Legal Status of Peptides
MFDS regulates peptides as prescription medications. Incheon (ICN) customs are professional and document-driven. Personal-use quantities with a prescription clear smoothly. South Korea has a thriving medical tourism industry — pharmaceutical scrutiny is calibrated, not hostile.
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Airport & Customs Rules
- Carry prescription (English accepted, Korean ideal)
- Declare medications on the customs form
- Original packaging required
- Personal-use 3-month supply maximum
Airport Intelligence
Declaration threshold
Declare any injectable; >1-month supply triggers secondary inspection
Inspection likelihood
HighCommonly confiscated
- Unlabeled vials and lyophilized powders
- Syringes without a doctor's letter
- GHRP / IGF-1 / Melanotan compounds
- Bulk quantities suggesting commercial intent
- Anything missing patient name on the label
Airport-specific notes
- ICN: MFDS scrutiny on injectables; English prescription accepted but Korean translation speeds clearance
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