Skin Botox in Korea is botulinum toxin diluted far past a wrinkle dose and dropped into the dermis as a grid of tiny blebs, and flying home the same day is generally possible. It is a surface treatment: the goal is a smoother feel, less oil shine and softer fine creases while normal expression stays. It does not hydrate, lift or replace a wrinkle injection into muscle, so the menu name matters before you book.
Clinics in Korea
5 clinics for Botox in Korea
| # | Clinic | Area | Languages | Listed price | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kind Global Clinic | Euljiro-ipgu Station | English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español | ₩429,000 | 4.9 (359) |
| 2 | Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch | Seomyeon Station | English · 日本語 · 中文 · ไทย | ₩10,000 | 5.0 (93) |
| 3 | RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam | Gangnam Station | English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español | ₩9,900 | 4.9 (1,155) |
| 4 | Dear Clinic | Cheongdam-dong | English · Español | ₩30,000 | 4.9 (354) |
| 5 | Rewind Plastic Surgery | Nonhyeon-ro | English · Español | ₩50,000 | 5.0 (54) |
11. Kind Global Clinic
★ 4.9359 Google reviewsKind Global Clinic is by Euljiro-ipgu Station Exit 6, a skin and aesthetic clinic with a 4.9 average from 359 Google reviews. It offers Botox alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and fillers. Consultations are available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish; its listed Botox price starts from ₩429,000 + VAT. Its Botox menu spans wrinkle, jawline, calf, trapezius, skin and hyperhidrosis indications with Korean-made and imported toxin options.
Boutique Myeongdong clinic with co-director-led treatment
- Boutique clinic
- One private floor
- Director-performed care
- Every procedure is performed personally by one of the clinic's co-directors, with no handoff.
- A free pre-consultation runs on WhatsApp or LINE, where you send photos and receive a treatment plan.
Planning treatment before flying in · Weekend or holiday appointments
- Location
- Euljiro-ipgu Station (Line 2) Exit 6 / Myeongdong Station (Line 4) Exit 8
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩429,000 + VAT
22. Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch
★ 5.093 Google reviewsBarog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch is a skin and aesthetic clinic near Seomyeon Station, rated 5.0 from 93 Google reviews. Its menu covers Botox as well as HIFU lifting, fillers and skin boosters. Staff consult in English, Japanese, Chinese and Thai; listed Botox prices start at ₩10,000 + VAT. Posted price boards apply equally to visitors and locals, with consultations in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Seomyeon filler and lifting clinic with open-vial transparency
- Filler-focused
- Transparent pricing
- Welcoming 2F lounge
- Every filler vial is unsealed at the chair in front of you, with lot numbers you can check.
- Importer authenticity certificates for all brands used hang on the clinic wall to photograph.
Lifting plans in Busan · Visitors wanting product transparency
- Location
- Seomyeon Station
- Languages
- English · 日本語 · 中文 · ไทย
- Listed price
- From ₩10,000 + VAT
33. RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam
★ 4.91,155 Google reviewsRE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam sits a 2-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 10, a skin and aesthetic clinic that holds a 4.9 Google rating across 1,155 reviews. Botox is offered here together with HIFU lifting, RF lifting and fillers. It consults in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish, and its listed Botox price starts from ₩9,900 + VAT. Its Botox price list covers wrinkle areas and skin Botox.
Gangnam Station skin clinic built around five-language care
- Five-language desk
- Gallery-style interior
- Regenerative skin menu
- Board-certified dermatologists on staff
- Its Botox menu covers frown lines, forehead, crow's feet, masseter, trapezius, calf, neck bands, lip flip, gummy smile and excessive sweating.
- Consultations in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Spanish through in-house interpreters.
Non-English speakers wanting own language · Evening or holiday appointments
- Location
- Gangnam Station (Line 2) Exit 10, 2 min walk
- Languages
- English · 中文 · 日本語 · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩9,900 + VAT
44. Dear Clinic
★ 4.9354 Google reviewsDear Clinic runs a skin and aesthetic clinic in Cheongdam-dong; its Google rating is 4.9 from 354 reviews. It offers Botox alongside HIFU lifting, RF lifting and fillers. Staff consult in English and Spanish, and its listed Botox price starts from ₩30,000 + VAT. Its Botox price list covers wrinkle areas and the jaw (masseter).
Scan-first Cheongdam lifting clinic, open every day
- Lifting-focused
- 3D scan first
- Warm-luxury interior
- Its Botox menu lists Korean-made and imported toxin options, covering expression lines as well as trapezius and calf muscles.
- Open every day of the year, with English consultation and WhatsApp booking before you fly.
Short trips needing weekend slots · Filler beyond lips and chin
- Location
- Cheongdam-dong
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩30,000 + VAT
55. Rewind Plastic Surgery
★ 5.054 Google reviewsRewind Plastic Surgery is a plastic surgery clinic in Nonhyeon-ro, rated 5.0 from 54 Google reviews. Its menu covers Botox as well as plastic surgery, HIFU lifting and RF lifting. Staff consult in English and Spanish; Botox is listed from ₩50,000 + VAT. Its Botox price list covers wrinkle areas and skin Botox.
Apgujeong lifting surgery clinic with a skin-care side
- Surgical lifting
- Same surgeon throughout
- Calm, private floors
- Board-certified plastic surgeons on staff
- The clinic offers Botox for forehead, frown and eye-area lines as well as the trapezius and calves, with dose set per person.
- Botox, Ultherapy Prime, Thermage FLX, Rejuran and Juvelook are offered, planned separately from surgery.
Combining Botox with lifting consult · Jawline and neck concerns
- Location
- Nonhyeon-ro
- Languages
- English · Español
- Listed price
- From ₩50,000 + VAT
Prices
Botox cost in Korea
Prices below come from the listed clinics' own price lists, before VAT. 10% VAT is added at payment.
Botox · 50 units
Range across 2 listed clinics · approx. $21–$109₩29,000–₩150,000 + VATCompare clinicsBotox · 100 units
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $57₩79,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Domestic)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $7₩9,900 + VATCompare clinicsBotox
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $7–$73From ₩10,000–₩100,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox (1 area: forehead / glabella / crow's feet / mouth corners / chin dimpling / bunny lines) — Korean
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $22₩30,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle Botox 1 Area (Nabota)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $28₩39,000 + VATCompare clinicsSquare Jaw Botox — Korean
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $29₩40,000 + VATCompare clinicsWrinkle botulinum toxin (per area)
Price at 1 listed clinic · approx. $36₩50,000 + VATCompare clinicsGuide
Menu names for shallow toxin and what each one usually means
Korean clinic menus use several labels for the same idea. Skin Botox, micro Botox, meso Botox and intradermal toxin all describe diluted botulinum toxin placed in the upper skin rather than into a facial muscle. The label alone does not tell you the zone, the depth or what is in the syringe.
Ask three plain things at the consultation. Which toxin product is being diluted, which zones the droplets will cover, and whether anything is mixed in, such as a skin booster. Products offered in Korea include Allergan Botox, Merz Xeomin, Coretox and Nabota, plus several other Korean-made brands. Dilution and placement shape the plan more than the brand.
Guide
Shallow toxin, wrinkle toxin and skin boosters side by side
All three use fine needles on the same face, yet they act on different layers, which is why one visit sometimes combines two.
| Injection | Where it goes | What it acts on | Effect on expression | What it will not do |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin Botox (diluted toxin) | Upper dermis, many small points | Oil output, surface texture, fine creases | Movement mostly kept | Add moisture or volume |
| Wrinkle toxin | Into a facial muscle | Frown, forehead and eye-corner lines | Targeted movement reduced | Change skin texture |
| Hyaluronic acid skin booster | Dermis | Hydration and a dewy surface | None | Reduce oil or muscle pull |
| Rejuran (PN, polynucleotide) | Dermis | Skin quality and thickness over a course | None | Relax lines from movement |
Guide
What the 2022 split-face trial measured, including the misses
Shin and colleagues, writing in Annals of Dermatology in 2022, treated one cheek of each volunteer with intradermal incobotulinumtoxinA and the other with saline, then reviewed the face over twelve weeks with a facial analyzer, a sebum meter and photo grading.
The misses are as useful as the gains. Oil output measured by the sebum meter did not change significantly, and neither did wrinkles under the eye. Pore size looked better only at the two-week check. What did change was skin texture and the lines along the nasolabial fold on the treated side. Safety was the other lesson: one volunteer reported facial weakness after the larger dose tested in one cheek, while the lower dose caused no adverse events in the trial.
Guide
How firm the pooled evidence is
A 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis by Rahman and colleagues in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open searched the literature from 2008 to 2023 for studies in healthy adults and kept a small set: five randomized trials and five prospective cohorts.
Together they pointed toward better oil control, texture, elasticity and finer wrinkles, but not hydration. The authors also ran a trial sequential analysis and found that none of the outcomes reached the sample size needed for a firm conclusion. The direction is encouraging, the evidence is thin, and results vary from person to person.
Guide
Side effects and reasons to wait
Small bumps and pinpoint marks usually settle within hours; a bruise can take several days. Because the toxin is still active, droplets placed too deep or too close to the mouth can weaken a smile for a few weeks; this is why the zone map and the dose per area matter.
Skip or postpone the session during pregnancy or breastfeeding, with a known neuromuscular condition, with an infection or open wound on the area, or while skin is still raw from a strong peel or laser. Mention any toxin injected in the last three months.
Evidence
Research behind this page
- A Double-Blind, Split-Face, Randomized Study on the Effects and Safety of Intradermal Injection of Botulinum Toxin A (Incobotulinum Toxin A) in the CheekAnnals of Dermatology · 2022 · doi:10.5021/ad.21.316
Saline-controlled split-face trial: texture and nasolabial fold lines improved, sebum and under-eye wrinkles did not change significantly.
- Intradermal Botulinum Toxin A on Skin Quality and Facial Rejuvenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open · 2024 · doi:10.1097/gox.0000000000006084
Pooled ten studies and found favorable trends except for hydration, with no outcome reaching the required information size.
FAQ
Questions about Botox in Korea
Which clinics offer Botox in Korea?
Clinics offering Botox in Korea include Kind Global Clinic (Euljiro-ipgu Station), Barog Clinic Seomyeon Station Branch (Seomyeon Station), RE:BERRY Clinic Gangnam (Gangnam Station), Dear Clinic (Cheongdam-dong) and Rewind Plastic Surgery (Nonhyeon-ro). Each lists Botox on its own menu; message the clinic directly to confirm the doctor, product and current price.
Is skin Botox in Seoul injected by hand or with a multi-needle device?
Both methods are used, and the choice depends on the clinic and the zone being treated. Hand injection with a fine needle lets the doctor adjust depth point by point around the nose and mouth. A multi-needle injector spreads droplets quickly over wide, flat areas such as the cheeks or forehead. Either way, ask how deep the droplets go and how far apart they are placed, because those settings matter more than the tool.
Which toxin product is usually diluted for shallow injections?
Clinics in Korea dilute the same toxin products they use for wrinkle work, both imported and Korean-made. Menus commonly list Allergan Botox, Merz Xeomin, Coretox, Nabota and other domestic brands. The product is reconstituted with more saline than usual and drawn into fine syringes. Ask to see the vial before mixing and confirm which product is written on your plan, especially if you plan to repeat the treatment abroad later.
Can shallow toxin and a skin booster be done in the same visit?
Yes, many visitors pair them, because each covers what the other cannot. The toxin droplets work on oil output and fine surface creases, while a hyaluronic acid booster adds hydration and Rejuran works on skin quality over a course. Some clinics mix them in one syringe and others inject them separately. Ask which approach is used, since the doctor should be able to explain the dose of each part.
How long should I wait before a facial or massage afterward?
Wait at least the rest of the treatment day before pressing or rubbing the injected skin. Firm massage, face rollers or a deep-cleansing facial in the first hours could push diluted toxin away from where it was placed. Gentle washing and light skincare are usually fine that evening. Saunas, hot baths and hard exercise are commonly postponed to the next day, and the treating doctor may give a slightly different list.
Is shallow toxin a sensible option for an oily T-zone in men?
It can be discussed, though the evidence on oil control is mixed. The 2024 meta-analysis by Rahman and colleagues saw a trend toward less sebum, while the 2022 split-face trial by Shin and colleagues found no significant change on the meter. Men often have thicker skin and stronger forehead muscles, so the zone map needs care to avoid flattening expression. Results vary from person to person.
What if I notice no change after two weeks?
First give it the full two weeks, since surface changes tend to appear gradually rather than overnight. Some people feel smoother texture early, while others see little difference, which matches the mixed findings across studies. Take photos in the same light before and after so the comparison is fair. If nothing changed, ask the doctor whether the dose, the zone or a different treatment would suit your goal better.