Injectable fillers
Injectable Fillers Overview
When it comes to injectable fillers, what's in a brand name? If you've just begun looking into facial treatment, the options may seem overwhelming and confusing. There are many brand names with several ingredients, which have different, but perhaps overlapping, uses.
This article will help clarify which ingredients are in which brand names for injectable fillers. You'll learn about their primary uses, as well as other uses for which some practices may be using injectables.
Ingredients and Brand Names
You may not have heard of the ingredient calcium hydroxylapatite, but perhaps have heard of its brand name, Radiesse. You may have heard of the term "fat fillers," but do not realize that fat filler ingredients may be human-based or bovine-based (derived from cows). Ingredients play an important role in the function of an injectable or filler. Following is a discussion of ingredients and brand names.
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Injectable Fillers
Fillers are used to fill in wrinkles and facial depressions that may come with age. Many patients misunderstand fillers and sometime confuse them with BOTOX®. Fillers are substances that are injected under the skin or lips to plump up the tissues. Facial fillers replace skin fluid that, when lost, cause wrinkles. In youth, our skin is plump from a natural sugar called hyaluronic acid that attracts water. As we age, our skin thins by loss of collagen and fluid.
Since there are a number of available fillers for fine and deep wrinkles, both may be used in the same patient. We often layer them in the same areas in order to plump folds and fill the lines that often lie in the depths of those folds. They can be given in minutes with a tiny needle to give definition to the lips and fill other wrinkles such as laugh lines. The results are instantaneous, producing a long-lasting (6-9 months), natural enhancement, which is gentle and safe to the skin. You may return to normal activities within hours.
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Injectable Fillers Types
There is a vast array of injectable fillers on the market worldwide. Out of any product category, injectable filler types are the most abundant. From bovine collagen to hyaluronic acid, to even permanent injectable micro implants such as Artecoll, injectable fillers can be a quick, effective and inexpensive solution.
Injectable fillers are generally considered soft tissue augmentation materials. There are many categories which include temporary absorbable methods and permanent products which are very difficult to remove. In this section, we will cover the most common products and even the newer, up and coming brands, all over the world.
Information on Injectable Fillers
The support structure of your skin is formed by natural proteins. Wrinkles begin to appear when these proteins thin. This loss is usually connected to aging, but smoking, exposure to the sun, pollution, health, heredity, and lifestyle may also be the cause. The injectable fillers are substances that can be used to both lift lines and sculpt the face. They can fill wrinkles, scars, under-eye depressions, build up cheeks and chins, lift brows, and define and enlarge the lips. Injectable fillers are a popular treatment
and are administered by way of a simple injection treatment, for which no anaesthetic is required.
There are many 'fillers' available and in some cases it may be recommended that a combination of injectable fillers are used to treat or improve a particular condition. Some injectible fillers require a skin test prior to treatment to ensure that you have no allergy to the product but in the last few years various products have become available which avoid the necessity for such an allergy test.
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