Breast Augmentation Cost? Don't Be Misled

Hello — we are U&U Plastic Surgery, a clinic devoted exclusively to breast surgery.

Before this article, we wrote a column about breast augmentation costs.

- 2025 surgery costs for frequently used implants such as Motiva and Mentor

- why prices differ even with the same implant

(feat. what makes up the cost of breast augmentation)

If you want either of those two pieces of information, please check the column below first. Reading it will give you a reasonable 'cost' baseline for researching breast augmentation.

Breast augmentation price? Why it differs from clinic to clinic

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Today, assuming you now have that cost baseline, we would like to advise you on how to evaluate breast surgery clinics.

We wrote this as operating surgeons, covering the things patients on platforms like Gangnam Unni tend to overlook — the points we feel you absolutely must keep in mind.

This comes from 20 years of research devoted solely to breast surgery, so please read closely.

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1. The environment where the surgery takes place

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University hospitals usually separate implant surgeries from general surgeries.

At Seoul National University Hospital in particular, the ENT and plastic surgery operating rooms are completely isolated — no people, air, or instruments cross between them.

There is 1 reason for separating implant surgery from general surgery this drastically:

implant surgery,

compared with general surgery,

carries a far higher

risk of infection.

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In particular, bacteria released during facial surgery can travel through the air.

Whether it is the medical staff who performed a facial surgery

or the patient who received one,

their presence nearby can cause contact infection in a patient about to undergo breast surgery.

So it is safer for you to choose a clinic that, as far as possible, operates on nothing but the breast.

Presentation at the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society

2. The staffing ratio of plastic surgeons

to anesthesiologists

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Breast augmentation is mostly performed under general anesthesia. So the operating room usually holds both a plastic surgeon and an anesthesiologist.

Anesthesia is not simply a matter of injecting anesthetic drugs in the operating room.

- pre-operative tests (blood tests / ECG / radiology)

- intra-operative vitals (heart rate / blood pressure / oxygen saturation)

- post-operative recovery monitoring, and so on..

Monitoring happens alongside the patient throughout all of these stages.

Having 2-3 anesthesiologists managing the surgeries will be safer than 1 anesthesiologist managing them all.

So we also recommend checking whether an anesthesiologist can be dedicated 1:1 to each patient.

Supporting data: Medical Device Electronic Civil Petition system, implant patient registration list

Finally, we would like to share a resource on what to discuss when you visit a clinic.

[Free PDF]

A collection of breast surgery Q&As

from 2 years in mom-community forums

Breast augmentation cost

For 2 years, we ran a Q&A on breast augmentation in mom-community forums.

We answered questions about complications, as well as questions from those weighing important life stages such as childbirth and pregnancy.

Hoping to help those interested in breast augmentation, we share a selection of the most frequently asked questions from the Q&A.

[Free PDF] A collection of breast surgery Q&As from 2 years in mom-community forums

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U&U Plastic Surgery currently keeps to a principle of 3 surgeries / 6 consultations per surgeon per day.

If you would like a consultation with us, please book through Naver Booking via the map below.

That is everything we have prepared.

Thank you for reading this long article.

This has been U&U Plastic Surgery — a breast surgery clinic born of 20 years of research devoted to the breast.

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