The data shows that more than half of these patients visited dermatology and plastic surgery clinics. The number of foreign patients increased by 2.4 times compared to the previous year, rising to 606,000. This figure is 1.2 times higher than the 497,000 patients in 2019, the year before the pandemic, making it the highest number of foreign patients since statistics began in 2009.
Dermatology clinics saw 239,000 patients (35.2 percent), and plastic surgery clinics treated 114,000 patients (16.8 percent), making these the most sought-after medical services for foreign patients in South Korea.
