From your first message
to your flight home.
Every international patient follows the same six steps: an online inquiry, a schedule designed around your flights, an exam of around 50 precision tests in Gangnam, surgery with one of seven specialist surgeons, a next-day check, and the flight home. How many days that takes depends on your exam results and procedure - your coordinator confirms it before you book anything.
The six steps at a glance
Send your prescription by WhatsApp or the form. A coordinator replies in English within one business day.
We propose an exam-and-surgery plan that fits your travel window and hold the slots for you.
Around 50 precision tests, roughly two hours, at Gangnam Station Exit 1. The results decide your procedure.
Your surgeon confirms the final plan. When your eye condition allows, surgery can follow the exam on the same day.
You return the following day so the clinic can review your eyes before you go further.
You leave with an English record package and a direct messaging line back to your coordinator.
What happens before you fly?
Steps 1 and 2 happen from your home. A photo of your glasses or contact lens prescription and a rough travel window are enough for a first assessment. Your coordinator reviews them with the medical team, tells you what to screen for, and drafts an exam-and-surgery schedule that fits your dates.
- Exam and surgery slots are held while you decide.
- You book flights after the plan is confirmed - not before.
- Your coordinator sends a personal pre-trip checklist, including your current prescription and any past eye records worth bringing.
How many days will I stay in Seoul?
There is no single answer, and we would rather not invent one. Your stay depends on which procedure your exam supports, how your eyes respond, and which follow-up checks your surgeon wants to see in person. All of it is confirmed in your consultation before you book flights.
- Procedure type - laser correction, lens implantation, and cataract surgery each follow different rhythms. Cataract surgery, for example, is done one eye at a time, one to two days apart.
- Exam findings on the day - additional tests can extend the plan.
- Your surgeon's follow-up schedule before clearing you to depart.
What happens on exam day?
The exam is the decision point of the whole trip: around 50 precision tests that determine which procedure your eyes support - or whether the honest answer is not to operate.
| Item | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Location | Gangnam Station Exit 1, Mijin Plaza - floors 8, 15 and 16. Directions |
| Hours | Mon-Fri 10:00-18:30 · Sat 09:30-17:00 · lunch 13:00-14:00 |
| Booking | Reserved patients are seen with priority; walk-ins can wait. |
| Exam time | About 2 hours. Additional tests can extend it depending on findings. |
| Dilation | Pupil dilation takes about 30 minutes. Do not drive afterward - use the subway, a taxi, or come with a companion. |
| Diagnostics | Around 50 precision tests across the exam course. See the diagnostic equipment |
What happens on surgery day?
Your surgeon reviews the exam results with you, confirms the procedure, and operates in the clinic's dedicated surgical suites. When your eye condition allows it, surgery can follow the exam on the same day - the clinic's own FAQ describes the flow as exam, consultation, doctor's review, then surgery, with some waiting in between.
- You can go home without a guardian on surgery day, but you cannot drive yourself.
- Surgery is performed by one of the clinic's seven ophthalmic surgeons. Meet the doctors
- The operating floors run a six-part clean system. How it works
What happens after surgery?
You come back the next day for a post-operative check. Recovery pace differs by procedure: the clinic's SMILE LASIK pages describe washing your face, showering, driving, screens and makeup from the day after surgery, while surface procedures such as LASEK need two days or more before the surface settles.
- Departure timing is planned around your surgeon's follow-up schedule.
- Before you leave, your coordinator prepares your English record package.
- What happens once you land is its own page: After You Fly Home.
Exam course, consultation rooms and surgical suites sit in one building at Gangnam Station Exit 1 - the same address since 2005.
Journey questions
We confirm it in your consultation rather than promising a number here. The length depends on your procedure, your exam results on the day, and the follow-up checks your surgeon wants before you depart. Send your prescription and travel window, and your coordinator will map the exact days with you.
Sometimes, yes. The clinic's own FAQ notes same-day surgery is possible when your eye condition is suitable, following the sequence of exam, consultation, doctor's review, then surgery. It is a possibility the exam confirms, not a promise - your schedule is designed so the plan still works if surgery moves to another day.
Yes. The clinic's FAQ confirms patients can go home without a guardian on surgery day. Two practical limits: you cannot drive yourself after surgery or after pupil dilation, so plan on the subway or a taxi - the clinic sits directly at Gangnam Station Exit 1.
After your plan is confirmed. Your coordinator holds exam and surgery slots first, checks the schedule against your travel window, and tells you when the plan is solid enough to buy tickets - so nothing surprises you after landing.