a list. Thinking through the points above in order is usually more helpful than picking a procedure first.