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

Aumento mamario

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…

Revisión del DES

Are you considering non-incisional double eyelid surgery?

Cirugía antienvejecimiento ocular

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

Lifting facial

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…

Contorno facial

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

Injertos de grasa

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.

Trasplante capilar

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…

Liposucción

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…

Otoplastia

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

Rinoplastia

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…

Rinoplastia de revisión

Rinoplastia de revisión is a popular cosmetic procedure performed in Gangnam, Seoul.

Revisión del contorno facial

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

Corrección de la ptosis

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…

Lifting de cejas

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

Reducción mamaria

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

Elevación de mamas (mastopexia)

Are you bothered by sagging or drooping breasts?

Cambio de imagen para mamás

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

Cirugía estética de abdomen (abdominoplastia)

Are you considering tummy tuck surgery?

Reducción de mandíbula cuadrada

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

Lifting de cuello

Are you bothered by the appearance of your neck?

Cirugía de doble mandíbula (ortognática)

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…

Lifting frontal

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

Reducción de mentón (Genioplastia)

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.

Reducción mandibular (resección del ángulo mandibular)

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

Reducción del zigoma (malarplastia)

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…

Aumento de mentón

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

Blefaroplastia inferior

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…

Relleno

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