Nasolabial folds at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan
Concerns · Seomyeon, Busan

Nasolabial folds in Busan Seomyeon, by cause

The fold from nose to mouth is a cheek that has dropped onto a line, and treating the line without the cheek is the mistake: lifting for the cheek, filler for the fold, a stimulator for the deflation, in the right share, from ₩66,000, VAT included, read and placed by the doctor at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic one minute from Seomyeon Station.

from ₩66,000 VAT INCLUDED
₩66,000 from Shurink; filler ₩88,000/cc, Oligio ₩495,000, stimulators from ₩770,000
20–40 min Twenty to forty minutes by tool
None–3 days None for devices; a few days of swelling after filler
6 months to 2 years by tool Devices six to twelve months; filler a year; stimulators up to two years
01 Start here — direct answer

Is your fold volume loss, sagging or a crease, and what treats each in Busan?

The nasolabial fold is where the cheek meets the lip, and everyone has one; it deepens for three reasons in some share. The cheek drops : the fat pad of the mid-face slides down and forward with age and piles onto the fold from above, so the fold is a cliff made by what sits above it. The cheek deflates : volume is lost at the cheekbone and the skin above the fold hollows, so the fold reads deeper. And the crease itself etches into the skin from decades of smiling, so a line is there at rest. Genetics decide the starting depth, which some faces have from the twenties; the three processes decide the rest.

The common mistake is to fill the fold alone, which flattens the cliff a little and makes a heavy lower face. At Boom Dermatology the plan follows the share: a dropped cheek is lifted with Shurink from ₩66,000 or Oligio ₩495,000, or with threads when it has dropped more; a deflated cheek is restored at the cheekbone with cheek filler from ₩88,000 per cc or a collagen stimulator, which lifts the fold from above; and the crease that remains takes a small amount of soft filler along the line. Most folds use two of those, and the smile question below is why the dose is conservative. The marionette lines below the mouth are the same story one step down.

What Busan patients ask before Nasolabial folds
  • Is my fold volume loss, sagging or just a crease?
  • How much of this is genetics I cannot change?
  • Threads or filler: which does my fold need?
  • Will treatment make my smile look strange?
  • Why does filling the fold alone not work?

All of these come up most weeks at our Seomyeon skin clinic. The page answers them in order.

02 Who it suits

Who nasolabial folds treatment suits, and who should wait

Good candidates

  • A fold that has deepened with age
  • A cheek that has dropped or deflated above the fold
  • A crease that is there at rest
  • Patients who have had fold filler elsewhere and look heavy
  • Genetic folds from a young age wanting softening

We will suggest something else

  • A cheek that has dropped with real weight; a mid-facelift is the honest answer
  • Filler into a fold on a face that needs lifting; we will say so
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding for injectables
  • Active infection, cold sores near the mouth
  • Expecting a fold to vanish; it is softened
Nasolabial folds at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan
03 The visit

What happens at a nasolabial folds consultation in Seomyeon?

This is how a nasolabial folds consultation runs at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan, from the first message to the review.

1

Message first

A daylight photo without make-up and what bothers you. The doctor replies with the plan, the device, the session count and the VAT-included price.

2

Consultation

The problem is read, not assumed: type, depth, skin type, history. The plan and settings go on your record.

3

Cleanse and cool

Make-up off, eye shields on; cooling gel or numbing cream by device.

4

Test pulses, then treatment

A few test pulses where the response can be read, then the session by the doctor.

5

Out the door

Sunscreen before you leave; aftercare by device, written on WhatsApp.

6

Review and rhythm

A photo at two to six weeks sets the interval; a mid-course review decides continue, stop or switch.

How does Boom Dermatology plan nasolabial folds treatment?

Three readings, taken at the consultation and written on your record.

Lift the cheek with a finger

If the fold goes, it is drop; if it stays and the cheek is flat, it is deflation; if a line remains, it is the crease.

Above before along

The cheek before the fold; filler along the line only for what remains.

Conservative, reviewed

Half a cc along a fold is often enough; the smile is checked before the second half.

04 Prices — VAT included

How much does nasolabial folds treatment cost in Busan?

Nasolabial fold tools at Boom Dermatology run from ₩66,000 for Shurink to ₩1,100,000 for a Sculptra vial, VAT included with the doctor's time, the same for every patient; most folds use two tools and a conservative cc.

Nasolabial folds Shurink Universe, 100 shots ₩66,000 VAT included
Nasolabial folds Cheek or fold filler, per cc ₩88,000 VAT included
Nasolabial folds Oligio, 300 shots ₩495,000 VAT included
Nasolabial folds Sculptra, 1 vial ₩1,100,000 VAT included

Nasolabial folds: what it is made of, and the tool for each part

The sorting the doctor does at the consultation; most faces use two tools.

Every concerns option is on the Concerns hub; the complete skin clinic price list with a quote builder is on the price page.

05 Compare

Lifting vs cheek filler vs fold filler vs threads: which nasolabial fold treatment should you choose in Busan?

The tools patients at our Busan skin clinic compare for nasolabial folds; the reading picks the pair.

Device Best for Time Downtime Price
Shurink · Oligio The dropped cheek lifted; the fold shallows from above 30 min None from ₩66,000
Cheek Filler The deflated cheekbone restored; the fold lifts 20 min 1–3 days from ₩88,000 / cc
Fold filler The crease itself softened, conservatively 20 min 1–3 days from ₩88,000 / cc
Threads A cheek that has dropped more, repositioned 30–60 min 5–7 days quote at consultation

Every option in the table is available at Boom Dermatology in Busan Seomyeon, performed by the doctor, with the VAT-included price shown.

06 Downtime

Downtime after nasolabial folds treatment, and flying home

None for devices; a few days of swelling and a possible bruise after filler; five to seven days after threads. Fly the same evening after a device or filler. Devices show over two to three months; filler at once.

Botox · toning
Filler · boosters
Fly home
Devices build
Review
Day 0 Day 3 Week 2 Month 1 Month 3–6
treatment / peak result tenderness or redness milestone
07 Questions, answered properly

Is my fold volume loss, sagging or just a crease?

Lift your cheek gently with a finger in the mirror. If the fold disappears, the cheek has dropped and lifting is the answer; if it stays and the cheekbone is flat, the cheek has deflated and volume above is the answer; if a line remains after both, that is the crease, and a little filler along it is the finish. Most faces at Boom Dermatology are two of the three.

How much of this is genetics I cannot change?

The starting depth: some faces have a visible fold from childhood because of how the cheek fat attaches, and that baseline stays. What age adds, the drop, the deflation and the etching, is what treatment addresses, and a genetic fold softened to its twenties depth is a good result honestly framed.

Threads or filler: which does my fold need?

Filler if the cheek has deflated or the crease is etched; threads if the cheek has dropped more than a device can lift. A fold with a flat cheekbone and no drop gets cheek filler; a fold with a full cheekbone that has slid gets lifting or threads. Our Seomyeon skin clinic reads the difference with the finger test and the profile.

Will treatment make my smile look strange?

Not when the fold is treated conservatively and the cheek first. A fold packed with filler stiffens the smile and bulges on laughing; half a cc along the line, placed after the cheek is lifted, moves with the face. The smile is checked in the chair before any second syringe.

Why does filling the fold alone not work?

Because the fold is made by what sits above it: filling the valley while the cliff still leans over it flattens it a little and makes the lower face heavy, which is the look patients at Boom Dermatology in Busan arrive with from elsewhere. Lift or restore the cheek first and the fold needs far less.

Good to know

Nasolabial folds questions patients ask our Busan skin clinic first

1

How much does nasolabial fold treatment cost in Busan?

From ₩66,000 for Shurink to ₩88,000 per cc of filler and ₩495,000 for Oligio at Boom Dermatology in Seomyeon, VAT included.

2

What causes nasolabial folds?

A cheek that has dropped, a cheek that has deflated, or an etched crease, usually two.

3

Filler or lifting?

Lifting for drop; filler for deflation and the crease; often both.

4

Will my smile change?

Not with conservative dosing and the cheek treated first.

5

Can folds be removed?

Softened, not removed; everyone has one.

6

Who reads the concern at Boom Dermatology?

The doctor, with the reason for each option on your record in English.

7

Do foreign patients pay more?

No. One price for everyone, VAT included, no consultation fee if you proceed.

8

Can I have one small treatment rather than a plan?

Yes; every option is bought one at a time.

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Reviewed by Dr. Kim Dong Hyun, Board-certified Internal Medicine Specialist, Medical Director, The Boom Dermatology, Seomyeon, Busan.