Recent developments in dermal fillers and injectables

Recent developments in injectables and fillers have included study result finding that there was no statistically significant difference in the treatment of melomental folds with Botox compared with Dysport.

Consensus recommendations developed for using Belotero and Radiesse in the Asian face also was among recently published research:

Botox, Dysport equally effective in treating melomental folds

There was no statistically significant difference in the treatment of melomental folds with Botox compared with Dysport, with both treated sides showing relatively equal improvement, according to study results.

Sabrina G. Fabi

Sabrina G. Fabi, MD, and colleagues conducted a single-center study of 20 women (mean age, 56.4 years) with moderate-to-severe melomental folds at rest. Read more

Full-facial volume restoration sustained over 18 months with hyaluronic acid filler

Full-facial volume restoration was sustained over 18 months in patients who received hyaluronic acid filler with lidocaine, according to recently published study results.

Researchers studied 60 patients (54 women; mean age, 53.5 years) between February 2012 and March 2013 at four centers in Brazil. Read more

Consensus recommendations developed for using Belotero, Radiesse in the Asian face

Consensus recommendations developed specifically for the use of fillers in the Asian face include focusing on the augmentation of the midface when treating multiple areas, according to recently published results.

The Asia-Pacific Consensus group met in July 2014 in Hong Kong to develop consensus recommendations based on their experiences usingBelotero (cohesive polydensified matrix hyaluronic acid, Merz Pharmaceutical GmbH) and Radiesse (calcium hydroxylapatite, Merz Pharmaceutical GmbH) fillers. Read more

VIDEO: Reducing swelling when injecting Radiesse into the back of hands

CHICAGO — In this video perspective from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting, Kimberly J. Butterwick, MD, discusses her technique to avoid swelling when injecting Radiesse into the back of the hands.

Butterwick, a dermatologist in private practice in San Diego and blogger for Healio.com/Dermatology, reported that she dilutes Radiesse (calcium hydroxyapatite, Merz) with lidocaine and epinephrine. She also reported that she uses only half a syringe in each hand of a patient who actively uses his or her hands as a way to avoid swelling. Watch video

VIDEO: Facial shaping called 'next evolution in fillers'

CHICAGO — In this video perspective, Vince Bertucci, MD, discusses his presentation on facial shaping at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting.

“Facial shaping is really the next evolution in fillers,” Bertucci, a dermatologist in the Toronto area and president of the Canadian Dermatology Association, told Healio.com, while discussing the Mona Lisa Mastery session. Watch video