Body Contouring in Cheongdam, Gangnam — led by an internal-medicine specialist

Three things: the director is a board-certified internal-medicine specialist who screens and performs every procedure personally; ARTNER is a body-contouring specialty clinic in Cheongdam, not a general plastic-surgery practice; and the signatures — ART-FAT, Artner Injection, ART-TUNE and ART-CELL — are patent- and trademark-registered with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, not generic procedures.

ART-FAT awake liposuction is priced per area from ₩1,190,000 with unlimited extraction volume. Artner Injection is a six-session course from ₩1,200,000 for one area and ₩1,600,000 for two. ART-TUNE starts at ₩3,990,000 per course. All prices are in KRW, VAT excluded, identical to the Korean-language price list, with no foreigner surcharge and no agency markup. Final quotes are confirmed in writing at consultation.

It depends on the fat, not on preference. A soft, pinchable pocket suits Artner Injection (six sessions, no downtime); a defined bulge with real volume suits ART-FAT (one awake session, permanent cell removal); fat with loose skin suits ART-TUNE. A firm belly that doesn't pinch is visceral fat and needs internal-medicine weight management, not contouring. Send two photos and Dr. Pyeon's team in Cheongdam tells you which within 24 hours.

Yes — we recommend it. Send clear photos of the target areas with your goals and rough dates via WhatsApp, and ARTNER Cheongdam replies within 24 hours with a candidacy assessment, a recommended method, a KRW estimate and a suggested length of stay. Book flights after the plan; many patients have one months before they fly.

About one week for most single-area procedures; ten days for abdomen, full thighs or 360 liposuction. Because ART-FAT avoids general anesthesia and long compression-garment wear, most patients are walking Cheongdam within a few days. Injection-only or ART-TUNE trips need only 1–2 days. Your coordinator confirms a personal timeline before you book.

Short-haul flights 1–2 weeks after a single area, long-haul 2–3 weeks; abdomen, thighs and 360 need 3–4 weeks. Walk the aisle hourly, drink water and wear light leg compression. Injection-only patients fly within days. ARTNER checks your incision sites and swelling at the day-7 aftercare visit before clearing you to travel.

Yes. Consultations at ARTNER Cheongdam are led in English by trained international-patient coordinators alongside Dr. Pyeon, with Chinese (中文) and Japanese (日本語) support. Consent forms, your operative report and aftercare instructions are provided in English so you take proper documentation home.

Yes. Every ART-FAT procedure uses tumescent local anesthesia; light sedation is added only for large or multi-area cases, and small single areas — double chin, knees, flanks — are often done fully awake with a 30-minute discharge. General anesthesia with intubation is never used at ARTNER Gangnam.

No. ART-FAT technique plus 2:1 Accent Prime aftercare replaces weeks of tight garments with a few days of light support depending on the area — a soft binder for the abdomen, low-pressure stockings for calves, a chin band at night. Posture, walking and elevation do more for swelling than compression.

Swelling peaks at day 1–3, bruising fades in 2–4 weeks, and remaining swelling settles over 2–3 months with the final line at about six months. Upper body settles faster than thighs and calves. The 2–4-week stage looks lumpy and unfinished for everyone — ARTNER Cheongdam judges results at three months, not three weeks.

Removed fat cells do not return. Remaining cells can enlarge if you gain significant weight, which is why results hold when weight is stable. Fat does not "move" elsewhere; other areas simply have more cells left. ARTNER tracks body composition with InBody at follow-up and explains this before any procedure.

2nd and 3rd floors, 38 Apgujeong-ro 80-gil, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (06016) — a flat five-minute, 580 m walk from Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 4 on the Suin-Bundang Line, 60–90 minutes from Incheon Airport. Building parking available. Park Hyatt Seoul, Imperial Palace and Glad Gangnam Coex are recommended recovery hotels nearby.

Monday to Friday 10:00–20:00, Saturday 10:00–17:00, closed Sundays and Korean public holidays, no lunch-break closure. Consultations and aftercare visits can be scheduled in the evening or on Saturday to fit a short trip. Message us on WhatsApp first — ARTNER Cheongdam runs by appointment, so you never wait in a crowded lobby.

Every patient interaction is handled under Korea's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), among the strictest medical-privacy frameworks in the world. Photos and medical details are seen only by the medical team, kept on secure clinic systems, and never used for marketing without explicit written consent. Intake and recovery spaces are separate.

Only where Korean prescribing criteria are met — BMI 30 or above, or 27 with a weight-related condition — and only after an in-person consultation with InBody and internal-medicine screening; remote prescriptions are not permitted in Korea. Weight-loss medication is for visceral fat and body weight; it does not target a specific pocket, and it is never prescribed for cosmetic reasons at normal weight.

Send two or three photos of the area, your goal and your possible travel dates to ARTNER Cheongdam on WhatsApp. You receive a candidacy read, a recommended method, a KRW quote and a suggested length of stay within 24 hours, in English. Nothing is booked until you confirm.