A 63-year-old Mongolian man underwent a liver transplant at Seoul Asan Medical Center in January. Diagnosed with hepatitis D ...

A woman’s remarkable transformation has captured widespread attention after she revealed the striking results of her plastic surgery in South Korea. Known for its advanced cosmetic techniques, the ...

Plastic surgery followed at 11.4 percent, with the number of procedures rising 24.3 percent from 2023. Driven by increasing demand, Korea’s medical tourism market has become a major sector.

Women undergoing plastic surgery in South Korea are generally driven by a similar ideal of beauty: large, round eyes, a pointed nose, a pleasant smile, a V-shaped chin and a slim jaw.

Lee Kun-hee, president of the Korean Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a practising surgeon in Seoul, said when ultra-competitiveness emerged in South Korea from the 2000s ...

Minimal Waiting Times The process for plastic surgery in South Korea is efficient and well-managed, and patients can schedule their surgeries in 3 to 5 days. Affordable Pricing The country offers ...

Plastic surgery in South Korea is offered at 25-30% lower cost than in Germany, the USA and Canada. This affordability makes advanced cosmetic procedures accessible to all.

Last month, the ministry announced that the number of tourists who visited South Korea for cosmetic procedures reached an all-time high of 605,768 in 2023 — a 144.2% increase from the previous year.

In a 2011 report, the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery estimated that nearly 650,000 cosmetic procedures were performed in South Korea that year.

Plastic surgery first entered mainstream South Korean culture after the Korean War in the late 1950s and early 1960s. American military doctors performed double-eyelid surgeries to fix the “oriental ...

South Korea had 2,718 plastic surgeons in 2022, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a number similar to China's estimated 3,000 surgeons, despite a population that ...