Lips & Wrinkles
Dermal (or skin) fillers are substances which can be injected into the skin to soften lines and wrinkles or to create fuller lips. Dynamic lines around the eyes and frown areas may be more suited to treatment with a muscle relaxant injection.
What are fillers and what are they used for?
Dermal or subdermal fillers are substances which can be injected into or under the skin for a variety of effects.
Lips
As we age, lips tend to thin, and the injection of even small volumes will create a fuller effect. Filler may be injected to improve definition, increase fullness, or to reduce lines and wrinkles.
Lines
Many lines around the face area will improve with injection of fillers directly under the line, but often further treatment is necessary in order to strengthen the structural supports of the skin around the line.
A muscle relaxant injection may be beneficial in terms of further line prevention and also to improve longevity of the filler.
Lines especially around the mouth are often injected - nasolabial lines, the marionettes and the chin crease.
The tear trough is very successfully injected and has the effect of making the face look less tired.
Cheeks
Restoration of lost volume in the cheeks is easily achieved, relieving hollowness or gauntness and returning the cheeks to a natural youthful plumpness.
What fillers are used at Laser Skin Care?
We use Hyaluronic Acid which is a non animal product which means that the likelihood of allergy is exceedingly rare and pretesting is unnecessary. It has a longevity which varies from 6 to 12 months. It is gradually reabsorbed.
What is involved in treatment?
For the injection of lines or wrinkles, treatment involves some discomfort, and an anaesthetic cream may be applied an hour beforehand. With regards to the treatment of the lips, local anaesthetic injection is often required to numb the area.
The procedure generally takes around 30 minutes with the effect usually lasting between 3 months to a year but is extremely variable. Due to variations in the individual response and the degree of fullness desired, the effect is often assessed at 3 to 4 weeks post treatment. Further injection may be undergone at this stage.
What are their side effects?
Side effects include:
• local swelling
• redness
• bruising
• Lumpiness or irregularity of the filler
• granuloma (long-term nodules), allergy, infection and ischaemia ( rare)
This procedure is not recommended for:
• Pregnant or breast feeding women.
• Patients who have Roaccutane in the last 3 months.
• Those with a medical history of auto-immune type diseases (lupus or rheumatoid arthritis) or multiple allergies.
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