Face Fillers
What are Soft Tissue Fillers?
Facial fillers are products such as collagen, hyaluronic acid and calcium hydroxyl apatite that rejuvenate facial skin by reducing or eliminating wrinkles, raising scar depressions, enhancing lips and replacing soft-tissue volume loss through facial injections. With age, our skin becomes more susceptible to wrinkles and sagging. Exposure to sun and years of muscle movement (squinting, chewing, smiling ) contribute to tissue breakdown of the skin.
Facial fillers are temporary to long-lasting solutions administered through a few tiny facial injections on specific areas of the face. Various types of facial fillers are available; each is designed with one or several purposes, such as wrinkle reduction and lip augmentation. Facial fillers will volumize creases and folds in the face in areas that have lost fat and collagen as we age. Hyaluronic acid is the natural filler substance in your body. The face starts to lack volume and appears aged with deeper nasolabial folds, unaesthetic marionette lines, a deeper mentalis fold, the lips start to thin, and turning down the corners of the lips. Hyaluronic acid fillers such as Juvederm are then injected extraorally right underneath these folds to replace the volume lost which creates a younger look in the face.
Procedure and Results
The facial filler procedure is quick, easy, and relatively painless. The facial filler will be injected into the desired area with a very fine needle. You may feel a slight prickling sensation during the injections, but this is usually well tolerated by patients. After the facial filler has been injected, you may have some slight bruising and swelling, but this will usually resolve within a few days.
You will be able to see an immediate difference in the treated area after your facial filler injection. Results from facial fillers can last anywhere from six months to two years, depending on the type of facial filler used.