Double eyelid surgery Korea price is usually quoted as one fee for both upper lids, and the listed fee excludes VAT, with 10% VAT added at payment. What moves the figure most is what the lid exam finds: a simple crease on a young lid, skin and fat removal on a heavier lid, or added work on a weak opening muscle. Sedation and visits after surgery can sit on separate lines.
Clinics in Korea
5 clinics for Plastic surgery in Korea
| # | Clinic | Listed price | Devices & products | Area | Languages | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENTER Plastic Surgery | ₩1,300,000 | SMAS facelift · Blepharoplasty · Rhinoplasty · Fat grafting | Gangnam-daero | - | - |
| 2 | Rewind Plastic Surgery | ₩1,200,000 | Mini facelift · Blepharoplasty · Rhinoplasty · Fat grafting | Nonhyeon-ro | English · Español | 5.0 (54) |
| 3 | Garnet Plastic Surgery | ₩2,000,000 | Mini facelift · Blepharoplasty · Rhinoplasty · Fat grafting | Apgujeong Station | English | - |
| 4 | OPERA PLASTIC SURGERY | - | Mini facelift · Blepharoplasty · Rhinoplasty | Nonhyeon Station | English · 中文 | 4.6 (127) |
| 5 | JN Plastic Surgery | - | Facelift · Blepharoplasty · Rhinoplasty | Gangnam Station | 中文 | - |
11. ENTER Plastic Surgery
ENTER Plastic Surgery runs a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam-daero. Plastic surgery is listed from ₩1,300,000 + VAT. Plastic surgery is offered here together with thread lifts, facelift surgery and HIFU lifting.
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.
Japanese-speaking visitors · Botox with a surgical option nearby
- Location
- Gangnam-daero
- Listed price
- From ₩1,300,000 + VAT
22. Rewind Plastic Surgery
★ 5.054 Google reviewsRewind Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Nonhyeon-ro, rated 5.0 from 54 Google reviews. Listed plastic surgery prices start at ₩1,200,000 + VAT. It offers plastic surgery alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox, and consultations are available in English and Spanish.
Apgujeong lifting surgery clinic with a skin-care side
- Surgical lifting
- Same surgeon throughout
- Calm, private floors
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- Interpreter-assisted consultations via WhatsApp or Instagram, with English-subtitled doctor explainer videos.
- Menu centres on facelift, neck lift, double-chin liposuction and eyelid surgery.
Combining Botox with lifting consult · Jawline and neck concerns
- Location
- Nonhyeon-ro
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩1,200,000 + VAT
33. Garnet Plastic Surgery
Garnet Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic a 4-minute walk from Apgujeong Station. Listed plastic surgery prices start at ₩2,000,000 + VAT. Its menu covers plastic surgery as well as facelift surgery and thread lifts; staff consult in English.
Apgujeong surgeon-led clinic for eyes, nose and facelifts
- Surgeon-led care
- Eyes, nose & lifting
- Small, calm schedule
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- An English-speaking coordinator reviews your photos by WhatsApp, LINE or email before you book flights.
- Planned reviews at one, three and six months, plus messenger follow-up once you are home.
Revision or implant-free rhinoplasty · Facelift and neck contouring
- Location
- Apgujeong Station (Line 3), ~4 min walk (294 m)
- Languages
- English
- Listed price
- From ₩2,000,000 + VAT
44. OPERA PLASTIC SURGERY
★ 4.6127 Google reviewsOPERA PLASTIC SURGERY sits a 1-minute walk from Nonhyeon Station Exit 4, a plastic surgery clinic that holds a 4.6 Google rating across 127 reviews. Plastic surgery is offered here together with Botox and fillers. Consultations are available in English and Chinese.
Gangnam plastic surgery clinic for contouring and breast surgery
- Facial contouring
- Full surgical range
- Gangnam-daero location
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- Offers consultations through WhatsApp and Kakao, with sites in eight languages.
- Surgical menu spans facial contouring, breast, eye, nose, body contouring and men's surgery.
Facial contouring packages · Breast surgery
- Location
- Nonhyeon Station (Line 7) Exit 4, 1 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文
55. JN Plastic Surgery
JN Plastic Surgery runs a plastic surgery clinic a 5-minute walk from Gangnam Station. It offers plastic surgery alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. Staff consult in Chinese.
Eye, nose, lifting and body filler surgery in Gangnam
- Plastic surgery
- Thread lifting
- Revision care
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- Separate centers for first-time surgery, revision surgery and anti-aging facelifts.
- Nose surgery options include implant-free rhinoplasty using the patient's own tissue, planned with 3D-CT.
Eye and nose surgery · Pelvic and body filler
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2 / Sinbundang Line), about 5 minutes on foot
- Languages
- 中文
Prices
Plastic surgery cost in Korea
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Non-incisional (buried) double eyelid
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $873₩1,200,000 + VATCompare clinicsMedial epicanthoplasty
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $873₩1,200,000 + VATCompare clinicsLateral/lower/upper canthoplasty
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $873₩1,200,000 + VATCompare clinicsEpicanthoplasty — medial or upper (each)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $945₩1,300,000 + VATCompare clinicsNon-incisional (buried suture) double eyelid
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $1,164₩1,600,000 + VATCompare clinicsPartial-incision double eyelid
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $1,309₩1,800,000 + VATCompare clinicsIncisional double eyelid surgery
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $1,455₩2,000,000 + VATCompare clinicsDouble eyelid — buried (non-incisional)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $1,455From ₩2,000,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
How the lid exam decides the fee category
Clinics rarely price a crease on its own; they price the operation the lid needs. A thin lid with little fat and no excess skin can take a crease alone. A fuller or older lid may need skin, muscle or fat trimmed, which is closer to a blepharoplasty. If the opening muscle is weak, the plan adds muscle advancement and more operating time.
This is why a korea double eyelid surgery price quoted from a photo often changes after the exam. Ask the surgeon to name the category written on your quote and the finding behind it.
| Exam finding | Usual operation | What adds time | Question to ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin lid, no crease | Crease creation by suture or incision | Little beyond the crease itself | Which method suits my skin thickness? |
| Full lid or excess skin | Incision with skin, muscle or fat trimming | Amount of tissue removed | How much tissue is removed, and why? |
| Weak lid opening | Crease plus levator advancement | Measuring and adjusting the muscle | Was the weakness measured, and how? |
| Earlier eyelid surgery | Revision of an existing fold | Releasing scar tissue | Are my old records needed first? |
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Anesthesia and medicine lines on an eyelid bill
Most eyelid operations use local anesthesia injected into the lid. Many clinics add oral or intravenous sedation, and some list it separately, especially when an anesthesiologist monitors you. Pre-operative blood tests, medicines to take home and cold packs may be bundled or itemized. Two quotes that look far apart sometimes differ only in whether sedation is included.
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Visits after surgery and how they are billed
Incision stitches usually come out after five to seven days, and many clinics plan one or two checks after that. A fee that bundles these visits assumes you stay in Korea long enough to attend. Leaving early rarely lowers the fee, and stitch removal at home means a separate local bill. Ask which visits are included and what a correction visit within the first months would cost to book.
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Lining up two quotes on equal terms
A useful comparison of double eyelid surgery korea cost puts the same items side by side before looking at the totals.
- Same operation category and the same lids, both or one.
- Same anesthesia: local only, or local with sedation.
- Tests, medicines and aftercare items included or listed apart.
- Number of visits after surgery covered by the fee.
- VAT: every figure read before VAT, then 10% added at payment.
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What research says about technique details on the quote
Technique lines on a quote have clinical meaning. Todorov and colleagues, in a 2025 meta-analysis of 12 randomized trials with 450 patients in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, found that removing muscle along with skin led to more lagophthalmos, incomplete eye closure, than skin-only excision, while satisfaction did not differ. Continuous sutures caused more eye irritation than subcuticular closure.
Serious eye-muscle problems are uncommon. In a 2024 study of 368,623 blepharoplasty patients in a United States registry, published in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oke and colleagues found a 3-year strabismus diagnosis rate of 1.5% after upper lid surgery versus 2.0% after lower lid surgery. That group was mostly older people, so the figures describe eyelid surgery in general, not crease surgery in young lids.
Evidence
Research behind this page
- The Incidence of Strabismus After Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty in the United StatesOphthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2024 · doi:10.1097/iop.0000000000002617
In a registry cohort of 368,623 adults, the 3-year incidence of strabismus diagnosis was 1.5% after upper and 2.0% after lower blepharoplasty, with lower lid surgery carrying the higher adjusted risk.
- Functional and Aesthetic Outcomes After Upper Blepharoplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Control TrialsAesthetic Surgery Journal · 2025 · doi:10.1093/asj/sjaf022
Across 12 randomized trials with 450 patients, upper blepharoplasty reduced dry eye symptoms, and muscle plus skin excision raised lagophthalmos compared with skin-only excision without changing satisfaction.
FAQ
Questions about Plastic surgery in Korea
Which clinics offer Plastic surgery in Korea?
Clinics offering Plastic surgery in Korea include ENTER Plastic Surgery (Gangnam-daero), Rewind Plastic Surgery (Nonhyeon-ro), Garnet Plastic Surgery (Apgujeong Station), OPERA PLASTIC SURGERY (Nonhyeon Station) and JN Plastic Surgery (Gangnam Station). Each lists Plastic surgery on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
Is the double eyelid surgery price korea clinics list for both eyes or one?
Listed eyelid fees almost always cover both upper lids in one operation. Surgery on one lid, for example to match a fold that is already present on the other side, is sometimes quoted on its own, but it is not simply half, because the setup, anesthesia and follow-up are the same. Matching one side to the other also takes careful measuring, so ask how the single-lid quote is set.
Is sedation included in the eyelid fee or charged on top?
It depends on the clinic, so ask before comparing totals. Some include light oral sedation in the operation fee; others list intravenous sedation as its own line, particularly when a separate anesthesia doctor monitors you. Local anesthesia injected into the lid is normally part of the operation itself. If you prefer to stay fully awake, say so, since it can change both the plan and the quote.
Do I pay the whole eyelid fee on the consultation day?
Payment is usually taken on the day of surgery, after the consultation has confirmed the plan, though some clinics ask for a deposit to hold a date. Card and bank transfer are common in general terms; ask which options apply and whether a deposit can be refunded if the surgeon advises against operating. Keep the written quote and the receipt, since both help if a question arises later.
Why can an older lid cost more to treat than a younger one?
An older lid often needs more than a crease. Loose skin, a heavier brow and fat bulges may mean skin and fat removal, and sometimes muscle advancement, which takes longer than crease creation alone. The fee follows the work, not the age itself. If the main heaviness comes from the brow, the surgeon may suggest a different operation entirely, which is quoted on separate terms.
Is a lower quote for the same eyelid plan worth accepting?
A lower quote can be fair, but check that it truly covers the same plan first. Confirm the operation category, whether tissue is removed, the anesthesia, the visits after surgery and who operates. Gaps in any of these explain most differences. Once the items match, the lower figure is simply lower; if they do not match, the comparison is not yet meaningful.