Dr. Hong Seung-hyuk, Dr. Maeng Woo-jae and Dr. Hong Yeong-ho are the three resident medical directors, and one of them marks your legs, numbs them and does the extraction. The upper inner thigh and the softer patch beside the knee are planned as separate palm-sized areas, one leg at a time, while you stay awake under local anaesthesia.
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People who search that phrase usually mean one thing: the legs touch when they walk and they want the rubbing to stop. G Clinic answers it with G-fat, which is an extraction procedure and not an injectable course. A fine cannula enters through one micro-entry point per area, a suction device draws the fat cells out, and the volume is gone before you leave the building. The inner thigh is planned as palm-sized areas, the upper inner thigh and the softer pad beside the knee, with each leg counted on its own and no ceiling on the amount taken. You stay awake under local anaesthesia while one of three resident medical directors works. Whether a gap is anatomically available to you depends partly on the width of your pelvis, so that answer belongs to the free consultation.
Six G Clinic inner-thigh courses. Leg shape, muscle and skin differ enormously between people, so treat these as illustrations of what extraction does to an inner line.
Each photograph here is of a G Clinic patient and appears with that patient’s permission. Individual results may vary; the pairs are published so you can see what the procedure does, and they forecast nothing about your own legs.
A single representative leg case for phones. The full set of six sits in the desktop gallery further up this page.
Published with the patient’s permission. Individual results may vary, and this pairing is information about the procedure and promises nothing about any other patient.
Four stages, all of them carried out by the same resident director who examined your legs at consultation.
Inner thighs are drawn standing, feet together, because that is the position in which they rub. The director outlines the upper inner pad on each leg and, if it is part of the plan, the smaller zone that sits above and inside the knee. Your goals, weight history and any vein trouble are gone through in the same sitting, and the consultation costs nothing.
Local anaesthetic is placed across the marked pads. You are awake for all of it and can say what you feel while the director works, which matters here because inner thigh skin is thinner and more sensitive than the skin over an abdomen. Sedation can be arranged as an option at an extra cost if you would prefer to be drowsy.
The patented cannula travels the skin and fat layer of the inner thigh before any volume is taken, prompting the tissue to tighten. Only then does extraction begin through the single micro-entry point in that area, the device holding a steady suction while the director watches how the inner line falls on each leg.
Thigh compression is fitted before you get off the bed and you are told how long to keep wearing it. Most patients walk out and carry on with the afternoon. Body-care sessions on devices such as Noble Shape, MPR and Coolshape are available afterwards if the surface wants help settling.
Ask someone where their inner thigh bothers them and the finger usually lands high up, where the legs meet and the fabric of a dress catches in summer. That upper pad is one palm-sized area per leg. Sitting below it, above and inside the knee, is a second and much smaller cushion that many people never think about until they see a photograph of themselves seated. It is counted as its own area, and plenty of plans include it because emptying the top of a leg while leaving the knee end full leaves the line looking uneven from the front.
Counting works the same way on both legs. One palm-sized zone is one area; the same zone on the second leg is another; add the knee-adjacent pads and a full inner-thigh plan can come to four. Within any single area nothing is capped, so the director takes what the leg needs and stops when the shape reads correctly with your feet together.
How G-fat came to be done this way, through three generations of technique and a patented cannula, is set out on the G-fat Fat Dissolving Injection hub. This page stays between the hip and the knee.
Two requests arrive at this clinic more than any other for this zone. The first is rubbing: skin against skin on a long walk, on a humid day, on the third hour of sightseeing, sore enough that patients describe changing their clothes around it. Extraction of the upper pads takes the volume that is doing the touching, and that is the change most people notice first.
The second is the thigh gap, and it deserves a straight answer. The space between the legs is set partly by the width of your pelvis and by where your adductor muscles attach, and no procedure moves bone. Taking fat out of the inner pads narrows the leg and can open a gap where the anatomy allows one, and your director will tell you at the examination whether your build makes that likely. Patients who arrive asking for a gap and leave with an inner line that no longer rubs are usually the happier for having heard the limit first.
Both legs are normally handled in one sitting, because the fat leaves on the day and there is nothing to space out across appointments. Where the outer leg, the front or the saddlebag area is also on your mind, the Thigh Fat Dissolving page covers those zones, and a director can plan them alongside the inner pads or into a later visit.
The inner thigh responds well when your weight has been reasonably steady and there is a soft layer you can gather between finger and thumb high on the leg. It is a contouring procedure for a defined patch of the body and does nothing for overall body weight, so a director assesses the leg as a shape question and never as a diet one.
Several situations end with a no, or with a wait. Pregnancy and breastfeeding rule the procedure out for now. Any history of varicose vein disease in the legs is assessed before anything is agreed, and where the veins need medical attention that comes first. Uncontrolled conditions and certain medications postpone treatment until they are settled, and patients with a BMI of thirty or above are considered case by case with a surcharge where treatment proceeds.
The commonest refusal on this particular zone is the opposite of what people expect: skin that has already gone slack with very little fat beneath it. Emptying what remains would leave that leg looking worse, so the director will say plainly that extraction is the wrong tool and suggest G-Tight, the ultrasound-based option, or a course of body care. Patients weighing up a whole upper body at the same time can read the Upper Arm Fat Dissolving page for how that assessment differs above the elbow.
The volume goes during the appointment, since the cells physically leave the leg. What you see in the first days is that reduction wrapped in swelling, and a treated inner thigh can feel firm and heavy inside its compression. The real line surfaces as fluid drains and the skin settles back against what is underneath it over the weeks that follow.
Skin on the inner thigh deserves its own paragraph. It is thinner and softer than skin on a flank or an outer thigh, it moves constantly, and it is quick to show a hollow or a ripple if volume comes out unevenly. That is precisely the problem the G-Lifting pass is aimed at, and it is why compression discipline earns more of your attention here than it would on a limb with tougher skin. Your director will spend as long assessing skin quality at consultation as assessing how much fat there is.
Cells taken out of the inner thigh are no longer in it. Cells left behind can still enlarge if your weight climbs, so a steady weight is what protects the shape. Some patients add skin-quality work such as Skin Boosters during the same trip. Results vary from person to person, and every case pair on this page carries a consent note alongside that variability note.
This is a minimally invasive procedure that carries genuine risks, and your director goes through them with you before you agree to anything. Bruising, swelling and tenderness along the inner leg are expected for the first days, together with patches of altered sensation that take time to normalise. Less frequently, patients see surface irregularity, a seroma, firm nodules under the skin, slackening, or infection at the micro-entry point.
Asymmetry between the two legs is the risk worth naming twice on this zone. Legs are looked at side by side all day long, many people carry a little more fat on one than the other before anything is touched, and a difference that would pass unnoticed on an arm is visible when the feet come together. The director judges both legs against each other while you are standing for exactly that reason, and a garment worn loosely on one side lets fluid gather where it is least welcome.
Tell the clinic your full medical history, every medication and supplement, any vein treatment you have had, and any past trouble with anaesthetic. Afterwards, wear the compression as instructed, keep the entry points clean and dry, and contact the clinic quickly if pain, redness, discharge or swelling grows after the first few days. A resident director is on site during opening hours, so a doctor can always look at the leg.
Walking is fine on the day and so is sitting, which surprises people who assume a treated leg means a sofa. You leave under your own power in compression, and gentle walking is actively encouraged. What waits is loaded movement: cycling, squats, lunges, stair sprints and anything that grinds the inner thighs together stays off the list until your director signs it off, along with saunas, hot baths and long-haul flights.
Swelling and bruising crest around the second or third day and then subside. Firmer patches can stay tender for a week or two, and the inner thigh is a zone where the compression garment and the clinic’s body-care programme genuinely earn their place. Loose trousers, a skirt with room in it and dark fabric make that first week far more comfortable than tight denim will.
If you are flying in for this, leave a few days in Seoul afterwards so a director can look at both legs before you travel, and expect to fly home in compression. Send your dates and the coordinators build the appointment around them. Patients treating an upper limb in the same trip often compare the timelines on the Arm Fat Dissolving page, where the restrictions land differently.
Three ways of approaching the same inner leg, laid out so your consultation starts from a useful question.
| On the inner thigh | Fat dissolving injection | G-fat extraction | Surgical liposuction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the fat ends up | Cells shrink and the body clears them over a course | Cells leave the leg through a cannula and suction device | Cells aspirated in an operating setting |
| Openings per leg | Repeated needle punctures along the inner thigh | One micro-entry point in each treated area | Small incisions that need closing |
| How you are numbed | Surface numbing at most | Local anaesthetic, awake and talking | Sedation or general anaesthesia |
| Visits for both legs | A weekly course before much shifts | Usually one sitting, both legs together | A single operation |
| When rubbing eases | Slowly, across the course | Once the swelling drains from the treated pads | After a longer swollen phase |
| Back to walking | Straight away | The same day, in loose trousers | Days to weeks in compression |
| Suits | A thin, soft layer | A defined inner-thigh volume taken out at once | Very large volumes across both legs |
This table is general information. Which route fits your legs depends on your anatomy, your skin and your health, and a resident director works through it with you at the free consultation.
Taking fat out by suction under local anaesthesia alone under local anaesthesia has a long publication record. Early work established that tumescent anaesthesia at a lidocaine dose of 55 mg/kg is safe for liposuction (Coleman, 1996), which is the dosing question behind any awake procedure. A recent series described submental liposuction under local anaesthesia in about 695 patients (Aldihani, 2025). The safety of combining ultrasound with power-assisted liposuction under local anaesthesia has also been assessed (Sendur, 2022), the pairing behind the clinic’s Ultra G-fat option. These papers describe a method category; they are not statements about G Clinic outcomes, and none of them says anything about how your own legs will look. That conversation belongs with your director at the consultation.
Charging follows the areas, and the published rates are the same for every patient who walks through the door. One palm-sized zone on one leg counts as one area, the matching zone on the other leg counts as another, and the knee-adjacent pads are counted the same way. Nothing inside an area is capped, so a fuller leg is treated on the same terms as a modest one. Your area count is settled at the free consultation.
| Treatment | Option | Price (KRW) |
|---|---|---|
| G-fat fat extraction | per area (1 area ≈ one palm-sized zone; both sides = 2 areas) | ₩275,000 |
| G-Lifting (3rd-generation G-fat) | per area (1 area ≈ one palm-sized zone; both sides = 2 areas) | ₩330,000 |
| Ultra G-fat (ultrasound + extraction) | per area (1 area ≈ one palm-sized zone; both sides = 2 areas) | ₩385,000 |
Priced per area, not by volume: one area is roughly the size of your palm, treating both sides counts as two areas, and there is no cap on the amount removed from an area. Sedation (optional) and BMI 30+ carry an additional fee confirmed at consultation.
All prices in KRW, VAT included. Quoted at consultation; final cost depends on treatment plan. Published rates as of 2026-09-08.
The name suggests a dissolving shot, but G-fat injection physically removes fat. G Clinic developed it in Gangnam, Seoul, reporting 20,000+ cases since 2018. Local anaesthesia keeps you awake; one micro-entry per area lets a fine cannula with device suction take fat out the same day, priced by palm-sized area. Family members include third-generation G-Lifting, whose special cannula stimulates skin tightening before extraction, and Ultra G-fat, ultrasound plus extraction. Read the full story on the G-fat Injection page.
They are different procedures. An injectable course places a solution that shrinks fat cells so your body clears them gradually over repeated appointments. G-fat pulls the cells out of the leg mechanically, through a cannula and a suction device, during one sitting under local anaesthesia, so the inner thigh is physically smaller when you stand up. The background sits on the G-fat Fat Dissolving Injection hub.
Rubbing happens where the two upper pads meet, so taking the volume out of those pads is aimed squarely at it. Most patients describe the change in walking comfort before they describe anything about the mirror. How much relief you get depends on how much of the contact was fat and how much was muscle and bone, which your director assesses with your feet together at the examination.
Sometimes, and it depends on your skeleton. The space between the legs is governed partly by pelvic width and by where the adductor muscles attach, and no fat procedure alters either of those. Extraction narrows the inner leg and can open a gap where the anatomy allows it. Your director will look at your build and tell you what is realistic before you commit to anything.
Yes, it is counted as its own palm-sized area on each leg. That small pad above and inside the knee tends to go unnoticed until you sit down or see a seated photograph of yourself. Many patients treat it together with the upper pads, because clearing the top of the leg while leaving the knee end full can make the inner line look uneven from the front.
Both on the same day. You leave the clinic on your own feet in a compression garment, and gentle walking is encouraged from the start. Sitting is comfortable enough for desk work, though the inner thigh feels tight for the first week. Loaded exercise is the part that waits, and your director tells you when to restart it at your follow-up.
Not in the early days. Cycling, squats, lunges and stair sprints all grind the inner thighs against each other and load the exact tissue that is recovering, so they wait until a director clears them at follow-up. Saunas, hot baths and heavy pressure on the legs sit in the same waiting room. Walking, on the other hand, helps and can start immediately.
No. The legs are numbed with local anaesthetic and you stay awake for the session, able to talk to the director and describe what you are feeling as the work goes on. Sedation is available as an option at an additional cost if you would find the appointment easier that way, and the director will discuss whether it suits you.
Asymmetry is a real risk and it is named openly here because legs are always seen as a pair. Many people carry slightly more fat on one leg before anything is done, and small differences show more on the inner thigh than they would elsewhere. The director judges both legs against each other while you stand, and even compression on both sides matters during recovery.
Possibly the opposite. Where the skin has slackened and very little fat is left beneath it, removing that remainder tends to leave the leg looking worse, and the director will say so at the examination. The usual suggestion in that case is G-Tight, the ultrasound-based option, or a course of body care aimed at firmness. Being told no is a legitimate outcome of a consultation.
It means an assessment before any plan. A history of varicose vein disease in the legs is reviewed carefully at consultation, and where the veins themselves need medical attention that takes priority over any contouring. Pregnancy and breastfeeding also postpone treatment, as do uncontrolled medical conditions and certain medications, until a director is satisfied the situation is stable.
Because inner thigh skin is thin, soft and constantly moving, so it shows hollows and ripples more readily than tougher skin does. G-Lifting is the third-generation protocol: a patented cannula travels the skin and fat layer to prompt tightening before any volume is drawn out, and the compression that follows supports the leg while it settles against what remains underneath.
The cells taken out of the treated pads have left them. Cells that remain elsewhere in your body, including those left in the leg, can still enlarge if your weight increases, so keeping your weight steady is what protects the line you walk out with. Nobody at this clinic will tell you the result is beyond the reach of future weight gain.
Often yes, and both legs are routinely done in one sitting to begin with. The outer, front and saddlebag zones are described on the Thigh Fat Dissolving page, the midsection on the Stomach Fat Dissolving page, and some patients add facial work such as Face Lifting while they are here. Your director confirms what is sensible to combine.
Book a free consultation and one of the three medical directors will examine both legs in person, in Gangnam, Seoul, and tell you which pads are worth treating and what your build will allow. Published rates apply per area, and the plan is agreed face to face.
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