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Dear Clinic · Results · Hyaluronic Acid Filler
Reading hyaluronic acid results zone by zone · Cheongdam, Gangnam

Filler Before and After in Cheongdam, Gangnam, Seoul

Two audited hyaluronic acid cases are published on this page, one at the chin and one at the nose. Everything else here is a reading method, because shape is the one thing in a photograph that a lamp, a lens and a head tilt can manufacture on their own.

Four HA lines, published rates Every case read against a capture Open 365 days
Ask What Your Own Zone Needs See the Two Cases
The short answer

What a hyaluronic acid pair is evidence about

An HA gel adds volume at a chosen depth, so a usable pair speaks to three properties and no others: how far a structure projects, where the outline between two planes falls, and the shadow that outline throws. Surface quality, tone and slackness are different findings, treated with different materials.

Those three properties share an awkward feature. All of them are read off a silhouette, and a silhouette moves with the camera. Raise the lens, and a chin recedes. Drop it, and the same chin comes forward. Turn a light ninety degrees and a nasal bridge gains a ridge that no syringe put there. A gallery shot carelessly on either side of a treatment can show a change the injection had nothing to do with.

What the gels themselves are, area by area, sits on the dermal filler category page, and what each is quoted at sits on the filler cost page. This page stays on one question: when a pair of photographs is put in front of you, how much of it is the injection.

Illustration of the tissue layers a hyaluronic acid gel can be placed into, the depth that decides whether a contour reads as projection or as a lump
Depth is chosen before volume. A gel on bone builds projection; the same gel placed higher spreads and blurs the outline it was meant to sharpen.
What Shows

Four properties an HA filler comparison can legitimately be judged on

Each is a geometric property of the treated zone, and each survives a photograph only when the camera geometry is held still.

PROPERTY 01

Projection against a fixed landmark

How far a chin point sits behind or in front of the lower lip. How high a nasal bridge stands off the plane between the eyes. This is the most measurable thing filler does, and it only reads in a true side view.

PROPERTY 02

The outline where two planes meet

The jaw border, the line down the nasal dorsum, the ridge between cheek and hollow. Gel placed deep and on support sharpens these edges. A wandering outline in the second frame usually means the head was turned between the two exposures.

PROPERTY 03

The shadow a hollow throws

A fold or a groove is visible because it collects darkness. Fill the deficit under it and the darkness lifts. It is also the property most easily faked by moving a lamp, so the light has to be identical in both frames.

PROPERTY 04

Balance between the two halves

One eyebrow higher, one cheek flatter, a chin point sitting off the midline. Asymmetry is real information about a design, and it is read in a straight frontal frame with the face at rest.

Three of the four want a profile or a three-quarter view; the fourth wants a flat frontal one. One portrait cannot serve both, which is why a serious filler case is published as a pair of views.

What Does Not Show

Four claims an HA gel photograph has no standing to make

Finer skin, smaller pores, a smoother grain. Surface quality belongs to injected skin-quality materials, set out on the skin booster page. A structural gel sits under that layer. Where a filler caption claims texture, look for the second treatment in the file.
An even or brighter tone. Pigment runs on its own clock and moves further with a white-balance setting than with any syringe. Nothing here is offered as a whitening treatment and no pigment claim is attached to any gel listed below.
Lifted, tightened skin. Slackness is a mechanical finding in deeper tissue, answered by energy platforms and threads on the lifting and tightening page. A gel can disguise a descent by refilling what emptied above it; that is a different claim from lifting.
A slimmer lower face. Width at the jaw angle is usually muscle, a separate conversation held on the jaw botox page. A chin pair photographed after both treatments and captioned as filler alone has borrowed the credit.
And any pair that names no gel, no volume and no interval. A zone, the cc placed, the material, and how long after the injection the second frame was taken. Without those four, a filler photograph is decoration.
Before & After

The two audited filler cases Dear Clinic is able to publish

Unretouched cases treated at Dear Clinic and shown with consent. Individual results vary.

Chin filler case at Dear Clinic, the same patient photographed before and after hyaluronic acid was placed at the chin point
Chin · hyaluronic acid · same person, same conditions, before and after gel was placed at the point. Read the lower lip line, which does not move. Individual results may vary.
Nose filler case at Dear Clinic showing the same patient's dorsal line before and after hyaluronic acid was placed on the midline
Nose · hyaluronic acid · same person under the same conditions, before and after midline placement. The line to read is the dorsum along the bridge. Individual results may vary.

All photos are unretouched before/after cases of the same person under the same conditions, treated at Dear Clinic and shown with consent. Individual results may vary; no specific outcome is implied or promised.

Two zones, two cases. Far more hyaluronic acid work than this is done in the building. A case reaches a public page only when written consent and a caption that survives being questioned arrive together, so the published set stays small on purpose.

The Frame

How to photograph a filled zone so the gel is the only variable

Five conditions. Break any one of them and the pair stops being an observation about hyaluronic acid.

Lock the head, then lock the lens. Eyes and ears level, face at rest, no smile and no chin tucked. Then the same lens at the same distance for both frames. A phone held close exaggerates whatever is nearest it, which on a profile shot is the structure being assessed.
Shoot the view that carries the property. Chin and nose are judged in a true side view; jaw outline and balance in a straight frontal one; cheek and fold work in a three-quarter view.
Keep the light flat and in the same place. Side light carves contour out of nothing and a ring light flattens contour that is really there. Face the same source at the same intensity, and note where you stood.
Bare skin, no sculpting makeup. Contouring powder is designed to do in pigment exactly what a gel does in volume. A base product in one frame and not the other makes the comparison unreadable.
Write four fields beside the file. Zone, gel, volume in cc, and days since the injection. A pair without them cannot be interpreted later, including by the person who took it.
EVE Muse 3D skin analysis unit at Dear Clinic, the fixed-distance capture used as the baseline a later filler frame is compared against
Fixed distance, fixed light, fixed head position — three things a bathroom mirror cannot reproduce.
The Four Lines

Every HA gel published at Dear, and what a fair photograph of it would show

Read the third column before the last one. Gels differ in how stiff they are, and stiffness decides whether a material holds an edge or melts into a plane.

GelSold inWhat a comparison of it could reasonably showListed rate
The Chaeum1 ccThe Korean-made line on our card, carried across the general zones. A pair should be showing projection or an outline, photographed in the view that owns it₩130,000 (≈ $95)
Belotero1 ccA German gel with a reputation for integrating softly into tissue. Softer gels argue for close frames of a groove or a fold, where a sharp edge was never the goal₩300,000 (≈ $215)
Restylane1 ccA family with firm and flexible members. Which member was used changes what the photograph should be expected to hold, so the caption has to name it₩350,000 (≈ $250)
Juvederm1 ccThe most requested imported line here. Firmer members hold a chin point or a jaw border, which is precisely the projection a side view can measure₩400,000 (≈ $285)

Rates above are per cc, published in KRW with a reference USD figure beside them, and one card covers every passport. Specialty zones and the volume a face actually needs are settled at the consultation and written on your quote before a syringe is opened; the whole card sits on the published price list.

Dear 10 Selection, Dear Clinic October 2026 event (prices in Korean won, VAT excluded, identical for locals and international visitors): Ultherapy Prime 400 shots ₩1,320,000 · Ultherapy Prime 500 shots ₩1,650,000 · Ultherapy Prime 600 shots ₩1,980,000 · Thermage FLX 600 shots ₩1,900,000 · XERF 600 shots ₩1,600,000 · Dear Total Face Care: Ultherapy Prime 500 + Eye Thermage 450 + PN eye booster 1cc ₩3,700,000 · Thermage FLX 600 + PN booster HB 4cc + CaHA collagen booster 1 vial ₩3,400,000 · Ultherapy Prime 400 + PN healer 4cc (LDM and numbing included) ₩1,900,000 · Eye Thermage 450 + PDLLA eye booster 2cc ₩2,100,000
Dear 10 Selection · October lifting event — tap to book
 Dear 10 Selection, Dear Clinic October 2026 event (prices in Korean won, VAT excluded): Skin Revital Care: Potenza pumping + PDLLA skin booster 5cc ₩500,000 · PN booster HB 4cc ₩750,000 · PN healer 4cc + PN eye booster 2cc (LDM and numbing included) ₩850,000 · HA skin-quality booster 2cc ₩700,000 · RE2O 1 session ₩700,000 · Defined Volume Care: Eye Light 1cc + PN eye booster 1cc ₩1,050,000 · Chin filler 1cc + jawline filler 1cc ₩850,000 · PLLA collagen stimulator 2 vials ₩1,500,000 · Directors' Picks (Dr. Woojae Jung · Dr. Daeun Jung): Density Alpha 300 shots + PN booster HB 2cc (both cheeks) ₩1,100,000 · Potenza pumping + PDLLA skin booster 5cc, 3 sessions ₩1,150,000 · PN booster HB 4cc with PDLLA skin booster 2cc (both cheeks) ₩790,000 · Onda 80 kJ + Titanium 60 kJ ₩990,000
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Dear, Knowhow

How a filler outcome is measured at Dear Clinic

01 — DIAGNOSIS FIRST

Your profile is a measurement before it is a plan

EVE Muse captures the face in 3D under five light sources with AI analysis, and the capture is taken before a gel is named. Your later frame is read against those figures by the person who wrote the plan. A selfie from last spring is a souvenir.

02 — THE FULL ARSENAL

Four HA families on the tray, and no quota on any of them

Because all four lines above are stocked, the answer to a shape complaint can be the least expensive row, a different category entirely, or nothing. Where a face reads as descended instead of deflated, we do not recommend a syringe and the reason is given in the room.

03 — DIRECTOR-PERFORMED

Four passes, drawn before the first one

Dear Shape reads the proportion, Dear LayerFill assigns each volume to its depth, Dear BalanceControl checks the two halves between passes, and Dear LineFit finishes the edge. Your injection is director-performed, and the hand that chose the depth is the hand answering for the later photograph.

In the clinic

The devices and hands behind this treatment

Hyaluronic acid filler carton beside its pre-filled syringe, one of the four gel lines quoted per cc at Dear Clinic
Sold by the cc, opened only after the volume on the quote has been agreed
Director showing a facial capture and treatment plan on a tablet during a filler consultation at Dear Clinic
The capture goes on screen first, and the zone and volume are written down in front of you
The Settling Window

Why an early frame overstates what the gel did

A syringe leaves evidence of itself. Swelling gathers around the entry points, bruising appears wherever a vessel was crossed, and the gel takes on water as it settles into the tissue around it. All three are ordinary, and all three make a face look fuller than the volume actually placed.

So the comparison frame belongs after that window closes, and how long it runs differs by zone and by person. No interval is promised here in advance. Your director sets a conservative date at the appointment and the review is booked for it.

The far end of the timeline is treated the same way. How long a result holds depends on the zone, how mobile it is, the gel chosen and the person carrying it, and the clinic publishes no fixed figure for any of the four lines. Your director gives you the range that applies to your own zone at the consultation.

Caution

What belongs beside a filler result besides the photograph

Risks named next to results are part of the evidence. Left out, the evidence has been edited before it reached you.

The ordinary reactions. Redness and swelling around the entry points, bruising that can last several days, tenderness in the treated zone, and a palpable firmness while the material settles.
The less common ones. A visible lump or nodule where gel sat too superficially, a contour that reads asymmetric once the swelling goes, an infection at an entry point, and a delayed inflammatory reaction. Each of these is reviewed by the director who performed the injection.
The one that is an emergency. Gel entering or compressing a blood vessel. The published literature treats the nose, the glabella and the tear trough as recognised danger zones, and an ophthalmology review of visual loss after facial filler exists for that reason. Blanched or dusky skin, pain out of proportion, or any change in vision means calling the clinic at once.
Reversibility, stated plainly. Hyaluronic acid can be dissolved with hyaluronidase, reviewed as a tool in the aesthetic literature and a genuine advantage of this material family. It carries its own risks and its own consent, and it is no reason to be careless about the first injection.
Who is turned away. Active infection or inflamed skin in the zone postpones an appointment. Pregnancy and breastfeeding change what is appropriate. Where the finding is slackness, surface quality or muscle width, we do not recommend a gel and you are told which category the answer actually sits in.
What a caption owes the reader. The zone, the gel, the volume in cc, the interval, and anything else done to the same face in between. Consent belongs in that list too.

Comfort measures during an injected session are confirmed at your consultation and set to the zone and to you. Tell your director about bleeding disorders, blood-thinning medication, previous injectable or permanent material in the same zone, autoimmune conditions, recent dental work, pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Medical Team

Five doctors, one standard

Director-performed treatment is a Dear promise — your procedure is planned and performed by the doctors below.

Dr. Jemin Kim — Medical Director and Founder, Dear Clinic
Dr. Jemin Kim
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Medical Director · Founder
Dr. Sanghyun Lee — Director, Dear Clinic
Dr. Sanghyun Lee
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Director
Board-certified · Family Medicine
Dr. Seonhaeng Lee — Director of Aesthetic Medicine, Dear Clinic
Dr. Seonhaeng Lee
Chosun University College of Medicine · Residency, Samsung Medical Center
Director, Aesthetic Medicine
Dr. Daeun Jung — Director, Dear Clinic
Dr. Daeun Jung
Ajou University College of Medicine
Director
Board-certified · Family Medicine
Dr. Woojae Jung — Director of Aesthetic Medicine, Dear Clinic
Dr. Woojae Jung
Seoul National University — B.S. in Medicine
Director, Aesthetic Medicine
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FAQ

Reading hyaluronic acid results, question by question

What actually changes in a filler before and after photo?
Three geometric properties of the treated zone: how far a structure projects against a fixed landmark, where the outline between two planes falls, and how much shadow a hollow collects. Balance between the halves is a fourth. Everything else belongs to the lighting, the lens or another treatment.
Why does Dear Clinic publish only two filler cases here?
Because two cases in the audited archive carry written consent together with a caption that holds up when questioned. The number reflects the publishing standard and says nothing about how much hyaluronic acid work is done here. The rest stay in patient files.
How do I tell a real chin result from a camera angle?
Find a landmark that filler cannot have moved and check whether it moved anyway. On a chin pair the lower lip line and the ear position are useful: if the relationship between lip, chin point and ear has shifted in a way no gel could explain, the head was tilted between the frames.
Which view should a nose filler comparison be shot from?
A true side view, plus a straight frontal one. The property a midline gel changes is the line of the dorsum, and that line only exists in profile. The frontal frame is where a widened bridge or a tip pushed off centre becomes obvious.
Can filler make my skin look smoother or brighter in photographs?
Not by itself. A structural gel sits under the layer that carries texture and tone, so grain, pores and pigment are unaffected. When a filler gallery appears to show better skin, either something else was done at the same visit or the second frame was lit more kindly.
How soon after the injection is a photograph worth taking?
After the swelling, bruising and early settling have gone, and that window differs by zone and by person. No interval is published here in advance. Your director gives a conservative date at the appointment and the review is booked for it, which is when the pair is made and read against your capture.
How much gel is in a published case, and what do the four lines cost?
Volume is written on each individual quote, because a chin point and a nasal dorsum ask for very different amounts. The four lines are quoted per cc: The Chaeum at ₩130,000, Belotero at ₩300,000, Restylane at ₩350,000 and Juvederm at ₩400,000. Specialty zones are quoted separately at the consultation.
Do the different HA gels photograph differently?
They do, and the difference is mostly stiffness. Firmer gels hold an edge and read in a side view as projection; softer ones integrate into tissue and read better in a close frame of a groove. The physical properties that separate hyaluronic acid products are a published subject in their own right, which is why a caption naming only the word filler is under-informative.
What makes a filler gallery untrustworthy?
A different head angle between the frames. A lamp that has moved. Makeup in one picture and not the other. No zone, no volume, no interval given. A texture or tone claim attached to a structural gel. Two different people presented as one comparison. Any single item on that list is enough to set the pair aside.
Will bruising or swelling show up in the after photo?
Yes, if the photograph was taken inside the settling window, and it is one of the clearest signs that a gallery was shot too early. Swelling and bruising also flatter the result while they last, so an early frame tends to promise more volume than was actually injected.
Do the published cases mean I will get the same outcome?
No, and nothing here implies it. Each pair is an individual case shown with consent and photographed under matched conditions. What a gel does in your face depends on your bone and soft-tissue starting point, the zone, the volume agreed and how mobile that part of the face is.
Can the capture, the consultation and the injection happen in one visit to Seoul?
Usually, once the capture and the consultation agree that a gel is the right category for your finding. The baseline is taken the same day; the review frame is taken at the date your director sets, from home if you have travelled. We are open 365 days a year and answer enquiries in English as soon as possible.
Consultation

Start from your own profile instead of a stranger’s gallery

Tell us which zone you keep looking at in photographs. Answered in English as soon as possible.

Scientific Evidence

Published work behind the hyaluronic acid claims on this page

Five indexed entries are listed below: an anatomical paper on the facial danger zones for soft-tissue filler injection, an assessment and injection guide for hyaluronic acid products, a study of the physical properties that differentiate HA fillers from each other, an ophthalmology review of visual loss reported after facial filler, and a review of hyaluronidase use in aesthetic practice.

Each is given as title, journal and year with a verifiable DOI. No outcome figure from any of them is reproduced here, and none of them is evidence of what will happen in your own face.

  1. Scheuer J, et al. Anatomy of the Facial Danger Zones: Maximizing Safety during Soft-Tissue Filler Injections. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2017. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000002913
  2. de Maio M, et al. Facial Assessment and Injection Guide for Botulinum Toxin and Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Fillers: Focus on the Upper Face. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2017. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000003544
  3. Fagien S, et al. Rheologic and Physicochemical Properties Used to Differentiate Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Filler Products. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2019. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000005429
  4. Kato J, et al. Visual loss after aesthetic facial filler injection: a literature review on an ophthalmologic issue. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia. 2022. doi:10.5935/0004-2749.20220048
  5. Baker A. The use of hyaluronidase in aesthetic medicine: a literature review. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing. 2016. doi:10.12968/joan.2016.5.3.129

References are provided for information — outcomes vary by individual and are assessed at your diagnosis.

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