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The Boom Dermatology, Seomyeon, Busan
Reading Prices, The Boom skin clinic, Seomyeon, Busan
Reading a Busan Seomyeon price list, and comparing two quotes properly.
Korean price lists use four different units and mixing them up is how patients end up comparing numbers that mean nothing. This explains each one, with the conversion you need to put two quotes side by side. From The Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan.
A price of ₩16,500 and a price of ₩121,000 can describe the same wrinkle Botox on the same face. Neither is wrong; they are measured differently. Learning which unit applies to which treatment takes ten minutes and makes every quote you see for the rest of your life readable.
What confuses people about price lists
One clinic quotes per unit and another quotes per area. Which is cheaper?
What does "per session" include?
Is 1cc a lot or a little?
Why is a lifting treatment priced by shots?
The cheapest quote is half the others. Should I be worried?
All five come up most weeks, and the last one has the most useful answer. The sections below take each pricing unit in turn.
Per unit: how Botox is priced at Busan skin clinics
Botulinum toxin is sold by unit, and the number you need depends on muscle bulk. Wrinkle botox
across forehead and glabella runs 20 to 40 units total; jaw botox
25 to 50 per side; calf
100 to 200 for the pair. A per-unit price is therefore only half the figure — multiply by the count your face actually needs. A clinic quoting per area without stating units is giving you a number you cannot use.
Per cc: how filler is priced in Busan
Filler is sold by volume, and one cc is roughly a fifth of a teaspoon, which is far less than most people picture. Lips
often need 0.5 to 1cc on a first session. Chin
one to two. Midface
two to four across both sides. Under-eye
rarely more than 0.5cc in total — an area where a full syringe would be too much rather than good value.
Per shot or line: how lifting is priced in Seomyeon
Energy devices are priced by coverage, because coverage is what produces the result. Three hundred lines treats the lower face and jawline; six hundred adds full face and neck; a thousand is comprehensive. Buying three hundred for a full face spreads coverage too thin to change anything, which is the most common reason patients report seeing nothing from a previous HIFU or RF session. A quote without a shot count is not comparable to one with it.
Per session — how lasers and boosters are priced
Where the treatment is a course rather than a one-off, the unit is the session and the number of them is the real price. Melasma
needs eight to fifteen. Acne scarring
four to six. Rejuran
three to four then maintenance. A per-session figure that looks low against a rival quoting a course total is not cheaper — it is the same arithmetic presented differently.
Seomyeon Medical Street · published lists, openly compared
How do I convert two quotes into comparable figures?
Get both onto the same unit, then multiply. Ask each clinic for the unit count, the volume in cc, the shot count or the session count — whichever applies — and the product name. Two jaw botox quotes of ₩33,000 (Wondertox) and ₩88,000 (Coretox) become comparable only once you know both are per session, which brand each uses and how many units each proposes. Without those, you are comparing labels.
What does a quote legitimately not include?
At a properly run clinic, nothing. Consultation is free here, topical numbing is included where a treatment needs it, and there is no facility fee, injection fee or mandatory aftercare package. Korea has ended VAT refunds on cosmetic treatment, so the agreed figure is final. Additional line items appearing after treatment are worth querying rather than paying quietly — see how to pay.
Should a much cheaper quote worry me?
It depends what is cheap. Korean-manufactured products are genuinely less expensive than imported equivalents without being inferior — Oligio
against Thermage, or Korean toxin against Allergan. That is a legitimate saving. What should raise questions is a price below the market floor for an imported approved product, since the product itself has a cost. That is where refilled cartridges and counterfeit consumables enter the picture — see safety standards.
What about package and course pricing?
A course rate for a treatment that genuinely needs a course is normal and often better value. A package bundling four treatments you did not ask about, priced so it only works if you commit today, is a different structure — see what a no-upsell policy means. The distinguishing question is whether each item in the package was recommended for a reason you were told.
How should I use a Busan skin clinic's published price list?
As a floor rather than a total. Our full list
gives starting figures for all 150 priced treatments with the unit stated for each. Multiply by a realistic count for your concern, and send photographs for a range rather than a guess — see booking in English. A clinic that publishes figures at all is doing something most in this market do not, which is itself worth noting when comparing.
About The Boom Dermatology.
A doctor-led skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan, less than a minute from Seomyeon Station Exit 1. Every price on this site includes VAT and is the same for Korean and international patients; consultations run in English, Japanese and Chinese. See the clinic guide
and the price list.
Good to know
Questions patients ask our Busan skin clinic first
1
Why do clinics use different units for the same treatment?
Mostly convention by treatment type rather than deliberate obscurity — toxin is genuinely sold by unit and filler by volume. Where it becomes a problem is a clinic quoting per area for something priced per unit, which conceals the count.
2
Is a per-unit price always better than per-area?
Not better, just more informative. A per-area price can be fair if the unit count is stated alongside. What is unusable is an area price with no count, because the same figure could cover twenty units or fifty.
3
How many units will I need?
Decided by examination rather than preference — muscle bulk for toxin, volume loss for filler, treatment area for lifting. A realistic range can be given from photographs beforehand; the exact figure is confirmed at consultation before anything is opened.
4
Does the brand change the unit count?
Sometimes. Dysport uses a different unit scale from Allergan, so a raw unit number is not comparable across brands without knowing which. This is one reason the product name matters as much as the count.
5
Are course prices refundable if I stop halfway?
Terms vary by clinic and are worth reading before committing. Payment here follows each session rather than preceding the series, which removes the question — see how to pay.
6
Should I ask for a written estimate?
Yes, and it should be provided readily. It sets out product, units or volume, and total — which is exactly what makes two quotes comparable and what lets you check afterwards what you were charged for.
7
Do published prices change often?
Occasionally, with product costs and exchange rates. A published list that has not moved in years is worth a second look; one that changes at the counter is a different problem entirely.
8
What is the single most useful question about price?
What is the unit count, volume or shot count. It converts an unusable headline figure into something you can compare, and it takes five seconds to ask at any clinic in Korea.
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