Korea Medical & Beauty Procedure Guide · KTRIP

Understand Korean medical and beauty procedures: how they work, specialty, treatment time, downtime, cautions and market price ranges.

How to read this procedure guide

Compare how procedures work, specialty, treatment time, downtime, duration, sessions, cautions and aftercare. Prices are market ranges rather than clinic quotes, and this general information does not replace medical advice.

Botox (botulinum toxin)

An injection that temporarily relaxes a muscle, softening expression lines or reducing muscle bulk.

Dermal filler

An injectable gel that restores volume and shapes contours where tissue has thinned or sunk.

Thread lift

Dissolvable threads placed under the skin to pull sagging tissue upward and hold it there.

Laser treatment

An umbrella term for treatments that use a specific wavelength of light to destroy one target — pigment, vessels — and little else.

Thermage (radiofrequency)

Non-surgical tightening that heats the dermis with radiofrequency so collagen contracts and rebuilds.

Acne treatment

Treating a skin disease in which oil, bacteria and inflammation feed each other, using medication alongside procedures.

Laser hair removal

Light absorbed by the pigment in a hair follicle destroys the tissue that grows the hair, and little else.

Pore treatment

Creating controlled micro-injury around a widened pore so that healing tightens its opening.

Wrinkle management

Wrinkles have different causes, so the first step is telling them apart and matching the method to the type.

Scar treatment

Depressed scars, raised scars and marks that are only discolouration are different problems and are treated in opposite ways.

Facial contouring

Reshaping facial bone and soft tissue — where the surgical and non-surgical routes are entirely different propositions.