One minute from Gangnam Station, in the same place since 2006

Yes. Abijou Medical Clinic Gangnam is a registered foreign patient institution under Korea's Act on Support for Overseas Expansion of Healthcare System and Attraction of Foreign Patients, and the registration is currently active. The designated target countries recorded on the registration include the United States, Japan and China. Registration is a filing with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and only registered institutions may lawfully attract foreign patients in Korea.

Look the clinic up in the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Medical Korea registry at medicalkorea.or.kr. The registered representative is Duk-ha Kim (romanized in some records as Kim Deok-ha). The registry record shows the current registration status and the designated target countries, the United States among them. You do not have to take our word for it — the registry is the primary source.

Abijou's official doctor listing publishes the languages each chief MD speaks, and for the Gangnam branch it lists Korean and English for Duk-ha Kim, chief MD. English, Japanese and Chinese support is available at the branch alongside Korean. What we will not promise in advance is which of the seven doctors you will see on a given day.

Seven doctors practice at the Gangnam branch — one board-certified specialist and six general physicians, as registered with HIRA, Korea's Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

For toxin you choose the preparation rather than being handed an unnamed one — domestic, premium domestic, German-made and US-made products are listed separately on the price list with separate prices, so what you are paying for is named before you agree to it. The devices listed on this page are only those that appear on this branch's treatment menu in the official reservation center, so the list can be checked against a source we do not control.

Ultherapy PRIME, Thermage, Oligio, Shurink Universe, InMode, ONDA, Soprano Titanium and Liftera. Each is listed on this branch's treatment menu in the official reservation center with its own price page, which is how you can confirm the device is here rather than at another branch.

No to both. All payments are made at the clinic during your visit, and payment cannot be made through the website at all. Holding a booking costs you nothing up front, and there is no cancellation charge to recover because nothing was taken.

Weekday evenings and Saturdays are the slots that fill first, so book those ahead if your schedule is fixed. The official reservation center shows live availability, so you can see for yourself how far out the first open slot is rather than guessing.

Yes, walk-ins are accepted, but you may have to wait. Picking a time on the official reservation center or messaging the KakaoTalk channel first is faster, particularly on Saturday.

You can see them first. Per-treatment prices are published on the official reservation center — pricing is not held back until a consultation. These are non-covered services and VAT is not included, and promotional prices change, so check again close to your visit date.

The price you are quoted is the published official price list, quoted as it stands. There is no separate foreign-patient rate. The final payment can differ from the listed figure only because of a special offer or promotional period in effect at the time of your visit, which applies to everyone booking in that period.

What is settled: all payment is made in person at the clinic, there is no deposit, and nothing is charged online in advance.

Downtime differs by treatment, and the interval to leave before flying is a clinical judgement rather than a fixed rule. Bring your departure date to the consultation — the plan is set after your skin is examined, and a near-term flight changes what is sensible to do.

Tell us your dates at the consultation and the plan is built around them rather than around a standard course. Medical skincare programs are also used to get skin into condition before and after a procedure, which is often what fits a short trip.

Weekdays 10:00–20:00 with a lunch break from 14:00 to 15:00, so there is no consultation or treatment in that hour. Saturday runs straight through from 10:00 to 16:30 with no lunch break. Closed on Sunday and on public holidays.

No — the Gangnam branch is closed on Sunday and on public holidays. If Sunday is the only day that works for you, the Myeongdong branch is open on Sunday from 09:30 to 18:00.

Exit 10 is the closest: 66 m, about a 1-minute walk. Exit 9 also works at 126 m, about 2 minutes — come out of Exit 9 and walk straight toward Megabox; the building is the one with a 7-Eleven on the ground floor. Gangnam Station is on Subway Line 2 and the Sinbundang Line.

Both are free. Use the underground mechanical parking lot next to 7-Eleven, and a Complimentary Valet Parking Service is available. Because the lot is a mechanical lift, ※Available only for vehicles under 2,000kg.

Eight categories and 59 treatments: Laser Lifting Treatments, Skin Booster, Botox & Facial Contouring, Dermal Fillers, Pigmentation, Acne & Pores, Medical Skincare, Anti-Aging Treatments and Body Contouring. The full list with prices is on the official reservation center.

Yes. This site is the Gangnam branch's own page; abijouonline.com is the Abijou Medical Clinic official site and reservation center. The Gangnam branch opened on 19 July 2006 and was the first branch of the network, which now runs 16 branches across Korea. Booking, the full price list and the terms of service all live on the official site.

4.9 out of 5 from 2,011 Google reviews, checked on 8 September 2026. The rating is Google's, not ours — the link in the reviews section opens the Google Maps listing so you can read the reviews yourself.