{"id":29702,"date":"2026-02-19T18:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29702"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:16:45","slug":"chinese-tourists-flock-to-south-korea-for-beauty-treatments-ahead-of-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=29702","title":{"rendered":"Chinese tourists flock to South Korea for beauty treatments ahead of Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/13\/1d2cf88e-adb8-494a-a661-5a400536a819_ff949a17.jpg?itok=MWlVrFw1&amp;v=1770949321\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With Lunar New Year approaching, Beijing-based Lu Xiao decided to try dermatology treatments for the first time, hoping to look her best for family gatherings during the break.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of posts on social media about the effects of dermatology treatments recently, and they looked quite appealing, so I wanted to try it myself,\u201d Lu says.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">She flew to South Korea for a three-day trip earlier in February and opted for Thermage and ultrasound-based lifting treatments at a clinic in Seoul\u2019s Myeong-dong neighbourhood, aimed at addressing signs of ageing and improving skin firmness.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cSome clinics in China may use uncertified devices, and prices here are more competitive,\u201d Lu says.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The treatments cost around 10,000 yuan (US$1,450) in total, roughly 40 per cent cheaper than the quotes she received in China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lu is among a growing number of Chinese consumers travelling to South Korea for dermatology and skincare services, even as weak consumer confidence at home has kept overall spending subdued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3343397\/chinese-tourists-flock-south-korea-beauty-treatments-ahead-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Lunar New Year approaching, Beijing-based Lu Xiao decided to try dermatology treatments for the first time, hoping to look her best for family gatherings&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[800,1869,107,8711,1644,13821,5246,5593,10546,791],"class_list":["post-29702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-ahead","tag-beauty","tag-chinese","tag-flock","tag-korea","tag-lunar","tag-south","tag-tourists","tag-treatments","tag-year","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}