Plastic surgery in Korea, planned around your journey home
A Gangnam clinic that has operated on international patients since 2000, with a full-time anaesthesiology team and a surgeon real-name system.
Most asked by international patients
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FACIAL CONTOURINGWritten by the people who came
Reviews published on Banobagi's own site by the patients themselves.
Records from the clinic's own cases
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After※ Published with the consent of each individual. Images may look different from the actual result. The same procedure does not produce the same result for everyone — outcomes and recovery vary by individual, and no outcome is guaranteed. Legal penalties apply to unauthorised use of these images.
What happens if something goes wrong
Most clinic websites open with results. The question patients actually arrive with is different: who is in the room, and what is in place if the operation does not go to plan. These are the arrangements Banobagi states on every procedure page.
- 01Full-time anaesthesiologistsA team of anaesthesiologists employed by the clinic, not booked per case.
- 02Surgeon real-name systemSurgical transparency using the surgeon's real-name system — the surgeon you consult is recorded as the surgeon who operates.
- 03Board-certified specialistsBoard certified plastic surgery specialists with extensive clinical experience.
- 04Planning for international patientsCustomised diagnosis and expertise built through years of work with individual foreign customers.
- 05Coordinator, stay and transport1:1 coordinator assignment, accommodation and transportation arranged for foreign customers.
- 06Recovery facilityA relaxing and comfortable facility for the days between surgery and flight.
These are arrangements, not outcomes. Complications such as bleeding, infection or inflammation may occur following surgery, and individual satisfaction may differ: please consult with your surgeon.
If something goes wrong
What is in place is listed above. What it costs you, who you reach at night, and how it is handled after you fly home depend on the procedure and on your plan — ask before you book, not after.
Revision surgery
A revision is not a repeat of the first operation. Scar tissue, missing support and a previous surgeon's plan all change what is possible.
NOSERevision RhinoplastyPlanned around what the previous operation left behind, not around the original goal.View detailsEYESEyelid Revision SurgeryCrease height, asymmetry and scarring are assessed separately before anything is reopened.View detailsFACEFacial Contouring RevisionImaging plus a hands-on examination decides whether the concern is bone, muscle, fat or skin.View detailsWhere to start
Most people arrive knowing what they want to change, not which operation does it. Pick the area and the page will name the procedures that apply.
One surgeon across all three stages
Surgery abroad breaks down at the handovers — a consultation with one person, an operation by another, and follow-up with nobody. Each stage below names who holds it.
The point of naming the stages is that a gap between them is visible before you book, not after.
Online consultation
You can settle most of the plan before booking a flight — but not all of it, and it is worth being precise about which half is which.
An online consultation is a consultation and a plan. It is not a diagnosis. Anything that depends on examining tissue, bone or skin in person is confirmed on the day you arrive.
- Which procedures suit what you want to change
- Roughly how long you need to stay in Korea
- What the recovery looks like week by week
- Cost range and what is included
- Which surgeon would take the case
- The final surgical plan
- Measurements that depend on examination or imaging
- Whether an existing implant or previous surgery changes the approach
- Anaesthesia clearance
- Anything that would count as a diagnosis or a prescription
Remote care for international patients was written into Korean law in the Act on Supporting Overseas Expansion of Healthcare and Attracting International Patients, but that provision takes effect in May 2027. Until then, remote sessions are consultation and planning only.
Most asked in each area
Eyelid anatomy differs between individuals, and the crease, the eyelid height and the corners are three separate problems. Each page below states which one it addresses.
Eyelid anatomy differs between individuals, and the crease, the eyelid height and the corners are three separate problems. Each page below states which one it addresses.
Explained by the clinic
Procedure explanations published on the clinic's own channel.
Location & Hours
517 Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Yeoksam Station (Line 2) exit 6, about 100 m. Eonju Station (Line 9) exit 7, about 400 m.
* Closed on Sundays and Korean public holidays, including the days around Lunar New Year and Chuseok — check these before booking a flight. Online consultation runs Monday to Friday, 09:30–18:00. *
LINE and email are the channels for English-speaking patients — consultation, scheduling and aftercare in one thread.