Plastic surgery procedures

30 procedure guides for international patients

Costs, recovery times, and editorial reviews.

Browse our complete library of plastic surgery and aesthetic procedure guides — researched and edited for international patients planning a Gangnam visit.

Plastic surgery procedures · curated by our medical editors

Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation — known clinically as augmentation mammoplasty, in Korean as 가슴확대수술 — is one of the highest-volume cosmetic surgical procedures globally and a meaningful sh…

DES

Double-eyelid surgery — known internationally as <abbr title="Asian blepharoplasty / double-eyelid surgery">DES</abbr>, in Korean clinical practice as 쌍꺼풀 수술 (ssang-kkeo-pul su…

DES Revision

Are you considering non-incisional double eyelid surgery?

Eye Antiaging Surgery

Do you struggle with excess skin or fat on your upper eyelids?

Face Lift

Face lift — known clinically as rhytidectomy, in Korean as 페이스리프트 or 얼굴리프팅 — addresses age-related laxity in the lower face, jawline, and neck through surgical lifting and repo…

Facial Contouring

Facial contouring in Korean clinical practice is an umbrella term for skeletal reshaping surgery on the lower and middle face.

Fat Grafting

Fat grafting — known clinically as autologous fat transfer or lipofilling, in Korean as 자가지방이식 — is one of the most-integrated procedures in Korean cosmetic practice.

Hair Transplant

Hair transplant — known clinically as <abbr title="Follicular Unit Extraction or Direct Hair Implantation">FUE/DHI hair transplantation</abbr>, in Korean as 모발이식 — is one of th…

Liposuction

Liposuction — known clinically as suction-assisted lipectomy, in Korean as 지방흡입 — is one of the highest-volume body-contouring procedures in Korean cosmetic surgery and a meani…

Otoplasty

Otoplasty (surgical reshaping or repositioning of the ear) is a smaller procedure than the K-beauty headliners like rhinoplasty, double-eyelid, and contouring.

Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is the K-beauty surgical category with the highest absolute volume globally and the one where Korean technique conventions diverge most clearly from Western practic…

Revision Rhinoplasty

Revision Rhinoplasty is a popular cosmetic procedure performed in Gangnam, Seoul.

Facial Contouring Revision

Have you ever considered facial contouring surgery to improve the shape and appearance of your face?

Ptosis Correction

Ptosis correction — known clinically as ptosis repair or blepharoptosis surgery, in Korean as 안검하수 교정 — addresses upper eyelid drooping caused by weakness or dysfunction of the…

Brow Lift

Are you unhappy with the appearance of your forehead and brows?

Breast Reduction

Are you tired of dealing with the physical and psychological distress caused by large breasts?

Breast Lift (Mastopexy)

Are you bothered by sagging or drooping breasts?

Mommy Makeover

Are you a new mom looking to regain your pre-pregnancy body?

Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)

Are you considering tummy tuck surgery?

Square Jaw Reduction

Square-jaw reduction (mandibular angle reduction in the surgical literature) is one of the defining Korean facial-contouring procedures.

Neck Lift

Are you bothered by the appearance of your neck?

Double Jaw Surgery (Orthognathic)

Double jaw surgery — known clinically as bimaxillary orthognathic surgery, in Korean as 양악수술 — is the most invasive cosmetic-and-functional craniofacial procedure offered in Ko…

Forehead Lift

Are you looking to improve the appearance of your forehead and achieve a more youthful look?

Chin Reduction (Genioplasty)

Chin reduction (medically: reduction genioplasty) is the surgical reshaping of the chin bone to make it shorter, less protruding, less wide, or some combination of those.

Jawbone Reduction (Mandibular Angle Resection)

Are you someone who has been dealing with a misaligned jaw or facial asymmetry?

Zygoma Reduction (Malarplasty)

Zygoma reduction — known clinically as malarplasty or reduction malarplasty, in Korean as 광대뼈 축소수술 — is a craniofacial bone procedure that narrows the cheekbone projection thro…

Chin Augmentation

Chin augmentation — known clinically as chin implant placement (alloplastic augmentation) or sliding genioplasty (autologous bony augmentation), in Korean as 턱끝 보형물 or 턱끝 수술 —…

Lower Blepharoplasty

Are you bothered by the appearance of your lower eyelids?

Botox

Botulinum toxin injection — known generically as botox, in Korean clinical practice as 보톡스 — is the highest-volume non-surgical aesthetic procedure on earth and one of the defi…

Filler

Gangnam injects more dermal filler per capita than any other neighborhood on earth.