About Dermal Fillers

Dermal fillers are used to “re-volumize” areas of the face that have lost their volume. The goal of injectable dermal fillers is never to morph your face into something it was never meant to be. Instead they are used to enhance your natural beauty and to recreate fullness in areas that have gone “flat” or thinned or lost their definition with age.

Why Dermal Fillers?

• Injectable treatments are quick, relatively painless, and safe when done by a licensed practitioner. They’re nonsurgical and noninvasive, so they require minimal downtime. 
• Hyaluronic acid fillers are nearly identical to what’s produced in our bodies, so it dissolves more naturally over time than other ingredients. 
• Hyaluronic acid fillers can be easily reversed with hyaluronidase, an enzyme that breaks down HA, if you don’t like your results. 
• Dermal fillers can last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years depending upon a variety of factors.
• Dermal fillers are considered safe, but side effects can occur. Such side effects include redness at the injection site, allergic reaction (especially with collagen), granulomas (hard lumps under the skin), bumps, bruising, or asymmetry. Side effects are rare. For a full list of side effects click here.

What is hyaluronic acid?

Hyaluronic acid, or HA, is a natural substance in the body that delivers volume to the skin. Spoiler alert—the name is somewhat of a misnomer, because hyaluronic acid actually isn’t an acid at all. It’s a complex sugar, a polysaccharide molecule that’s naturally found in both our skin and other connective tissue in the body. Naturally occurring hyaluronic acid decreases both with age and due to exposure to UV rays and environmental pollution.

What are the different types of dermal fillers and what do they do?

• JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA™ XC injectable gel is for deep injection in the cheek area to correct age-related volume loss and for augmentation of the chin region to improve the chin profile in adults over 21.
• JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE™ XC, JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC, and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels are for injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE™ XC injectable gel is for adults over 21.
• JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA™ XC injectable gel is for injection into the lips for lip augmentation and for correction of perioral lines in adults over 21.
• JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gel is for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over 21.
• Restylane Kysse is the first lip filler designed with XpresHAn Technology™ for flexible movement and natural-looking volume proven to last for up to 1 year. Enhance texture and color of the lips while maintaining a full range of expressions.
• Restylane® Lyft is a safe, effective and dissolvable HA filler. The first and only hyaluronic acid filler FDA-approved to treat your face and hands in the same appointment — and can result in a more youthful-looking appearance.