For the lower-face fullness that sits below the ear and behind the jaw, in the cases where the parotid gland is what makes the outline wide.
The reason this treatment exists as its own category is that three completely different tissues produce a similar-looking wide lower face. A thick chewing muscle makes the jaw angle square. Fat and skin laxity blur the line underneath. And an enlarged parotid gland pushes out slightly higher and further back, closer to the earlobe. They look alike in a mirror and respond to entirely different treatments — which is why the diagnosis matters more here than the injection does.
The same special-area pricing tier covers our other precision zones — the nostril area, the temple, gummy smile work and the philtrum — because they share the same requirement: small, exactly placed doses in anatomy where a millimetre of drift changes the outcome.
"My lower face looks wide." Here is what we are actually separating during your diagnosis.
Fullness sitting high and back, close to the earlobe, often soft to the touch and unchanged when you clench. This is the case salivary gland treatment is for.
Fullness at the jaw angle that hardens visibly when you bite down. That is muscle bulk, and it is addressed by jaw treatment instead — a separate plan, separate rate.
Softness that pools along and under the jawline and shifts when you lie back. Toxin will not change it. That is a lifting or contouring problem, quoted on its own rate.
A genuinely wide mandibular angle. No injectable narrows bone, so where the width is skeletal we decline the injection and explain what does and does not change it.
The parotid sits beside the nerve that moves your face and the muscles that let you smile. Everything about this protocol is built around that fact.
Your director palpates the gland border with your jaw relaxed and then clenched, marking where glandular fullness ends and muscle begins. Both sides are compared, because asymmetry here is common and a symmetric dose on an asymmetric face creates a new problem.
Injection points are kept within the marked gland body and away from the muscles of expression. Placement is deliberate and unhurried — this is the zone where a rushed injection shows up later as an uneven smile.
We under-dose the first plan on purpose and top up at review, because dry mouth and chewing comfort matter as much as the outline. Adding at review is easy; unwinding an overdose is only possible by waiting.
Because saliva has a job — digestion, oral comfort, dental protection — the goal is a measured reduction in gland activity, never the maximum reduction achievable. If your history includes dry mouth, swallowing difficulty, dental problems or a neuromuscular condition, tell us at consultation; that may change the plan or rule the treatment out.
Jaw treatment, lifting platforms and contouring options are all in-house here. Each of the four causes carries its own published rate, and in practice a large share of these consultations end on one of the other three lines.
Your EVE Muse 3D scan records the lower-face outline from every angle and quantifies left-right difference before anything is injected, so the review afterwards compares like with like instead of relying on memory.
Without exception, special-area work this close to the facial nerve is director-performed at Dear Clinic. Both gland borders are marked before the first point is placed.
| Special-area plan | Toxin tier | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Salivary gland (parotid) | Korean botulinum toxin | ₩60,000 (≈ $45) |
| Salivary gland (parotid) | Premium imported botulinum toxin | ₩400,000 (≈ $285) |
| Other special areas — nostril, temple, gummy smile, philtrum | Same special-area tier | ₩60,000 (≈ $45) |
| Every plan | EVE 3D + AI diagnosis · director consultation · aftercare guidance | explained at consultation |
What the special-area rate covers. These areas are priced for the mapping, for the anatomy involved and for the fact that a director performs them, so the rate does not track how much product is used. Jaw and wrinkle treatments sit on their own rates, so a combined plan is quoted line by line before you agree to any of it. Published rates as of September 2026; KRW is what you pay, USD is shown for reference. Every rate we publish is on our full price list.
Most people who arrive asking for this leave with a different prescription, because the examination points to muscle, to laxity or to bone. That is normal here. Where the gland is not the cause, we do not recommend the injection and say so at the diagnosis. Persistent one-sided swelling, pain or a firm lump is a medical matter, and we refer you for evaluation instead of treating it. The risks named at consent are bruising and tenderness at the injection point, a drier mouth while the effect is active, a change in chewing comfort, and temporary asymmetry when you smile if any of the dose reaches muscle instead of gland.
Individual results vary with gland size, dose and anatomy, and are assessed at your diagnosis.
Unretouched cases treated at Dear Clinic, shown with consent.
All photos are unretouched cases of the same person under the same conditions, treated at Dear Clinic. Each photo shows only the treatment it is labelled with. Individual results may vary.
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Botulinum toxin type A is one of the most extensively documented agents in clinical practice, from the early reports that established its aesthetic use through international consensus work on injection technique and pharmacological reviews of how the available products differ. This literature underpins the conservative dosing and precise placement our directors apply in special areas such as the parotid gland.
Every reference below carries a verifiable DOI from an indexed journal. They describe the treatment class as a whole and are not statements about any individual outcome.
References are provided for information — outcomes vary by individual and are assessed at your diagnosis.
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