Dermal Fillers
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How does it work?
Dermal fillers can achieve overall beauty enhancement by contouring and balancing the profile of the face, adding volume to the lips, augmenting the cheeks, and smoothing out lines & wrinkles.
What are dermal fillers?
Hyaluronic acid fillers are made from a natural, complex sugar found in all living cells. Injecting it into the layers of the skin adds volume to spaces between the collagen and elastin fibers that become damaged or lost during the aging process. Hyaluronic acid’s natural form is a liquid state. However, through the process of cross-linking, it has been formulated into a variety of gel products.
What happens when I get filler?
The procedure varies with the filler your provider will use, the part of the body to be treated, and your medical history. Here are some general guidelines about what you can expect:
- Most filler treatments take between 15 and 30 minutes and require one office visit.
- Before getting the injections, you may need ice, an anesthetic applied to the skin, or a nerve block (an injection). This varies with the filler and area to be treated. Hands generally do not need anesthesia; lips often require a nerve block.
- Your provider will inject the filler into the area, often giving you several injections to produce the best results.
- You may feel a stinging or burning sensation as the filler is injected.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most patients can return to their everyday activities after leaving the office. To reduce any redness and swelling from the injections, your dermatologist may recommend icing the area for 15 to 20 minutes before you leave. After leaving the office, you should: Wait until the next day to exercise or do any other strenuous activity, Stay out of the sun and do not use a tanning bed or other type of indoor tanning, Avoid touching the treated area for three days, unless you receive instructions to massage the area.
This varies with the filler. Most fillers do not cause downtime. Be sure to ask your dermatologist whether you will have downtime.
This also varies with the filler. Most fillers fill the skin, so they produce immediate — or close to immediate — results. A filler also can stimulate your body to produce collagen, but this takes time.
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