A clinic on Jeju Island in South Korea offering stem cell treatment prepared from the patient's own bone marrow, sold as an all-inclusive package.
Refresh Stem Cell Clinic publishes a full address at 86 Donggwang-ro in Jeju-si, on Jeju Island in South Korea, together with a landline, a mobile number, an e-mail address and opening hours. The directory record places this clinic in Seoul; the clinic's own site places it firmly on Jeju, describing travel to Jeju and arrival at Jeju Airport, and that should be corrected before publication.
The clinic's stated method is autologous bone marrow extraction, meaning stem cells are taken from the patient's own bone marrow rather than from a donor. It quotes yields of between 500 and 700 million cells for a single treatment and between 1 and 1.4 billion cells for a double treatment. Cell counts of this kind are the clinic's own figures and are not independently verified.
Four routes of administration are listed: intravenous infusion for what the clinic calls general systemic regeneration, injection into the face for rejuvenation, injection into the knee for joint and cartilage problems, and injection into the genital organs for sexual function. The site does not cite clinical evidence for any of these.
Pricing is published openly, which is unusual. The site lists 8,000 United States dollars for a single treatment of 45 to 60 millilitres and 12,000 dollars for two treatments of 90 to 120 millilitres, and says both include return airfare, five-star hotel accommodation, transport, interpreting and a year of follow-up care. Packages that bundle travel and hotel with a medical procedure are worth scrutinising carefully, since they make it hard to see what the medical care itself costs.
The clinic lists the following areas of treatment; no clinical evidence is cited on the pages read.
The site says stem cells are taken from the patient's own bone marrow and given at doses it quotes in hundreds of millions to over a billion cells.
The site names three directors by surname only, without full names or registration numbers.
The clinic is at 86 Donggwang-ro in Jeju-si, on Jeju Island, and its site is oriented towards visitors who fly in for treatment, with arrival at Jeju Airport and hotel and transport arranged as part of the package. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10.00 to 19.00 with a lunch break from 12.30 to 14.00, Saturday 10.00 to 15.00, and closed on public holidays. The pages read give no detail of a laboratory, accreditation or licence.
The site publishes prices: 8,000 United States dollars for a single treatment of 45 to 60 millilitres, and 12,000 dollars for two treatments of 90 to 120 millilitres. It says both include return airfare, five-star hotel accommodation, transport, interpreting and one year of follow-up care. Prices on a website can change and should be confirmed with the clinic.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.