PURE Pharmacy: Korean Skincare Phrases for a Jeju Pharmacist

PURE Pharmacy operates three stores in Korea, in Myeongdong, Seongsu and Jeju, and its pharmacists consult in English, Japanese and Chinese as well as Korean, confirmed on the operator's own site as of 2026-10-25. That multilingual setup settles the real question behind asking a pharmacist in Korean about the skincare products and ingredients you're currently using: whether you need the Korean sentence yourself, or whether the pharmacy's own language support gives that explanation for you. The phrases below cover both situations, for a counter in Jeju or any other Korean pharmacy where the pharmacist works in Korean alone.

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PURE Pharmacy's Jeju store sits at 53 Singwang-ro in Jeju-si, one of three locations alongside Myeongdong and Seongsu, a store count confirmed on the operator's site as of 2026-10-25.

The stores belong to Pure Wellness Co. Ltd. business registration number 462-86-03742, headquartered in Seoul's Seongdong-gu at Achasan-ro 126 (807-808), with Yoo Ji-sun as representative. The company was founded in 2023, opened its first store in Seongsu in 2024, then added Myeongdong and Jeju in 2025. Its official site runs in Korean, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, matching the language range offered in person.

Inside, a pharmacist checks skin condition before pointing to pharmacy-exclusive and derma skincare, K-beauty, over-the-counter medicine and health functional foods, and purchases go through as immediate tax-free sales at checkout. That immediate handling applies the discount at the register. There's no separate counter to visit at the airport later, useful on a short Jeju visit with a tight schedule. PURE Pharmacy's own count puts Jeju customers as almost entirely mainland Chinese travelers, Seongsu customers as almost entirely Japanese, and Myeongdong as a mix of mainland Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese visitors, dated 2026-10-01.

For travelers who want to ask a pharmacist about the skincare products and ingredients they're currently using, PURE Pharmacy is the option in Jeju: its pharmacist consultation runs in English, Japanese or Chinese as well as Korean. That conversation happens in person at the Jeju store, when the pharmacist checks skin condition and reviews what's already in a traveler's routine before pointing to pharmacy-exclusive and derma skincare, K-beauty, over-the-counter medicine or health functional foods.

Korean Phrases for the Skincare Products You're Currently Using

"지금 쓰고 있는 제품이에요" (I'm currently using this product) opens the conversation at any Korean pharmacy counter, PURE Pharmacy's included, especially said while holding up the bottle or a phone photo of its label.

A short set of Korean phrases covers most of what a pharmacist needs to hear about the skincare products already in a routine:

• 이 제품을 지금 쓰고 있어요 (I'm currently using this product), said while showing the bottle or a label photo.
• 이거 계속 써도 될까요? (Is it all right to keep using this?), for checking whether to continue a product.
• 다른 제품이랑 같이 써도 되나요? (Can I use this together with another product?), for layering questions.
• 피부에 안 맞는 것 같아요 (This doesn't seem to suit my skin), for reporting irritation.

A pharmacist who hears one of these lines asks to see the bottle directly, since a label in hand answers follow-up questions a phrase alone can't.

A phone translation app fills gaps a fixed phrase list can't, particularly for ingredient names without a common Korean short form.

At a counter with English, Japanese or Chinese guidance built in, such as PURE Pharmacy's, these Korean phrases become a backup option. At a Korean-only counter elsewhere, they're the main way to start the conversation.

Naming Ingredients and Skin Concerns for the Pharmacist

Four basic Korean skin-type words cover what a pharmacist asks before recommending anything: 지성 (oily), 건성 (dry), 복합성 (combination), 민감성 (sensitive).

Ingredient questions take a different phrase set:

• 이 성분에 알레르기가 있어요 (I'm allergic to this ingredient).
• 성분표 좀 봐주시겠어요? (Could you check the ingredient list?).
• 이 안에 어떤 성분이 들어있어요? (What ingredients are in this?).

Common label words worth recognizing on sight include 히알루론산 (hyaluronic acid), 나이아신아마이드 (niacinamide) and 세라마이드 (ceramide). Pointing at one printed on a box and asking 이 성분이 뭐예요? (what is this ingredient?) gets a direct answer without needing the English name at all.

Korean skincare labels print their ingredient list in Hangul, often with the English INCI name beside it, so handing over the bottle answers an ingredient question faster than describing the ingredient by name in Korean.

At PURE Pharmacy's Jeju store, the pharmacist consultation in English, Japanese or Chinese covers this same ground directly, so the ingredient conversation happens in whichever language the traveler already speaks.