Full Cheeks, Nasolabial Folds, Pores — Should You Just Go Straight to Treatments?

Full cheeks, an unclear jawline, nasolabial folds, pores, dryness that makes makeup cake, a face that no longer feels firm — these all look like signals that something should be done, but at Gangnam Choice Clinic, consultations more often start by separating them rather than treating them as one problem.

Which cases tend to get matched with the wrong treatment?

The same visible sign can come from muscle, fat, laxity, bone structure, or the state of the skin barrier, and the approach differs for each. What Dr. Seong-ho Jeong, the director of our clinic, most often changes during consultations is the following set of assumptions.

• Full cheeks do not equal face slimming botox: the masseter is checked first, and if the muscle itself is not large, more injections will not remove fat.
• An unclear jawline does not equal ultrasound lifting: excess fat, laxity, and a jawline that lacks definition are handled in completely different ways.
• Nasolabial folds do not equal going straight to filler: the support of the midface and the cause of the hollowing are checked first, otherwise each addition adds more heaviness.
• Pores do not equal pico laser: for pores caused by oiliness plus roughness, gold microneedling is more often considered instead.
• Dryness that makes makeup cake does not equal intensive hydration: for someone whose barrier is already unstable, piling on stimulating treatments is not the first step.
• A face that no longer feels firm in your twenties does not equal going straight to ultrasound or radiofrequency: many people are not lax at all, but dealing with fat, swelling, or contour issues.

Why cut treatments away first during a consultation?

Because seeing the problem correctly is more useful than knowing how many machines exist. A client comes in with ten treatments, and the director of our clinic narrows them down to three. In aesthetic medicine, knowing more machines does not make you better; seeing your own problem correctly first can genuinely save a lot of money.