Korean Head Spa in Seoul: Prices, Booking and What Happens

A Korean head spa is a scalp-care session at a hair salon: a magnified camera look at your scalp, cleansing and scaling, steam, a neck and scalp massage, a shampoo and a blow-dry. On the price lists of four salons in Myeongdong, Seongsu and Gangnam it costs ₩130,000 to ₩270,000, and a full 15-step session takes about 90 minutes. You can book on the salon’s Naver booking page, which has an English version but needs a Naver account, or through the salon’s own channels: a web form, WhatsApp, phone or email. You pay at the salon after the session, and you don’t tip.

What is a Korean head spa?

It is a beauty service sold by hair salons, usually under the name head spa or scalp care (두피 관리, 헤드스파 in Korean). Korea’s Public Health Control Act lists “scalp grooming” (머리피부손질) among the services of the general beauty business, next to perms, cuts, colouring and hair washing, so a head spa is part of what an ordinary licensed hair salon does. It is grooming and relaxation, not treatment for a scalp condition, and the camera check at the start is for choosing products, not a diagnosis.

Salons sell the session by the number of steps: 8, 15, 16 or 18. The number is a menu name, not a standard: two sessions both called 15-step can differ in products, equipment and time, and more steps do not by themselves mean a better session. Compare the price and the minutes, not the step count.

How much does a head spa cost in Seoul?

₩130,000 to ₩270,000 on four salons’ price lists, as published on October 17, 2026:

Naver price lists show each service’s base price, and at chains like Juno Hair each stylist has a separate booking page with their own menu, so the price depends on who you book.

Ask for the final price before the session starts. Korean national rules for beauty businesses, as Gwangjin-gu Office sets them out, require every salon to post a final price list inside that includes VAT, materials and service charge. If you book three or more services, such as a head spa with a cut and colour, the salon must give you a written list of each price and the total before it begins.

How long does a head spa take?

About 90 minutes for a 15-step session, blow-dry included, according to Park Jun Beauty Lab Cheongdam’s booking page. Leave two hours, so arriving, the consultation and paying don’t eat into your next plan.

How do you book a head spa in Seoul as a foreigner?

Use the salon’s Naver booking page if you have a Naver account, and the salon’s own channels if you don’t. All four salons in the price table have Naver booking pages, and a booking page switches to English when lang=en is added to its address, as on this Juno Hair page. The menu text is machine-translated and sometimes garbled (a down perm appears as “Down Firm”), but the dates, times and won prices are clear. You choose a stylist, a date and time, then a menu; head spa sits under the salon-menu tab labelled 클리닉 (shown as “a clinic” on the English page), the word Korean salons use for hair and scalp care, not under cut or perm. Pressing Next opens a Naver sign-in page, so you need a Naver account to finish.

A Naver account can only be created with a mobile phone that receives a text code, according to Naver’s sign-up help. Its help page on verification codes says the code is not sent to virtual phone numbers and can take a few minutes to arrive in some countries.

That Juno page also shows the rules to expect: booking is confirmed instantly, you pay at the salon after the service, each person books separately, and a booking is cancelled automatically if you arrive more than 10 minutes late.

Without a Naver account, book directly:

• Park Jun Beauty Lab Cheongdam takes bookings through a form on its English-language booking page and answers questions on WhatsApp at +82 10-7188-5380.
• Soonsiki Hair takes bookings through Naver, a reservation board on its website or by phone, and by email at soonsikihair@akdkorea.com if none of those work; say in the email that the other ways didn’t work for you. The Seongsu branch’s phone is 0507-1370-2348, per the Soonsiki site.
• Juno Hair’s salon list gives 02-3789-0650 for Myeongdong 4th and 02-498-0605 for Seongsu Station. On the Myeongdong 4th Naver listing, one stylist’s profile says “English Available”.
• Eco Jardin, Park Jun Beauty Lab’s second brand, sells 15-step and 18-step programmes and takes bookings through a form that asks for your WhatsApp number, email, Instagram ID, date and time, number of guests and preferred area. Its cancellation policy refunds in full, minus any service fees, up to 24 hours before, charges 50% within 24 hours, and refunds nothing for a no-show or for cancelling less than two hours before without notice. Ask whether you pay a deposit when you submit the form.

Book at least a day ahead for an afternoon or evening slot. To find the salon on foot, use Naver Map in English, since Google Maps won’t give walking directions in Korea.

Where can you get a head spa in Myeongdong, Seongsu or Gangnam?

At the four salons in the price table:

Myeongdong: Juno Hair Myeongdong 4th branch. 4F, 14 Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, about 240 metres from Exit 6 of Myeongdong Station (Line 4). Open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; individual stylists set their own days off.

Seongsu: Soonsiki Hair Seongsu and Juno Hair Seongsu Station. Soonsiki is on the 4th floor of 17 Yeonmujang 3-gil, Seongdong-gu, about 330 metres from Exit 4 of Seongsu Station (Line 2), open Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and closed Monday and Tuesday. Juno Hair Seongsu Station is at 103 Achasan-ro, about 50 metres from Exit 1, open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., to 8 p.m. on Saturdays.

Gangnam: Park Jun Beauty Lab Cheongdam. 3F, 651 Samseong-ro, Gangnam-gu, by Exit 7 of Cheongdam Station (Line 7), open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Our pick for a first head spa is Park Jun Beauty Lab Cheongdam’s 15-step: it is the only programme here with a published length, you can book it in English on the salon’s own site, with WhatsApp for questions, and the salon is open every day.

What happens during a head spa?

The session starts with a consultation and a look at your scalp through a magnifying camera on a screen, and ends with a blow-dry. Grouped, the steps of Eco Jardin’s 15-step, as its programme page lists them, are:

1. Consultation and a magnified camera check of the scalp
2. Neck massage and a hot towel compress
3. Aroma oil massage to cleanse and exfoliate the scalp
4. A scrub, then warm steam mist
5. Shampoo, then a rest on a spa bed
6. A second camera check and a scalp tonic
7. Dry and finish

Its 18-step adds a scalp massage, a herbal scalp pack and a steam cap.

Do you tip at a Korean head spa?

No. Visit Seoul, the city’s tourism site, says tipping is not customary in Korea, and the final price list a salon must post already includes the service charge. Park Jun Cheongdam’s booking page says it accepts all major cards, Apple Pay and Alipay, and that most Korean hair salons, itself included, do not offer tax-free service.

What should you tell the stylist before a head spa?

Tell the stylist about anything that changes how they handle your scalp or hair, such as recent bleaching or colour, a sensitive scalp, allergies to fragrance, or a wish to skip styling products at the end. Wear a top with an open neck, because the massage covers your neck, and take out clips and extensions beforehand.

If you want scalp shampoos to take home, Olive Young is the easiest place to buy them; read our guide to Korean cosmetics labels first and see how the tax refund on cosmetics works.

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