Body botox is botulinum toxin injected into a large body muscle — most often the trapezius across the top of the shoulder, or the calf — to relax how hard that muscle contracts. As the muscle works with less force, its bulk softens over the following weeks, so the shoulder line looks longer and the lower leg looks slimmer. Dosing is quoted per 100 units.
The mechanism is local. Botulinum toxin blocks the signal that tells the injected fibres to contract, so the muscle pulls with less force and its bulk softens as it is used more gently. Nothing is cut, nothing is dissolved, and no fat is removed. A thick-looking shoulder can come from an overworked trapezius, from a forward-rolled posture, from where your body stores fat — or from all three at once, in proportions no mirror will separate for you. Only the muscle share answers to an injection, so your director feels the muscle at rest and under contraction before quoting a single unit.
The trapezius holds your arm up all day and the calf carries you along the pavement. Neither is a muscle to switch off, so the dose is staged: the plan starts moderate, and it is reviewed before a single extra unit is added.
What the bulk is made of decides everything here, and your director answers that by hand before a single unit is quoted.
Some assessments end without an injection. Where the palpation finds soft tissue doing the work, or a forward-rolled posture holding the shoulder up, we do not recommend toxin for it, and you hear that at diagnosis, before any payment. Body toxin shares this building with radiofrequency and ultrasound body systems, boosters, fillers and skin treatments. When the shoulder turns out to be soft tissue under the hand, the plan moves to one of those.
A trapezius takes a far larger unit load than any facial muscle and does far more work with it, so the sequence below is built to move the line gradually and leave room to add. Dear’s EVE Muse 3D imaging with five-light-source AI analysis sets the diagnostic habit used across the clinic, and on the body it takes a physical form: both sides are palpated relaxed and contracted, compared against each other and written down, so the unit difference between a dominant shoulder and a quiet one rests on something your director can measure again at the review visit.
Your director palpates the trapezius or calf relaxed and then contracted, comparing both sides and noting how much of the visible bulk actually hardens under the hand. That difference is the treatable part.
Injection points are marked along the muscle belly, away from the zones that do the lifting and walking work you rely on. The two sides get separate maps, because the thicker shoulder rarely wants the same one.
Units are quoted in 100-unit sessions and set at the low end that can realistically move your muscle. We start low and top up at the review visit.
You come back once the effect has settled in. If one side lagged or the line needs a little more, that is topped up at review — which is why we do not front-load the dose on day one.
| Korean toxin | Premium imported toxin | Radiofrequency / ultrasound body systems | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts on | How hard the muscle contracts | How hard the muscle contracts | Soft-tissue bulk |
| Chosen when the hand finds | Bulk that hardens under contraction | The same, when you prefer the imported tier | Soft tissue doing the work |
| Planned in | 100-unit sessions | 100-unit sessions | Set at consultation |
| Per 100 units | ₩150,000 | ₩650,000 | See the full price list |
| Technique | Same points map, same review visit | Same points map, same review visit | Different treatment |
Both toxin tiers are genuine, licensed products used with the same technique and the same unit-based planning; they differ in manufacturer and price.
One shoulder is marked, then the other. The totals usually differ by a few units, and the map is kept so the next visit starts from what was actually given.
One minute inside the clinic in Cheongdam — the 3D scan, the doctor's plan, the treatment rooms.
| Method | Botulinum toxin injected into the trapezius or calf muscle, no incision |
|---|---|
| Areas | Trapezius & shoulder line · calves, each side mapped on its own |
| Unit | 100-unit sessions |
| Product tiers | Korean botulinum toxin · premium imported toxin |
| Sensation | Quick pinpricks into muscle, a short dull ache; comfort measures confirmed at consultation |
| Change | Builds gradually over weeks; judged at the review visit |
| Downtime | None; skip heavy training, deep massage and saunas for a few days |
At Dear Clinic in Cheongdam, a 100-unit body session with a Korean botulinum toxin is ₩150,000 (≈ $105), and the same 100 units with a premium imported toxin is ₩650,000 (≈ $465). It is one published rate for locals and international visitors. How many units your trapezius or calves need is decided at diagnosis and approved by you before the first injection.
Published rate as of September 2026. Dear carries both a Korean and a premium imported tier of botulinum toxin, and both are genuine, licensed products — the tier is a cost and preference choice discussed at consultation. You approve the unit count and the total before treatment; there are no surprise add-ons and no upselling. Every treatment price at the clinic is listed on the full price list.
Every plan: doctor consultation · muscle assessment · aftercare guidance · review visit, explained at consultation.
The risks are worth naming. Results vary between individuals.
Botulinum toxin type A has been studied in aesthetic medicine since the earliest published treatment of frown lines, and the consensus and pharmacology literature below describes how the different toxin products are characterised, dosed and compared. That body of work is the reason unit-based, conservative dosing is the standard your director follows for large body muscles. They are cited here as background on the toxin itself; your own plan is decided by your muscle assessment at consultation.
The early published report of botulinum toxin A used for frown lines.
Global consensus education initiative on botulinum toxin A in aesthetic medicine.
How the different botulinum toxin A products compare pharmaceutically and clinically.
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Apgujeong Rodeo Station (Suin-Bundang Line), Exit 4 · about a 3-minute walk
