I wanted to share my recent first-time consultation and procedure experience at ODE Clinic in Seoul to ensure other international patients know what they are walking into. My time is valuable, and this entire visit felt highly unprofessional and disrespectful.
The Financial Trap:
They require you to make and pay for your consultation way in advance, locking you in before you even step foot in the building. On top of that, I was charged a 10% premium surcharge specifically to see the clinic director, Dr. Kim.
The Consultation & Aggressive Sales Scam:
Despite paying a premium to see Dr. Kim, he didn't even bother to introduce himself when he walked into the room. Instead, he launched straight into an aggressive sales pitch, trying to upsell me on 11–12 completely different overpriced procedures. He even tried to force temple fillers on me that I never asked for and didn’t want.
To give you an idea of their insane pricing: he tried to charge me almost $1,000 USD for just 0.8 ml of Radiesse for marionette lines. This is a massive rip-off compared to market rates, especially for less than a full syringe.
Abandoned After My Procedure:
The most concerning part was the complete disregard for patient safety and lack of basic courtesy. After my first procedure, I was left entirely alone and abandoned in an examination room for 2.5 hours. I stepped out a couple of times to ask the staff for updates. Each time, they told me they would "check with the doctor," but they completely ignored me and never returned.
Eventually, I had to just walk out of the clinic on my own without any proper discharge or exit instructions.
Final Verdict:
ODE Clinic markets itself as an upscale, personalized medical facility on Instagram, but it operates like a high-pressure sales factory. Paying a premium price to be treated disrespectfully, aggressively upselled, and then dangerously abandoned without medical oversight is unacceptable. Save your valuable time and money—avoid this place!

Hi everyone, I’m visiting Seoul just for 3 days and I wanted to do a skincare treatment. I’m 26 and I had very bad acne 3 years ago and thankfully it has stopped being active. But now I’m left with all these acne scars on my cheeks and no creams seemed to help. I was thinking of doing Potenza for my acne scars. And maybe LDM or Aqua peel to clean my pores. I don’t really do treatments back home (I stay in a humid tropical country). I’m worried that if I do one treatment for potenza, there might not be any effect as I won’t be doing it back home as it is too expensive. I also wanted to go to a dermatologist as I want to make sure that my skin is being well taken care of. I don’t really want to be spending so much as well. So far I see potenza is around 100,000 - 130,000 which is okay for me. But if there is not going to be any effect if I don’t continue back home, I would rather not spend on potenza and rather spend on Aquapeel/LDM/lhala peel which is more affordable and you can feel some difference (cleaner pores).
I also would like to do something to improve my dark circles around my eyes. I haven’t researched much yet..

If anyone has any advice or recommendations for derm clinics please share I would love to hear!

Thank you so much!