She started her studies in medicine in 1988 at the Ajou University School of Medicine and receivedher M.D. and Ph.D. from the Ajou University Graduate School. She trained in dermatology at the Ajou University Hospital (1997-2001). She had a visiting scholar in department of dermatology at the University of Nice in France (2008-2009). Besides clinical dermatology, her scientific focus is in the pigmentary disorders including melasma and vitiligo.