How to get to Sinsa Station from Incheon or Gimpo Airport, and when the clinic is open

Most of the planning for a treatment trip to Seoul comes down to two things: how long it takes to get from the airport to the clinic, and whether the clinic is open when you get there. Miss the second one — land on a Saturday afternoon, say — and a two-day trip can lose its only usable slot.

This guide covers both for LIV Plastic Surgery (LIV), a non-surgical anti-aging clinic in Gangnam. The clinic is one minute on foot from Sinsa Station (Line 3, Exit 4), next to Garosu-gil. Below are the address, the travel times from Incheon and Gimpo airports as the clinic publishes them, the opening hours in Korea time, and a way to line up your arrival with those hours.

Address and nearest station

Address: 4F, Jaeun Building, 80 Naruteo-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Nearest station: Sinsa Station, Seoul Subway Line 3, Exit 4 — a 1-minute walk. The clinic is on the 4th floor of the Jaeun Building.

Neighbourhood: the clinic is next to Garosu-gil, so the street is within walking distance before or after your appointment.

Phone: +82-2-797-2773 · Email: info@livps.co.kr

The same details are on the location page. If you are taking a taxi, showing the driver the address from that page is the simplest way to avoid confusion.

From the airport to the clinic

If you are coming from a hotel rather than straight from the airport, the last step is the same: Sinsa Station, Line 3, Exit 4, one minute on foot.

Opening hours, in Korea time and in yours

The clinic's hours are given in Korea time (KST). Korea does not share a time zone with every market it serves, so check the column that applies to you before you propose an appointment time.

Japan is on the same time as Korea. Taiwan and Hong Kong are one hour behind Korea, so a 10:00 appointment in Seoul is 09:00 on a phone still set to Taipei or Hong Kong time. If you are travelling from anywhere else, check the difference to Korea time yourself and confirm the appointment time in Korea time with the clinic.

The same applies to messages. Enquiries are answered within one business day, and "business day" follows the hours above — a message sent on Saturday evening or on Sunday is picked up when the clinic reopens.

The clinic is generally closed on Korean public holidays as well, including the Seollal and Chuseok holiday periods. If your trip overlaps a holiday, check the available days on chat before you book flights.

Planning your arrival around clinic hours

Most non-surgical treatments take 30 to 90 minutes and need no hospitalization, so many patients are treated on the day of their visit. That makes an arrival-day appointment realistic — if the hours work. Count backwards from closing time: the journey from the airport, the consultation, any numbing time (about 30 minutes of anesthetic cream for Ultherapy Prime), and the treatment itself (for example 60–90 minutes for Ultherapy Prime, 45–60 for Thermage FLX, 10–20 for botox).

Three habits make scheduling easier:

• Send your flight times, not just your dates. The clinic schedules around them.
• Offer two or three possible slots in your first message.
• If your flight is delayed, say so through the same messenger as early as you can. No deposit is required to reserve a consultation, so a change of plan is a matter of rescheduling.

For full two-day and three-day layouts, including the day you fly home, see the downtime and flight guide.

Contacting the clinic before you travel

Consultations are available in English, Japanese and Chinese, and an interpreter is arranged free of charge on request. The booking steps, and a first message you can copy, are in how to book as a foreigner.

Before you book flights

Check the clinic's hours against your arrival and departure before you commit to flights, then send your dates and flight times through the international patients page. Which treatment suits you, and how long your appointment needs to be, are confirmed at the consultation with the doctor.

This guide is general information, not medical advice or a diagnosis. Suitability and the final plan are decided at your in-person consultation. Prices are per session, exclude VAT, and are confirmed after consultation.