Injectable Fillers

The goal of aesthetic treatment is to make you look brighter and more youthful. As we age, our face loses volume, which results in facial sagging, hollow areas and wrinkles.

In addition, dark circles form under the eyes, cheeks begin to sag and the folds between your nose and the corners of your mouth become more noticeable. Frown lines and lip lines appear as well. A quick assessment is all that is required to calculate a patient’s age by looking at his or her face and one way to improve volume loss is to inject fillers into areas of your face that have lost volume due to ageing.

When addressing concerns such as volume loss, wrinkles and facial sagging, the approach that will produce the quickest result is full facial correction using multiple syringes of filler. If your facial skin sags, you may think you need a skin tightening procedure or even a face-lift to correct the problem, when in fact what you may actually need is a procedure that replenishes the volume that created the sagging in the first place.

At the Skin Specialist Centre we prefer hylauronic acid fillers, such as Restylane® and Juvederm® because they look and feel natural when injected. Hyaluronic acid fillers have many advantages. Firstly, hyaluronic acid is a natural component of our skin and is a soft gel that surrounds and cushions the structural collagen molecules. Another is that the treatment is reversible, meaning that if a problem arises we can inject an enzyme (Hyaluronidase) that breaks down the injected hyaluronic acid, thus neutralising the problem. The third advantage is that hyaluronic acid fillers have a long safety record.

Our goal is to achieve complete correction with the initial treatment. This makes it easier to maintain the correct volume. Maintenance treatments are needed every six to twelve months as during the maintenance period some of the filler is re-absorbed by the body, but some remains in the corrected area. Over time the amount of filler needed for maintenance decreases, which reduces treatment, down-time and saves money.