CLINIC RECORD · DA-PLASTIC-SURGERY issued 2026-07-08 · v1
DA Plastic Surgery, Seoul
Teheran-ro, Gangnam · Plastic surgery · 의원 (clinic)
Plastic surgery (성형외과)
Specialist (전문의) — named
Measured · 85%
M1 · Board-certified specialist (전문의) 4 · 24%
UNVERIFIED Representative director 이상우 confirmed 성형외과 전문의 (SNU medicine, MS/PhD plastic surgery SNU, KSPRS lifetime member); co-director 구현국 tagged 전문의; the HIRA-based directory lists five registered board-certified specialists. The site's own claim of ~24 PS doctors + 9 anesthesiology 전문의 is asserted beyond the five HIRA-confirmed. Signboard '디에이성형외과의원' is the specialist form. source ↗
M2 · Foreign-patient registration (KHIDI) 5 · 18%
UNVERIFIED Registered: the Gangnam-gu government medical-tourism portal lists it as a 외국인환자 유치기관 with reg. no. M-2013-01-08-3109 (registered 2013), languages KR/EN/CN/JP/RU/VN. National KHIDI record not directly viewed, but the government-portal entry carries the formal M-number. source ↗
M3 · Clinic registration (HIRA) 4 · 12%
UNVERIFIED Resolves to a HIRA-based record; institution type 의원 (clinic), not 병원, registered departments 성형외과 + 외과, address 테헤란로 125. A large multi-floor 의원, not a licensed 병원. source ↗
M4 · Operating-room accountability (CCTV) 4 · 10%
UNVERIFIED In April 2015 DA publicly adopted an operating-room real-name system (수술실명제) against 대리수술 — posting each operating surgeon's name/photo/license outside the OR and recording the actual and consulting surgeons on the consent form. OR CCTV is evidenced to exist. No explicit current-site OR-CCTV or no-ghost pledge found. source ↗
M5 · Advertising compliance (심의필) 3 · 8%
UNVERIFIED No 심의필 number found on any crawled page. Claim-discipline flags: the English homepage foregrounds 'Google Rating 4.8 (1,524 reviews)' and the slogan '예쁘면 DA야!', with pricing/marketing routed through third-party app event pages. No overt 'No.1/guaranteed/miracle' wording observed. source ↗
M6 · Price / process transparency 3 · 7%
UNVERIFIED Consult-only on its own site (pre-consultation on surgery/pricing/recovery); itemised/package pricing appears only on a third-party marketplace (Gangnamunni event pages). No public deposit/refund policy on-site; aftercare described but not priced. source ↗
M7 · International-patient pathway 4 · 6%
UNVERIFIED Ten languages (KR/EN/CN/JP/TH/VN/MN/RU/ID/AR), a Foreigner Service Desk, standby interpreters for consults plus post-operative-care interpretation, aftercare instructions, limousine airport pickup/drop-off, hotel-booking assistance, and a published emergency contact. Visa assistance not mentioned. source ↗
Editorial · 15%
E1 · Operator continuity / franchise transparency 5 · 8%
UNVERIFIED editorial — Single named, single-site practice — one large location (Dongchan Building, B1–2, floors 4–12), attributable co-directors 이상우 and 구현국, one business license 214-14-97135. No multi-branch/franchise or non-attributable holding operator found. source ↗
E2 · Claim cleanliness & patient protection 3 · 7%
UNVERIFIED editorial — One documented DA-specific incident: on 18 Mar 2020 a nursing assistant was found dead in a DA operating room after self-injecting propofol, prompting a controlled-substance-management investigation — staff self-administration, not a patient-surgery death. No DA-specific ghost-surgery conviction, patient death, sanction, or coercive refund-for-deletion found; the 2016 권대희 death and a redacted 2021 case are both NOT attributable to DA. 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.