The best skin clinic in Gangnam for a focused ultrasound lift writes down which depth each line reaches: 1.5 mm for the upper skin, 3.0 mm for the deeper dermis and 4.5 mm for the SMAS layer under the jaw and cheeks. A session runs about 30 to 60 minutes, and most people go back to normal plans that day. Ask for that depth map before any energy is fired.
Clinics in Seoul
5 aesthetic clinics in Seoul
| # | Clinic | Devices & products | Area | Languages | Listed price | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam | Laser toning · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX | Gangnam Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | ₩9,900 | 4.9 (1,155) |
| 2 | Kind Global Clinic | PicoSure · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX | Euljiro-ipgu Station | English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español | ₩89,000 | 4.9 (359) |
| 3 | RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong | PicoSure · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime · Thermage FLX | Myeongdong Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | ₩9,900 | 4.9 (1,091) |
| 4 | Dear Clinic | Rejuran Healer · Laser toning · Juvederm · Ultherapy Prime | Cheongdam-dong | English · Español | ₩30,000 | 4.9 (354) |
| 5 | ENTER Plastic Surgery | Juvederm · Ultherapy · Thermage FLX · Rejuran Healer | Gangnam-daero | - | ₩70,000 | - |
11. RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam
★ 4.91,155 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam is a skin and aesthetic clinic a 2-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 10, rated 4.9 from 1,155 Google reviews. It focuses on HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. It consults in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish; its listed prices start from ₩9,900 + VAT. Open every day, 10:00–20:00 including holidays, two minutes from Gangnam Station Exit 10.
Gangnam Station skin clinic built around five-language care
- Five-language desk
- Gallery-style interior
- Regenerative skin menu
- Board-certified dermatologists on staff
- Consultations in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Spanish through in-house interpreters.
- Offers 90 days of multilingual messenger follow-up after visitors return home.
Non-English speakers wanting own language · Evening or holiday appointments
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2) Exit 10, 2 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩9,900 + VAT
22. Kind Global Clinic
★ 4.9359 Google reviewsKind Global Clinic sits by Euljiro-ipgu Station Exit 6, a skin and aesthetic clinic that holds a 4.9 Google rating across 359 reviews. HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox lead its menu. Consultations are available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish, and listed prices start at ₩89,000 + VAT. Every procedure is performed personally by one of the clinic's co-directors, with no handoff.
Boutique Myeongdong clinic with co-director-led treatment
- Boutique clinic
- One private floor
- Director-performed care
- A free pre-consultation runs on WhatsApp or LINE, where you send photos and receive a treatment plan.
- The clinic is a 5-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 6 on Line 4.
Planning treatment before flying in · Weekend or holiday appointments
- Location
- Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2) Exit 6 / Myeongdong Station (Line 4) Exit 8
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩89,000 + VAT
33. RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong
★ 4.91,091 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong runs a skin and aesthetic clinic near Myeongdong Station; its Google rating is 4.9 from 1,091 reviews. Its main treatments are HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. Consultations are available in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish; its listed prices start from ₩9,900 + VAT. Lifting choices include Ultherapy Prime, Thermage FLX, Sofwave and Titanium Lifting, all performed by licensed physicians.
Myeongdong flagship for lifting, glass skin and stem cell
- Flagship space
- Open every day
- Six languages
- In-house medical interpreters assist in English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
- It welcomes patients every day, 10:30 to 20:00 on weekdays and 10:30 to 19:00 on weekends.
Sunday appointments · Treatments between Myeongdong shopping
- Location
- Myeongdong Station (Line 4) / Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2)
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩9,900 + VAT
44. Dear Clinic
★ 4.9354 Google reviewsDear Clinic is a skin and aesthetic clinic in Cheongdam-dong, rated 4.9 from 354 Google reviews. It focuses on HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. It consults in English and Spanish; listed prices start at ₩30,000 + VAT. Open every day of the year, with English consultation and WhatsApp booking before you fly.
Scan-first Cheongdam lifting clinic, open every day
- Lifting-focused
- 3D scan first
- Warm-luxury interior
- An EVE Muse 3D skin scan is taken and read before any treatment is recommended.
- Filler menu extends beyond the face to earlobe, shoulder line and hip dip areas.
Short trips needing weekend slots · Filler beyond lips and chin
- Location
- Cheongdam-dong
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩30,000 + VAT
55. ENTER Plastic Surgery
ENTER Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam-daero. Thread lifts, plastic surgery and facelift surgery lead its menu. Its listed prices start from ₩70,000 + VAT. On-site hyperbaric oxygen, LED and IV drip care are available during recovery visits.
Gangnam skin and lifting clinic with a facelift surgeon
- Skin plus surgery
- English & Japanese staff
- Station-front
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- English- and Japanese-speaking staff, with WhatsApp booking before you travel.
- One minute from Nonhyeon Station Exit 4 on the Sinbundang Line, on Gangnam-daero.
Eyelid or facelift planning trips · Japanese-speaking visitors
- Location
- Gangnam-daero
- Listed price
- From ₩70,000 + VAT
Prices
Aesthetic clinics cost in Seoul
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Wrinkle Botox 1 Area (Domestic)
Range across 2 listed clinics · approx. $7₩9,900 + VATCompare clinicsMasseter (Jaw) Botox 50U (Domestic)
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Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $21₩29,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox (1 area: forehead / glabella / crow's feet / mouth corners / chin dimpling / bunny lines) — Korean
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $22₩30,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Nabota)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $28₩39,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Domestic Premium, Nabota)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $28₩39,000 + VATCompare clinicsSquare Jaw Botox — Korean
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $29₩40,000 + VATCompare clinicsSkin Botox 1 Area (Domestic)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $43₩59,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
Three cartridge depths and the layer each one reaches
Focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices such as Ultherapy Prime and Shurink Universe, sold abroad as Ultraformer MPT, swap cartridges to aim heat at a fixed depth under the surface. The skin on top is meant to stay closed.
Shurink Universe adds a 2.0 mm cartridge and booster cartridges, but the logic is the same: the shallower the focus, the more it works on texture; the deeper the focus, the more it works on the supporting layer that sags.
| Depth | Layer targeted | Zones it is often used on | What it is aimed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 mm | Upper dermis | Around the eyes, forehead, fine-lined cheeks | Surface texture and crepiness |
| 3.0 mm | Deep dermis | Cheeks, under the chin, sides of the face | Firmness of the skin itself |
| 4.5 mm | SMAS, the fibrous layer under fat | Jawline, lower cheeks, neck sides | Support for a softened contour |
Guide
What a 2008 study on donated skin measured
The depth idea traces back to laboratory work. In a 2008 study in Dermatologic Surgery, Laubach and colleagues fired a prototype focused ultrasound probe at postmortem human skin, at 7.5 MHz with a focal distance of about 4.2 mm, using pulses of 50 to 200 milliseconds.
They found that the depth and size of each heated spot were set by three dials: source power, exposure time and focal depth. Single, tightly confined lesions could be placed as deep as 4 mm within the dermis, usually shaped like an upside-down cone, while moving the probe step by step built an even pattern of points.
The study measured heat in tissue, not lifting in living people, so it says nothing about how much a face changes. What it does support is the reason to ask about settings: the same device can heat very different layers depending on how it is set.
Guide
Lines per zone: the second number on the plan
Clinics in Gangnam usually price focused ultrasound per line or per shot, so the total count appears on every quote. The total alone hides the shape of the plan. An even spread and a count stacked along the jaw are different sessions.
Ask for a split: lines per cartridge depth, per zone, on both sides. Prices are written before VAT, and 10% VAT is added at payment.
- Which cartridges, and on which zones
- Lines per zone on the left and right
- Whether fewer lines go over thin or bony areas
- Whether the count matches the quote you received
Guide
Imaging, cartridges and the hand on the device
Ultherapy Prime shows a live ultrasound image of the layers on screen, which lets the operator see depth before each line. Ask whether the device in your room offers that view, and who reads it.
Ask to see a sealed or newly opened cartridge and its remaining shot count before treatment starts. Then ask who holds the handpiece: the doctor, or trained staff following the doctor's map. Either can be normal; you should know which.
Guide
When the depth map says not today
A careful plan includes reasons to wait. Focused ultrasound is usually postponed during pregnancy, over active breakouts or broken skin in the zone, and over recently placed filler or threads until the clinic says the area has settled. Metal implants in the treated area also call for a talk first.
Very thin faces raise a different question, since deep heat over little fat can leave a hollow look; some doctors lower the count or skip 4.5 mm there. Heavy loose skin that folds over the jaw may need a surgical opinion rather than another device.
Evidence
Research behind this page
- Intense Focused Ultrasound: Evaluation of a New Treatment Modality for Precise Microcoagulation within the SkinDermatologic Surgery · 2008 · doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34196.x
A laboratory study on postmortem human skin showing that focused ultrasound can create confined heat lesions up to 4 mm deep in the dermis, with depth and size controlled by power, exposure time and focal depth.
FAQ
Questions about aesthetic clinics in Seoul
Which clinics offer Aesthetic clinics in Seoul?
Clinics offering Aesthetic clinics in Seoul include RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam (Gangnam Station), Kind Global Clinic (Euljiro-ipgu Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong (Myeongdong Station), Dear Clinic (Cheongdam-dong) and ENTER Plastic Surgery (Gangnam-daero). Each lists Aesthetic clinics on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
Does the best skin clinic gangnam visitors book use all three depths on every face?
No, the cartridges used should follow your face, not a fixed menu. A young face with mild softening at the jaw may need mostly 3.0 and 4.5 mm lines, while fine lines around the eyes call for 1.5 mm work. Thin or bony areas often get fewer deep lines. Ask the doctor to explain why each cartridge is on your plan, and to say which ones were left out on purpose.
Why does the deep line feel stronger along the jaw?
The jawline sits close to bone and nerves, so heat focused at 4.5 mm is felt more sharply there than over the cheeks. Most people describe brief hot or prickling pulses rather than steady pain. Numbing cream is commonly applied for about 30 minutes, and some clinics add cooling or a pause between passes. Tell the operator early if a spot feels too strong; settings and pacing can be adjusted.
Can I have focused ultrasound the day before my flight home?
Usually yes, because the skin surface stays closed and there is no wound to dress. Mild redness, swelling or tenderness along the jaw can last from a few hours to a few days, and small sore spots can be felt when touched. Rare nerve irritation or bruising takes longer to fade. Leaving a day or two before flying gives time to show any concern to the clinic in person.
Is Shurink Universe the same treatment as Ultherapy Prime?
Both are focused ultrasound devices, but they are different machines from different makers. Ultherapy Prime is made by Merz Aesthetics and shows a live image of the layers during treatment. Shurink Universe is made by Classys, offers extra cartridge depths and modes, and is sold abroad as Ultraformer MPT. The plan, line count and pricing unit differ, so compare them line for line rather than by name.
When does a lift from focused ultrasound start to show?
Changes build gradually rather than on the day. Some people notice slight firmness early, but the collagen response develops over the following weeks and months, which is why photos are usually compared well after the trip. Results vary from person to person and fade with time, so many people repeat treatment later. Ask the clinic to take standard photos before treatment for a fair comparison.
Can I combine filler and focused ultrasound on one trip?
It is often possible, but order matters. Many doctors prefer ultrasound first and filler afterward, or a gap between them, so heat is not aimed through freshly placed product. If you already had filler in the zone recently, mention the date and product. Ask the clinic to write the order and spacing of both treatments into your plan before booking the dates.