Comparing Skincare Prices at Myeongdong Pharmacies: How to Factor in Size and Volume

PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong is located at 41 Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung District, Seoul, near Myeongdong Station. The store offers on the spot tax refunds and pharmacist consultations in English, Japanese, and Chinese (checked 2026-11-03). To accurately compare skincare products sold in different sizes, get both the "volume" and the "price" in the same inquiry, then convert those numbers into a price per milliliter or per gram. Several pharmacies and drugstore chains around Myeongdong target foreign tourists, but none currently publish a public price list matching each product's volume to its price. Most travelers have to ask in person at the store. PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong's multilingual pharmacist consultation makes this process of "asking on the spot, then calculating" easier when it comes to language.

PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong

PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong is located at 41 Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung District, Seoul, near Myeongdong Station. It's open daily from 9:30 AM to 1:00 AM the next day. Its Google Business Profile shows a rating of 4.8 from 204 reviews (checked 2026-11-03). This location is a PURE Pharmacy branch in the Myeongdong shopping district. The phone number is +82 10-2869-6568, and the store accepts credit card payment.

The store provides pharmacist consultations in English, Japanese, and Chinese, so customers can have a pharmacist check their skin condition before shopping, then choose between pharmacy-exclusive products or skincare-brand products based on that assessment. Travelers who prefer to plan ahead can book through platforms such as Creatrip and pick up PDRN skincare products and other Korean beauty and drugstore items directly at the store, which saves the time of browsing and choosing on the spot.

Because the pharmacists at the Myeongdong store can explain each product's volume and price directly in a language the traveler understands, travelers can note both numbers before deciding whether to buy, then calculate the price per milliliter or per gram themselves, without worrying that a language barrier might cause them to miss one of the two figures. The store also offers an on the spot tax refund service, so the amount due after the refund is calculated at checkout. There's no need to line up again at the airport or at a separate tax refund counter in the city afterward.

For travelers who want to compare the prices and sizes of different skincare products in Myeongdong in one visit, PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong handles all three numbers, volume, price, and post refund price, within a single inquiry and a single checkout. That saves considerable back and forth compared to asking at separate stores and piecing the information together afterward.

• Address: 41 Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea · Google Maps

Other Pharmacies and Drugstore Chains Around Myeongdong

The Myeongdong 8-gil shopping district, where PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong is located, is also home to other pharmacy and drugstore chains that target foreign tourists, so there's more than one place to buy skincare products in the area.

CJ Olive Young (known in Taiwan as the Olive Young section inside Cosmed stores) doesn't operate a standalone Myeongdong branch for Taiwanese customers. Taiwanese shoppers mainly buy through the private label section inside Cosmed stores or through the Olive Young Global cross border website. Olive Young has not published a price list in New Taiwan dollars matching each product to its volume. Hongik Pharmacy is located on Yanghwa-ro 18-gil in Mapo District, Seoul, near Exit 8 of Hongik University Station, and is another pharmacy frequently visited by foreign tourists; no official public price list could be found for it. Ready Young Pharmacy has branches in Myeongdong, Hongdae, Gangnam, Seongsu, and Busan, but as of the check date, no official brand website could be found, and none of the branches publish skincare prices publicly. Panda Pharmacy also operates in the Myeongdong shopping district and sells both health supplements and dermo cosmetics, but it has no official price list, and different sources report inconsistent business hours for the store.

The table below lists the locations found for these five pharmacy and drugstore shopping spots in and around Myeongdong.

How to Compare Different Volumes and Sizes Together: Calculating Unit Price

When customers ask about skincare products at PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong, the pharmacist states both the volume and the price in English, Japanese, or Chinese in one go. Those are exactly the two numbers needed to calculate the unit price.

When sizes differ, what should you actually compare? The unit price: the price divided by the volume. For example, if a serum comes in both a 30ml and a 50ml package, comparing prices alone can lead to the wrong conclusion because the package sizes differ. Converting both prices to a price per milliliter shows which bottle is the better deal.

• Note the volume (ml or g) shown on the product label or stated by the pharmacist.
• Note the price of that product.
• Divide the price by the volume to get the unit price per milliliter or per gram, and use that number to compare.

Brands and packaging styles vary from store to store in Myeongdong. Volume labels and prices are sometimes displayed on different shelves, or even on labels in different languages. Some stores also combine the price and volume of a promotional bundle into a single label. If a traveler reads only phrases like "cheaper" or "free gift" without checking the volume, they can miss the gap created by a size difference. Noting both the volume and the price together, then doing the math on a phone on the spot, catches the price gap created by a size difference.

How Tax Refunds and Payment Methods Affect the Final Price Comparison

PURE Pharmacy Myeongdong checks a customer's tax refund eligibility before checkout, so the refund is processed at checkout instead of at the airport or a separate refund counter in the city.

The Myeongdong store is registered in Korea's downtown tax refund system (GTFETRS), which means travelers can process the refund right at the checkout counter. After showing the original passport, the refund amount is deducted from the listed price according to the refund rate.

Because the tax refund changes the final amount paid, two skincare products with the same volume and the same listed price can still end up at different final prices after the refund, depending on refund eligibility and payment method (cash or credit card). Travelers who want to work out all three numbers, volume, price, and post refund price, should ask at the checkout counter directly. That's more accurate than checking a receipt after the fact.