People are looking for treatments that can smooth out their smile lines and crow’s feet and plump up their lips, cheeks, and hands.
Dermal fillers can be injected into the face and hands to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and volume loss brought on by aging or specific medical disorders. Most patients express satisfaction with their treatment outcomes. Unfortunately, dermal fillers are not suitable for everyone. People with particular illnesses like bleeding conditions or specific allergies may not be good candidates for dermal fillers.
Knowing the benefits and risks is essential before deciding to have dermal filler treatment. Seek advice and only work with a licensed medical provider to ensure safety. Although dermal filler is an excellent method for reversing the effects of aging, you should also consider when to have the treatment.
What are Dermal Fillers?
Dermal fillers are gel-like compounds that are injected beneath the skin. They can smooth deep under-eye circles, raise cheekbones, volumize lips, smooth lip lines and nasolabial folds (the wrinkles from the side of the nose to the corners of the mouth), and rejuvenate hands. Dermal fillers are intended to provide smoother, fuller, or both types of features. Dermal fillers are primarily used for:
- sunken cheeks
- tiny lips
- Laugh lines and a marionette
- Crows’ feet
- uneven features
- small chin
- Visible scars
- Frown lines
When should you have a Dermal Filler Treatment?
Everyone’s body matures at their own pace. Regardless of your age, the moment is ideal if you feel ready to begin a series of dermal filler injections. Everything ultimately boils down to pleasure.
It may seem pointless to start an anti-aging routine with injectable soft tissue treatments when young before seeing wrinkles, lines, folds, creases, sagging skin, and decreased volume. However, this may be the best time to receive dermal fillers. They can keep you looking young for as long as possible and stop those undesirable symptoms from developing in the first place.
Dermal fillers are ideal if you don’t want to start that early or your skin has already given in to aging. Soft tissue fillers work well as a replacement at this age because the body produces minimal collagen and elastin. That is why many people in their 40s and 50s, both men and women, turn to fillers to delay aging.
What to Expect when getting Dermal Fillers?
Depending on your filler, the area may initially be numbed with a topical cream during the procedure. Some fillers contain a local anesthetic so that you won’t require a numbing cream.
After sterilizing the region, the medication will be carefully injected. You can return to your usual activities shortly after the procedure is finished, which typically takes less than an hour.
With injectable fillers, there is typically no noticeable downtime. Most plastic surgeons advise avoiding strenuous exercise for 48 hours to promote quicker recovery, but you can typically return to your regular schedule immediately.
Depending on the type of filler and injection site, most fillers can last anywhere from six months to several years. Your cosmetic surgeon can determine the expected duration of your chosen appliance.
Results may be seen right away. When the swelling goes down, and the filler settles, some people may initially feel the treated areas are “overfilled,” although the final appearance may be more authentic.
Do you need Dermal Filler Treatments?
Those who are medically certified and free of allergies to the filler substances make for the most qualified candidates for this treatment. If the following are your goals, you may be a good candidate for filler treatments:
- Revive facial volume
- Shape the lips, jawline, and cheekbones.
- minimize the appearance of wrinkles
- Reduce acne scars
What happens if you stop receiving injections?
People often worry that if they stop getting injections of dermal fillers, their skin will start to wrinkle or sag. It is only sometimes the case. After a few months or years, the effects of the dermal fillers will no longer be present, but the treated area will probably revert to its pre-treatment condition.
The advantages of fillers will no longer apply, and you’ll see that the volume loss and lines have returned. However, if you restart your injectable procedures, your face will be smoother or appear more youthful.
You should also be aware that our faces lose more volume as we age. You might notice that your wrinkles and creases deepen or become more evident if you stop taking fillers. However, this is not a result of the injectables; instead, it is a result of natural aging.
Risks of Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers are considered safe. However, dermal filler treatment involves risks like any other medical procedure. People should be aware of the adverse reactions noted during clinical trials, and post-market monitoring starts shortly after injection and disappear within a few weeks. Sometimes, adverse effects don’t appear until weeks, months, or even years later. However, when an experienced aesthetics professional is administering your treatment, these dangers are minimal and simple to prevent.
Common risks include:
- Bruising
- Redness
- Swelling
- Pain
- Tenderness
- Itching
- Rash
- difficulty carrying out tasks (only observed when injected into the back of the hand)
Before receiving dermal fillers created with specific materials, particularly those originating from animals, such as collagen, people should be tested for allergies.
Are Dermal fillers safe?
The procedure’s safety is one of the fillers’ most frequently asked questions. Yes, in the broader context, filler procedures are generally acknowledged as safe and effective for removing wrinkles, fine lines, and other overt symptoms of aging.
Because they do not carry the same dangers as surgical procedures, which typically need to be approved by several doctors for the patient’s benefit, fillers are one of the safest cosmetic procedures.
Conclusion
Dermal fillers are a secure, less painful solution for giving your face the fullness it used to have when you were younger.
Choose a trained, board-certified medical professional for your filler injections if you decide to go this route. Book an appointment or visit Dermatic Aesthetics to feel safe, confident, and satisfied with the results.
