Surgery · Fat Grafting Pricing

Facial Fat Grafting Cost in Korea

Five listings, read one region at a time

Gangnam, Seoul | Board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Jonghwan Choi
List prices with VAT excluded · KHIDI-registered for international patients

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Price

Fat grafting cost

How much does facial fat grafting cost in Korea at Rewind?

The short answer

At Rewind Plastic Surgery in Apgujeong, facial fat grafting is priced by the region that receives the fat. The fee schedule carries five entries: the upper eyelid, a single area that leaves out the forehead and temple, the forehead and temple as one pairing, the whole face, and a plan with a second session built in. Each list price includes the anaesthetic fee and excludes VAT. Your total is the sum of the regions the surgeon finds hollow at the examination, and the figures themselves are set out in the pricing section further down.

Figures on this page come from Rewind's current fee schedule for fat grafting. None of them is an estimate of what a particular face will need; that is settled at the examination.

Patients comparing prices from abroad usually ask for one number. A graft does not have one, because the face is not billed as a single unit. A temple that has flattened and an upper lid that has sunk sit on separate lines, and a plan for both is quoted as two regions. The whole-face listing exists for faces where the hollowing is spread so widely that counting region by region stops making sense.

Three questions come up in almost every enquiry about cost, and this page answers each one from the clinic's own schedule: whether full-face work is priced differently from a single area, whether harvesting the fat is charged on top, and what the listing with a second session is for. How the operation itself is carried out is covered on the facial fat grafting overview.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi examining a patient's face at the consultation desk
Fig. 01 · Regions are counted at the desk before any figure is quoted
Cases

Patient photographs

Fat grafting case photographs at Rewind: none released yet

Rewind has not yet released any fat grafting case photographs for publication, so none appear here, and no pair from a different operation has been put in their place. A photograph can show that a hollow temple was filled. It cannot show how many regions were billed to get there, or whether a second session was part of the plan, and on a pricing page those are the details that matter.

When grafting pairs are published, each caption should name every region grafted and every other procedure carried out in the same session, so the picture and the fee schedule can be read side by side. Until then, ask at the consultation what the clinic can show you in person for a face with hollowing like yours.

Individual results may vary. Bruising, swelling, asymmetry, lumps and uneven take of the graft are possible after any fat transfer. A consultation with the doctor is required before any decision.

Factors

What moves the figure

What decides where a facial fat grafting quote lands

Four things move a quote up or down. None of them is a surcharge. Each one is a question of which listings end up on the plan.

factor 01
Number of regions
The single-area line covers one region only. A plan for the cheeks and the lower face together is two regions, unless the examination finds the hollowing widespread enough to justify the whole-face entry instead.
factor 02
Whether the upper face is involved
The forehead and temple are written out of the single-area line and carry their own entry, priced above it. A plan that reaches the temples is quoted on that line, however small the hollow looks in a mirror.
factor 03
The upper eyelid
A sunken upper lid has an entry of its own, at the same list price as the single-area line. It is kept separate because the lid is judged on different findings from the rest of the face, such as how the lid skin and the lid margin sit.
factor 04
A second session in the plan
Where the surgeon expects part of the graft to be reabsorbed and a further pass to be worthwhile, the plan can be written with the second session inside it. That listing is priced a little below two separate sessions and quoted against the plan it belongs to.
Quote

In sequence

How a Rewind fat grafting quote is put together, step by step

Pricing is the last step of the consultation. The order below is the order the examination follows, and each step can change which listings appear on the final figure.

01Map

The hollows are mapped first

The face is examined upright and in profile, under more than one light, because a temple or cheek hollow can disappear when it is lit straight on. Every region that has lost volume is recorded as a separate finding.

02Separate

Volume loss is told apart from descent

A cheek that has dropped and a cheek that has emptied can look alike in a photograph. Only the second is priced as a graft. If descent turns out to be the larger finding, the conversation moves to a lifting operation with its own listing, and the graft may shrink or leave the plan.

03Donor

Donor supply is checked

Fat for a graft comes from the patient's own body, and whether there is enough to harvest for the regions on the plan is part of the same examination. The fat grafting schedule has no separate line for the harvest, and the written quote states what the listed price covers for your plan.

04Sessions

One session or a planned second

The surgeon decides whether the plan is written as a single session or with a second one built in. That choice changes the listing used, so it is made before any figure is given.

05Total

The listings are added up

The final figure is the sum of the listings that match the findings, each at list price with the anaesthetic fee inside it and VAT on top. A graft taken alongside another operation is quoted with both listings shown.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi operating with a theatre assistant at Rewind Plastic Surgery
Fig. 02 · The plan that was quoted is the plan carried out in theatre
Rewind

Why here

Why Rewind prices facial fat grafting by region

A price per region looks less convenient than one package figure. It is also the only format that lets a patient see what each part of the plan costs, and question any line that does not match their own face.

01Itemised

Each region is visible on the quote

Because the forehead and temple, the upper lid and single areas are separate listings, a quote for two regions shows two lines. A patient who decides to treat only the temples can see the difference at once, with no bundle to unpick.

02Anticipated

A second session is priced before surgery

Grafted fat partly reabsorbs, and some plans are written knowing that. Having the second session on the schedule means it is discussed and priced at the start, so nobody meets that cost for the first time at a review months later.

03One surgeon

Regions set by the surgeon who grafts them

Dr. Jonghwan Choi, a board-certified plastic surgeon and the clinic's medical director, examines, sets the regions and carries out the graft himself. The regions on the quote are the regions he found, so nothing is added between the consultation and the theatre.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi discussing a treatment plan with a patient at Rewind Plastic Surgery
Fig. 03 · Every line of a quote is explained at the same desk
Theatre

On the day

What the fat grafting fee covers on the day of surgery at Rewind

Consultation room at Rewind Plastic Surgery, Apgujeong

Fig. 04 · Where regions and listings are agreed

Recovery room at Rewind Plastic Surgery

Fig. 05 · Where patients rest before leaving

Surgery takes place at the practice on the fourth and fifth floors of the Richro Building in Apgujeong, Gangnam. On the day, the regions on your quote are the regions grafted, and any change of view during the operation is explained at review. The list below separates what the fee schedule states from what the clinic has not published and confirms case by case.

Priced by recipient region, five listings in total
Anaesthetic fee included in each list price
VAT added on top of the list price
No separate harvest line on the grafting schedule
Anaesthesia type: not published, confirmed at consultation
Time in theatre: not published by the clinic
Second session: its own listing, quoted with the plan
Examined and operated by Dr. Jonghwan Choi
Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeon

Board-certified plastic surgeon

The only surgeon who operates at Rewind: a board-certified plastic surgeon in Korea with ten peer-reviewed papers. The clinic treats international patients under KHIDI registration M-2025-01-08-09288.

Cost

Pricing

Rewind facial fat grafting prices by region

The five listings below are the complete fat grafting schedule. Read them as building blocks: most plans use one or two of them, and the whole-face entry replaces a stack of single areas when the hollowing is widespread.

Upper-eyelid fat graftingA sunken upper lid, listed on its own line
₩650,000
Fat grafting, one areaAny single region except the forehead and temple
₩650,000
Fat grafting, forehead and templeThe upper face quoted as one pairing, above the single-area line
₩1,510,000
Full-face fat graftingWidespread hollowing grafted under one plan
₩1,970,000
Fat grafting with a second session includedPriced a little below two separate sessions and tied to the plan it belongs to
Quoted at consultation

All figures are list prices with VAT excluded, and the anaesthetic fee is already inside each one. The listing that includes a second session has no standalone figure, because it depends on the regions in the plan it is attached to.

Fit

Suitability

Who gets a single-area fat grafting quote, and who is steered to another plan

Plans that usually stay small

  • One clearly defined hollow, such as a flattened temple or a sunken upper lid, while the rest of the face keeps its volume
  • A patient who wants to see how their own tissue behaves in one region before committing to more
  • Enough donor fat for the region planned, confirmed at the examination
  • Time in Seoul for the first one to two weeks of bruising and swelling

When the quote changes shape

  • Hollowing across the temples, cheeks and lower face, where the whole-face entry is usually the more sensible listing
  • Descent as the main finding, where money spent on volume would miss the problem and a lift is discussed
  • Too little donor fat, which can reduce the plan to fewer regions
  • Previous fillers or implants in the region, which have to be accounted for before a graft is priced
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding, a clotting disorder, blood-thinning medication or poor wound healing, all raised before a date is set
After

Recovery

The month after a fat graft: costs that are not on the price list

The fee covers the operation. The weeks afterwards carry practical costs of their own, such as time away from the gym or a longer stay, and the clinic's post-operative sheet for fat grafting sets their length: four instructions that run for a month.

Weeks one and two
Bruising and swelling at the grafted regions
The sheet expects both to ease within one to two weeks. Build the stay in Seoul around this window if photographs, meetings or a flight home matter to you.
Every day
Moisturiser and no friction
The grafted skin is kept moisturised, and rubbing, pressure and strong stimulation are avoided while the fat settles.
Outdoors
Sunscreen
Sun protection guards against pigment change over the treated regions and the small entry points.
First month
No strenuous exercise, alcohol, sauna or steam room
These restrictions last at least one month on the sheet. A training plan or a beach holiday in that month is worth moving.

Fat grafting carries risk, including bruising, prolonged swelling, asymmetry, lumps, oil cysts, fat necrosis, infection, changes at the donor site and, rarely, vascular complications. How much of the graft remains cannot be promised, and a second session may be needed; when one is likely, it is priced before surgery.

Doctor

Professional

At Rewind, one board-certified plastic surgeon carries every case — from the first consultation to the final follow-up. Because a face is a story, and a story deserves a single author.

Dr. Jonghwan Choi, board-certified plastic surgeonRewind,
Dr. Jonghwan Choi presenting at an academic session
Fig. 06 — Academic presentation

Rewind's Doctor

Dr. Jonghwan Choi Medical Director

One surgeon, from the first
consultation to the last follow-up.

A board-certified plastic surgeon devoted to anti-aging surgery, with the precision and restraint built through years of craniofacial practice.

Board-certified plastic surgeon (Plastic Surgery)
10 peer-reviewed publications
Medical Director, Rewind Plastic Surgery
Korean Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Former chief director, Apgujeong Y&T Plastic Surgery
Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
J Craniofac Surg · JKMS · Arch Craniofac Surg
Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Ask

Questions

Fat grafting prices in Seoul: eight questions about the bill

How much does facial fat grafting cost in Korea at Rewind?
It depends on the regions. Rewind lists five entries: upper eyelid, one area excluding forehead and temple, forehead and temple together, whole face, and a plan including a second session. Each list price includes the anaesthetic fee and excludes VAT, and every figure appears in the pricing section above.
Is a full-face fat transfer priced differently from grafting one area?
Yes. The whole face has its own listing, set above the forehead-and-temple entry, and it is used when hollowing is spread across several regions. Where only one or two regions need volume, the single-area or forehead-and-temple lines are used, and the surgeon explains the choice.
Does the price include harvesting the fat by liposuction?
The fat grafting schedule has no separate line for the harvest; each listing is priced by the region that receives the fat. The donor site is chosen at the examination, and the written quote states what the listed price covers for your plan before you agree to a date.
Why are the forehead and temple priced above other single areas?
Rewind places the forehead and temple on a line of their own, apart from the single-area entry and at a higher list price, and treats them as one upper-face pairing. If your plan reaches the temples, expect that line on the quote.
What is the listing that includes a second session?
A plan with a further grafting session written in from the start, priced slightly below two separate sessions. Its figure depends on the regions it covers, so it is quoted at consultation. It exists because part of any graft is reabsorbed and some plans expect a second pass.
Is VAT included in the listed fat grafting price?
No. Every figure on the schedule is a list price with VAT excluded, and the anaesthetic fee is already inside it. The written quote shows the listings, the VAT and the total together, so the amount charged is clear before surgery is booked.
Can a fat graft be priced together with another operation?
Yes. Each operation keeps its own listing, and a combined plan shows both. A graft is sometimes discussed alongside a lifting operation when a face has lost volume and descended at the same time; whether that suits you is decided at the examination.
Who decides which regions go on my quote?
Dr. Jonghwan Choi, a board-certified plastic surgeon and the medical director, examines you, decides which regions are hollow and performs the graft. Consultations run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 to 19:00 and Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00, by appointment.
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Location
Apgujeong, Gangnam
4F & 5F, Richro Building,
812 Nonhyeon-ro,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Hours
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Sat 10:00–16:00
Closed Sundays & Thursdays
Lunch 12:00–13:00
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Reg. M-2025-01-08-09288

Scientific evidence

Research behind regional and second-session fat grafting plans

Four papers are listed: a long-term study of the volume retained after fat grafting, which bears on why some plans include a second session; objective measurement after grafting to the temple and forehead; grafting to a sunken upper lid; and fat grafting combined with a facelift. None was carried out at Rewind, and none sets or explains its prices.