Botox & Fillers
Botox®, Restylane®, Perlane®, Juvéderm, Radiesse®, Sculptra®Aesthetic, and Dysport® Treatments
Botox and fat injections are popular non-surgical techniques for treating facial lines and wrinkles. Patients are pleased with the results of these minimally invasive procedures. Injectable wrinkle treatments, however, cannot correct facial sagging or achieve the same results as a facelift, eyelid surgery, brow lift or skin resurfacing.
Botox is most effective in treating the type of lines and wrinkles caused by muscle contraction during facial expressions such as frowning or squinting. Common areas for Botox injections include horizontal forehead furrows, vertical lines between the eyebrows, and “crow’s feet” around the eyes. Botox is injected directly into the muscles in these areas to reduce their activity. Usually within a few days after your injections the expression lines in the treatment areas will appear noticeably softer.
Fat makes an excellent soft tissue filler material. Since it is taken from your own body there is no possibility of an allergic reaction. Fat is collected from a donor site, such as your abdomen, buttocks or thighs, using a small needle attached to a syringe. After processing to remove excess fluids, the fat is injected in multiple thin strands into the treatment area. Slight “over filling” is necessary since some of the fat will be absorbed into your body.
Botox and fat injections are, to varying degrees, temporary treatments that need to be repeated to maintain results. For permanent results, soft tissue fillers that are surgically implanted under the skin are another option for some patients. Injectable wrinkle remedies are popular because they produce quick results and involve virtually no downtime. Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
Restylane® and Perlane®
Restylane® and Perlane® are both aesthetic dermal fillers that add lost volume and restore youthful contours to the skin to smooth away moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as the lines from your nose to the corner of your mouth. You can see immediate, natural-looking results after your first treatment.
Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
Juvéderm
Young, healthy-looking skin contains an abundance of a naturally hydrating substance called hyaluronic acid (HA). As you age, time, sunlight and other factors can reduce the amount of HA in your skin. The lack of HA causes your skin to lose structure and volume – creating unwanted facial wrinkles and folds, like those parentheses lines around your nose and mouth.
Juvéderm XC helps replace the HA your skin has lost, adding volume to smooth away facial wrinkles and folds.
Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
Radiesse®
The natural aging process causes your collagen to break down, taking away facial volume. Radiesse wrinkle filler not only instantly restores facial volume to smooth out the signs of aging, it keeps working with your body by stimulating your own natural collagen for long-lasing results in many patients.
Unlike creams and lotions, you don’t have to wait to see the result of your wrinkle treatment immediately upon injection. Radiesse wrinkle filler restores fullness to smooth out the signs of aging. The results may last a year or more in many patients.
Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
Sculptra®Aesthetic
Sculptra®Aesthetic is a facial injectable treatment that is intended for use in people with healthy immune systems as a one-time treatment regimen of up to 4 injection sessions that are scheduled about 3 weeks apart. It corrects shallow to deep nasolabial fold contour deficiencies and other facial wrinkles.
SculptraAesthetic works gradually to replace collagen that is lost during the aging process and provides structure that lets your new look emerge more discreetly.
Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
Dysport
Dysport is a prescription injection used to temporarily improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows in adults less than 65 years of age. Frown lines happen because the muscles that control facial expression are used often (muscle tightening over and over). After Dysport is injected into the muscles it stops the tightening of these muscles for up to 4 months.
Following treatment, you can return to work and social activities immediately.
