Vertical lip lines are quite difficult to completely get rid of. It depends on how deep they are and how long they’ve been there. Often referred to as smoker’s lines, people who have never smoked still get them. The reality is that these lines are often caused by volume loss, sun damage, and movement. We …
You can get rid of the appearance of a recessed chin with filler or permanently get rid of a recessed chin with surgery. Filler is the easiest and least invasive of the two. We inject a firm filler, such as Restylane Lyft or Juvederm Voluma, directly on the bone to provide projection of the chin …
There are permanent fillers such as silicone but they aren’t frequently used. There are still some people that inject silicone. It just isn’t very common, but you can still get it. Semi-permanent fillers are often referred to as permanent because of how long they last, and these include Bellafill and Artefill. Your own fat is …
The best procedure to make your face look younger depends on your individual aging process. For most people, a facelift will help you look younger. This re-suspends the muscles and soft tissue of the face, putting everything back to where it used to be. As we age, we also lose volume in the face. Augmenting …
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It usually takes a few days for lip filler swelling to go down. I tell my patients to give it a full week before assessing the results. You will have some swelling immediately from the injection itself and then will see a bit more swelling throughout that day and evening. When you first rise in …
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Juvederm lip filler lasts between six to nine months for some people and between 12 to 18 months for others. Some people have a faster metabolism and burn through filler very quickly. Also, the lips are very mobile and vascular, which can make filler dissipate quicker than in other parts of the face. What is …
The success of using filler on scars depends on the depth of the scars, your skin type, and how well your skin takes to filler. Sometimes it’s useful to do a subcision, where we break the scar from the deeper structures and then use filler to make it flush with the skin. Is silicone good …
Nasolabial folds are caused by the depletion of fat in the compartments of the mid-face/cheek area that causes the skin to sag and fold over, creating vertical lines that develop between the nose and the mouth, often called smile lines. Age and rapid weight loss are the prime culprits of this loss of volume in …
Russian lips are the result of injecting filler in the lips to increase the height of the lips and to give definition to the lip borders. This technique gives a very voluptuous look to the lips that has become very popular on social media. How are Russian lips different? Russian lips have more definition in …
Filler can be used in the apples of the cheeks to give you a more youthful look and a more rejuvenated appearance overall. This is an area of the cheek that you will see flattening over time. In some people, it can become hollow. It’s one of my favorite places to put filler. Restoring that …
Filler can be injected into the philtrum to give a more youthful appearance, but to do that, the filler is actually injected into the philtrum columns that run vertically from the base of the nose to the cupid’s bow of the lip. When these columns are pronounced, you can see the philtrum groove running vertically …
The length of time that tear trough fillers last depends on which filler is used, how much filler is used, and your own body’s ability to break down these fillers. Some people, especially if you work out a lot, break down the fillers faster than other people. For those people, they might need to get …
Fine lines are considered wrinkles because wrinkles encompass a wide variety of lines that appear on the face and body. There can be deep wrinkles in the cheeks and around the mouth, or there can be fine light lines around the eyes, mouth, or even on the forehead. All of those lines are considered wrinkles. …
To get rid of deep forehead wrinkles, a combination of Botox, fillers, and resurfacing with a C02 laster or even a non-ablative fractional laster typically helps. Botox needs to be redone every three to four months, but it works well at relaxing those muscles that create the forehead wrinkles. Fillers can fill in lines that …
To get rid of a bump on your nose we can do it either through surgery or with filler. With surgery, we file the bone and/or cartilage to smooth out the bump. If we are just using a filler to address the bump, that is considered a non-surgical nose job and we fill above and …