Medical tourism and plastic surgery

A Korea Times article today discusses the enormity of the plastic surgery industry in South Korea. “1.17 million foreign medical tourists” visited Korea in 2024 and a growth rate of over 5% annually. Last year, it’s estimated that Korean medical tourism brought in $1.9 billion USD.

Plastic surgery ranked number two for medical tourism behind dermatology. Facelifts and skin tightening are among the more popular services.

For more vocabulary and content for plastic surgery, see our two-part series here.

Plastic surgery – 성형수술 (seong-hyeong susul)

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Easy to Learn Korean 482, 487-488, 529 – Oriental medicine.

This article is part of a series written by a Korean Oriental medicine doctor in the Korea Times. He provides a good overview of Chinese/Korean-style medicine and dismisses some of the myths about it.

And here’s all of our articles on Korean-style Oriental Medicine.

482-Traditional Korean medicine Continue reading

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Easy to Learn Korean 882 – Tips for Shaving

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Easy to Learn Korean 872 – A Makeup Free Face

872- Makeup Free Face Continue reading

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