Is It Safe to Get Laser Eye Surgery in Korea?
What U.S. patients should verify about Korean clinics - licensing, equipment and process - before booking a flight.
Read →When idols, actors and MLB players correct their vision, many of them board the same elevator at Gangnam Station Exit 1. Precision you can verify - and care that follows you home.
300,000+ eyes since 2005, 15,000+ SMILE Pro eyes, ZEISS SMILE GOLD CLUB and SMILE pro CENTER certifications - facts you can check, not adjectives.
Three lenticule platforms, four ICL lens types and a nine-type IOL lineup. Your exam picks the procedure - not the clinic's inventory.
“If you don't have a cataract, we won't operate.” A clinic that tells you what it won't do - and names the risks out loud.
English surgical records for your local doctor and a direct line back to Seoul - aftercare designed for patients who live an ocean away.
How it works →ZEISS VISUMAX 800 · laser time under 9 seconds per eye · ~2mm incision, no flap.
About SMILE Pro →The proven lenticule procedure on VISUMAX 500 - operated here for a decade.
About SMILE →Four lens types (EVO+ ICL·KPL·GLAZE·Artiflex) for high myopia and thin corneas.
About ICL →AMARIS Red with 7-dimension eye tracking, including 2DAY LASEK protocols.
About LASIK·LASEK →FEMTO LDV Z8 laser-assisted surgery, a nine-type IOL lineup and ArtiPLUS presbyopic lens implants.
About cataract care →In-house retina care with nine diagnostic systems, same-day admission and discharge.
About retina care →Three lenticule platforms under one roof - so your procedure is matched to your eyes, not to the one machine a clinic happens to own.
The surgeon who examines you performs your surgery and signs your follow-up - refractive, cataract and retina under one roof.
Signed photos published on our Korean site - artists and athletes whose surgeries here are on public record.
Alongside Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants), Kim Ha-seong (MLB), Cha Eun-woo and more.
English-language coordination covers every step. Your only job is showing up.
Share your prescription on WhatsApp or email.
Exam and surgery dates mapped to your travel window.
Around 50 diagnostics in Gangnam decide your procedure.
Performed by the surgeon who examined you.
Follow-up exam before you resume sightseeing.
English records and a direct line back to Seoul.