Fillers Q & A
What are fillers?
Dermal fillers are substances that help reduce wrinkles and hollows by plumping up the tissues underneath the skin. Dermal fillers are an effective solution for common signs of aging such as:
- Wrinkles
- Nasolabial folds
- Chin creases
- Thin lips
- Sagging jawline
- Hollow cheeks
- Shadows and hollows under the eyes
Your practitioner at CNS Center of Arizona & Medical Aesthetics injects the filler into your skin at precisely defined strategic points to ensure a natural look, using brand leading products Restylane and Juvéderm.
How do fillers work?
The active substance in both Restylane and Juvéderm is hyaluronic acid. This clear, sticky substance is a naturally occurring constituent of many of the body’s tissues, where its chief role is in ensuring those tissues are sufficiently hydrated.
Levels of hyaluronic acid drop as you age, particularly after menopause, leaving tissues less hydrated and more prone to sinking and wrinkling. Injecting specially formulated hyaluronic acid fillers into the skin rehydrates the tissues and plumps them up, smoothing out lines and restoring more youthful contours.
At CNS Center of Arizona & Medical Aesthetics, your practitioner can use specialized fillers such as Juvéderm VOLUMA XC to restore hollow cheeks, Restylane Silk to augment the lips and reduce wrinkling around the mouth, and Restylane Lyft to treat both cheeks and hands.
What is it like having a filler treatment?
Before starting treatment, your CNS Center of Arizona & Medical Aesthetics practitioner assesses your face and hands, marking the spots that they plan to inject. If you wish, they can use an anesthetic cream to numb the injection sites and ensure you’re completely comfortable.
Following the injections, your practitioner massages the dermal filler into your tissues to ensure it’s distributed evenly and gives a natural result. A standard treatment session lasts about fifteen minutes altogether, after which you can return to whatever you would normally be doing.
After treatment, you may experience a slight soreness, but the effects of having fillers are at most only mildly uncomfortable for a day or two. You’ll be able to see the difference instantly, and results are long-lasting; for instance, the effects of treatment with Juvéderm VOLUMA XC can last as long as two years.
To learn more about the benefits of fillers and how they can help you regain a more youthful appearance, call CNS Center of Arizona & Medical Aesthetics today, or book an appointment online.