Frequently Asked Questions

Dr. Jeong Safety Passport™ is a free, multilingual pre-operative safety screening tool for people considering cosmetic surgery abroad, especially in Korea. It uses a conversational questionnaire to summarize health and procedure-related considerations and provides an educational Safety Passport result. It does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a qualified physician.

Yes, the patient safety check is free. You can start in your browser without payment or a paid subscription. Optional research surveys are separate from viewing your own results.

No sign-up is required for the public safety check. After you complete the assessment, you can view your results on the same device and browser. Only the research administrator dashboard requires a separate login.

Before surgery in Korea or abroad, your health, medications, and planned procedures can significantly affect anesthesia and recovery safety. This tool helps organize questions you might otherwise miss, so you can have a more informed discussion with your healthcare team. Final decisions must be made by your treating clinicians.

No. Dr. Jeong Safety Passport™ is for education and pre-screening only. Diagnosis, final suitability for surgery, and provider selection must come from qualified healthcare professionals. Use your results as a conversation aid before consultation, not as a medical decision.

Most people complete the check in about 3–5 minutes. Follow-up questions may appear depending on your answers, especially for chronic conditions, medications, or procedure choices. Take your time—accurate answers matter more than speed.

The tool is available in Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. You can choose your language on the landing page. Key instructions and results are shown in the language you select.

Pathways are educational safety route labels based on your screening answers. Broadly, fewer concerns align with Pathway A, while more preparation, specialist input, or timing caution may be reflected toward B, C, or D. They do not mean approved or banned for surgery—they are guides for discussion with your care team.

No. A pathway summarizes screening signals for education; it does not automatically mean you cannot have surgery. Some results may suggest further testing, specialist review, or timing adjustments. Final eligibility depends on your individual case and your treating team.

Chronic conditions do not always rule out surgery, but they can make anesthesia, bleeding, infection, and recovery especially important to assess. The tool includes questions about relevant conditions and medications to help structure that discussion. Always review your situation with your physicians and anesthesiology or specialist teams.

A higher BMI may require closer review of anesthesia safety, wound healing, and clotting risk. The assessment may use height and weight to surface related educational points. Whether weight optimization or timing changes are needed must be decided individually with your clinicians.

Yes. The check includes questions about blood pressure drugs, anticoagulants/antiplatelets, diabetes medicines, hormones, and psychiatric medications, among others. Enter your medicines as accurately as possible. Only your prescribing clinicians should decide whether to adjust or stop any drug—this tool does not instruct you to change medications.

Combining multiple procedures can increase operative time, anesthesia exposure, recovery needs, and complication considerations. The tool provides educational guidance based on procedure burden. What can safely be done in one stage versus staged surgery must be decided by your surgical and anesthesia teams.

Information you enter may be stored to deliver your results and operate the service. Contribution to the anonymous research registry happens only if you explicitly consent. You can view your results without agreeing to research. See the in-app notices and consent screens for details.

No, research participation is optional. You can accept or decline on the results screen. You can still view your Safety Passport results if you decline. De-identified registry data is stored only when you consent.

Yes. Research consent is optional, and you can view your assessment results and educational guidance without agreeing. Additional surveys may appear only after consent.

Use it before booking surgery or travel to organize health and procedure-related considerations. Turn your results into questions for local surgeons, anesthesiologists, and your home physicians. Also consider that surgery abroad is not always the safest choice for every patient.

For example: What do the highlighted risk factors mean for anesthesia and surgery in my case? How should my medications be managed perioperatively? Would staging procedures be safer? Also ask about additional testing, specialist clearance, and timing. Treat the tool's guidance as educational—your clinicians make final decisions.