Dr. Chul Hwan Seul
Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon

26+
Year of
experience
Dr. Seul Chul Hwan is a board-certified plastic surgeon with a strong reputation in aesthetic and reconstructive breast and body surgery. He earned his degree from Yonsei University College of Medicine and went on to get his Master’s and Ph.D. in Plastic Surgery at Yonsei’s Graduate School. His training and experience include working as a specialist and instructor at Severance Hospital and Gangnam Severance Hospital, both known for their high standards in medical care.
With more than ten years in academic positions and worldwide speaking engagements, Dr. Seul has gained respect for his skills in complicated breast augmentation, revision surgeries, managing implant malposition, and using endoscopic transaxillary methods. Right now, he’s the President of the Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM) and plays active roles in important academic groups, including the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS). He’s also involved with ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery).
As a highly published author and contributor to top international journals and textbooks, Dr. Seul is committed to pushing the boundaries in his field through research and education. His surgical approach is all about achieving precision, ensuring safety, and focusing on aesthetics to create results that look natural, balanced, and last a long time, all customized to fit each patient’s needs.

26+
Year of
experience
Qualification &
Educational Details
Philosophy of Breast Surgery

Professional Activities

President, Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM), International Breast Society

Academic Committee Member, Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS)

Best Doctor – Community Choice Award

Lifetime Member, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Regular Member, Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Regular Member, Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

Regular Member, Korean Society for Microsurgery

Regular Member, Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand

Regular Member, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Former Academic Committee Member, Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons

Former President, Breast Plastic Surgery Study Group

Former Examination Committee Member, Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Specializations
Lecture Topics
2025.08.30
Invited as a master class speaker at the 3rd Symposium of the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society 2025, delivering a lecture on “Inferior Malposition in Smooth Breast Implants,” one of the most concerning complications associated with smooth implants.
2025.04.19
Delivered a lecture at the “Holy Grail of Breast” session during the APS KOREA 2025 Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, on the topic “Savoir-Faire in the Prevention and Management of Inferior Malposition in Augmentation Mammoplasty.”
2024.11.17
Served as session chair for “How to Manage Challenging Breast Cases” at PRS Korea 2024.
2024.04.07
Served as session chair for “Breast 2. The Changing Trends in Breast Augmentation” at APS 2024.
2023.12.01-03
Presented on “Exploring Augmentation Mastopexy: The Culmination of Aesthetic Breast Surgery” at the Asia Pacific Anti-Aging Conference (APAAC) 2023.
2023.11.10-12
Served as session chair for “Aesthetic Breast Surgery Session 2: How to Make a Beautiful Breast Shape Focusing on the Round Bra Line (UU Shape) and Cleavage” at the PRS KOREA 2023, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2023.09.17
As president of SBM (Seoul Breast Meeting) 2023, hosted the conference and served as session chair for Session 4: Turning Negative into Positive – Breast Augmentation in Unfavorable Situations.
2023.06.25
At the 23rd Severance Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium, demonstrated and presented “Advanced Tips and Techniques in Using Breast Endoscope” through surgical video footage, focusing on refined methods and know-how in both primary and revision endoscopic breast augmentation via the transaxillary approach.
2023.04.01-02
Served as session chair for “Aesthetic Breast Surgery Session 3: What Experts Do? Secondary Breast Surgery” at APS 2023.
2023.03.11-12
Invited as Korea’s representative KOL and faculty member at Motiva Evolution Summit Seoul 2023 and delivered a presentation on “Augmentation Mammoplasty in Asymmetric Breasts.”
2022.11.11-13
Served as session chair for “Aesthetic Breast Surgery Session 2: A Breakthrough in Difficult Problems” at PRS KOREA 2022, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2022.04.16-17
Presented on “Complex Aesthetic Breast Surgery: When to Use Fat Grafting” at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2022.
2021.12.12
Served as session chair for “Overcoming Difficulties in Secondary Breast Augmentation” at SBM (Seoul Breast Meeting).
2021.11.12-14
Served as session chair for “Aesthetic Breast Surgery Session 3: What Do World-Class Experts Do?” at PRS KOREA 2021, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2021.11.12-14
Served as session chair for “Aesthetic Breast Surgery Session 3: What Do World-Class Experts Do?” at PRS KOREA 2021, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2021.07.10
Served as session chair at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2021, leading a discussion on the characteristics of smooth (nanotextured) implants and presenting on “Tips and Pitfalls in Using Smooth (Nano-Textured) Type Implants.”
2021.03.14
Delivered a lecture on “Augmentation Mammoplasty in Asymmetric Breasts” at the 2021 Daegu–Gyeongbuk Regional Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2020.11.14
Presented on “Breast Lift and Breast Reduction” at Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM) 2020.
2020.06.27
Delivered an invited lecture at the “KOR-USA Bellagel Global Webinar.”
2019.12.14
Served as session chair at Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM) 2019.
2019.12.6-7
Served as a judge for the “2019 Miss Mimosa Queen” pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, and conducted consultation sessions for local participants.
2019.11.24
Performed a live breast augmentation surgery and delivered a lecture for local medical professionals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
2019.11.08-10
Served as session chair for “Breast Surgery Session: Framing and Mapping in Reduction Mammoplasty” at PRS KOREA 2019, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2019.11.08-10
Delivered a lecture on “The Key to Overcome Complicated Breasts: Combination Breast Augmentation (Implant and Fat Graft)” at PRS KOREA 2019, during the 3rd Asian Forum on Liposuction and Fat Growth Factors Surgery.
2018.11.14
Delivered an invited lecture on “Augmentation and Correction of Asymmetric Breasts” at the “2018 International Seminar on Advanced Breast Augmentation and Breast Anatomy” held in Guangzhou, China.
2018.11.11
Delivered a lecture on “Asymmetric Breasts” during Session 3 of the Seoul Breast Meeting at PRS KOREA 2018, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2018.11.11
Served as session chair for “Session 8: Body Contouring Surgery” at the Seoul Breast Meeting during PRS KOREA 2018, the International Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2018.09.07
Delivered invited lectures on “Combination Breast Augmentation: Implant and Fat Injection” and “Management of Explanted Breast” at the 7th ISAPS China.
2018.05.13
Served as session chair for the “Anti-Aging Plastic Surgery” session at the 17th Spring Seminar of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons.
2018.04.07
Served as a panelist for Round Table 1: Breast – “Troubled Situation in Aesthetic Breast Surgery: What Would the Expert Do?” at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2018
2018.03.24
Invited to the 17th Shanghai International Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, where he delivered a lecture on “Strategies for Mild Ptotic or Pseudoptotic Breast Augmentation without Mastopexy: Considering Asymmetry in Nipple and IMF Level,” and participated as a panelist in the Breast Surgery Forum discussion.
2018.03.03
Served as session chair at the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and delivered a lecture on “Mild Ptotic Breast Augmentation without Mastopexy: Considering Asymmetry in Nipple and IMF Level.”
2017.11.11-12
Served as session chair for Aesthetic Breast Session 2 and Breast Reconstruction Session 4 at PRS KOREA 2017.
2017.10.20
Delivered a lecture on “Management After Removal of Breast Implants” at the 2017 Korea University Plastic Surgery Symposium.
2017.10.15
Served as session chair at the 16th Autumn Seminar of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons.
2017.09.14
Invited as a faculty member at the “World Symposium on Ergonomic Implants” held in Italy, where he shared advanced revision surgery techniques using endoscopy.
2017.04.02
Presented on “Motiva: How Useful Is It?” at the Motiva Session of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017, sharing surgical techniques and results using Motiva implants.
2017.04.01
Served as session chair for the Breast Surgery Session and delivered a lecture on “Breast Augmentation in Asymmetric Breasts” at Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017.
2017.02.22
Gave a lecture and performed a live surgery demonstration with Dr. Marcos Sforza (Dolan Park Hospital, U.K.) on “Combination Breast Augmentation Using Motiva Implants.”
2016.11.12
Delivered an invited lecture on “Breast Augmentation Surgery” at the 2016 Weihai International Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine Conference in China.
2016.10.22
Delivered an invited lecture on “Decision on Incision Site and Implant Pocket in Breast Augmentation” in the Breast Surgery Session at the 13th Chinese Medical Doctor Association Conference of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
2016.05.15–17
Served as session chair for Breast Surgery Session 2 and delivered an invited lecture on “Combination Breast Augmentation: Implants and Fat Injection” during the Breast Augmentation Session at the 13th Japan-Korea Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
2016.03.20
Delivered an invited lecture on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Approach” at the 2016 Daegu-Gyeongbuk Symposium of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
2016.03.12-13
Delivered invited lectures at the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Conference on “Intermammary Span and Internipple Distance”
2015.11.13-15
Planned and chaired the program “Breast Session 1: Planning of Augmentation Mammoplasty” at PRS Korea 2015 (International Symposium of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons), and delivered a presentation for the Instructional Course: Decision on Incision Site & Implant Pocket in Augmentation Mammoplasty.
2015.08.09
Served as invited session chair for the “Breast Augmentation” session at the 12th Annual Seminar of the Korean Association of Plastic Surgeons, held at the Catholic University Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital.
2015.06.06
Delivered an invited presentation on “Decision on Incision Site and Implant Pocket in Breast Augmentation Surgery” at the 12th Asan Plastic Surgery Symposium.
2015.03.28
Delivered a lecture on “Management of Explanted Breast” at the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2015 Conference of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
2014.12.06
Delivered a lecture on “Mastopexy After Massive Weight Loss” at the Congress of the Korean Society for Plastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery.
2014.11.07-09
Presented on “Managing Patient’s Expectation in Augmentation Mammoplasty” at the KSPRS International 72nd Congress of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
2014.10.18-21
Delivered a lecture on “Minimizing the Gap Between Outcome and Expectation” at the 6th ASBPRS (Asian Society of Breast Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) in Indonesia.
2014.10.11
Delivered an invited lecture on “Coping with Patients’ Expectations in Breast Augmentation” at the 30th Anniversary Academic Conference of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine.
2014.08.01
Delivered invited lectures on “Combination Breast Augmentation: Implants & Fat Injection” and “Management of Breast Implant Malposition” at the 17th ASEAN-IPRAS 2014.
2014.06.08
Conducted lectures, dissections, and live surgery demonstrations on “Combination Breast Augmentation: Implant & Fat” at the 3rd Severance Breast Cadaver Workshop, Yonsei Severance Hospital.
2014.05.20
Delivered a lecture on “Revisional Breast Augmentation” at the 91st Aesthetic Conference of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University.
2014.05.16
Presented on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation” at the 12th Korea-Japan Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
2014.04.26-27
Delivered an invited lecture on “Management of Breast Implant Malposition” at the International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium held at COEX, Seoul.
2013.10.19
Served as session chair for the Breast Remodeling Session at the 2013 International Master Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) in Shanghai, China, and presented on “Combination Breast Augmentation,” “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation,” and “Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation.”
2013.10.16-18
Invited to the 5th Asian Symposium of Breast Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASBPRS) held in Singapore, where he delivered four presentations on breast surgery: “Periareolar Augmentation Mastopexy,” “Strategy for Correction of Capsular Contracture,” “Management of Breast Implant Malposition,” and “Endoscopic Transaxillary Revisional Breast Augmentation.”
2013.09.14
Delivered an invited lecture on “Augmentation Mastopexy” at the Congress of the Korean Society for Plastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery 2014.
2013.09.08
Delivered a lecture on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation with Anatomic Implant” at the Busan Aesthetic Plastic Symposium.
2013.08.30
Delivered a lecture on “Two-Stage Expander/Implant Reconstruction” at the 40th Anniversary Symposium of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Catholic University College of Medicine.
2013.06.09
Delivered a lecture and conducted anatomical dissection and live surgery demonstrations on “Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation Using Anatomic Implant” at the 2nd Symposium of the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society.
2013.06.08
Delivered a lecture on “Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction” at the 2nd Severance Breast Cadaver Symposium, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
Research Activities & Publications
Authored “Endoscopic Breast Augmentation via Transaxillary Incision” in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery (2023)
Contributed to the Textbook of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 3, Breast Surgery section (2017)
Regular Publications for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Archives of Plastic Surgery, Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
FAQ
Please contact our consultants through the online form, email, or WhatsApp. You will first receive an initial consultation and recommendation online, and our team will then assist you with booking your in-person consultation and securing your surgery date.
We highly recommend contacting us as early as possible, as our schedule fills up quickly and early inquiry allows us to guarantee your preferred surgery slot.
Yes.
Dr. Seul personally conducts patient consultations, carefully evaluates individual anatomy and goals, and designs a customized surgical plan.
He also directly oversees post-operative follow-up appointments to monitor healing progress and ensure optimal, safe, and natural-looking results.
Dr. Seul combines:
- Academic research background
- Advanced surgical precision
- Natural aesthetic philosophy
- Experience in complex revision cases
As President of the Seoul Breast Meeting (SBM), he actively contributes to advancing breast surgery techniques internationally.
Yes.
Dr. Seul holds executive and academic committee roles within the Breast Plastic Surgery Research Society of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS).
He regularly participates in conferences and academic exchange programs to refine surgical safety and outcomes.
Dr. Seul prioritizes:
- Natural proportions
- Long-term stability
- Tissue-preserving techniques
- Individualized implant selection
His goal is not simply volume enhancement, but harmonious integration with the patient’s body.
Client Reviews
4.8/5
