How do I know whether my shoulder ridge is muscle?
Rest a hand on the top of the shoulder and shrug lightly against it. A defined cord that hardens and melts away when you relax is contractile tissue and can be addressed; height that stays soft through the whole movement is a different problem. Your director runs that test on both sides before any total is written.
How much is a trapezius session here?
It is published per 100 units: ₩150,000 (≈ $105) on the Korean tier and ₩650,000 (≈ $465) on the imported tier. The unit total your shoulders need is set at the examination and approved by you beforehand, and anything beyond the listed session is quoted before treatment, never added during it.
Will my neck actually look longer?
Your neck stays the length it always was. What changes is the slope running out from it, and a flatter slope is what the eye reads as a longer neck from the front. How much is available to you depends on how much of the ridge is muscle, which is what the shrug test settles.
How many centimetres will my shoulder line drop?
No figure of that kind is published here, and none is promised at a consultation either. A measurement made before an examination would be a guess with a decimal point on it. The result is judged from standing photographs taken in matched clothing and matched light, and results vary between individuals.
Will I be weaker at the gym?
Shrugging force is what is being reduced, so overhead work is where a difference is most likely to show while the dose settles. Some patients report the shoulder feeling less reliable during pressing or a heavy carry. It is temporary. If you train seriously, say so at the consultation, because it changes the total and the timing.
Can this treat my neck and shoulder pain?
This is offered here as a contour plan for the shape of the shoulder line. Where pain, stiffness or recurring headache is the main reason you are booking, the right destination is a clinician who treats that problem directly, and your director will say so instead of writing a cosmetic plan around it.
When will I see a change, and how long does it hold?
Nothing on the day, and little in the first week. The softening arrives gradually as the band is used more gently. How long it lasts differs with the dose, with how heavily you load the shoulder afterwards and with your own metabolism, so the pattern to expect for your plan is given at the consultation instead of printed as a number.
Does it hurt, and can I go straight back to work?
Fine needles into a large muscle, and the sitting is short. Small marks settle quickly, a bruise is possible and tenderness for a day or two is normal. Ordinary activity resumes straight away; we ask you to skip heavy carrying and the gym that day and leave deep massage for the first week.
Do both shoulders have to be treated?
Almost always, in unequal amounts. Treating one leaves two shoulders behaving differently under load, which is more noticeable than the asymmetry you arrived with. The two are mapped on separate patterns, and the totals on each side are recorded for the next visit.
My shoulders look high because I sit at a desk all day. Does that change anything?
It changes how much the injection can deliver and what protects the result. A blade parked high and rolled forward lifts the whole ridge without the muscle being especially bulky, and where the examination finds that pattern we say so. A plan supported by desk height, bag straps and mid-back strength work holds far better.
Can the shoulders and the calves be treated in the same visit?
They can be discussed in the same consultation, and the published line covers both muscles. Whether both are treated on one day depends on the totals each needs and on what your director considers sensible to place at once, which is decided at the examination and quoted before anything begins.
Who should not have this, and is the rate the same for visitors?
It is declined in pregnancy and while breastfeeding, where a neuromuscular condition sits in your history, and where there is infection or inflamed skin in the field. Blood-thinning medication, supplements and any previous reaction to a toxin must be mentioned. Visitors pay what residents pay, Dear Clinic is open 365 days a year including Sundays and public holidays, and treatment can follow the consultation in the same visit once you have approved the figure.
