CLINIC RECORD · BANOBAGI issued 2026-07-08 · v1
Banobagi Plastic Surgery, Seoul
Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam · Plastic surgery · 의원 (clinic)
Plastic surgery (성형외과)
Specialist (전문의) — named
Measured · 85%
M1 · Board-certified specialist (전문의) 4 · 24%
UNVERIFIED Founding doctor 반재상, plus 오창현 and seven further plastic surgeons, all listed 'M.D., PhD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon', with four board-certified anesthesiologists on staff. Legal name '바노바기성형외과의원' uses the specialist-integral form; group breadth means only a partial per-doctor registry mapping. 반재상 corroborated as a KSPRS member / former SNU Hospital PS specialist. source ↗
M2 · Foreign-patient registration (KHIDI) 5 · 18%
UNVERIFIED Registry match, not claim-only: listed in KHIDI's foreign-patient portal as a registered 'most-visited' foreign-patient institution, operating for foreign patients since 2009; selected by Gangnam-gu as an excellent recruitment institution (2015). Raw registration certificate number not seen. source ↗
M3 · Clinic registration (HIRA) 4 · 12%
UNVERIFIED Registered: name 바노바기성형외과의원, 사업자번호 220-08-87096, address 서울 강남구 논현로 517. Institution type 의원 (clinic), not 병원, confirmed via the clinic's own official footer; no direct HIRA record page rendered. source ↗
M4 · Operating-room accountability (CCTV) 3 · 10%
UNVERIFIED Discloses a surgical real-name system (수술실 실명제) — operating surgeon's/assistants'/anesthesiologist's names posted at each OR door — and an explicit anti-ghost-surgery / no-proxy pledge. No explicit OR-CCTV or patient right-to-request-recording policy surfaced. source ↗
M5 · Advertising compliance (심의필) 3 · 8%
UNVERIFIED No 심의필 number found on pages examined. Marketing uses soft superlatives ('world-renowned', 'leading') but no hard prohibited claims — no explicit 'No.1', no guaranteed results (adds 'individual satisfaction may differ'). An active up-to-30%-off event promotion runs. source ↗
M6 · Price / process transparency 2 · 7%
UNVERIFIED Low price transparency: no itemised published procedure prices, consultation-based (routes to a price-inquiry page), with event/package promotional pricing. Deposit/refund/aftercare-cost policy not disclosed; aftercare mentioned qualitatively but not priced. source ↗
M7 · International-patient pathway 4 · 6%
UNVERIFIED Disclosed pathway: interpreters/coordinators in ~8–9 languages; dedicated overseas consultation centers (Thailand 2016, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan); online consultation plus aftercare; published contact channels (WhatsApp, email, phone). Formal written-consent process implied but not documented. source ↗
Editorial · 15%
E1 · Operator continuity / franchise transparency 3 · 8%
UNVERIFIED editorial — Multi-branch group with some franchise-front opacity — the 'Banobagi Group' spans the Gangnam flagship plus a Daejeon branch, a separate dermatology clinic, a wellness clinic and a cosmetics business, plus overseas consult offices. The flagship has attributable operating surgeons, but the operating doctor is not uniformly attributable across all Banobagi-branded entities. source ↗
E2 · Claim cleanliness & patient protection 4 · 7%
UNVERIFIED editorial — No documented red flag attributable to Banobagi — no ghost-surgery record, death, sanction, or coercive refund-for-deletion case tied to it in searches. The prominent Hong Kong patient-death lawsuit in Gangnam (Jan 2020) was at Ollim Plastic Surgery, NOT Banobagi. Only unverified forum anecdotes otherwise. source ↗
Clinic registered (HIRA / KHIDI): yes
Board-certified specialist (전문의) named: yes
In register scope (Gangnam aesthetic): yes
Clinic operating: yes
What this register does NOT measure We do not rate surgical outcomes, a doctor's skill, complication rates or "who's better". We verify structural facts: the board-certified specialist (전문의) who operates, the clinic's registration (HIRA / KHIDI), what it discloses about the operating room and its advertising, the prices and the international-patient pathway — and where something is unconfirmed, we say so.