Nasolabial Folds Turned Into Two Hot Dogs After Filler: What Went Wrong?

At Alive Dermatology Clinic, we have seen cases like this in consultation: filler was injected to improve nasolabial folds, and the face ended up with two hot-dog-like marks that look very unnatural when smiling. Results like these are usually not a matter of luck — they come from a few pitfalls that can be avoided in advance.

What might lie behind a cheap price?

At places advertising low prices, a common reason is that the injectable has been diluted until it is like water, or that the number of shots was simply not enough.

A low price does not mean low cost — what is saved tends to come out of the amount injected into your face.

Why is filling every hollow as it appears a bad idea?

This is the approach of an older era. Continuously stuffing filler into hollows without providing bony support ends up creating a puffy, doughy face.

Filling is not finished once the hollows are leveled out; stacking without support makes the contours lose their natural undulation.

What should be confirmed before injection?

If the product is not unboxed in front of you and verified as genuine original product by scanning the QR Code, just stand up and leave.

Unboxing and verification must both happen before your eyes — there is no substitute for this step.

What kind of result counts as natural?

The ideal that aesthetic medicine pursues is that people think you have become prettier but cannot say what you had done.

Our clinic is in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and during consultation we explain each of these steps clearly, so that results stop at the point where others cannot tell what was done and simply feel you are in better shape.