Mark-Vu Skin Analysis and a V-Line Consultation in Seoul: Part 1 of Berita Korea's Visit, Through the Doctor's Eyes

Most clinic reviews skip straight to the treatment, but the part before it decides whether the treatment is right at all. I'm Dr. Hyunji Kim, director of Delphic Clinic a few minutes from Sinnonhyeon Station in Gangnam. I trained at Korea University Medical Center and run the consultations for international patients myself. Visitors ask me every week how to tell a careful clinic from a busy one. Berita Korea's first video is a checklist rather than a treatment, so this page answers that question — what the scan, the consultation, the interpreter and the pricing mean for you — before the V-line plan in part 2.

Medically reviewed · Dr. Hyunji Kim · October 8, 2026

A checklist, not a treatment — and why that's the right order

Berita Korea's first video lists four things: an AI skin analysis, a 1:1 consultation with the doctor, an interpreter on site and the same prices as locals. None of them is a treatment. All of them decide whether the treatment that follows is the right one.

I've written a longer guide on how a visitor can tell a careful Seoul clinic from a busy one. Here I'll go through the four items as they happen in my clinic.

1. The Mark-Vu scan: what it sees and what it can't decide

Mark-Vu photographs the skin under different light settings and maps what a mirror hides: pigment below the surface, uneven hydration, texture and pores. It gives us an objective starting point and a record to compare against later.

What it doesn't do is choose the treatment. A V-line question is about fat, skin laxity and bone, and I still need to look and feel the face for that. My write-up of what a Seoul skin analysis actually shows goes into the detail.

2. The consultation: where a V-line plan is really made

1. 1

   Look at the cause

   Is the lower face full because of fat, soft because of loosening skin, or wide because of bone and muscle? Each has a different answer.

2. 2

   Match the tool

   ONDA for deeper fat along the lower face, Titanium for skin firmness, injections for small pockets — or none of these, if the cause is bone.

3. 3

   Agree the plan

   You hear the price, the downtime and the realistic timeline before anything starts. Treatment can happen the same day if you agree.

3. An interpreter in the room

English and Chinese interpreters are on site, and they can join the consultation. That matters most for the questions people are shy to ask: what happens if I don't like it, what's normal afterwards, who do I message when I'm home.

4. Same prices as locals — what that looks like

We publish our prices and there's no separate list for foreigners. The two devices at the heart of most V-line plans, at first-visit prices, are:

If you're comparing price lists from different clinics, my guide to reading a Seoul clinic price list explains first-visit, event and regular prices.

What came next in part 2

After this consultation, the plan in part 2 was ONDA, Titanium and fat-dissolving shots in one day. That plan fits a face where fat and some laxity both blur the jawline. For a different face, the same checklist could lead somewhere else entirely — which is the point of doing it first.

Setting up your own consultation

1. 1

   Before you fly

   Message us on WhatsApp with a front and side photo and your travel dates.

2. 2

   On arrival

   Mark-Vu scan and a free 1:1 consultation with me, with an interpreter.

3. 3

   Location

   A short walk from Exit 3 of Sinnonhyeon Station.

4. 4

   Decide on the day

   Treat the same day, or take the plan away and think about it — both are fine.