Fillers
Treatment for volume loss.
Soft Tissue Loss
As we age, there is a natural loss of fat, muscle and thinning of skin. Bone resorption occurs around the eyes, the cheek and jaw bone. These changes contribute to the hollow look that occurs with aging around the eyes, temples, mouth, and jawline.
Many people look in the mirror and see a face aging quicker than their soul. It is natural to want our faces to represent how we feel. Fillers are used to treat the volume loss in skin, fat, muscle and bone in the face.
Fillers can be placed to treat fine lines, wrinkles, folds, depressions and sagging tissues of the face and even neck. Traditional uses of fillers include treatment of nasolabial folds (creases from the nose to the mouth), marionette lines (crease from the corner of the mouth to the chin), tear troughs (hollowed areas around the eyes), and to fill the lips. Firmer forms of injectables such as Restylane Lyft and Voluma, can be used to support sagging tissues of the face.
What Do Fillers Address?
Nasolabial Folds
Jowling
Midface Deflation
Tear Troughs
Lips
Downturned Corners of the Mouth
Fine to Moderate Lines
Temporal Hollowing
Nasal Irregularities (liquid rhinoplasty)
Small, Retruded Chin
By filling areas that gradually lose volume with age, fillers can lift tissues and treat drooping brows, sagging cheeks, down turned mouths, jowling, and hollowing of the the temples and face, and provide results of a "liquid facelift."
Liquid Facelift
Fillers may be used to cosmetically enhance the nose by blending a hump or other asymmetries to create a smooth nasal profile. It can also augment "flat" noses that have deficient nasal bridges and increase projection of the tip.
Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty
Full lips signify youth, openness, and friendliness. Natural enhancement requires knowledge of lip anatomy, respecting normal boundaries, and understanding the patient's desires. Lips
Naturally Full Lips
What is Involved?
After a full facial analysis, the areas of concern are marked out with a pencil. Based on the treatment area, filler options will be presented.
There are two main families of fillers - Restylane and Juvederm. Within each family, there are fillers of varying density and support.
The appropriate filler will then be selected in order to obtain optimal results.
Topical numbing cream is typically used to increase comfort. The filler is strategically placed to counter signs of volume loss.
Fillers typically last 9 to 12 months. Some forms may last much longer, up to 2 years.
Fillers range from $400 - $700 a syringe. The volume and longevity of the filler often dictates the cost of the filler.
What are the Side Effects & Down Time?
There may be some swelling and potentially mild soreness in the region where fillers are placed for the first 2-3 days.
Bruising may occur with any needle insertion. Ways to avoid more bruising than typical would be to avoid aspirin 10 days prior to the procedure, icing, keeping your head elevated, and using Arnica - an herbal supplement shown to help resolve swelling and bruising.
Our fillers are made of hyaluronic acid. The advantages of this is that hyaluronic acid can easily be dissolved with an injection of hyaluronidase if necessary.
