How useful are reviews when choosing a clinic in Korea?

[wishfulthinking23]

I thought I had found the clinic I was going to go to. I was ready to contact them until I went down a rabbit hole.

It turns out a lot of reviews online are fabricated. Also, the negative reviews are often deleted due to Korea’s strict defamation laws which protects clinics. 

So now I am not sure. Should I even bother considering reviews as a factor when picking a clinic? 

[LupinBB81]

I think you can use them to can an idea of the work the clinics have done but you shouldn't base your decision on them. I have seen a fair number of them that are obviously faked. Like they used AI or something idk. 

[kpopkelly]

On 5/11/2026 at 8:47 AM, LupinBB81 said:

I think you can use them to can an idea of the work the clinics have done but you shouldn't base your decision on them. I have seen a fair number of them that are obviously faked. Like they used AI or something idk. 

I agree with this. You can't go based on them but you should use them to see completed work, especially on non-Korean patients. I have heard of people going to get work done but the doctor they went to mostly worked on Koreans so the end result was not good!