Comparison

Letybo vs Jeuveau

Two cosmetic-only toxins at the same 20-unit dose, both competing on price. The one real difference is what each was tested against.
Written & medically reviewed by the Dermapedia team
At a Glance

Letybo and Jeuveau are the two closest products in this category. Both are botulinum toxin type A. Both are approved in the US for frown lines and nothing else. Both use 20 units. Both arrived competing on price.

The one meaningful difference is the evidence behind them. Jeuveau was tested head to head against Botox in a large trial. Letybo's trials compared it against a placebo. Both approaches are enough for FDA approval — but only one of these products has been measured against an established competitor.

For the result on your face, expect them to be very similar. Nobody has compared them directly, and there is no reason from what has been published to expect a visible difference.

Letybo
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Jeuveau
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What it is

Botulinum toxin type A

Made by Hugel, in South Korea. US approval 2024, launch 2025.

Botulinum toxin type A

Made by Evolus. US approval 2019.

What it is approved to treat

Frown lines only
Frown lines only
Both
Both are cosmetic-only products with no medical approvals. Neither is approved for forehead lines or crow's feet.

The dose for frown lines

20 units, in 5 injections of 4 units
20 units, in 5 injections of 4 units
Both
The doses match, but the units are still defined separately by each maker and are not officially interchangeable.

What is around the toxin

A protein complex, about 900 kDa
A protein complex, about 900 kDa
Both
Structurally these two are more alike than most pairs in this category.

What it was tested against

Placebo, in three trials of about 1,270 people

Success rates ranged from 47% to 65% across the three.

Botox, head to head, plus placebo

Jeuveau performed comparably to Botox at the same 20-unit dose.

Both
Jeuveau has the strongest head-to-head evidence of any product in this group. That is about the quality of testing, not about a better result.

Track record in the US

Since 2025
Since 2019

What it costs

Entered as a lower-cost option
Built its business on being the value option
Both
Both compete on price, so the gap between them is usually small. Clinic and city matter more than brand here.

Who tends to be happy with it

Best for
Frown lines, wherever it is offered at a good price.
The mindset
You are comfortable with the newer arrival.
Best for
Frown lines, from people who want the longer US record of the two.
The mindset
You want the option that has been measured against Botox.

What the head-to-head trial actually showed

Jeuveau's main trial gave one group Jeuveau, one group Botox at the same dose, and one group a placebo. Both real products worked far better than the placebo, and Jeuveau performed comparably to Botox.

One caveat that gets dropped constantly: that trial was built to show Jeuveau was not worse than Botox, not that it was better. Jeuveau's figure came out slightly higher. That is not a win, and the study was not designed to detect one.

Letybo's three trials each compared it against a placebo, which is the more common route to approval. It cleared that bar in all three.

A useful lesson from Letybo's three trials

Letybo's own results show why cross-trial comparisons are unreliable.

The same product, at the same dose, produced success rates from 47% to 65% across its three trials. The drug did not change, and the trials used an identical design and an identical way of scoring success. What differed was who took part, where, and how big each trial was.

Keep that range in mind whenever you see two brands' numbers pulled from separate studies and set side by side in a chart. A gap of a few points between studies means almost nothing when the same drug can swing eighteen points across its own.

That is a different situation from Jeuveau's head-to-head trial, where both products were tested in the same study at the same time. That comparison is real — it simply was not designed to crown a winner.

Worth asking before you book

  • What does the whole treatment cost?
  • How many times have you used this brand?
  • How many units, and where exactly?
  • Is a two-week check included if one side sits higher?

Get emergency help now if

  • You have trouble swallowing, speaking, or breathing
  • You feel weakness spreading to muscles you did not have treated

Go to an emergency department or call 911. Do not wait for a call back. These are rare, but they are the symptoms named in the FDA boxed warning that every botulinum toxin product carries, deaths have been reported, and they can begin hours or even weeks after treatment.

Call your injector if

  • One eyelid or eyebrow starts to droop, or your vision changes
  • One side sits noticeably higher than the other at two weeks

If a vision change is sudden or severe, seek urgent care rather than waiting.

Questions people ask+
Is there any real difference between Letybo and Jeuveau?Very little on paper. Both are cosmetic-only, both use 20 units for frown lines, and both are protein complexes of similar size. The clearest difference is that Jeuveau was tested directly against Botox and Letybo was tested against a placebo.
Which one is cheaper?Both compete on price, so the difference is usually small and depends more on the clinic than the brand. Ask for the price of the whole treatment.
Did Jeuveau beat Botox in its trial?No, and it was not designed to. The trial was built to show Jeuveau was not worse than Botox. Jeuveau's number came out slightly higher, but that gap is not a meaningful result.
Is Letybo approved for anything besides frown lines?Not in the US. The same is true of Jeuveau — both are cosmetic-only products.
Which one lasts longer?Neither label states a duration, and the two have never been compared. In practice, botulinum toxin treatments generally last about three to four months.
Can either be used on the forehead?Injectors do use both there, but it is off-label for both. In the US, neither is approved beyond frown lines.