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@sufferinginub welcome, how's your planning and journey going, which procedures are you planning to have?

Welcome good to have you here! Why don't you kick off your own thread, and let folks know where you're at and where you need some help, and folks can chime in.

Hi, great questions. If you already decided on a clinic in Korea for facial liposuction and platysmaplasty and want to save time, it might be good to block out the surgery date with a deposit, and ask them when the final check-up would typically be. If you arrive, consult, and then decide you might have a surgery date the next or a few days later if you didn't block out the time.

Hi Nick, what's your age range, is it more for anti-aging?

Are you looking for one in Seoul? Maybe look into this place: http://www.slimm.co.kr/50

What are the procedures you're going for? Pretty much every clinic has a price list. And they can offer discounts if you let them use photos or write reviews etc.

Have you short listed any clinics so far?

These are all good questions, but one word of caution is some clinics might not be equipped to fully answer that list in detail, so try to eliminate questions that you can get answers from else where and focus on the core main issues.

Be mindful about black lists there's no real methodology to a lot of them, and a lot based on rumors. The big clinic's can be easy to deal with, but doctors come and go, some people basically say it's where they start careers to develop their skills. But eyelid surgery is the most common surgery in Kore. Look into Deesse if you want to do all three or break them up over time across different clinics.

It depends on where the clinics are, so I'm guessing it's Gangnam area. If that's the case you can't go wrong with staying near the following stations: Gangnam Station (Line 1) Yeoksam Station (Line 1) Sinsa Station (Line 3 Apgujeong Station (Line 3) Shin-nonhyeon Station (Line 9) A common thing people do and later regret is staying in Myeongdong or Dongdaemun, it's nice for tourism and shopping, but inconvenient to get to clincis.

You have to factor in staying at least 7 to 8 days after the surgery. So you if you are going to consult and then decide, you might need to factor in consult days, and the buffer time between deciding, and booking what's available. If you'e going to consult 3 to 5 places and then decide at the very least you should budget 13 to 16 days. Assuming it's not busy or peak season (Nov to Feb). If you are going to decide before you arrive and block out surgery with a deposit. Then you probably can shave it down to 9 to 11 days. You'll be able to go out and about with a cast. The first 2 days is tough because there is nasal packing and splints, but this is pulled out the next day or on day 2.

Hi Andy, ID hospital is one of the larger international hospitals. Also, influencer marketing for plastic surgery is technically illegal, but it appears many hospitals do it. And influencer testimonials are often scripted, contrived and contractually obligated (they have to say nice things or pay a penalty). I think if you have some doubts you should consult face to face and see it for yourself. Also, it's great you're assisting your girlfriend, but how does she feel about it? Also doing a contour surgery plus a face lift is a bit intense, some have recommended to separate the bone contouring and lifting by 6 months.

Starting from Feb 4, 2022 it is 7 days regardless of vaccination status or nationality.

It depends upon your carrier, but roaming can be very expensive no? You can probably get a roaming plan for $10 USD per day, but that's $100 already for 10 days. While you can get a local sim with a local number and data plan for around $30 to $40.

You can book interpreters through the Gangnam Medical Tour Center, or through Seoul City Office, but if you use these places. The clinic has to be registered with them, sometimes small local clinics are not. Some people have also had some luck using My Seoul Secret. They are an agency, but they also have a plan for people only want to use interpreters and not have them guide or plan their treatments (i.e, get a fee). Using in house vs independent interpreters (nice summary) https://myseoulsecret.com/korean-medical-interpreter-translators/