Your Korea Treatment Journey in 4 Steps
Translated with AI help and checked by our team.
From getting ready to leave to aftercare at home, here is what to do at each step. Once you start a consultation you get your own chat room, and everything after that comes to that room.
- 1
๐งณ Before you fly
2โ4 weeks before- Visa: rules depend on your nationality. Short trips can use a tourist visa or visa waiver; longer treatment can use a medical tourism visa (C-3-3). If you need an appointment letter from the clinic, ask in your chat room.
- Documents: passport (6+ months left), a list of medicines you take, and past medical records if you have them.
- Packing: front-opening comfortable clothes, a cap and mask, sunglasses, and your regular medicines.
- Payment & refunds: you pay only a reservation deposit in advance; the rest is paid at the clinic. Check the refund rules by cancellation date before paying.
- 2
๐ฌ Arriving in Korea
Arrival day- Airport pickup: for booked patients, your coordinator arranges it. To book yourself, use the pickup link in the travel section below.
- Stay: we suggest areas near the clinic; enter dates and go straight to hotel search.
- Escort & interpreter: on your first consultation day, a coordinator goes with you and interprets.
- Contact: while in Korea, send anything urgent to your chat room.
โ๏ธ Plan your trip
Find flights to Korea and a place to stay. Pick a clinic to search right next to it.
4 nightsYou book and pay directly on each company's website or app. CareSeoul does not sell travel products or take payments.
- 3
โ๏ธ Going home
1โ2 days before departure- Medicine: make sure you receive your prescription and how to take it.
- Documents: if you need a doctor's note or diagnosis in English, we request it from the clinic before you leave (some clinics charge a fee).
- VAT refund: Korea's VAT refund for foreigners' cosmetic treatment ended on 31 December 2025 and is not available now. If it returns, we will update this right away.
- 4
๐ After you're home
First month after treatment- Follow-up schedule: on set days after treatment we check in and ask for photos in your chat room.
- Send photos: send front and side photos to the chat room. Your coordinator passes them to the clinic (your surgeon) and brings the answer back.
โณ Local aftercare package: we are preparing partner clinics in your country.
๐ฌ Your own chat room
When you start a consultation, you get one chat room. Quotes, booking, pickup and aftercare all come there. Prefer WhatsApp? Say so in the chat room and the same coordinator will continue on WhatsApp.
๐ค Our Promises
Not vague words โ promises you can check by the numbers.
- โ Coordinator escort: a coordinator comes with you to the clinic consultation.
- โ Interpreter: an interpreter is with you for clinic consultation and treatment.
- โ Open prices: we show the price range for each treatment before you consult.
- โ Clinic comparison: we compare several clinics instead of pushing one.
- โ Conditional refund: cancel 7+ days before your visit for a full deposit refund, 3โ6 days before for 50%. If the clinic can't treat you, it's always a full refund.
- โ Airport pickup: the driver waits up to 90 minutes after landing โ even if your flight is late or immigration is slow.
๐ธ Aftercare photo check-ins
On days 3ยท7ยท14ยท30 after treatment, we send a 'please send photos' message to your chat room. Your coordinator passes the photos to the clinic (your surgeon) and sends you their answer.