Thermage in Korea before and after pairs usually show one session of Thermage FLX, a Solta Medical monopolar radiofrequency (RF) device that heats skin to about 3 mm, so the honest result is gradual firming over two to six months. Expect smoother texture and a slightly tighter jaw edge rather than a new contour. A pair is only as useful as the label beside it: device, tip, pulse count and the date of each photo.
Solta Medical · Thermage FLXClinics in Korea
5 clinics for Thermage in Korea
| # | Clinic | Area | Languages | Devices & products | Listed price | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Clinic | Cheongdam-dong | English · Español | Thermage FLX · Ultherapy Prime · Onda · Titanium lifting | ₩1,900,000 | 4.9 (354) |
| 2 | RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam | Gangnam Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | Thermage FLX · Ultherapy Prime · Sofwave · Onda | ₩1,990,000 | 4.9 (1,155) |
| 3 | Kind Global Clinic | Euljiro-ipgu Station | English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español | Thermage FLX · Ultherapy Prime · Onda · Titanium lifting | - | 4.9 (359) |
| 4 | RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong | Myeongdong Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | Thermage FLX · Ultherapy Prime · Sofwave · Onda | - | 4.9 (1,091) |
| 5 | ENTER Plastic Surgery | Gangnam-daero | - | Thermage FLX · Ultherapy · Onda · Titanium lifting | ₩1,200,000 | - |
11. Dear Clinic
★ 4.9354 Google reviewsDear Clinic is a skin and aesthetic clinic in Cheongdam-dong, rated 4.9 from 354 Google reviews. Thermage is offered here together with HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. Consultations are available in English and Spanish; its listed Thermage price starts from ₩1,900,000 + VAT. Open every day of the year, with English consultation and WhatsApp booking before you fly.
Scan-first Cheongdam lifting clinic, open every day
- Lifting-focused
- 3D scan first
- Warm-luxury interior
- Filler menu extends beyond the face to earlobe, shoulder line and hip dip areas.
- The clinic runs fourth-generation Thermage FLX with dedicated face and eye tips, using vibration and cooling during each pulse.
Short trips needing weekend slots · Filler beyond lips and chin
- Location
- Cheongdam-dong
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩1,900,000 + VAT
22. RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam
★ 4.91,155 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam is a skin and aesthetic clinic a 2-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 10, rated 4.9 from 1,155 Google reviews. It offers Thermage alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. Staff consult in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish, and its listed Thermage price starts from ₩1,990,000 + VAT. Open every day, 10:00–20:00 including holidays, two minutes from Gangnam Station Exit 10.
Gangnam Station skin clinic built around five-language care
- Five-language desk
- Gallery-style interior
- Regenerative skin menu
- Board-certified dermatologists on staff
- Offers 90 days of multilingual messenger follow-up after visitors return home.
- Consultations in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Spanish through in-house interpreters.
Evening or holiday appointments · Non-English speakers wanting own language
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2) Exit 10, 2 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩1,990,000 + VAT
33. Kind Global Clinic
★ 4.9359 Google reviewsKind Global Clinic sits by Euljiro-ipgu Station Exit 6, a skin and aesthetic clinic that holds a 4.9 Google rating across 359 reviews. Its menu covers Thermage as well as HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. It consults in English, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish. It opens weekdays 10:30 to 20:30, and weekends and holidays 10:00 to 17:00.
Boutique Myeongdong clinic with co-director-led treatment
- Boutique clinic
- One private floor
- Director-performed care
- The clinic is a 5-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 6 on Line 4.
- A free pre-consultation runs on WhatsApp or LINE, where you send photos and receive a treatment plan.
Weekend or holiday appointments · Travelers staying in Myeongdong
- Location
- Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2) Exit 6 / Myeongdong Station (Line 4) Exit 8
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español
44. RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong
★ 4.91,091 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong runs a skin and aesthetic clinic near Myeongdong Station; its Google rating is 4.9 from 1,091 reviews. Thermage is offered here together with HIFU lifting, RF lifting and Botox. Consultations are available in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish. It welcomes patients every day, 10:30 to 20:00 on weekdays and 10:30 to 19:00 on weekends.
Myeongdong flagship for lifting, glass skin and stem cell
- Flagship space
- Open every day
- Six languages
- The clinic is a 2-minute walk from Myeongdong Station Exit 8, on the 2nd and 3rd floors at 58 Myeongdong 10-gil.
- In-house medical interpreters assist in English, Japanese, Spanish, Thai and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
Sunday appointments · Glass skin booster programs
- Location
- Myeongdong Station (Line 4) / Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2)
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
55. ENTER Plastic Surgery
ENTER Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam-daero. It offers Thermage alongside thread lifts, plastic surgery and facelift surgery. Listed Thermage prices start at ₩1,200,000 + VAT. Botox, skin boosters and device lifting sit alongside eyelid and facelift surgery in one clinic.
Gangnam skin and lifting clinic with a facelift surgeon
- Skin plus surgery
- English & Japanese staff
- Station-front
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- One minute from Nonhyeon Station Exit 4 on the Sinbundang Line, on Gangnam-daero.
- English- and Japanese-speaking staff, with WhatsApp booking before you travel.
Japanese-speaking visitors · Eyelid or facelift planning trips
- Location
- Gangnam-daero
- Listed price
- From ₩1,200,000 + VAT
Prices
Thermage cost in Korea
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Thermage · 225 shots
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $873₩1,200,000 + VATCompare clinicsThermage · 300 shots
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $1,164₩1,600,000 + VATCompare clinicsThermage · 450 shots
Range across 3 listed clinics · approx. $1,455–$1,818₩2,000,000–₩2,500,000 + VATCompare clinicsThermage · 600 shots
Range across 3 listed clinics · approx. $1,382–$2,182₩1,900,000–₩3,000,000 + VATCompare clinicsThermage · 900 shots
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $3,127₩4,300,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
Texture, firmness and contour: which one a photo pair records
Skin change after RF heating comes in three kinds, and a camera handles each differently. Surface texture, such as fine lines and roughness, is the easiest to capture. Firmness is harder, because a photo cannot feel skin. Contour, the outline of the jaw or cheek, shifts only slightly with RF and is easy to fake with a tilted chin.
Research teams get around this with fixed equipment. In a 2024 cohort in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, Kim measured skin roughness on standardized 3D scanner images, taken with uniform lighting and angles, before treatment, straight after and at one month. Among 45 people who finished, average roughness fell from 16.71 to 11.88 units right after the session and sat at 12.33 at one month, and 16 of them measured smoother at one month than on the day itself. The device was VolNewMer, a 6.78 MHz monopolar RF system made in Korea by Classys, not Thermage FLX, so the study speaks for the device class rather than the brand.
| Kind of change | How research captures it | How a gallery photo handles it |
|---|---|---|
| Fine lines and roughness | 3D scanner with fixed light and angle | Visible in close-ups, easily softened by filters |
| Firmness | Grading scales or elasticity devices | Not visible directly; inferred from shadows |
| Jaw and cheek outline | Profile images on a fixed head rest | Altered by a small change in head tilt |
Guide
Confirming which device and tip a pair actually shows
Clinics in Korea run several monopolar RF devices side by side, including Thermage FLX and Korean systems such as Volnewmer and Oligio, and some galleries file them all under one lifting heading. Each device has its own tips, settings and price unit, so a pair from one cannot predict another.
Before treating a gallery image as evidence, ask the clinic to fill in the gaps below.
- Device name and generation, and whether a new single-use tip was opened for that case.
- Tip type: face tip, eye tip or body tip.
- Total pulses and which zones received them.
- Weeks or months between the session and the after image.
- Whether the photos show the clinic's own patient, shared with consent.
- Any toxin, filler, booster or ultrasound lift given in the same period.
Guide
Matching the result to what you want to change
The pair that matters most is one whose starting point looks like yours. RF heating tightens the dermis, so it suits early laxity and crepey texture; it does not add volume or reposition heavy tissue. A 2020 survey-based update in Dermatologic Therapy by Suh and colleagues reviewed how monopolar RF is applied in current practice.
| Your main concern | What RF heating tends to do | Where another approach is usually discussed |
|---|---|---|
| Fine lines, rough or crepey skin | Smoother surface within weeks | Rarely needed for mild cases |
| Early softening at the jaw | Gradual tightening over months | Ultrasound lifting if deeper layers sag |
| Deep folds, heavy jowls | Small change on camera | Surgical assessment |
| Hollow cheeks or temples | Little effect on volume | Filler or other volume treatment |
Guide
Why the after picture usually gets taken at home
Most visitors fly out within a few days, while firming keeps building for months, so the image that counts is rarely taken in Korea. Agree before you leave on when to send photos, which views to shoot and who reviews them.
A one-month set lines up with the follow-up point in Kim's 2024 study, and a later set at month three or six fits the slower remodeling phase. Pregnancy, a pacemaker or other implanted device, metal in the treatment zone or an active infection on the area are reasons to delay the session altogether, whatever the gallery shows.
Evidence
Research behind this page
- A survey on monopolar radiofrequency treatment: The latest updateDermatologic Therapy · 2020 · doi:10.1111/dth.14284
A survey-based update on how monopolar radiofrequency treatment is applied in current aesthetic practice.
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Continuous Water-Cooling 115-Watt 6.78-MHz Monopolar RF Therapy for Fine Wrinkle ReductionPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open · 2024 · doi:10.1097/gox.0000000000005623
In 45 participants, standardized 3D scanner images showed lower skin roughness immediately after one 6.78 MHz monopolar RF session, largely sustained at one month.
FAQ
Questions about Thermage in Korea
Which clinics offer Thermage in Korea?
Clinics offering Thermage in Korea include Dear Clinic (Cheongdam-dong), RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam (Gangnam Station), Kind Global Clinic (Euljiro-ipgu Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Myeongdong (Myeongdong Station) and ENTER Plastic Surgery (Gangnam-daero). Each lists Thermage on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
Is a photo taken minutes after an RF session a fair result?
It shows something real but incomplete, because heat makes collagen contract at once while flushing and mild swelling add to the effect. In Kim's 2024 study, smoothness measured right after treatment was largely kept at one month, though some participants changed further. The longer remodeling phase is not visible yet on that day. Treat a same-day image as a starting note, and judge the outcome from a later set.
Will RF tightening show the same way on darker or thicker skin?
Monopolar RF heats tissue rather than targeting pigment, so it is generally used across a wide range of skin tones. Thicker or oilier skin can make a small texture gain harder to see on camera, even when the skin feels firmer. Mention any history of dark marks after heat or injury so the treating doctor can plan energy and cooling. Results vary from person to person.
Can a gallery photo tell me how many pulses I need?
No, a photo cannot set your pulse count, since the doctor decides it from your skin thickness, laxity and the zones you want treated. Two people with similar photos may receive quite different plans. A gallery helps only if it states the pulses and zones used for that case. Ask for your own plan in writing, zone by zone, before numbing starts.
Should I pause other treatments to keep a clean comparison?
If a clear record matters to you, avoid starting new toxin, filler or booster treatments in the months you plan to compare. Each one changes the face on its own schedule and can be mistaken for RF firming. When you do combine treatments on one trip, write down the date and product of each. That list lets the doctor read your later photos without guessing.
Can I reuse my first baseline photos before a repeat session?
Yes, keep the original set, because it shows how far skin has moved since the first session and helps the doctor decide whether a repeat is worthwhile. Many people consider another session after about a year as aging continues. Take a fresh set on the day as well, under the same light and angles, so three dates can be compared.
Do neck and body results follow the same timeline as the face?
The biology is similar, with collagen remodeling over two to six months, but neck and body skin is thicker or looser and changes can be harder to photograph. Thermage FLX uses a separate body tip for larger areas such as the abdomen or arms. Standing in the same pose and distance from the camera matters even more there. Small posture shifts can hide or invent a change.