Lifting
Korea Beautiful Total Procedure Steps in English, and How Many Days to Plan
THE Beautiful Total Lifting runs as a scan, a plan, the device sessions and a later review, with downtime listed as none to same-day flushing. Plan on 60 to 120 minutes in the chair across the session block.
Written and medically reviewed by Dr. Jang Dong-hoon · Founder & Medical Director
Published · 10 min read
Booked a short Seoul trip and want the Korea Beautiful Total procedure steps in English before you land, so you know what happens in the chair and how many days to keep clear?
There are four steps: a 3D skin scan, a consultation where the plan is set, the device sessions, and a review later on. Time in the chair is 60 to 120 minutes across the session block, and the listed downtime is none to same-day flushing, so the number of visits in your plan decides your Seoul days, not recovery.
Hello, I'm Dr. Jang Dong-hoon, Founder & Medical Director of THE Beautiful Clinic.
I consult, plan and treat, so the person reading your scan is the person who sets the order of the devices. The consultation begins with a 3D scan of your skin, and the price list comes after. Clinic staff interpret in English at no extra charge, arranged for your appointment time, so the steps are explained to you in the room as they happen.
If your flights are already booked, send your arrival and departure dates on WhatsApp with one daylight photo of your face, and ask whether a plan for skin like yours tends to fit one visit or two. Knowing that before you fly lets you keep the right afternoons open instead of guessing.
What happens at each of the four steps?
| Step | What happens | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 3D skin scan | The 3D Meta-Vu Skin Analysis maps your skin before any device is discussed | Part of the consultation |
| 2. Consultation and plan | I check where elasticity has gone, how dense the skin still is, and how much downtime your trip can take | Same visit as the scan |
| 3. Device sessions | Energy staged across the dermis, the fat layer and the SMAS, in one or more visits | 60 to 120 minutes across the session block |
| 4. Review | Collagen builds slowly, so results are judged later | Reviewed at 3 and 6 months |
The scan matters because a mirror only shows where the face has dropped. Sagging rarely comes from one layer: skin loosens, fat pads shift, and the fascia beneath gives way, and each of those responds to a different kind of energy. I have written separately about what a 3D scan sees that your phone photo cannot, which is worth reading if you plan to send photos first.
In the third step, the depth decides the device. Radiofrequency builds density in the dermis, HIFU works at the fascia, and microwave energy comes in when fat needs to come down with the sag. Two platforms in one visit only make sense when they target different planes; where they overlap, I space them out across visits. Every platform in the line-up runs contact or gas cooling, so the surface of the skin stays out of the treatment while the energy goes deeper.
Numbing depends on the devices in your plan, and the listed sensation is mild to moderate. Those are the Korea Beautiful Total procedure steps in English, in the order they happen. What the program includes and who it suits is covered in my overview of THE Beautiful Total Lifting, the details sit on the Total Lifting treatment page, and the full list of lifting devices is on THE Beautiful Clinic English site.
How many days in Seoul does the plan need?
The fewest is one clinic visit, when the plan your scan points to can run in a single session block. You need more when the plan uses devices that work on overlapping layers, because those are sequenced across visits instead of stacked in one afternoon. So the real question for your trip is how many visits, and that comes out of step two.
The opening hours shape the trip more than the downtime does:
- Monday to Thursday, 10:30 to 19:30, with lunch from 13:00 to 14:00
- Friday, 10:30 to 20:30, the latest evening of the week
- Saturday, 10:30 to 16:30, with no lunch break
- Closed on Sundays and Korean public holidays
Say you land at Incheon on Thursday night and fly home on Monday afternoon. Friday is the long day, so that is where I would put the scan, the consultation and the first session block. If your plan splits into two visits, Saturday takes the second, and it has to finish by 16:30. Sunday the clinic is closed, which suits sightseeing, and Monday morning stays spare in case the plan needs one more visit before your flight. The clinic is a 2-minute walk from Exit 5 of Nonhyeon Station on the Sinbundang Line, and there is no patient parking, so plan on the subway or a taxi.
What catches travelers out is rarely the flight. It is the sauna. After each energy session, avoid sauna, hot yoga and long sun exposure for three days. If a jjimjilbang evening or a beach stopover on the way home is part of your plans, put it before the first session, not after the last one. With downtime listed as none to same-day flushing, the flight itself is seldom the limit.
One more thing to settle before you book: any filler or thread placed in the last six months. I plan the energy around them, and that can change which device goes where. If a skin booster is also on your list for this trip, the post on Rejuran Healer steps and how long to stay covers its own timeline.
When you message, add your flight times and anything injected in the last six months, with the product name if you know it. Those two details are what decide whether your sessions fit one afternoon or need a Saturday as well, so the answer you get back is about your calendar and your face.
If your plan adds pigment work, the timeline changes
THE Beautiful Pigmentation Care Program runs on a different clock. The scan sorts each lesion by type and depth first, then the plan chooses between picosecond, nanosecond, vascular and long-pulse platforms, often one after another across the course. Sessions take 45 to 70 minutes, recovery runs from none to light flaking, and they repeat every 2 to 4 weeks through the course.
That interval is the trip-planning fact. A single short trip can start a pigment course, and it cannot finish one. Melasma sits deeper than a sun spot and tends to come back, which the American Academy of Dermatology also describes, so I plan maintenance from the beginning. If you fly in twice a year, tell me that at the consultation, because it changes what a sensible first session looks like.
Risks and side effects to know
Two things to do before you pack. Pause retinoids and acid exfoliants for three days either side of each session, which means stopping them three days before your outbound flight if your first session is the day after you land. And pack SPF 50 for every day of the trip; one unprotected week can undo a month of the course. If your concern is texture or acne scarring instead, RF microneedling with Potenza has its own downtime and session count.
What decides the cost of a Total Lifting plan
Because the program is built from several devices, there is no single figure until the plan exists. These are what move it:
- How many devices the plan uses, and at which depths
- The shot count on shot-based devices
- How many visits the plan is split into
- Whether pigment sessions are added to the same trip
- Numbing, where the devices in the plan call for it
The quote is given at the consultation and payment happens at the clinic, never through the website. There is no deposit, and changing or cancelling is free, so asking in the same WhatsApp thread commits you to nothing. To find out what it would cost for your case, ask on WhatsApp with a front and side photo in daylight.
Redness, tenderness and rarer burns: what to watch for
Expect some redness and swelling. The American Academy of Dermatology lists that as the usual side effect of ultrasound and radiofrequency tightening, and for this program the listed recovery is none to same-day flushing. After focused ultrasound in general, mild tenderness along the jawline for a few days can also happen.
Rarer with energy devices in general are small blisters or burn marks, and patches of temporary numbness after focused ultrasound. The cooling on every platform is there to protect the surface, and these are still the reasons to know what to watch for once you are home.
Who should wait or skip it, as general medicine:
- Pregnancy, an active skin infection, or certain medications, which the AAD says rule skin tightening out
- Isotretinoin in recent months, which most dermatologists ask you to finish well before energy treatments
- Filler or threads in the last six months, which change where the energy can safely go
- A pacemaker or other implanted electronic device, which you should mention before any radiofrequency session
The AAD is also plain that a lot of loose skin may not respond much to tightening. How much change shows varies from face to face: the AAD describes the lift from ultrasound as modest and appearing over 2 to 6 months, with radiofrequency results at their best around six months. That is why the review sits at 3 and 6 months, not the week after.
Who follows up once you fly home?
The review points at 3 and 6 months fall after most travelers are home. Before you leave Seoul, ask how the 3-month review works from where you live, and keep a note of which devices were used on which areas. The CDC advises medical travelers to carry copies of their records, and a list like that saves any doctor at home from guessing.
If something appears after the flight, such as a blister, swelling that grows after day two, or a patch that stays numb, send a photo on WhatsApp; the clinic answers within 24 business hours. Anything painful, spreading or with a fever needs a doctor near you that same day.
Your first message can be short. One line on what bothers you most in the mirror and the dates you have in mind are enough, and you can ask before booking anything: does my trip need one visit or two? On the day, the first thing I read on your scan is how dense the dermis still is over the cheeks, because that decides whether radiofrequency leads your plan or plays a smaller part. That is the point where the Korea Beautiful Total procedure steps in English become your own calendar. To pick dates, tick Total Lifting in the booking selector.
At a glance
The treatments in this article, side by side
- Works onDermis → SMASDowntimeNone to same-day flushingTypically lasts3–12 months by deviceFromPriced after the doctor sees your skin
- Works onEpidermal to dermal pigmentDowntimeNone to light flakingTypically lastsMaintained in coursesFromPriced after the doctor sees your skin
Which one fits is decided at the examination, not from this table. Prices are the lowest listed option, before 10% VAT. US dollar figures are approximate, at the exchange rate of 10 November 2026. The clinic charges in Korean won.
The short version
- Four steps: 3D skin scan, consultation and plan, device sessions, review at 3 and 6 months.
- Chair time is 60 to 120 minutes across the session block; downtime is none to same-day flushing.
- How many visits your plan is split into decides your Seoul days, so check Friday and Saturday hours.
- No sauna, hot yoga or long sun for three days after each energy session, so put the jjimjilbang first.
- Pigment work repeats every 2 to 4 weeks, so one trip starts a course and does not finish it.
Questions patients ask
What should I bring to the first visit?
A list of the medicines and skincare you use, especially retinoids and acid exfoliants, and the product names and months of any filler or thread placed in the last six months. Those change both the pigment timing and where lifting energy can go.
Can I come in on a Sunday?
No. The clinic is closed on Sundays and Korean public holidays. Saturday runs from 10:30 to 16:30 with no lunch break, and Friday stays open until 20:30, which helps if you land on a Friday afternoon.
Will I follow the consultation if I don't speak Korean?
Yes. Clinic staff interpret in English at no extra charge, arranged for your appointment time, and you can write to the clinic in English on WhatsApp before you come.
How long do Total Lifting results last?
The listed duration is 3 to 12 months, depending on which devices are in the plan. Collagen builds slowly, so the plan is reviewed at 3 and 6 months.
Does Total Lifting hurt?
The listed sensation is mild to moderate. Numbing is chosen for the devices in your plan, and every platform runs contact or gas cooling on the surface of the skin.
How do I get to the clinic?
It is on the 2nd floor of the Jinryeong Building on Gangnam-daero in Seocho-gu, a 2-minute walk from Exit 5 of Nonhyeon Station on the Sinbundang Line. There is no patient parking, so come by subway or taxi.
Results and recovery vary between individuals, and every treatment can have side effects. Prices are from the clinic's price list and are confirmed at consultation. This article is general information, not a diagnosis.
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About the author
Dr. Jang Dong-hoon
Founder & Medical Director
Founder and medical director of THE Beautiful Clinic in Nonhyeon, Gangnam. He sees every patient's skin analysis before a plan is drawn, and reviews every article on this blog against what the clinic actually does.
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