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What are dermal fillers?

Dermal fillers are used to help reduce the appearance of facial lines and to bring volume and a more youthful fullness to the face.

With aging, the subcutaneous fat decreases in the face, which makes facial muscles work closer to the skin surface, leading to visible smile lines and crow’s feet. In addition, aging causes facial skin to stretch more, adding to the loss of facial volume.

Dermal fillers have various uses:

Non-surgical rejuvenation treatments, such as soft-tissue fillers, cannot achieve the same results as a surgical procedure like a facelift, brow lift or eye lift; however, fillers can delay the time to when consideration of a facelift becomes appropriate for many patients.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recommends dermal fillers to candidates who are physically healthy and do not smoke, as well as those who have positive and realistic goals in mind for their procedures.

There is no recovery time following a procedure with dermal fillers, and patients can resume their normal lives immediately. However, immediately following the procedure, patients may experience an over-filling of the face in the treated areas, mild swelling, bruising, redness and temporary numbness. Icing is recommended following the procedure, and these conditions should improve within a few hours or days.

When a patient’s own fat is injected, the healing process is longer and make take a few weeks.

The ASPS recommends choosing a board-certified plastic surgeon, as he or she is trained in all types of non-surgical and surgical facial rejuvenation. These surgeons also have specialized training and thorough knowledge on facial anatomy.

Refererences:

http://www.Plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/dermal-fillers.html.

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