SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent analysis by the inbound tourism platform Creatrip has revealed that in addition to the popular plastic surgery and dermatology procedures, foreign medical tourists visiting South Korea are increasingly seeking dental and ophthalmology services. Based on data from the company’s medical tourism booking service for the first two months [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the last 10 years, the number of doctors working at plastic surgery clinics has nearly doubled, marking a significant increase in this specialty within primary healthcare facilities in South Korea. Dermatology clinics, another popular medical field, have also seen a notable rise in the number of physicians, with a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Unlike most medical centers that have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, plastic surgery clinics set a new record for the number of surgical procedures conducted last year. A local liposuction clinic 365mc reported Tuesday that it had conducted a whopping 31,241 liposuction surgeries last year, setting a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of plastic surgery patients is increasing in South Korea as the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled them to stay longer and ‘recover’ at home. The demand for plastic surgery is increasing since more people are attempting to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, when plastic [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of foreigners visited South Korea last year to undergo plastic surgery. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute reported that 464,452 foreigners came to South Korea in 2018 to receive medical treatment, up by 16.7 percent since the previous year. Most of the foreigners received treatment from [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of selling coupons for plastic surgery through online shopping malls and claiming a certain portion of the treatment cost as commission is illegal. The Supreme Court accepted prior court decisions in cases involving an online shopping mall representative and a plastic [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of foreigners visited South Korea for medical purposes last year, as the country has been ramping up a drive to woo more foreign visitors, the health ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, 378,967 foreigners visited the country for medical services last year, sharply up 17.8 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A nursing assistant has been arrested for performing plastic surgery on more than 1,000 patients at a Seoul clinic for three years, police said Thursday. The assistant, identified only as a 70-year-old man, is accused of posing as a plastic surgeon to perform more than 1,500 plastic surgery procedures [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 48,000 foreigners came to South Korea last year to get cosmetic surgery, spending some 215 billion won (US$189.12 million), health ministry data showed on Thursday. The numbers provided to Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party for a parliamentary audit showed 397,882 foreign patients visited South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, is taking flak from local medical bodies for its plan to establish a cosmetic and plastic surgery clinic at the transfer desk of its second passenger terminal to be opened in next January, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Rep. Kang Hoon-sik of the ruling [...]