Clinic KR helps international visitors plan a treatment trip to Korea. This page explains what the trip planner does, what it does not do, and how we research our recovery guides.
What the planner does
- It takes the dates your clinic gave you: treatment, follow-up visits, stitch or splint removal, the period to rest indoors, the date normal sightseeing is fine, and the date you are cleared to fly.
- It lays those dates out day by day and marks rest days, light-outing days and sightseeing days.
- It shows the earliest flight home as the later of two dates: the day after your last clinic visit, or the date your surgeon cleared you to fly.
- It warns you when a planned flight falls before that date.
What the planner does not do
- It does not estimate your recovery or tell you when it is safe to fly. If you have not entered a “cleared to fly” date, it does not suggest a return flight.
- It does not replace your clinic’s instructions. When our general information and your clinic disagree, follow your clinic.
- It does not store anything. The calculation runs in your browser. The dates are kept only in the page address so you can save or share your own plan.
Where our recovery information comes from
Our recovery guides use two kinds of sources, and each guide lists them with the date we checked them:
- Patient guides from medical societies, such as the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Aesthetic Society.
- Peer-reviewed studies, found through PubMed, when they measure something a traveler needs to know, such as how fast swelling goes down or when complications tend to happen.
We do not use clinic marketing pages as evidence for numbers. When no study or society guide answers a question, such as the safe day to fly after a specific surgery, we say so instead of guessing.
Who writes the guides
The guides are researched and written by the Clinic KR editorial team. They are not reviewed by a physician. They are meant to help you understand typical recovery and prepare questions for your surgeon, not to tell you what to do. Our general approach is described in our editorial policy and medical disclaimer.
Corrections
If you find a source that contradicts a guide, or a link that no longer works, please contact us. We check the report against the source and update the guide and its “checked” date.