Questions people ask before booking a Korean clinic.

No. Korean clinics accept direct bookings, and paying a broker is never legally required. The hard parts are language, knowing which clinics are actually good, and avoiding the ones that quote tourists inflated prices. Beautrek handles that coordination as an independent service — we take zero commissions from clinics, so our recommendations are not sales pitches. See our guide on unlicensed medical-tourism agents.

Most agencies are paid a commission by the clinic — often built into your bill — which rewards them for sending you to whoever pays the most, not whoever suits you. Beautrek works the other way: you pay us a transparent service fee, we take 0% from clinics, and you pay the clinic directly at Korean-patient prices. Full breakdown in our guide to agency markups.

Considerably less than most visitors are quoted. Korean-patient prices are published openly — see our Korean price list for typical ranges for Botox, skin boosters, Rejuran, lifting devices, and more. When a quote runs well above those benchmarks, a middleman margin is usually the reason.

At a licensed medical clinic with a doctor doing the consultation and the procedure — yes, Korea is one of the most experienced markets in the world. The real risks are the edges of the market: beauty shops performing medical procedures illegally, gray-market device cartridges, and consultations run by salespeople instead of doctors. Our vetting screens for exactly these.

Many clinics in Gangnam have English-speaking coordinators, but the quality varies widely, and important medical details can get lost. Beautrek matches you with clinics that support your language properly and handles communication with the clinic before and around your visit, so nothing is lost in translation.

Two to four weeks ahead is comfortable for most treatments. Popular device treatments (Ultherapy, Thermage, Shurink) and well-known doctors book out further, especially around holidays. Last-minute matching is often still possible — send us your dates and we will tell you honestly what is realistic.

For injectables and skin boosters, 1–3 days is usually enough — many have same-day or next-day recovery. Laser and lifting treatments may need a short buffer before flying. If you are combining several treatments, 3–5 days lets us sequence them properly around downtime.

Usually yes, and it is often the smart way to use a Korea trip — but order and spacing matter. Some treatments cannot be done on the same day, and some should come before others. Your coordinator plans the sequence with the clinic so you get the combination safely, not just the combination that sells.

Two parts. A booking deposit to Beautrek is paid through a secure card link (3-D Secure, major international cards) — it confirms your slot and is credited toward your trip. Treatment fees are paid by you directly to the clinic at Korean-patient prices; we never sit in the middle of that payment and never mark it up. Details on the payments page.

Tell us 48 hours or more before your appointment and you can reschedule free or get a 100% deposit refund. Between 24–48 hours: one free reschedule or a 50% refund. Under 24 hours or no-show: the deposit is non-refundable, though we always make exceptions for emergencies with reasonable proof. Full terms in the refund policy.

Regenerative boosters lead: Rejuran, Juvelook, and Re20 for skin quality, Shurink and Emface for lifting without downtime, and picosecond lasers for pigment. See the five treatments Korean clinics cannot stop booking in 2026 for the full picture.

No — zero, from any clinic, ever. That is the entire point of the model: because no clinic pays us, no clinic can buy a recommendation. We are paid only by you, transparently, and we put that promise in writing.