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

豊胸術

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の改訂

Are you considering non-incisional double eyelid surgery?

目のアンチエイジング手術

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

フェイスリフト

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…

顔の輪郭

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

脂肪移植

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.

植毛

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…

脂肪吸引

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…

耳形成術

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

隆鼻術

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…

修正隆鼻術

修正隆鼻術 is a popular cosmetic procedure performed in Gangnam, Seoul.

顔の輪郭修正

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

眼瞼下垂症矯正

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…

眉リフト

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

乳房縮小

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

乳房リフト（マストペクシー）

Are you bothered by sagging or drooping breasts?

ママの変身

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

タミータック（腹部形成術）

Are you considering tummy tuck surgery?

スクエア・ジョー・リダクション

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

ネックリフト

Are you bothered by the appearance of your neck?

二重あごの手術（顎矯正術）

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…

額のリフト

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

あご縮小術

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.

顎骨縮小術（下顎角切除術）

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

頬骨縮小術（顴骨形成術）

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…

あごの形成

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

下眼瞼形成術

Are you bothered by the appearance of your lower eyelids?

ボトックス

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…

フィラー

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