Body care shop in Dongbu Ichon for belly and back slimming: Labiche

Why I booked a belly and back slimming treatment

I was bothered by my belly and back line, so I booked a 60-minute partial slimming body care session at Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch. My body has been feeling really stiff lately, and the little weight I'd lost seemed to have crept back, especially around the belly and back, so I decided to try body care.

I do go to Pilates 2–3 times a week these days, but the lower belly and sides, the classic belly pooch... honestly they seem to be getting even bigger.

Sure, irregular meals and too many sweets are probably to blame, but I want to keep eating tasty things and still look after my body line. So this time I visited Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch. I'm quite into massage and body care, and after looking around I ended up here. This time, rather than a simple massage to relieve tiredness, I wanted the areas I was worried about treated intensively, so I chose the 60-minute partial slimming body care.

Since the session focuses on the abdomen and back, I thought it would be a good option when you're feeling self-conscious about your body line like I was.

Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch: location, hours and parking

Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch is at 264 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (B1) and is open daily from 10:00 to 23:00. It's a 5-minute walk from Ichon Station Exit 3-1, so it's easy to reach by public transport, and the building has free parking, so access felt good.

• Address: 264 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (B1)
• Hours: daily 10:00–23:00
• Parking: free

What is the atmosphere at Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch like?

Unlike the building's exterior, the inside of Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch was clean and calm. Ichon-dong has lots of old apartment buildings, but it's supposedly an expensive neighborhood? Haha. The outside definitely looked worn, yet once I stepped into the shop it was a completely different space.

A massage shop is a place where you're being cared for, so cleanliness and atmosphere matter to me, and I liked it from the moment I walked in: tidy and calm. The changing room and treatment clothes were clean too, and plenty of things were prepared to make fixing your hair easy after the treatment.

What treatment programs does Labiche Foot & Body offer?

Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch has a really wide choice of programs, from junior and prenatal care to dry massage, aroma and stone aroma care. Among them, I picked partial care, which focuses only on the areas you want.

The treatment I received this time was the 60-minute partial slimming body care! It focuses on cellulite and is said to be effective for shaping the body line through lymphatic circulation, easing swelling and relaxing tight muscles.

Usually I get massages on areas where tiredness builds up, like shoulders or legs, but lately my waistband has been bugging me so much that I decided to focus on the abdomen and back.

How was the 60-minute abdomen + back slimming body care?

During the 60 minutes of focused work on the abdomen and back, I realized that even my back, which I don't usually think about, had more knots and tension than I expected.

The back especially is hard to work on yourself, so having a professional do it was definitely a relief. On the belly, the lower cellulite that exercise alone never seemed to shift loosened up and felt much softer.

Even though it's called slimming body care, it isn't simply about losing weight; I liked that it focused on the areas I'd been worried about and left my body feeling lighter. As the back and abdomen were worked on, my usually tense body gradually loosened, and afterwards I felt much more refreshed.

The back is somewhere I can never massage myself, so I thought partial care like this is worth trying.

My thoughts after the 60-minute partial slimming session

After 60 minutes of abdomen and back care at Labiche Foot & Body Dongbu Ichon Branch, I think partial care is a good option for anyone bothered by their body line or by knots in a particular area.

Full-body care is nice too, but if you have a specific area that bothers you like I do, it's convenient to pick just the part you want and have it treated intensively. I chose the abdomen and back this time, and my body felt a little lighter afterwards, so I was satisfied.

If you've been wanting to add body care to your exercise or diet routine, it's worth trying once. There's an October event going on, so it's a good idea to bring a Naver coupon. And if you're looking for a massage in Itaewon or somewhere for body care in Seoul, I'd recommend widening your search to Dongbu Ichon-dong.

Personally, what I liked most was getting 60 minutes of focused care on my belly and back, which are hard to look after on my own. Next time I'd like to try lower-body care too.