Prepare your clinic consultation · Before your Seoul visit

Prepare Your Clinic Consultation

Organise your skin concerns, travel schedule, downtime preferences, previous treatments, and questions before contacting a clinic — then send the summary to Longevity Seoul so we can coordinate a consultation with a licensed Seoul clinic.

This planner organises your consultation focus. It is not a diagnosis or a treatment recommendation; medical decisions are made by licensed clinicians.

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What would you like to do first?

01 Find my treatment direction Answer 4 quick questions to see which layer your concern seems closer to. 02 Build my consultation summary Turn your answers into a clean note you can send on WhatsApp or bring to a clinic. 03 Prepare clinic questions Run through a 10-point pre-consultation checklist before you book.

New here? It helps to read the guides first — Treatment Map, What is a skin booster?, or Questions before booking. The planner helps you prepare a clearer message before contacting a clinic; it does not recommend a treatment or replace medical consultation.

Received a Korean clinic message?Use the Clinic Message Explainer to turn it into a simple checklist of treatment names, price units, unclear points, and questions to ask before booking. →
Quick direction tool

Which direction seems closest?

Answer four quick questions to see which layer your concern seems closer to. This is a direction guide to help you ask better questions — not a diagnosis. Actual treatment is decided with a licensed clinician.

Q1. What is your main skin concern?
Q2. What result do you want?
Q3. How long is your stay in Korea?
Q4. Any pigmentation or safety risk? (select all that apply)

Directional guidance only — not a diagnosis or treatment recommendation.

Consultation summary

Build your consultation summary

A clean note you can send to Longevity Seoul on WhatsApp or bring to a Seoul clinic. Your input stays in this browser and is never sent to a server. Start with Quick — it takes about a minute. Add Detailed only if you want to.

1 Main concern
2 Desired result
3 Length of stay in Korea
4 Acceptable downtime
5 Past treatments
6 Pigmentation / safety risk
7 Treatments of interest

Next stepYour planner result is a starting point for consultation. Before booking, ask the clinic to confirm the exact treatment name, product or device, dose, treated area, downtime, and aftercare.

Pre-consultation

10 things to check before you book

Tap each item to expand. The more you self-check now, the sharper the conversation at the clinic.

1What result do I actually want?
2Which is my concern closest to — epidermal, dermal, or contour?

Tap the closest type to gauge your direction. (Exact classification is confirmed at the clinic.)

3Do I understand the difference between skin booster, biostimulator, and filler?

Skin boosters lean toward texture and glow, biostimulators toward long-term collagen remodeling, and fillers toward volume and contour.

4Have I checked pigmentation risk for my skin?

Asian skin can retain post-treatment pigmentation for a long time. If you have melasma, lingering acne marks, or a history of post-laser pigmentation, you must tell your doctor.

5Do my travel schedule and recovery time line up?
  • 1–3 days: focus on diagnosis, consultation, low-risk treatments
  • 4–7 days: light skin boosters, low-intensity lasers, barrier-recovery care
  • 2+ weeks: lasers, RF microneedling, and repeat injection treatments can be planned
6Do I understand embossing as a normal process?

After HA or PN injections, the skin can look bumpy like mosquito bites — this embossing is a common reaction as the material settles, usually within 2–5 days.

However, if it comes with pain, heat, pus, or severe redness, contact the clinic immediately.
7Did I disclose a history of cold sores (herpes)?

If you've had frequent cold sores, laser, peels, or injections can reactivate herpes. Ask the clinic whether you need antiviral medication before the procedure.

8Have I checked the approval status of exosome or stem-cell injections?

Some exosome products distributed in Korea are classified as cosmetics and cannot be injected directly. They are generally applied to the skin surface after laser, MTS, or microneedling. Rules differ by country, so always confirm directly with the clinic.

9Have I prepared questions for the clinic?
  • Is my problem dryness, pigmentation, laxity, pores, scars, or volume?
  • Is the suggested treatment a skin booster, biostimulator, or filler?
  • What are the product's ingredients?
  • When do results appear, and how many sessions are needed?
  • How are side effects handled if they occur?
  • Can I get an English-language treatment record?
10Do I have a plan if side effects appear after returning home?

If side effects appear after you return home, a local clinician can't respond well without knowing which product was injected, where, and how much. Ask for an English-language treatment record with product name, ingredients, dose, lot number, injection site and depth, date, doctor, and an emergency contact.

Good to understand

Identify the concern first,
not the product.

Korea offers many skin treatments — HA skin boosters, PN/PDRN, Rejuran, Juvelook, Sculptra, Radiesse, lasers, RF, HIFU, fillers, and more. They don't all share the same purpose, so it helps to know which category your concern falls into before you consult.

1

Epidermal concerns

Dryness, dullness, pigmentation, melasma, barrier decline

2

Dermal concerns

Fine lines, pores, texture, shallow scars, loss of firmness

3

Subcutaneous / contour concerns

Cheek and under-eye hollowing, deep nasolabial folds, contour changes

Skin layers

Concerns are approached
differently by ‘layer’.

01
EPI

1) Epidermal concerns Epidermis · surface barrier · pigment

Main symptoms

DrynessDullnessPigmentationMelasmaSpotsBarrier decline

Common approaches

Sun protectionBarrier repairRetinoidsAntioxidantsPigment lasersGentle lasersPeels

Epidermal concerns relate mostly to the surface barrier, stratum corneum, pigment, and UV damage. In deeper skin tones especially, strong lasers or peels can cause post-treatment pigmentation, so it helps to first distinguish melasma from ordinary spots.

02
DERM

2) Dermal concerns Dermis · collagen · texture

Main symptoms

Fine linesTexture declinePoresShallow acne scarsLoss of firmness

Common approaches

HA skin boosterPN/PDRNHA+PNCollagen injectionRF microneedlingFractional laser
Worth knowing: biostimulators like CaHA, PLLA, PDLLA, and PCL are sometimes placed in deeper layers; injected too superficially they raise the risk of nodules or lumps. They're best understood as treatments that induce tissue remodeling in deeper layers.
03
SUB

3) Subcutaneous / contour concerns Subcutaneous · volume · structure

Main symptoms

Cheek hollowingUnder-eye hollowingNasolabial foldsTemple hollowingContour changes

Common approaches

HA fillerHIFU/HFURFCaHAPLLA/PDLLA

Hollowing or contour change may be about facial structure and volume rather than the skin surface. In that case, repeating skin boosters alone may not fit; these are questions worth raising with a licensed clinician. Surgical options such as fat grafting are outside the scope of this planner.

Categories

Skin boosters, biostimulators,
and fillers are different.

They look similar but differ in purpose, ingredients, onset, and cautions. Get the big picture below, then confirm the details in your clinic consultation.

CategorySkin boosterBiostimulatorFiller
Main purposeHydration, glow, textureCollagen production, firmness, long-term remodelingFilling hollows, volume, contour
Key ingredientsHA, PN/PDRN, HA+PN, some collagenCaHA, PLLA, PDLLA, PCL, PDOHA filler, CaHA filler, PCL filler
OnsetRelatively fastWeeks to monthsRelatively immediate
Often discussed forDryness, fine lines, textureLoss of firmness, skin thickness, long-term changeCheek/under-eye hollowing, contour
CautionsEmbossing, bruising, repeat sessions neededNodules, inflammation, depth control mattersVascular occlusion, asymmetry, overcorrection
Filler vascular risk
Fillers carry a risk of vascular accidents. If filler blocks a vessel in high-risk areas like the nose, glabella, nasolabial folds, or under-eyes, serious complications such as skin necrosis or vision loss can occur — so fillers must be performed by clinicians skilled in facial vascular anatomy and emergency response.
Biostimulator depth · dose
For biostimulators, safe injection depth and dose matter. PLLA, PDLLA, CaHA, PCL and others can induce collagen remodeling, but injected too superficially or in excess they can cause nodules, lumps, and inflammatory reactions.
Treatment record

Get your treatment record before flying home

If you need care at a local clinic after returning home, it's hard without knowing what was injected where and how much. Ask for an English-language treatment record with the items below.

Product name
Ingredients
Manufacturer
Lot number
Dose used
Injection site
Injection depth
Treatment date
Treating doctor
Post-treatment precautions
Emergency contact
Notes if problems arise back home
Regulatory & safety

For exosome, stem-cell & SVF,
confirm the approval scope

These treatments have different regulations and approval scopes by country. Some exosome products in Korea are classified as cosmetics, so they cannot be injected directly — they are generally applied to the surface after laser, MTS, or microneedling.

Questions to ask the clinic

  • Is this product approved as an injectable in Korea?
  • Is it injected directly, or applied after the procedure?
  • Can I confirm the product name and its regulatory classification?
  • If side effects occur, what response system is in place?
Please note
This tool does not provide diagnosis or medical advice — it helps you prepare better questions before consultation. Actual treatment decisions must be made after consultation with a licensed medical professional, and can vary with your skin condition, history, medications, allergies, pigmentation risk, and travel schedule.

Longevity Seoul is a private consultation and coordination service operated by DYPHI. Medical consultations, diagnoses, and procedures are provided only by independent licensed clinics and medical professionals.
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