Dermal Fillers
Dermal Fillers
Best dermal filler treatment, Kings Hill Kent
What are dermal fillers?
Dermal fillers are small injections of a gel type substance, typically made up of hyaluronic acid, that fill in wrinkles and add volume to soft tissue/skin. You can have them applied in different parts of your face: around the
eyes,
cheeks,
mouth and lips,
chin and
jawline, as well as
lip fillers
administered directly into the lip tissue.
How do dermal fillers work?
They basically restore lost volume to your face and plump areas, so that deep-set lines are smoothed. Why is this needed? As we get older our bodies stop producing collagen and elastin, both of which contribute to the youthful look. In addition to that the bones in our face start resorbing too (loose volume) which makes anything lying on top of them sag and drop.
Experts argue over when we start losing collagen, but the generally agreed age is 25. Pretty young, right? Your collagen and elastin levels then decline at a rate of about 2% per year, and your body will have stopped producing it altogether by your late twenties.
Do dermal fillers have side effects?
It’s easy for patients to confuse side effects to reactions, so it’s extremely important to understand what side effects can be expected. Temporary side effects – those that are completely normal after facial injections – can include; swelling, redness and tenderness.
It’s completely normal to experience a little bit of discomfort, redness and bruising after the procedure. Reactions generally occur immediately after the needle injection and can include; redness, swelling, pain, itching, bruising and tenderness at the injection location.
These reactions are generally mild to moderate and usually disappear shortly after injection, usually resolved a few days after the injection into the skin.
Do dermal fillers hurt?
There may be a slight discomfort whilst the filler is being injected. We minimise this by applying an anaesthetic cream before treatment and cold packs before each injection. To provide further relief and alleviate as much pain as possible, our fillers contain a pre-mixed local anaesthetic.
We also offer topical numbing or nerve block for total confort.
How long do dermal fillers last?
It depends how your body reacts and which hyaluronic acid is used, but most will last between six and 18 months.
Are there different types of dermal fillers?
As we said above, the most common type of facial filler is hyaluronic acid, the natural substance found in many areas of the body including eyeballs, joints and skin, that can hold 1000x its weight in water. Hyaluronic acid fillers helps to maintain shape, even out depressions in the skin and provide hydration. Moreover, Hyaluronic acid based fillers are temporary.
When injected in strategic places in the face, it triggers the body’s natural response to produce collagen, which provides you with a much longer lasting result.
You can also find the use of permanent fillers in aesthetics, which can create unrealistic expectations from people who view it as a cure-all; so can temporary fillers. These injections can only do so much, and eventually, a surgical approach may be required to get more youthful-looking facial contours (such as a Facelift when your jawline starts to sag).
The body may reject or respond unfavorably to permanent fillers. Permanent fillers are often made with foreign substances that do not occur naturally in the body. In addition to that, when permanent fillers are accidentally injected into blood vessels or the “injection danger zones,” they can cause blockages and may lead to serious complications or even worse.
At PortoClinic Aesthetics we only work with hyaluronic acid based fillers.
Is there a difference between botox
and dermal fillers?
Yes, there is 100% a difference between
Botox and fillers!
Botox
relaxes the muscles in your face stopping them from making the contraction movements that cause wrinkles, while dermal fillers plump from below the wrinkles, giving your skin support, to smooth them out and promote the youthful look.
Botox
and Hyaluronic acid fillers are two completely different injectables.
Where should you go to get dermal fillers?
The first thing you need to know, above all else, is never ever consider having any kind of injectable treatment by someone that can't prove their qualifications, training and insurance or that makes you feel awkward for asking, and please, do ask.
For some inexplicable reason, here in the UK we’re unable to regulate who is able to inject filler into someone’s face (the same goes for Botox). In the rest of Europe you have to be a qualified doctor to perform the treatments – but that doesn’t mean it’s OK or safe to see any person just because they have been to Medical school.
Without wanting to go into the medics vs non medics debate we will say this:
The face has many underlying sensitive structures, for example nerves, vessels and eyes, when treating wrinkles. If the person administering fillers is untrained and not careful, there’s risk of damage, infection, artery occlusion – leading to tissue death and scarring. Hence why it’s so important to see someone who is adequately trained and qualified, who understands the anatomy of the face and knows the areas to avoid, and that if it is not a doctor has backup on standby in case things escalate.