Your fourteen days in Korea, day by day.

Before you fly

The consultation, the match, the plan

It begins with a thirty-minute video call with Chloe, from wherever you are in Australia. You will have shared a few photographs beforehand. The call is honest and unhurried: what you hope for, your health and history, whether travelling for surgery is right for you at all. If it is, Chloe matches you with a surgeon (here is how she chooses) and sends a written proposal — the surgeon, the technique, the fee, and a complete itinerary.

A second, interpreted video consultation with the surgeon follows, so you meet them before you commit. The clinic will ask for medical history and may request tests from your GP. Once everything is confirmed, we book the clinic dates; you book your flights and, with our recommendation, your hotel.

What to pack is simpler than people expect: loose front-buttoning tops, a soft scarf or hat, your usual medications with a doctor's letter, comfortable flat shoes, and something to read. Leave the make-up bag light; you will not need it for a while.

Day 1

Arrival

You are met at the airport and driven privately to your hotel — one we have chosen for calm, close to the clinic, with the kind of room you will be glad of in a week's time. Nothing is scheduled for the rest of the day beyond settling in. Your concierge checks in that evening and walks you through the next two days.

Day 2

Meeting your surgeon

Your in-person consultation. Your own interpreter is with you throughout — not the clinic's — so every question is asked and every answer understood. The surgeon examines you, confirms the plan discussed on video, and explains exactly what will be done and what to expect afterwards. Pre-operative tests are completed the same day. You will be asked to fast from midnight.

Day 3

Surgery, and the first night

Surgery day. A deep-plane facelift typically takes several hours under anaesthesia given by a dedicated anaesthesiologist — one of the safety checks we never compromise on. You wake on the clinic's inpatient ward with dressings in place and a compression garment around your face and neck. There is swelling, tightness and some discomfort; pain is usually well controlled with medication.

You stay on the ward overnight with clinical staff on hand — and Chloé Privé's own carer stays beside you the whole night. This is the night most people dread in advance and are most grateful for afterwards: someone who speaks your language, who can call a nurse, adjust a pillow, or simply be there at three in the morning.

Day 4

Back to the hotel

After a morning review, you are discharged and driven back to your hotel. From today, every meal is delivered to your door — soft, nourishing, easy to eat with a tender face — and your concierge checks in daily. The instructions are simple: rest, keep your head elevated, no bending or lifting, no alcohol, and let the swelling do what swelling does.

Days 5 – 10

The recovery week

This is the quiet stretch, and it is quieter than most people expect. Swelling and bruising peak in the first few days and then recede steadily. You will return to the clinic for check-ups and dressing changes — always with your interpreter, always by private car — and around the end of the first week your surgeon will typically remove sutures. Meals continue to arrive, graduating from the softest first days toward proper Korean food as your jaw and your appetite allow.

Most clients describe this week as strange rather than difficult: you feel well enough to be restless, but you look like someone who has had surgery. Short walks are usually encouraged. Long ones, and anything strenuous, are not. Many people find it the most restful week they have had in years.

Days 11 – 13

Seoul, when your surgeon says so

Once your surgeon is happy with how you are healing, the city opens up. A private tour of Seoul — palaces, quiet neighbourhoods, tea houses, galleries — at whatever pace suits you, with a driver and guide and no one else. Some clients want a full day; some want two gentle afternoons. Some are content with a good lunch and a walk along the river. All of it is arranged around how you feel, not around a schedule.

Bruising by this stage is usually faint enough to cover, and a scarf and sunglasses do the rest. You will still be swollen; you will also, for the first time, be able to see where things are going.

Day 14

Cleared to fly, and home

A final review with your surgeon, who confirms you are fit to travel and goes through aftercare in detail — with your interpreter, so nothing is lost. You leave with written instructions and your surgeon's contact details. Then a private transfer to the airport and the flight home. If your surgeon wants another day or two, you stay; extra nights are priced in your proposal so the decision is never about money.

After you land

The months that follow

Swelling continues to settle for weeks, and the final result of a facelift is generally judged at several months rather than several days. Your ongoing care is with your own GP or a plastic surgeon in Australia, and we recommend identifying one before you travel. Chloé Privé does not provide medical follow-up — we are a concierge, not a clinic — but we remain your point of contact for as long as you need, and Chloe is always glad to hear how things are going.