Dermal Fillers
What are Dermal Fillers?
Dermal fillers are gel-like substances injected under the skin to improve the appearance of the face and hands. They can be used to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, scars, and hollows.
What are they used for?
What are they used for?
Facial lines: Dermal fillers can smooth out lines around the mouth and nose, including smile lines, marionette lines, and parentheses.
Lips: Dermal fillers can plump and enhance the lips, and diminish vertical lip lines.
Cheeks: Dermal fillers can restore volume to sunken cheeks or temples.
Hands: Dermal fillers can rejuvenate the hands.
Under-eye circles: Dermal fillers can smooth out deep under-eye circles.
Contour deformities: Dermal fillers can help with contour deformities, such as recessed scars.
How do they work?
Dermal fillers are made from materials that the body breaks down and absorbs over time.
The effects of dermal fillers are temporary, so the procedure may need to be repeated.
The results depend on the type of filler, the volume used, and the patient's lifestyle factors.
What are they made from?
Hyaluronic acid, a natural component of the skin's connective tissue
Calcium hydroxylapatite, which can treat deeper wrinkles and skin folds
Collagens, which may come from pigs, cows, cadavers, or be generated in a laboratory
Biosynthetic polymers, such as polycaprolactone, polymethylmethacrylate, and polylactic acid