Your face is assessed and injected by Dr. Hong Seung-hyuk, Dr. Maeng Woo-jae or Dr. Hong Yeong-ho; all three directors are board-certified Family Medicine specialists with an aesthetic dermatology practice under one roof. Hyaluronic acid gel is placed where volume has been lost, under local anaesthesia while you stay awake and talking, and it can be dissolved again with hyaluronidase if the placement needs correcting.
A dermal filler adds material. G Clinic uses hyaluronic acid gel, placed under the skin to restore volume where a face has lost it: temples, cheeks, the chin and jaw outline, the nasolabial area, and hollows judged case by case. That is a different job from taking volume away, which is what G-fat extraction does, and a different job again from tightening tissue that has descended. A director will say which of the three your face actually needs, and may recommend none of them. Injection is carried out under local anaesthesia with you awake, by one of three resident medical directors, all board-certified Family Medicine specialists. HA gel is temporary and it is reversible, since hyaluronidase can dissolve it. The serious risk is vascular occlusion, and it is explained in full at the free consultation where your plan is agreed.
From the first look at your face in the mirror to the review appointment weeks later, one of the three resident directors handles every stage personally.
You sit upright, you are asked what bothers you, and the director looks at the face as a whole: where bone and fat have thinned, where the skin has slackened, and where a shadow is being read as lost volume when something else is causing it. Your medical history, medications and any earlier injectable work anywhere on the face are recorded in the same sitting. The consultation is free and nobody asks you to decide that day.
Treatment is carried out under local anaesthesia with you awake, able to speak and to give feedback while the work is going on. Sedation is available as an option at an additional cost. The gel is chosen for the layer it is going into, because a product built to sit deep against bone behaves differently from one designed for a fine, mobile area.
The director works in small increments, drawing back before each deposit and watching the skin colour as the gel goes in. A blunt cannula is used where the anatomy favours it and a needle where precision at a single point matters more. Both routes are described in the literature and neither removes risk entirely, so technique, layer and volume are decided per site.
The area is moulded, you are shown the result while you are still in the chair, and you leave with aftercare instructions and direct contact details for the clinic. A review appointment is offered so a director can look at the settled outcome. Hyaluronidase is kept on site, and the circumstances in which it would be used are explained to you in advance.
Hyaluronic acid occurs naturally in skin. An HA dermal filler is that molecule manufactured as a cross-linked gel, sterile and injectable, so it holds a shape once placed and gradually breaks down afterwards. G Clinic works with the Belotero volume line for facial volume restoration, and the director selects within the range according to the depth being treated.
Fillers are frequently discussed as one material, and they are not one material. Published work on the rheologic and physicochemical properties of injectable hyaluronic acid products exists precisely because gels differ in firmness, in how they behave when the face moves, and in how much they draw water once in place. A soft gel put where a firm one belongs looks flat within weeks; a firm gel put where a soft one belongs can read as a ridge every time you smile.
Recognition of the clinic’s injection volume is on record: G Clinic was admitted as a Restylane 15 Million Club Expert Member in 2013. That is a statement about how much injecting has been done here, and it is offered as background rather than as any promise about your own face.
Patients often arrive having decided on filler because a friend had it, when what they are describing is a different problem. Three questions separate the options quickly. Is volume missing, is muscle movement creasing the skin, or is there excess fat sitting where it is unwanted? Only the first is a filler question.
Movement lines across the forehead and around the eyes belong to a Botox conversation. A heavy jaw or a double chin caused by fat volume belongs with G-fat Fat Dissolving Injection, where the fat cells are drawn out through a micro-entry point. Descended tissue and slack skin are a lifting question, and no amount of gel substitutes for it — filling a face that has descended tends to make it look heavier.
Plans that mix approaches are common, and the sequence is decided by the director. What the clinic will not do is add volume to a face where the assessment says volume is the wrong answer, because the visible outcome of over-filling is difficult to undo gracefully even with a reversal agent in the drawer.
Filler suits people in good general health who can point to a specific area where volume has been lost, and who understand that the material is temporary and will need reviewing. A face that has thinned at the temple or flattened across the mid-cheek responds well. Skin quality, muscle movement and descent respond to other things.
Several situations mean the answer is no, or wait. Anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding is asked to wait for the time being. Active infection, inflamed or broken skin at the intended site, or a dental abscess nearby postpones injection until it has resolved. Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions are approached with caution and reviewed against your own specialist’s advice before anything is offered. A history of severe allergic reaction to a previous hyaluronic acid product is a stop.
The commonest reason a director declines is the one nobody expects: expectations that the material cannot meet. Patients who bring a photograph of a different face, who want a change that would require restructuring bone, or who ask for volume to be added to a face already carrying too much of it are told plainly that filler is the wrong tool. You are welcome to come for the assessment and be told no.
Volume appears during the appointment, since the gel occupies space as soon as it is placed. What you see on the way home is that change plus swelling and possibly bruising, so the first few days overstate the result in some areas and distort it in others. The settled appearance shows once the swelling drains and the gel has integrated with the surrounding tissue.
HA filler is temporary. The body breaks the gel down gradually, at a pace that differs by person, by facial area and by the product used, and mobile areas of the face generally lose the effect sooner than still ones. The clinic does not publish a figure for how long your own result will hold, because that number would be invented; a director will discuss what is realistic for the specific site you are treating and will suggest when to come back for review.
Individual results may vary, and any patient photographs published elsewhere on this site are shared with that patient’s consent and shown for information only. This page describes a procedure and does not promise any particular outcome for your face.
Most people leave with nothing worse than a bruise. The expected effects are bruising, swelling, redness and tenderness at the injection points, sometimes lasting several days. Beyond that, patients can develop palpable lumps or nodules, an uneven contour, gel migration away from where it was placed, a bluish tinge where product sits too superficially, a delayed inflammatory reaction weeks or months later, and infection at an injection site.
The serious complication is vascular: gel entering or compressing a blood vessel and interrupting the blood supply. Skin can be lost where the vessel supplied it, and injection around the face has been linked in the ophthalmologic literature to visual loss, so every patient here is told the warning signs without being asked. Sudden severe pain out of proportion to the injection, pain at a distance from the treated site, blanching or mottled purple discolouration of the skin, and any change in vision — blurring, a dark patch, double vision or pain behind the eye — mean you contact the clinic immediately and attend without waiting. Speed of recognition is what changes the outcome.
This is also why hyaluronidase, the enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid gel, is held on site and why the directors work in small increments with the anatomy of the danger zones in mind. Tell the clinic your full medical history, your medications and supplements including anything that thins the blood, and every previous injectable treatment you have had anywhere on your face, including products injected elsewhere.
Filler is an appointment you walk out of and carry on with your day. Makeup can usually be applied once the injection points have closed, and your director will tell you when. Swelling settles over the following days; bruises take longer and are the reason nobody schedules lip or tear-trough work on the morning of a wedding.
Keep the area clean, avoid pressing or massaging it unless the director has told you to, and stay away from saunas, hot yoga, heavy exercise and facial treatments that heat or drag the skin until you are cleared. Sleeping with your head slightly raised for the first nights reduces morning puffiness. Alcohol on the day of treatment makes bruising worse.
Travelling patients should keep a few days in Seoul afterwards so a director can look at the result once the initial swelling has gone. Send your dates through the consultation form and our coordinators will build the appointment around your itinerary, in English, and tell you honestly if your schedule is too tight for the plan you want.
Three ways of changing a facial contour, set out so your consultation starts from the right question.
| On the face | HA dermal filler | Botulinum toxin | G-fat extraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it changes | Adds volume where tissue has thinned | Softens lines produced by muscle movement | Removes localized fat volume |
| What is placed | Cross-linked hyaluronic acid gel | A muscle-relaxing injectable | Nothing is placed; fat cells are drawn out |
| Route | Fine needle or blunt cannula | Fine needle, multiple small points | One micro-entry point per treated area |
| Anaesthesia | Local, awake; sedation optional | Local, awake | Local, awake; sedation optional |
| When the change shows | On the day, refining as swelling drains | Gradually over the following days | On the day, refining as swelling drains |
| Reversibility | Hyaluronidase can dissolve the gel | No reversal agent; the effect wears off | Extracted cells leave the treated area; remaining cells can enlarge with weight gain |
| Named serious risk | Vascular occlusion, including visual loss | Spread of effect to nearby muscles | Contour irregularity, seroma, infection |
This table is general information. Which route fits your face depends on your anatomy, your skin and your health, and a resident director will work through it with you at the free consultation.
The risks described on this page are documented in the peer-reviewed literature. Visual loss following aesthetic facial filler injection has been reviewed as an ophthalmologic issue (Kato, 2022). Rates of vascular occlusion associated with using needles versus cannulas for filler injection have been reported directly (Alam, 2021). Differences between products are also documented: rheologic and physicochemical properties have been used to differentiate injectable hyaluronic acid filler products (Fagien, 2019). These papers describe the procedure category and the material; they are not statements about G Clinic’s own results, and they say nothing about what your face will look like. That conversation belongs with your director.
Filler is quoted by the volume of gel used, and the published rates apply to every patient who walks in. How much your plan needs, and whether the areas you have in mind are worth treating at all, is settled face to face at the free consultation.
| Treatment | Option | Price (KRW) |
|---|---|---|
| HA Filler (Belotero) | Volume 1cc | ₩440,000 |
All prices in KRW, VAT included. Quoted at consultation; final cost depends on treatment plan. Published rates as of 2026-09-08.
They do opposite things. A filler adds hyaluronic acid gel where facial volume has been lost, so the treated area gains substance. A fat dissolving approach reduces fat volume, and at this clinic that job is done by extraction through a micro-entry point, described on the G-fat Fat Dissolving Injection page. A director decides which direction your face needs after examining it.
Areas where volume has thinned: temples, mid-cheek, the chin and the jaw outline, the nasolabial area, and finer sites such as lips or the hollow under the eye where the anatomy allows. Every site is judged individually at consultation, and some of them carry more vascular risk than others, so a director may treat one area and decline another on the same face.
Yes. Hyaluronic acid gel can be broken down with hyaluronidase, an enzyme the clinic keeps on site, and this is one of the practical reasons HA products are used for facial volume. Dissolving is a medical procedure of its own with its own risks and consent, and a director will discuss timing, since some concerns settle on their own as swelling resolves.
It means gel has entered or compressed a blood vessel and blood is no longer reaching the tissue that vessel supplied. Contact the clinic immediately and attend without delay if you have severe pain out of proportion to the injection, pain away from the treated site, skin that blanches white or turns mottled purple, or any visual change such as blurring, a dark patch, double vision or pain behind the eye. Early recognition is what changes the outcome.
You stay awake. The work is done under local anaesthesia and you can speak to the director throughout, which is useful because your feedback about sensation matters during placement. Sedation is available as an option at an additional cost if you would prefer it. Most patients describe pressure and brief stinging, and the level of discomfort varies with the area being treated.
The gel is temporary and the body breaks it down gradually. The pace differs by person, by product and by how mobile the treated area is, with expressive sites generally losing the effect sooner than still ones. G Clinic does not publish a duration figure for individual patients, because a number quoted without examining you would be a guess. Your director will discuss review timing for the specific site you treat.
It depends on what is creating the line. Creases that deepen when you frown or smile are driven by muscle movement and belong to a Botox discussion. Folds that sit there while your face is at rest usually reflect lost volume or descended tissue, and filler may be part of that answer. Many faces show both patterns, so a director looks at your face in movement and at rest.
Because gels are engineered differently. Published work has used rheologic and physicochemical properties to differentiate injectable hyaluronic acid products, meaning firmness, behaviour under movement and water-binding vary between them. G Clinic uses the Belotero volume line for facial volume restoration and selects within it according to the depth of placement, so the same face may receive different characteristics at different sites.
Pregnant and breastfeeding patients are asked to wait. Active infection, inflamed or broken skin at the site, or a nearby dental infection postpones the appointment. Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions are approached cautiously alongside your own specialist’s advice, and a previous severe allergic reaction to a hyaluronic acid product is a stop. Patients whose expectations cannot be met by adding gel are also turned down, and told why.
Bruising is common and it is the effect most likely to interfere with your plans, particularly around the lips and under the eyes. Swelling usually settles within days while bruises take longer. Flying itself is generally straightforward once a director has reviewed the area, and the practical advice is to keep a few days in Seoul afterwards so the settled result can be checked in person.
Come in and let a director examine it. Palpable nodules, an uneven contour and migration of gel away from the placement site are recognised complications, and the management differs according to the cause: some respond to moulding or time, some to hyaluronidase, and an inflammatory or infective picture needs different treatment altogether. Self-massaging a lump you have not had assessed is a poor idea.
It is a manufacturer recognition awarded to injectors and clinics for accumulated injection volume, and G Clinic was admitted as an Expert Member in 2013. It is included here as background about the clinic’s experience with facial injectables. It says nothing about the result an individual patient will get, and it is not a clinical endorsement of any plan proposed for you.
Send your details and travel dates through the consultation form and our coordinators will reply on the messenger you prefer, in English. The consultation is free, and you can ask about suitability, product choice, recovery or how many days to keep in Seoul before committing to anything. Nothing is booked into the treatment room until you have spoken to a director.
Book a free consultation and one of the three medical directors will examine your face in person, in Gangnam, Seoul, and tell you where volume would help and where it would not. Filler is quoted at the published rate per syringe, and the plan is agreed face to face.
Book ConsultationEvery consultation and procedure at G Clinic is conducted on site by one of three resident medical directors — never handed to a substitute practitioner. All three are Family Medicine specialists who have cared for international patients for years.
G Clinic's core programs centre on G-fat body contouring and non-surgical lifting — clinic-reported 20,000+ G-fat cases since 2018. Pricing is shared during your free consultation — the same figures are quoted to every patient, with no separate visitor markup.
Targeted fat dissolving injections for the abdomen, arms and thighs — planned and performed by a resident medical director. Course length is decided at your free consultation.
Explore G-fatDirector-performed lifting treatments for jawline and facial contour, matched to your skin at consultation.
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Explore PetitThe G Clinic name dates to a 2012 device-maker advisory appointment. Each recognition below is stated as issued by its organisation.
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