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!

[beachybabe]

I like to look through them for everything, not just when I am looking to go to a clinic for some work. I check reviews before buying anything online, before eating anywhere new, etc. etc. 

The trouble is that a lot of them can be easily faked and often are. So I wouldn't hold reviews as a high standard when deciding. Contact the clinic and ask if you can see before and afters. See if they can show you an edited picture of what your surgery would look like. 

[calmwaters]

I think it is fine to have them inform you as well as show you the quality of work done. 

But not every surgery is going to be a good one. I think most people tend to be happy though when they choose to get work done in Korea. 

[Gelsomino]

On 5/14/2026 at 9:50 AM, beachybabe said:

I like to look through them for everything, not just when I am looking to go to a clinic for some work. I check reviews before buying anything online, before eating anywhere new, etc. etc. 

The trouble is that a lot of them can be easily faked and often are. So I wouldn't hold reviews as a high standard when deciding. Contact the clinic and ask if you can see before and afters. See if they can show you an edited picture of what your surgery would look like. 

Yes, this is something I am struggling with. So many of them are FAKE! I am sure a lot of them are real but they only show the best of the best and I have heard of them removing bad reviews. 

[wishfulthinking23]

On 5/14/2026 at 9:50 AM, beachybabe said:

Contact the clinic and ask if you can see before and afters. See if they can show you an edited picture of what your surgery would look like. 

They allow for this? I mean showing other people's before and afters. I would imagine if they do, the patients had to sign off on it. I figured everything they had just got posted online anyways.