Upper Blepharoplasty Cost

The fee, plainly

How much does upper blepharoplasty cost in Gangnam, Seoul?

The short version

Rewind lists upper blepharoplasty as one operation with one rate, shown in Korean won in the price section further down this page. That figure already contains the anaesthetic fee, and VAT is charged on top of it. It pays for the operation the clinic publishes for the upper lid: stretched skin, upper-lid fat and slack muscle taken out through the line of the fold, with the septum fixed before closure. If the examination also finds a weak lift, eye-opening correction joins the quotation as a separately listed add-on, and the total rises by that one line.

Figures on this page are taken from Rewind's current rate list and from the clinic's Korean page for the upper lid. A written quotation is issued after the examination, and listed rates can be revised by the clinic.

Most people asking about price have already collected two or three numbers online, and those numbers rarely describe the same thing. Some cover skin alone. Some fold eye-opening work into one package figure. At Rewind the upper-lid line describes a specific operation, and anything outside it is written as its own line with its own rate, so a quotation can be read item by item before a date is agreed.

The second question, whether adding ptosis correction changes the price, has a plain answer. It does, by the add-on amount, and only when the lift is actually weak. A heavy lid made of skin and fat does not need that line, and it is left off a quotation unless the examination supports it.

From examination to figure

How an upper blepharoplasty quotation is built at a Rewind consultation

The quotation is the last thing written at the consultation. Before any figure appears, the surgeon has to decide which operation your heaviness belongs to, and that decision is what sets the price.

01Read

What has come down is identified first

Lid skin, a brow sitting lower than it used to and a lift that raises the lid weakly all produce the same complaint. The surgeon separates them at the chair, since each leads to a differently priced operation.

02Scope

The upper-lid operation is confirmed, or replaced

If the heaviness is lid tissue, the upper blepharoplasty line is written. If it comes mainly from the brow, the sub-brow operation or a forehead lift is discussed, and the upper-lid line may leave the plan altogether.

03Lift

The lift is checked before any add-on is considered

Eye-opening correction enters the quotation only when the muscle that raises the lid is found to be weak. A 2023 paper on subclinical upper-lid ptosis in Asian patients discusses adding levator advancement to cosmetic upper-lid surgery, and this step answers that question for your lid.

04Itemise

Each line is written separately, then VAT

The upper-lid rate, any add-on and any second operation in the same session are listed one under another, followed by the tax line. You leave with a figure that can be compared line by line.

05Date

A date is discussed last

Sutures come out at about five to seven days, so dates are agreed with that follow-up visit in view. The operation is fitted to a stay in which it can actually be checked.

The rate list

Upper blepharoplasty price in Seoul, with the lines that can join it

The first line is the operation this page is about. The lines below it are the ones that most often appear beside it on an upper-lid quotation, or replace it when the examination points a different way. Figures are in Korean won.

All listed rates exclude VAT and include the anaesthetic fee. Where two operations share a session, each keeps its own line on the quotation.

Reading the list from top to bottom answers the second question most people bring. An upper-lid plan with a weak lift carries the upper blepharoplasty line and the add-on line together, and the combined figure is confirmed in the written quotation; a plan without that finding carries the first line alone. The sub-brow figure sits lower on the list, but it describes a different operation with its scar under the brow, and it is only a saving if that operation suits your lid. Its own page, the sub-brow lift, sets out which lids it is designed for.

The time it costs

Upper blepharoplasty recovery, counted in the days a trip has to hold

The rate pays for the operation; the calendar is a separate cost. For someone travelling in, the follow-up visit decides how long the stay has to be, and Rewind's sheet for incisional upper-lid surgery sets the restrictions that continue after you fly home.

Bleeding, infection, swelling that lasts longer than expected, a difference in height or shape between the two lids, dryness or irritation of the eye, and a visible scar are recognised risks of any upper-lid operation, and dealing with them can add visits to a stay. Too much skin removed is harder to put right than too little, so the amount is judged on the lid itself on the day. Rewind records the result as usually lasting more than five years, depending on individual tissue elasticity and the extent of surgery.

Questions

Upper blepharoplasty cost: the questions behind the quotation