If fine lines and loose-looking pores have you searching for skin Botox, you will quickly run into several different names - dermatoxin, dermotoxin, micro-Botox - that all point to the same treatment. This article looks at how skin Botox differs from conventional Botox, and what is worth checking when you choose a clinic.
How skin Botox differs from conventional Botox
Botox placed in the forehead, the glabella, or the jaw muscles works in the muscle layer, easing muscle movement. Skin Botox, by contrast, is injected in small amounts into the shallower dermal layer in a dense pattern, with the aim of softening fine lines across the face, tightening pores, and caring for skin texture and firmness at the same time. Because it targets the skin - derma, or dermo - it is also called dermatoxin or dermotoxin.
What to check is the total amount of toxin
Even when the treatment is called the same thing, clinics dilute the product to different degrees. That is why the total amount of toxin actually used is the item worth confirming when you compare quotes. An unusually low price generally has a reason behind it. At Skinique Clinic, a full-face skin Botox session uses one complete 50-unit vial as a rule.
Shorter intervals, resistance, and why Xeomin
Wrinkle-relaxing Botox is usually repeated every four to six months, while skin Botox tends to be repeated every two to three months. With shorter intervals, questions about resistance naturally follow. Skinique Clinic performs skin Botox with Xeomin, which is known for carrying a lower risk of resistance developing. Response to the product and how long the results hold do vary from person to person, so the interval is best decided together with your doctor.
How a session is carried out
A visit runs in this order: consultation with the doctor, cleansing, numbing cream, preparation, the injections, and going home.
The treatment everyone else recommends and the treatment your own skin needs are not always the same. Finding where the two meet is what shapes how satisfied you are afterwards, which is why every treatment at Skinique Clinic begins with a consultation with the doctor who will actually perform it.
Once the plan is settled, an aesthetician handles the cleansing and applies the numbing cream,
and the Xeomin product and its expiry date are checked with you, right in front of you.
Fifty units of Xeomin are made up to a total of 2.5 cc and divided across five syringes, and preparation is complete. Delivered at a consistent depth in the dermis - starting at the forehead and moving on to the eye area, the butterfly zone across the mid-cheeks, and the jawline - the product acts on the fine muscle fibres and sebaceous glands within the skin, working toward improvement in fine lines, radiance, pores, and firmness.
In the end it comes down to injection density
Using a genuine product at an adequate dose matters, and so does the accuracy of each single injection. Some clinics describe a session as full-face dermatoxin while placing only around twenty injections. Skinique Clinic divides the product across roughly a hundred injections spread over the whole face. Asking about those two numbers - the total units and the number of injections - is often enough to tell one clinic from another.
Wrapping Up
Skin Botox is injected densely into the dermis to address fine lines, pores, and skin texture together, and the points to judge a clinic on are the total amount of product, a toxin chosen with resistance in mind, and how meticulously the injections are placed. Detailed pricing is available on the price guide. If you are looking into skin Botox near Gangnam Station or Sinnonhyeon Station, you are welcome to ask about the right skin Botox approach for your skin over chat.
This article was written by Dr. Park Tae-hyung, Chief Director. He is the chief director of Skinique Clinic and serves as academic director of the Korean Society for Laser, Dermatology and Hair.
First published January 18, 2024 · Last reviewed August 23, 2026
This article is general medical information, and skin condition and response to treatment vary from person to person. Whether to undergo treatment, and by which method, should be decided through an in-person consultation.