Marionette Lines · Seomyeon, Busan · Foreigner-Friendly

Marionette lines in Busan Seomyeon, the lines that make you look displeased.

The grooves running down from each mouth corner do something unusual — they change how strangers read your mood. Three separate forces create them: a muscle pulling down, volume lost beside the chin, and jowl tissue arriving from above. Each needs its own answer. From ₩80,000 at our Busan, Korea clinic. English, 日本語 and 中文 consults. Medically reviewed by Dr. Jeong Heon Lee, MD.

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Does This Sound Familiar?

What Busan patients ask before treating marionette lines.

  • People keep asking if I am upset — can that actually be changed?
  • Is this a muscle problem or a volume problem?
  • Why do these lines look worse than the smile lines above them?
  • Will filling them make my lower face heavy?
  • How much can be fixed without surgery?

All five come up most weeks in Busan. The sections below answer them in order — why these lines carry emotional signal, the three-driver grading, why they read more severely, the overfilling risk, and the honest non-surgical ceiling.

Lifted balanced mouth corners after treatment at JRYN Dermatology Seomyeon Busan
Marionette Lines · JRYN Seomyeon
What Are Marionette Lines?

Three forces, meeting at the mouth corner.

Marionette lines run downward from each mouth corner toward the jaw, and three separate things create them. The depressor anguli oris actively pulls the corners down. Volume beside the chin is lost, removing the support that held the corner up. And jowl tissue descending from above deepens the groove from the outside.

Because they sit at the mouth corner, these lines carry disproportionate social weight — a face with them reads as disappointed regardless of mood, which is why patients describe being asked what is wrong. Treatment follows the drivers: micro-dose botox for the muscular pull from ₩80,000, targeted volume beside the chin, and repositioning where jowls have descended. Graded first at our Busan, Korea clinic.

How It Works

The science, without the hype.

Muscle, volume, descent — treated in that order of leverage at our Busan clinic.

01

Muscular pull

Micro-dose botox eases the depressor that drags each corner downward — the highest-leverage single move on many faces.

02

Volume beside the chin

Restoring support along the jaw and chin lets the corner sit up rather than sinking into the groove.

03

Jowl descent

Where tissue has fallen from above, repositioning or lifting reduces what presses the groove deeper.

04

Sequence over volume

Muscle first, support second, descent third — filling the line itself is the last and smallest step.

The Three Drivers

Read in motion, not at rest.

The Busan examination watches you speak and rest — muscular pull is invisible in a still photograph.

Muscular pull
Depressor
Corners actively dragged down at rest by an overactive muscle.
Tool Micro-dose botox
Price ₩80,000
Volume loss
Support
Lost support beside the chin letting the corner sink.
Tool Targeted filler
From ₩39,000
Jowl descent
From above
Descending tissue deepening the groove from the outside.
Tool Threads / lifting
From ₩100,000
Your Visit, Step by Step

Six steps at our Busan clinic, ten to forty-five minutes per session.

01

Motion grading

The doctor watches your face at rest and speaking at our Busan clinic — muscular pull only reveals itself in movement.

02

Photos and written plan

Fixed-frame photos at rest and smiling, then tools, sequence and price in writing.

03

Muscle first

Micro-dose botox is placed first where pull is a driver, because it changes how much of anything else is needed.

04

Reassess at two weeks

Only after botox settles do we decide whether volume or repositioning is still required.

05

Volume or vectors

Targeted support beside the chin, or thread repositioning where jowls have genuinely descended.

06

The composite read

Fixed-frame photos over two to twelve weeks — reviewed by message after you leave Busan.

Marionette Lines Pricing

How much does marionette line treatment cost in Busan?

Plans build from published components — mouth corner botox at ₩80,000, chin-zone filler from ₩39,000, threads at ₩100,000 each — with your graded plan totalled in writing. Muscle-led cases are often the cheapest and most striking. No foreigner markup.

Your components, side by side.

The marionette plan's published building blocks — assigned by driver.

Component Driver it treats Price
Mouth corner botox Muscular downward pull ₩80,000 / area
Chin-zone filler Lost support beside the chin from ₩39,000 / cc
MINT threads Jowl descent from above ₩100,000 / thread

Published prices in Korean Won, identical to the list Korean patients see — no foreigner markup. Botox alone resolves many muscle-led cases, and we say so before proposing anything larger. See the full price list.

The Lifting Curve

What a plan honestly delivers.

When What you will notice What to do
Week 1–2 Botox settles and the corners stop being dragged down — the change reads in resting expression. Judge in motion at week two, not on day three in a mirror.
Week 2 review The honest verdict on the muscular component, and the point where volume is reconsidered. Many patients need nothing further. That is a complete plan, not an unfinished one.
Week 2–6 Volume or thread work, if graded in, settles and the groove softens further. No massage on treated zones; fixed-frame photos referee.
Beyond Botox on its three-to-four-month cycle; volume and threads on theirs. Lines soften; the anatomy that creates them remains, and we say so at grading.
Honest Suitability

Who it suits in Busan — and who should wait.

A good fit if you…

  • A resting face that reads displeased regardless of mood
  • Mouth corners visibly dragged downward at rest
  • Grooves deepening as chin-zone support has been lost
  • Wanting the muscular component tried before any filling
  • Busan visitors — botox and volume complete in one visit

Better to wait if you…

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding — deferred as standard
  • Heavy jowl descent — surgical assessment named honestly at grading
  • Neuromuscular conditions affected by botulinum toxin — assessed individually
  • Expecting lines erased — they soften substantially, which is the honest promise

After your treatment

  • No massage or face-down pressure on treated zones for 48 hours
  • Normal expression immediately — the dosing was mapped for it
  • Fixed-frame photos at rest and smiling referee the plan
  • Report any smile asymmetry promptly — it is temporary and manageable

Honest limits

  • These sit beside the smile muscles, so botox here is deliberately under-dosed and reviewed
  • Filling the groove heavily makes the lower face read weighted rather than lifted
  • Heavy jowl descent is a surgical problem, named at grading rather than out-treated
Our Medical Team

People keep asking if I am upset — can that actually be changed?

Yes, and it is one of the more emotionally significant corrections I make. Downturned mouth corners are read by other people as mood, not as ageing, so patients arrive describing being constantly asked what is wrong — which is exhausting in a way a wrinkle never is. Where the driver is muscular, easing the depressor with a small dose lets the corners sit level and the resting face stops broadcasting something you do not feel. At our Busan clinic that is often the entire treatment at ₩80,000, and the change patients report is less about looking younger than about being read correctly.

Three doctors, one standard of care.

Every marionette plan at JRYN Busan Seomyeon is driver-graded and treated in person by one of our doctors

Dr. Jeong Heon Lee, founder and chief director at JRYN Seomyeon Busan
From the Founder

Graded and treated in person by one of our doctors.

No other line on the face changes how strangers treat you. Patients tell me colleagues stopped asking whether they were annoyed — that is the actual result, and it usually comes from a few units rather than from anything expensive.

  • Graduated from Inje University
  • Current Head of the JRYN Network
  • Current Chief Director of JRYN Seomyeon
  • Former Chief Director of Lin Clinic
  • Former Chief Director of Centum Lin Clinic
Dr. Yoon Jung-wook, Managing Director at JRYN Seomyeon Busan
Managing Director · Seomyeon Main Branch

Dr. Yoon Jung-wook

  • Full Member, Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Full Member, Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery & Laser Medicine
  • Full Member, Korean Society of Obesity & Body Contouring
  • Former Neurosurgery Resident (3rd Year), Dong-A University Hospital
  • Former Intern, Dong-A University Hospital
  • Former Chief Director, Forever Plastic Surgery & Dermatology (Changwon)
  • Former Chief Director, Lovely Plastic Surgery & Dermatology (Changwon)
  • Former Director, Insta Plastic Surgery & Dermatology (Gimhae)
  • Former Director, Dr. Yoon Beauty Center (Vietnam)
Dr. Jin Tae-wan, Deputy Managing Director at JRYN Seomyeon Busan
Vice Managing Director · Seomyeon Main Branch

Dr. Jin Tae-wan

  • Former Director of Dermatology, MediWoman Women's Clinic
  • Former Director of Dermatology, Hangdo Quantum Clinic
  • Former Chief Director, AGE Clinic (formerly Paresa Clinic)
  • Former Chief Director, One Clinic (Guro)
  • Former Director, One Clinic (Gangnam)
  • Former Chief Director, SKY Plastic Surgery (Jongno)
  • Former Visiting Physician, Guangfu Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Hospital (Dalian, China)
  • Former Associate Director, Tokeshi Plastic Surgery
  • Former Associate Director, Midam Dermatology Clinic
  • Former Associate Director, Noble Line Plastic Surgery
  • Former Associate Director, Jeniva Plastic Surgery
  • Former Military Flight Surgeon, ROK Army Aviation Operations Command
  • Former Intern & Resident, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
Quick Answers

Is this a muscle problem or a volume problem?

Try this in a mirror. Relax completely and note where your mouth corners sit. Now gently press upward on the skin just outside each corner: if the groove largely disappears and the corner lifts easily, volume support beside the chin will help. Separately, watch yourself say a long "eee" — if the corners pull sharply downward, muscular activity is a driver. Most faces show both, which is why the grading at our Busan clinic sequences botox first and reassesses at two weeks before adding anything.

Will filling them make my lower face heavy?

It can, and this is the mistake we see most often in corrections. Marionette grooves sit at the bottom of the face where descending tissue accumulates, so injecting volume directly into the line adds weight exactly where weight is already the problem — the groove flattens at rest and the jawline reads heavier in motion. At our Busan clinic volume is placed as support beside the chin and along the jaw rather than inside the groove, and the total is capped at the grading rather than added to session by session.

Everything Else You Might Ask

Marionette line questions in Busan.

Plans build from published components — mouth corner botox at ₩80,000, chin-zone filler from ₩39,000, threads at ₩100,000 each — totalled at your grading. No foreigner markup.

Yes — English, Japanese (日本語) and Chinese (中文). We are a 5-minute walk from Seomyeon Station Exit 2, and fixed-frame photos are reviewed on WhatsApp after you fly home from Busan.

Three drivers we grade at our Busan clinic: a muscle actively pulling the corners down, volume lost beside the chin removing support, and jowl tissue descending from above.

Because mouth-corner position is how humans read mood. Downturned corners signal displeasure regardless of what you feel, which is why treatment changes social response more than appearance.

On muscle-led faces, frequently — at ₩80,000 with the effect reading within two weeks at our Busan clinic. The grading identifies whether yours is that face.

Sparingly if at all. Volume is placed as support beside the chin and jaw rather than inside the groove, which is what keeps the lower face from reading heavy.

Not with correct micro-dosing. These muscles sit beside the smile, so we deliberately under-dose and review at two weeks rather than aiming for maximum effect.

Botox three to four months, filler six to eighteen by brand and zone, threads on their own timeline at our Busan clinic. Each stated as a range at grading.

Botox none; filler two to three days of swelling; threads their honest settling week. Each stated when the tool is graded in.

Energy lifting reduces jowl descent pressing on the groove, so it supports the plan. It does not address muscular pull or lost support directly.

When jowl descent is heavy enough that repositioning cannot hold it. That is named at the grading rather than treated across expensive sessions.

Yes — downturned corners book steadily among men at our Busan clinic, with masculine proportion respected in the dosing.

Botox and volume complete in one visit, with the botox result reading after you fly home and reviewed by message.

Blood-thinning supplements for a couple of days where your physician agrees, and alcohol the night before injection stages.

Massage and face-down pressure on treated zones for 48 hours; normal expression continues immediately.

Mouth corners sitting level and grooves visibly softened, read in fixed-frame photos at rest and in motion. What no honest clinic promises: lines erased, heavy jowls lifted without surgery, or a filled groove looking light.

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Medical information on this page is general education, reviewed by Dr. Jeong Heon Lee, MD. Individual grading, plans and pricing are confirmed at an in-person consultation at JRYN Dermatology, Busan Seomyeon. Results and timelines vary by individual.