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Five Hongdae Clinics Re-Selected for Doctor Team Size and Lineup Breadth
Our earlier Hongdae guides compared clinics device by device. This one steps back and asks a different question: which clinics have the doctor team and the published lineup to be a go-to, not just a specialist in one machine?
Before the list: what Top 5 Dermatology Clinics is
Our Hongdae guides so far have compared clinics one device at a time — Thermage, Ultherapy, botulinum toxin, acne-scar lasers. That is useful for a single decision, but it does not answer a simpler question: which Hongdae clinics look like a genuine multi-doctor practice with a real lineup, rather than a single-procedure storefront?
To answer that, we went back to the clinics already confirmed in those device-specific guides and re-selected five on a different basis: how many named doctors (and what is stated about them), how many treatment categories are described with real text rather than just a menu label, and how complete the website is overall.
This is explicitly not a ranking by equipment-finder listing or by price. It is our editorial read of which five clinics, among those we have already verified, best support a “pick one clinic for several things” decision.
All facts below were established in our earlier device-specific research, read between September 21 and October 14, 2026; nothing new was researched for this list.
At a glance: 5 clinics
| Clinic | Doctor team | Lineup breadth | Price disclosure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forena Clinic 포레나의원 | 4 doctors | Ultherapy + Thermage, both described in detail | Not published |
| Lovae Clinic 로바에의원 | 4 doctors | Potenza + Fraxel-type laser, both with session plans | Not published |
| ID Clinic Hongdae 아이디의원 홍대 | Chain brand, director per branch | Thermage priced by every shot count | Yes — the most complete Thermage price sheet in our Hongdae coverage |
| UPIC Clinic Hongdae 유픽의원 홍대 | Named representative director | Botox + skin booster + InMode combination packages | Yes — VAT-excluded prices published |
| Dion Clinic Hongdae 홍대디온의원(더온클리닉) | Named representative director | Ultherapy Prime + Botox + pore/scar categories | Not published |
All five were re-selected from our existing Hongdae device-specific shortlists on doctor-team size and lineup breadth, not from a manufacturer finder. Compiled October 14, 2026 from each clinic's own website; this is not a ranking — the order reflects how much each clinic publishes.
The 5 clinics, one by one
Each entry shows only what the clinic itself publishes. “Not published” means the figure was not on the clinic’s website as text on the reading date — it does not mean the clinic has no price.
1.Forena Clinic 포레나의원
Hongdae area, per our Hongdae Ultherapy shortlist · Clinic page ↗
| Doctor team | Four doctors — representative director Yeom Ji-hye (염지혜) plus Na Yo-won, Ha Jun-hong and Lim Jong-seok — per our Hongdae Ultherapy shortlist. |
|---|---|
| Lineup | Describes itself around Ultherapy and Thermage together, with wording about “genuine tip use and a systematic pain-management protocol”; open year-round including public holidays, per the same shortlist. |
| Price | Not published in either source guide. |
Also in our Hongdae Ultherapy shortlist (item #8).
2.Lovae Clinic 로바에의원
165 Yanghwa-ro, 7F (Sangjin Building) · directly in front of Hongik University Station · Clinic page ↗
| Doctor team | Four doctors: representative director Park Seo-young (박서영 — formerly at VandS Clinic Gangnam main branch, U&I Dermatology and Pixellab Plastic Surgery), plus Lee Ji-woon, Jeong Jae-won and Seo Ji-yeon, per our Hongdae Acne Scar shortlist. |
|---|---|
| Lineup | Potenza and a Fraxel-type resurfacing laser, each described with a stated session plan (three or more sessions, three to four weeks apart) for acne scars and texture, per the same shortlist. |
| Price | Not published in the source guide. |
Also in our Hongdae Acne Scar shortlist (item #2).
3.ID Clinic Hongdae 아이디의원 홍대
Hongdae area, per our Hongdae Thermage shortlist · Clinic page ↗
| Doctor | Lee Hong-woo (이홍우), representative director, per our Hongdae Thermage shortlist; the clinic also runs branches in Gangnam. |
|---|---|
| Price transparency | Publishes Thermage prices broken out by shot count — face 300 shots ₩1,450,000 (list ₩1,813,000); 600 shots ₩2,200,000 (list ₩2,750,000); eye 225 shots ₩990,000 (list ₩1,238,000); eye 450 shots ₩1,890,000 (list ₩2,363,000) — the most completely itemised Thermage price sheet in that guide. VAT treatment is not stated on the page. |
| Lineup | Represents a multi-branch chain operating in both Gangnam and Hongdae, with Thermage as its most-documented lifting treatment on this site. |
Also in our Hongdae Thermage shortlist.
4.UPIC Clinic Hongdae 유픽의원 홍대
140 Yanghwa-ro, 9F (H-Cube) · Hongik University Station · Clinic page ↗
| Doctor | Lee Sung-woo (이성우), representative director, a family-medicine specialist (previously representative director at Lienjang Incheon branch), per our Hongdae Botox shortlist. |
|---|---|
| Lineup | Combines several treatment categories into designed packages: skin botox, jaw-and-salivary-gland botox, and an InMode Forma plus skin-botox-plus-pack combination, each with a stated price. |
| Price | Domestic premium skin botox 4cc ₩99,000; jaw + salivary-gland botox 100 units domestic ₩70,000; InMode Forma + skin botox 2cc + pack ₩149,000. All VAT excluded, per an autumn event running to September 30, 2026. |
Also in our Hongdae Botox shortlist (item #4).
5.Dion Clinic Hongdae 홍대디온의원(더온클리닉)
156 Yanghwa-ro, suite 501 (LG Palace Building) · Hongik University Station exit 9 · Clinic page ↗
| Doctor | Min Jun-ho (민준호), representative director, per our Hongdae Ultherapy shortlist and Hongdae Botox shortlist. |
|---|---|
| Lineup | Runs Ultherapy Prime, botulinum toxin and a pore/scar menu category, and states on its botox page: “all products genuine and in the correct quantity; we promise to suggest only the treatment you need”, per our Hongdae Botox shortlist. |
| Price | Not published in either source guide. |
Also in our Hongdae Ultherapy shortlist and Hongdae Botox shortlist (as “Dion Clinic Hongdae”).
How to choose a Top 5 Dermatology Clinics clinic in Hongdae
Several other Hongdae chains with transparent single-device pricing (such as Nine Clinic and Reverse Clinic) were considered but set aside here for lacking the multi-doctor, multi-category profile this list looks for; they remain strong single-purpose picks in our device-specific guides.
FAQ
Is this the same as your Hongdae Thermage or Ultherapy guides?
No. Those guides compare clinics on a single device against a manufacturer finder. This list re-selects five clinics from that same research for a different reason: doctor-team size and how many treatment categories each describes in real detail.
Which of these five publishes a price?
ID Clinic Hongdae (Thermage, itemised by shot count) and UPIC Clinic Hongdae (botox and InMode combination prices, VAT excluded) publish figures, both carried over from our earlier device-specific research. The other three do not.
Is this a ranking?
No. It is our editorial re-selection from clinics we had already verified in device-specific guides, not a ranking against an official list. No clinic paid to appear.
- Re-selection from our own Hongdae procedure shortlists (Thermage, Ultherapy, Botox, Acne Scar), not a manufacturer finder — checked October 14, 2026. This is not a device-registry-based list. We went back to clinics already confirmed in our Hongdae Thermage, Ultherapy, Botox and Acne Scar shortlists and re-selected five on a different axis: multiple named doctors or clear specialist credentials, more than one treatment category described with real detail, and overall website information depth. Equipment-finder listing was not a selection criterion here. https://gangnamclinicguide.com/hongdae-ulthera-clinics.html
- Each clinic’s own website — the page linked under each entry above, read on October 14, 2026. Only text that appears on those pages is used; nothing was obtained by phone or consultation.
Korean edition of this shortlist: 빛과결 (Naver blog), issue 51 — “홍대 피부과 추천 TOP5, 2026년 10월 기준 이렇게 고르면 됩니다”. The English page uses the same evidence file and the same clinic set.