Medical Tourism

The last thing any country wants is infamy. South Korea is infamous for its plastic surgery is often nicknamed as the plastic surgery capital of the world. Despite the negative stigma that plastic surgery has, everyone in the world wishes to feel and look beautiful. With this in mind, South Korea has managed to make its cosmetic surgery industry a tourism hot spot.

A common sight in South Korea transit stations are ads for cosmetic surgery offices

Home to technological powerhouses such as Samsung and LG, South Korea is a state-of-the-art country. The South Korean government heavily invests in its medical industry. Health care services and equipment is considered cutting edge even when compared to other first world countries. Something that may costs you a fortune in your own country is very common practice in South Korea and is very affordable instead. A common advertising technique for cosmetic surgery is doing package deals. For example, if you wish to get a nose job, certain cosmetic offices will bundle a nose job with eye enlargement surgery as well. The stigma of plastic surgery is less negative within its country compared to others. Which leads to an abundance of cosmetic offices competing with one another by offering deals and unbelievable prices.

The thought of traveling to a foreign country that does not speak your native tongue for surgery is frightening. However now a days, cosmetic offices will advertise to oversea clients by hiring doctors that speak second languages such as English or Mandarin. The experience of visiting a doctor from a cosmetic office is vastly different that going to a doctor to a hospital. Cosmetic offices train their employees to be accommodating and treat clients as if they were attending a resort. Some package deals will have their employees pick you up from their airport and drive you to the office in an expensive car. The recovery process room is designed to look like a 5 star hotel room rather than just a hospital bed.  The money you are spending is not just on the surgery but the getaway experience.

An example of a women's experience to travel to South Korea for cosmetic surgery