How long do smile line fillers last?
Dear Clinic publishes no month figure for a nasolabial correction. The gel is hyaluronic acid and your own tissue clears it over time, at a pace set by the family used, the volume placed, the plane it sits in, how animated your face is and how much of the plan went into the cheek above the groove. The range for the product in your plan is given to you by the director at the diagnosis.
Why will nobody here quote a number of months?
Because the figure would be invented. A fold plan can be mostly cheek support or mostly crease refinement, and those two are not on the same timeline, so a single number covering both would be wrong for almost everybody. What you are given instead is the range for the specific gel in your plan, and a review appointment at which the estimate is checked against your face.
Does the cheek part of the plan last longer than the crease part?
Generally it behaves differently, yes. Support placed deep in the mid-face sits in tissue that moves comparatively little; a fine correction inside the groove sits in the busiest soft tissue on the lower face. That is why people often notice the line reappearing while the height above it is still holding, and why a second appointment is frequently small.
Does the brand of filler change how long it holds?
It is one driver of several. Cross-linked hyaluronic acid products differ physically from one another in firmness, cohesivity and behaviour under load, and those properties are matched to the job each deposit has to do. A gel that integrates softly at a transition and a gel that carries structural support are doing different mechanical work in the same face.
Will more filler make the correction last longer?
Volume stacked into a moving zone to buy time is the most common way a face starts to look treated, and we do not recommend it. Past what your proportion supports, extra material changes the shape you asked for and raises the chance of a firm point or an uneven line. Where that is the request, the discussion returns to what is actually causing the fold.
When should I book a top-up?
At the point where the shadow returns or the transition from cheek to mouth corner loses its smoothness, on the evidence of your own face and not a diary entry. Part of the first plan is usually still present then, so the second visit is often a fraction of a cubic centimetre, priced on the volume placed like any other session.
Can I make the result last longer myself?
Nothing done at home measurably extends a resorbable gel. What genuinely helps is protecting the area while it settles: keeping sustained pressure off the mid-face, avoiding heat and heavy training in the first days, and turning up for the review so the correction is read properly once swelling has cleared.
Does a second treatment behave differently to the first?
Usually, because the starting point has changed. A face still holding part of an earlier plan needs less new material for the same result. We ask what was used previously, roughly when, and whether any of it was ever dissolved, since all three change both the volume and the placement written for the new session.
What if I want it gone before it fades on its own?
Hyaluronic acid responds to a hyaluronidase enzyme injection, so a correction can be partly reduced or fully cleared without waiting for resorption. Where a long period has passed and the material has fibrosed into firmer tissue, one session may not clear it completely. The area is examined in person before either route is agreed.
What are the risks I should weigh against the timeline?
Bruising at the entry points and swelling through the settling days are ordinary and pass. A firm point or a short-lived asymmetry can occur and is usually correctable, including by dissolving. The serious risk in this region is vascular: gel entering a vessel can cause skin necrosis and, very rarely, visual loss, which is why the groove is mapped, injected slowly at low pressure and treated by a director only.
What does a correction cost, and is the rate the same for visitors?
Charging follows the cubic centimetre and the family chosen: ₩130,000 (≈ $95) per cc with our Korean house gel, and the imported families at their own listed per-cc rates. The same published card applies to residents and to international patients, with no visitor surcharge, and your total is fixed and approved before treatment begins.
