Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers are injections that contain a gel, with the content of this gel varying depending on the filler you choose. The most common fillers are made from hyaluronic acid, but there are so many other skin-plumping substances out there that can be used. The filler you choose will also have an impact over how long your results last, with this ranging from six months to 18 months.
Dermal fillers are fantastic for adding volume to the face or the body. While they are most commonly used on the cheeks and the lips, they can be injected into just about anywhere in the skin that needs plumping up.
Here are eight popular uses for dermal fillers:
- Adding Shape and Volume to the Lips
Lip Filler Before and After
While some people naturally have full and plump lips, there are more people who don’t. The fact that the lips commonly thin with age doesn’t help either!
This is why more and more people have been turning to dermal fillers to add volume and shape to their lips. This simple treatment can really make a huge difference to your overall look.
Lip fillers are usually carried out over the course of a few treatments.
Why?
Because this enables you to slowly get used to the plumpness, preventing over-plumping from occurring. As you may have recently seen on a number of celebrities, over-plumped lips are a common problem, and are the main concern when undergoing lip fillers.
Doing this gradually helps to avoid this problem. An experienced surgeon will also know exactly how much of the filler to inject into each lip. Usually, the bottom lip requires more, and the top lip only requires a very small amount. This ensures that you end up with a natural look. After all, you don’t want it to be obvious that you have had fillers put in!
When it comes to lip fillers, hyaluronic acid or collagen are the most popular options.
While both of these plump the lips up, hyaluronic acid has the added advantage of being a powerful humectant. This means that it can hold on to a large amount of water, giving you an even more natural look.
- Fading Away Laugh Lines
While laughter is great for your physical and mental health, laughing does also lead to those pesky laugh lines forming around the mouth.
These lines are also referred to as:
Marionette lines
Nasolabial folds
Smile lines
Laugh lines are pretty much an unavoidable part of aging, especially for people who are quite expressive.
However, if you have taken a dislike to your laugh lines, dermal fillers can help you to clear them.
How?
The fillers are injected into the actual creases around your mouth. This then adds volume and plumpness, making the creases so much less visible.
- Sculpting the Jaw and Chin
So many people are unhappy with the appearance of their chin and jawline.
Why?
For a number of reasons…
It could be down to age, which usually makes the chin and jawline sag. Others may be genetically predisposed to having a weaker jawline, or even a small chin that looks disproportionate to the rest of the face.
A strong chin and jawline tends to be more attractive, which is why more and more people are opting for dermal fillers to help re-sculpt this part of their face.
When used on the chin, dermal fillers can:
Stiffen the skin
Define the chin and jowls
Minimize the appearance of a weak chin
Lengthen the chin to balance out facial proportions
These fillers are usually injected into the chin itself.
When used on the jawline, dermal fillers add so much definition, leaving your face looking much sharper and more contoured.
Where about on the face are jawline fillers injected?
Usually in the chin too, as well as the corners of the jaw. Your dermatologist may also need to inject fillers into your cheekbones too to give your jawline an added lift.
- Treating Acne Scarring
Acne scarring is more common than you would think…
Research shows that at least 40% of those who suffer from active acne also end up with scars.
Acne scars, just like any other type of scar, can be quite difficult to clear. While chemical peels and laser treatments can sometimes help, this does depend on the type of acne scar you have. Ice pick scars, boxcar scars and rolling scars tend to be the hardest to treat. https://introlift.com/best-treatments-for-acne-scars/
Fortunately, this is something that dermal fillers can help with…
How?
The fillers are usually injected just beneath the scars. These then have the effect of lifting up depressed scars, giving the skin a smoother and brighter appearance.
The way in which the injection needle targets the fibroblast cells in the skin also stimulates your skin into producing more collagen and elastin. This gives you longer-lasting results from the treatment, as your skin will be working harder to heal itself.
Some fillers are also able to break up the bands in the skin that cause the scars, making them even less noticeable over time.
You are probably thinking…
If fillers are temporary, doesn’t this mean that my acne scars will only return after a while?
In a way, yes. However, many practitioners have found that when the scars do return, they are never usually quite as severe as they were before the fillers were injected.
- Clearing Tech Neck Lines
Do you spend quite a bit of time looking down at a screen?
These repeated motions will soon lead to what is now being coined as tech neck.
What is tech neck?
It’s the horizontal wrinkles and lines that appear on the neck, due to you constantly bending your neck downwards.
Of course, even if you don’t do this, you may still experience lines on your neck due to age. The skin here is much thinner and more delicate than people realize, meaning that it does not take long for it to become loose and wrinkled.
This is where dermal fillers come in…
They provide pretty much instant results to tech neck, plumping this area up and restoring its youthful appearance.
Are the lines on your neck vertical rather than horizontal?
This would mean that they are bands rather than rings, and cannot really be treated with dermal fillers. Instead, you will likely need to opt for a surgical treatment if you want to clear these.
Have you noticed that the lines on your neck extend further down to the rest of your décolletage?
This is common due to how the muscles in the neck and shoulders are pretty much constantly moving. The décolletage also tends to experience more sun exposure than other parts of the body, leading to a crepey appearance over time.
Well, dermal fillers can be injected here too. This will rejuvenate your décolletage and increase the moisture content of the skin here, giving you a plumper, smoother and tighter appearance.
- Adding Volume to Hollowness Underneath the Eyes
Have you noticed that the area underneath your eyes has appeared more hollow over the years?
This is common, and is due to the natural loss of collagen and elastin that occurs with age. This results in the skin losing its volume and structure, leading to the hollowness. This hollowness is sometimes also referred to as a tear trough.
Since dermal fillers are so effective at restoring lost volume and plumping the skin back up, they are a great option to consider if you want to treat this hollowness.
Not only will the fillers have an immediate effect, but the way in which they stimulate the skin into naturally producing more collagen and elastin will help to add volume to this area over the long term.
Fillers that treat hollowness underneath the eyes will also help with:
Dark circles
Eye bags
Fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes
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