Introduction to Volumising-Style Dermal Fillers
A loss of volume in the face as we age can change our appearance. As our natural collagen production drops, we may notice the appearance of sagging skin and other signs of ageing. Aesthetic procedures can address these concerns or help us achieve aesthetic goals for our facial features.
Volumising-style dermal fillers can add volume to the cheeks and lips. These filler injections can form part of a lip augmentation process.
Why Use Volumising-Style Dermal Fillers?
As we grow older, we lose some of our facial volume, leading to flatter cheeks and sagging skin. Dermal filler procedures can help us achieve a more youthful appearance. They can also help us reach goals for lip augmentation
Some individuals may also seek to enhance the features of their face to address genetically determined features or to achieve personal aesthetic goals. Volumising-style dermal fillers are used to add volume to the facial features. Dermal fillers made from flexible gels provide suitable support when the face is both at rest and moving.
Treatment Areas
Volumising-style dermal fillers can be used to create volume and shape in areas including such as the cheeks, temples, and lips.
The Treatment
Treatments with a volumising-style filler usually take 15 to 45 minutes. A touch-up treatment may be recommended about two weeks after the initial treatment. Some dermal fillers contain a local anaesthetic to help reduce discomfort during your treatment.
Patients who have had a dermal Filler treatment may experience some post-treatment side effects. These side effects can include pain, swelling, redness, bruising, or tenderness at the treatment site. They typically disappear within a week after injection. Though fillers are minimally invasive, they still carry some risks. There are serious side effects that can occur, such as blood vessel occlusion. Before the treatment begins, you can talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits.
Treatments with volumising-style dermal filler can last up to 18 months, depending on the part of the face they are done on. The results may differ depending on the treatment area, the product selected, and the characteristics of the individual.
The Science Behind Hyaloronic Acid Fillers
Our bodies naturally contain substances that keep our skin tissue soft, hydrated, and flexible. Hyaluronic acid is one such substance. It is a sugar molecule (a type of ‘glycosaminoglycan’) that has a high ability to bind water.
As we age, our skin contains less of this compound, leading to thinner, dryer skin. With a hyaluronic acid dermal filler, we can help you reduce the appearance of wrinkles and more.
Some of our dermal fillers contain this glycosaminoglycan. When it is placed into deeper layers of the skin, it helps to keep body tissues hydrated. It provides a consistency that is soft but firm enough to retain volume and shape in the cheeks, lips, and temples.
Adds volume to the cheeks and lips
Plumps ageing faces
Contains a sugar molecule that keeps skin hydrated
Before & After
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown lines and crow's feet;
- Dermal fillers: under eyes, cheeks, smile lines and lips.
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown and smile lines;
- Dermal fillers: cheeks and smile lines.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines and jawline.
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown and smile lines;
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines and lips.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: under eyes.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheeks and lips.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, nose, chin and lips
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: forehead, cheekbones, cheeks, nose, lips and chin.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheekbones, nose, cheeks and smile lines
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, lips and chin.
- Individual results may vary.
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines and lips;
- Skin hydration boosters: cheeks
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown lines;
- Dermal fillers: under eyes, cheekbones, cheeks and smile lines.
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown lines and crow's feet;
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines, lips and chin.
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown lines and crow's feet;
- Dermal fillers: cheeks, smile lines, lips and chin.
- Individual results may vary.
- Anti-wrinkle treatments: frown lines and crow’s feet;
- Dermal fillers: cheeks and smile lines.
- Individual results may vary.
Individual results may vary.
Questions to Ask Before Treatment
Has your doctor recommended filling-style dermal fillers to you? It is important that you read through any material they provide you with carefully. Here are some questions you can ask your doctor:
Are you a registered member of the HPCSA?
• How much experience have you had with aesthetic procedures involving dermal fillers?
• Do you use a substance that is approved for use in South Africa?
• What are the expected results from the treatment?
• What happens during the treatment?
• Are my medications, medical history, and previous treatments a factor in this treatment?
• Do I need to be aware of any side effects or precautions?
• Is there anything I need to do before and after the treatment?
• You can also ask them about any other questions you may have.
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