Oxygen Chamber and IV Drips After Your Procedure

TL;DR: Our Seocho clinic lists a 30-minute hyperbaric oxygen chamber session at 100,000 KRW, several IV drip options (Myers’ Cocktail, Boosting Recovery, Inner Glow Cocktail, and others) at 100,000 KRW each, an All-in-One Myers’ Cocktail at 190,000 KRW, a UH Cell Booster NAD+ drip at 390,000 KRW, and an antioxidant (vitamin C 2,500mg) drip at 50,000 KRW, as of August 2026 and subject to change. Hyperbaric oxygen has clear regulatory approval for conditions such as decompression sickness and non-healing wounds, but the evidence for using it to speed recovery after a cosmetic procedure is still limited. That is why we present these items as ways to spend your recovery window, not as treatments that change how fast your body heals.

I’m Dr. Kim Kyung-soo, representative director of our Seocho clinic. Through our consultation channel, we’re often asked whether a patient can add oxygen therapy or a nutrient IV drip on the same day as a skin procedure. The short answer is yes, both are listed on our menu, and the pricing is in the table below. But price is only half the question; the other half is how far the evidence for these items actually goes.

Our Seocho Menu and Its Listed Prices

Item	Category	Listed Price	Published Duration
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber	Chamber session	100,000 KRW	30 minutes
Myers’ Cocktail	IV drip	100,000 KRW	Not published
Boosting Recovery	IV drip	100,000 KRW	Not published
Inner Glow Cocktail	IV drip	100,000 KRW	Not published
Body Rebalancing	IV drip	100,000 KRW	Not published
All-in-One Myers’ Cocktail	IV drip	190,000 KRW	Not published
UH Cell Booster NAD+	IV drip	390,000 KRW	Not published
Antioxidant (vitamin C 2,500mg)	IV drip	50,000 KRW	Not published
Baekok / Cinderella / Garlic / Licorice / Placenta / Vitamin D	IV drip	50,000 KRW each	Not published

These are the amounts posted on our own pricing page as of August 2026 and may change. Aside from the 30-minute chamber session, we don’t publish a fixed duration for each drip, so if you’re planning a same-day schedule, it’s more accurate to confirm the day’s booking situation with our consultation channel directly.

How Hyperbaric Oxygen Works in the Body

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy places a patient in a chamber pressurized above one atmosphere while they breathe near-pure oxygen. Medical literature generally describes treatment pressures starting around 1.4 atmospheres absolute, with roughly 2 atmospheres common in clinical practice, matching the range StatPearls uses to define the therapy. At higher pressure, more oxygen dissolves directly into blood plasma rather than riding solely on hemoglobin, which is the physiological basis for using it in conditions where tissue is starved of oxygen and inflamed.

Because of that mechanism, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared hyperbaric chambers for a defined set of conditions, and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society maintains and updates the accepted indications list. The FDA-cleared list includes air or gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas gangrene, crush injury, radiation tissue injury, refractory osteomyelitis, and non-healing diabetic lower-extremity wounds, among others. The FDA has also stated publicly that it is aware some facilities promote hyperbaric chambers for uses that have not been cleared or approved, and it advises patients to confirm appropriate care with a physician before treatment.

Recovery from a cosmetic procedure is not on that cleared list. A hyperbaric oxygen treatment registry study with Dr. Jay Buckey of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center listed as principal investigator describes a growing number of cases where hyperbaric oxygen is tried outside its approved indications, but notes that because each participating center sees relatively few of these cases, the evidence for many of them stays at the level of individual case reports or small case series rather than controlled trials. That same registry has recorded cases involving facial filler procedures, but this remains accumulating observational data rather than a comparative clinical trial establishing that recovery speeds up as a result.

Put together, hyperbaric oxygen has a clear medical mechanism, and its evidence for post-procedure cosmetic recovery remains at the case-report stage. That is why we don’t tell patients it speeds up recovery.

Before You Book the Chamber: What We Check

The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s clinical reference StatPearls lists untreated pneumothorax as the one absolute contraindication to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, because trapped air in the pleural space can expand during decompression and progress to a tension pneumothorax. The presence of intraocular gas is treated with similar caution for the same reason. Conditions where air can become trapped, such as asthma, imaging-confirmed pulmonary blebs, emphysema with carbon dioxide retention, uncontrolled seizures, severe discomfort in enclosed spaces, and pregnancy are classified as relative contraindications requiring careful judgment. If you carry an implanted medical device, we need to confirm it has been tested to withstand a pressurized environment.

StatPearls also identifies barotrauma as the most common complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with irritation or rupture of the eardrum as the typical example. An active cold, sinus infection, or ear infection makes pressure equalization harder and raises the risk of pain or injury. Rarer but more serious events, including oxygen-related seizures and pulmonary edema, have also been reported in the clinical literature.

For that reason, using the chamber is decided separately from your procedure booking, after we first check your respiratory history, ear health, underlying conditions, and current medications. If you’re not feeling well on a given day, it’s better to postpone.

IV Drips: Evidence Depends on the Ingredient, Not the Product Name

When I go through the IV drip menu in consultation, I look at what’s actually in the bag before I look at the product name. The Myers’ Cocktail is a combination of high-dose B vitamins, vitamin C, magnesium, and calcium in sterile solution, and that is how the Merck Manual Professional Version describes its composition. The same reference notes that IV vitamin therapy has spread through medical spas and similar settings on claims of improved energy, immunity, or stress relief, while stating that the evidence to support those claims is lacking. The consumer-facing version of the same reference goes further, pointing out that very few studies have actually tested the Myers’ Cocktail or high-dose IV vitamin therapy in people who don’t have a diagnosed deficiency.

Some small clinical trials do exist. A 2009 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study by Ali and colleagues on fibromyalgia patients was designed to test the feasibility and safety of the Myers’ Cocktail and to gather early signals about its effect. It enrolled 34 adults, and a study of that size can point toward a direction for further research, but it cannot establish a firm conclusion on its own.

High-dose IV vitamin C has been studied more in serious illness. A 2026 systematic review by Rana Ahmed, Shashwat Shetty, and colleagues pooled sepsis studies published between 2020 and 2025 and found only modest, temporary changes in organ failure scores and the duration of vasopressor use, without a consistent improvement in mortality or intensive care unit length of stay. That conclusion applies to critically ill sepsis patients, and it doesn’t transfer directly to a healthy person receiving an IV drip after a cosmetic procedure. The clinical evidence needed to judge any effect of IV vitamins on skin condition specifically remains limited.

Side effects also vary by ingredient. The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration issued a 2019 advisory noting that vitamin C injections can be associated with kidney stone formation when urine is acidic, and that severe hemolysis has been reported following high-dose administration in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. This is exactly why we ask patients with reduced kidney function, a history of kidney stones, or a blood disorder to disclose that during consultation.

On IV Drips Containing Glutathione

Several regulatory bodies have flagged specific concerns about injectable glutathione marketed for skin lightening. The Philippine FDA’s 2019 advisory stated that no published clinical trials had evaluated injectable glutathione for skin whitening, and that no established guidance exists for appropriate dosing or duration of use, while also citing risks of liver, kidney, and nervous system toxicity, the possibility of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and infection risk in non-sterile settings. The U.S. FDA has not approved glutathione for cosmetic use.

In Korea, injectable glutathione is regulated as a pharmaceutical product and used within a medical facility under a physician’s judgment. At our Seocho clinic, every device, injectable, and medication used in treatment is required to be genuine, and we open each sealed unit in front of the patient before use. That step confirms the product’s authenticity and handling before it is used. When a patient asks about a drip specifically for brightening or tone, we walk through the evidence situation above first, then review it alongside other options.

Where You Spend the Recovery Window

Most of the questions that come through our consultation channel on the day of a procedure are really about logistics: whether it’s fine to travel with visible redness or swelling, and where to spend the remaining hours in the day. That decision shapes how tired you feel by evening.

Our Seocho clinic is on the ground floor of the UH Flat The Seocho annex, and the building the clinic occupies also functions as accommodation. Through a partnership with UH hotels, entering a coupon code in the STATION by UHC app gives access to partner rates at UH Suite, UH Continental, UH Flat Signature, and UH Flat properties. Patients staying in Seoul for a short trip use this to shorten the distance they need to travel right after a procedure. The oxygen chamber and IV drips are activities that fill that recovery window.

We see patients on weekdays until 8:00 PM (last check-in 6:30 PM) and on weekends until 6:00 PM (last check-in 4:30 PM), with no lunch break in between. Being able to come in for a follow-up over the weekend matters if your stay in Seoul is short. We’ve laid out when to schedule that follow-up visit in our guide to recovering from a skin procedure in Seoul.

✅ CHECK POINT: What to Confirm in Consultation

• Whether an oxygen chamber session or IV drip can follow your procedure the same day, and in what order (this depends on the procedure type and the day’s booking, so confirm through our consultation channel)
• Medications you’re currently taking or recently stopped, including blood thinners and chemotherapy drugs
• Kidney disease, a history of kidney stones, blood disorders, or known allergies
• Asthma or chronic lung disease, a recent cold, sinus infection, or ear infection, and any ear surgery history (needed for the chamber decision)
• Any implanted medical device
• Pregnancy or the possibility of pregnancy
• Any history of discomfort in enclosed spaces
• What matters most for this visit: the procedure itself, or managing how you feel during your stay

These are the same items we ask about, in the same order, during consultation. Coming prepared with these answers speeds up the decision once you’re in the room.

FAQ

Can anyone use the oxygen chamber?

No. StatPearls names untreated pneumothorax as the one absolute contraindication, and classifies conditions such as asthma, pulmonary blebs, emphysema with carbon dioxide retention, uncontrolled seizures, severe discomfort in enclosed spaces, and pregnancy as relative contraindications requiring careful judgment. If you have an active cold, sinus infection, or ear infection, pressure equalization in the ears and sinuses becomes harder, so it’s safer to postpone. We confirm your history and current condition before deciding.

Can I get an IV drip on the same day as my procedure?

That depends on the type of procedure and the day’s booking schedule, so please confirm through our consultation channel (KakaoTalk, LINE, or WeChat). Reaching out two to three days before your visit lets us check available time slots together.

Does the oxygen chamber or an IV drip speed up recovery?

We don’t have evidence to support that claim. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has an established evidence base for regulator-approved conditions such as decompression sickness and non-healing wounds, but for post-cosmetic-procedure recovery specifically, the available data is still at the case-report stage. IV vitamin therapy carries the same gap: the Merck Manual Professional Version points to a lack of supporting evidence. We present these items as ways to spend your recovery time; the pace of actual healing depends on the procedure type and your own skin condition.

How do I book an appointment?

You don’t need a Korean phone number. Booking is available through our KakaoTalk, LINE, or WeChat consultation channels, and we recommend booking at least two to three days ahead of your visit. For same-day requests, reach out through the consultation channel and we’ll confirm available times. Japanese, Chinese, and English interpreters are on site at our Seocho clinic.

Clinic Information

• UH Cell Clinic, Seocho branch (Representative Director: Kim Kyung-soo)
• Address: 1st floor, Seocho Loium Gisel (UH Flat The Seocho Annex), 30 Banpo-daero 16-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul
• Phone: 02-2135-4393
• Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00 AM-8:00 PM (last check-in 6:30 PM) · Sat-Sun 10:00 AM-6:00 PM (last check-in 4:30 PM) · no lunch break
• Transit: 6-minute walk from Exit 6, Nambu Terminal Station, Seoul Subway Line 3
• Parking: 2 hours included; ask staff about extensions
• Booking: KakaoTalk, LINE, WeChat · Interpreters: Japanese, Chinese, English
• Website: https://seocho.uhcell.com/

If you’re considering the oxygen chamber or an IV drip, let us know your planned procedure date along with your current medications and any underlying conditions when you reach out. That lets us prepare what needs to be checked in the room before your consultation even starts. If you notice anything unusual after your procedure, please contact our consultation channel rather than waiting it out on your own.