25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS

25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS

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25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS

INTRODUCTION

This article will answer the 25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS you will want answers to before deciding on the pros and cons of Diamond Glow Facial, Diamond Glow Serums, and why your trusted provider should be Sandia Skin + Face.

Knowledge brings confidence to our decision-making, especially regarding outward-facing topics such as our appearance. We want you to be confident when using any Sandia Skin + Face Service or Product. Please keep reading to build your knowledge base and make an informed decision on your next steps.

Facial Fillers also referred to as Dermal Fillers, are gel-like substances injected beneath the facial skin regions to restore lost volume, smooth lines, soften creases, or enhance facial contours.

People seeking Dermal Filler treatments are typically looking to smooth smile lines and crow’s feet and plump up their lips, cheeks, and hands.

Injecting dermal fillers into your face, lips, and hands can improve the appearance of facial lines (wrinkles) and volume loss caused by age and some medical conditions. In studies of dermal fillers approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, people report satisfaction with their dermal filler treatment results.

The FDA regulates dermal fillers as medical devices. Clinical trials report that the effects of most FDA-approved dermal fillers are temporary because they are dermal fillers from materials that the body eventually breaks down and absorbs. The injection procedure may have to be repeated to maintain the desired effect.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Temporary facial fillers typically include the following materials:

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Dermal Fillers help diminish facial lines and restore volume and fullness in our face. As we grow older, our faces naturally lose subcutaneous fat. Your facial muscles are then closer to the skin surface (more visible), so smile lines and crow’s feet become more apparent.

Absorbable (temporary) Facial Fillers (Dermal Fillers) are FDA-approved for moderate to severe facial wrinkles and skin folds, such as nasolabial folds (lines extending from the sides of the nose to the edges of the mouth) and perioral lines (small wrinkles in the skin around the mouth and lips).

Temporary Facial Fillers (Dermal Fillers) are best used to:

  • Volumize Lips
  • Plump Cheeks
  • Fill in Forehead Lines
  • Reshape the Chin or Nose
  • Eliminate Marionette Lines
  • Eliminate Nasolabial Folds
  • Reduce the Appearance of Scars

Non-absorbable (permanent) Dermal Fillers are FDA-approved for only nasolabial folds and cheek acne scars.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Compared to Botox, Dermal Fillers are just as effective for specific uses.

Dermal Filler results last longer than Botox. However, the duration of the effects of Dermal Fillers still varies based on the type of filler used.

Some Facial Fillers may last only about as long as Botox, while other types of dermal fillers can last for more than a year.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Dermal Fillers will “plump up” your facial skin areas, raised cheeks, and jawline, which creates an appearance of a more youthful face. These results mean you get a more natural look than if you used a treatment that only targets individual superficial wrinkles.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Some dermal fillers can last for 6 to 12 months, while other dermal fillers can last 2 to 5 years.

The most commonly used dermal fillers contain Hyaluronic Acid (HA), a natural compound that aids in the production of collagen and elastin.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet your goals. Please ask us all your questions. Education on our treatments is a key focus we provide to our clients.

Yes!

According to a study published in the Archives of Dermatology, which showed that injections of Restylane led to increased collagen production even after metabolism of the filler.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

The Facial Filler (dermal filler) injection feels similar to a tiny pinprick. Done properly, any discomfort should disappear in a few moments to a few minutes.

Facial Filler (Dermal Filler) injections into your lips may cause some minor swelling for a few hours after the procedure. Dermal Filler injections might feel a bit unsettling for some patients, but they should never be painful.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

The FDA has approved Dermal Fillers (Facial Fillers) for specific uses in people aged 22 and older. Those uses include:

  • Correcting moderate-to-severe facial wrinkles and skin folds
  • Increasing fullness of lips, cheeks, chin, under-eye hollows, jawline, and back of the hand
  • Restoring facial fat loss in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Correcting acne scars on the cheek

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

YES. There are some usages of fillers that are not recommended by the FDA.

  • The FDA has not approved injectable silicone or any injectable fillers for body contouring or enhancement.
  • The FDA has not approved needle-free devices for the injection of dermal fillers and warns against using them to inject hyaluronic acid or other lip and facial fillers.
  • The FDA also warns against buying or using lip or facial fillers that are sold directly to the public.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

With any medical procedure, there are always some risks involved, including the use of dermal fillers.

Most Dermal Filler injection patients with any reported side effects in clinical trials and post-market surveillance stated these side effects occurred shortly after the injection and then disappeared within a few weeks. However, for some patients, side effects may emerge weeks, months, or years later. You consider being tested for allergies before receiving dermal fillers made with certain materials, especially materials derived from animals, such as collagen.

Common risk side effects include:

  • Bruising
  • Redness
  • Swelling
  • Pain
  • Tenderness
  • Itching
  • Rash
  • Difficulty in performing activities (only observed when injected into the back of the hand)

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

No!

Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, and Jeuveau are FDA-approved botulinum toxin products used for wrinkle reduction. These products are not dermal fillers. Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, and Jeuveau are injectable drugs that work by keeping muscles from tightening, so the wrinkles don’t show as much. The FDA has not evaluated the safe use of dermal fillers in combination with Botox and other treatments in clinical studies.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

HA-based fillers (Juvederm, Restylane) typically last anywhere from 6 to 18 months. Some dermal filler brands such as Sculptra can last up to two years.

If a patient overuses dermal fillers, this minimally invasive procedure stops producing positive results. Some patients may see heavy wrinkles form such as laugh lines, marionette lines, and other wrinkles around the face.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

No!

Dermal Fillers (Facial Fillers) add such a subtle and healthy amount of volume to the skin that any skin stretching will be minimal. In fact, if you already have sagging skin or wrinkles, these dermal fillers will take up the space that was once occupied by natural fat.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Most patients have no problems after Facial Filler (dermal filler) treatments. Overall, facial filler treatments are extremely safe and have a very high satisfaction rate!

  • For bruising or swelling use ice on the treated area for the first several days.
  • For headache pain or pain at an injection site, use Tylenol or Motrin.
  • For redness, welts, or itching use Benadryl.
  • For lumps or bumps use gentle massage with constant pressure to the area for 2 minutes every two hours for the first day.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is often the best dermal filler choice for many patients. This natural component of the skin’s connective tissue is the most common dermal filler used for wrinkles. The results typically last about six months to one year.

Brands we offer at Sandia Skin + Face include:
Juvéderm products: Juvéderm XC, Voluma, Volbella, and Vollume.

Another longer-lasting dermal filler choice we offer at Sandia Skin + Face is Sculptra, made from poly-lactic acid (PLLA), a biodegradable synthetic material.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

The age most women get dermal fillers is between 40 and 54. Per the 2016 American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Report, the age range of 40 to 54 received over a million soft tissue filler treatments in 2016. This same age group also had 4 million Botox®-type injections in 2016.

Every person’s body matures at a different rate. Regardless of your chronological age, if you think you’re ready to start a series of dermal filler injections, then the time is right. It’s all a matter of mental comfort.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Yes!

Facial Fillers (Dermal Fillers) can restore mid-face (cheek) volume and sculpt your jawline in order to reduce the appearance of sagging jowls. The medical spa procedure is not painful, does not require any significant downtime, and is excellent at lifting and sculpting your skin, where volume needs to be replaced.

To counteract the formation of sagging jowls, we can inject fillers to lift both the cheeks and the skin around the jawline and mouth.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Sleep on your back with your head elevated using 2 pillows for the first three nights. Sleeping on your back with your head elevated will ensure that the newly injected dermal filler stays where injected and does not migrate (move). Another option would be to use a wrap-around neck pillow to stabilize your head and prevent you from rolling onto the injected facial regions.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Yes!

Many people fear using dermal filler injections because they believe it can give them an unnatural look, similar to Botox effects when not properly injected. Botox injections use a toxin that paralyzes the muscles in the face. This paralysis that keeps you from making certain expressions that create wrinkles can also cause the inability to express yourself in your normal manner. This facial paralysis is often what creates the unnatural look many people are worried about.

They make many dermal fillers from a synthetic version of a natural substance. So instead of paralyzing the face, it simply adds volume to the facial tissues that are already present and fills out the face naturally.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Yes! Lots of men use facial fillers every year!

Each year, more men admit that their appearance is important to them, but many are still unconvinced that an invasive surgical procedure (plastic surgery) is right for them. This makes non-invasive Dermal Fillers an ideal solution for male cosmetic improvement.

Two of the major uses by men of Facial Fillers are for:

  • Creases and wrinkles
  • Weak Jawlines

Many men choose to combine other injectable treatments with their dermal fillers. These other treatments include Wrinkle Relaxation treatments of Botox or Xeomin for fine wrinkles.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Facial Fillers (Dermal Fillers) are temporary facial enhancement solutions.

Restylane and Juvederm are the most common temporary fillers and last in the 6 to 12-month range.

Semi-permanent fillers include Radiesse and Sculptra and last 1 to 2 years.

Artefil and fat are the most common permanent fillers, but as we age, wrinkles will reappear.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Yes, drinking water will enhance your lip filler treatment.

Staying hydrated is a big part of one’s beauty regimen. You may notice after eight hours of sleep or a night of drinking, your face looks a bit “dried out”. Well, that’s because it is.

Not consuming water for many hours while sleeping causes your body to lose water through sweat and normal respiration. If not already a habit, drink 16 ounces of water every 2-3 hours and more if exercising in order to maintain good hydration levels for a full face and lips look.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Restylane and Juvederm studies both produce similar physical results because of the plumping effects of Hyaluronic Acid (HA). However, Juvederm lasts longer overall with slightly quicker results.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

Yes, so named “Russian Lips” uses dermal filler to create a unique look.

The Russian Lips Dermal Filler technique accentuates the cupid’s bow of the upper lip to resemble a heart shape. We created his heart shape by injecting additional dermal filler volume into the center of his upper lip. This gives a more lifted look, while the sides remain relatively in line with the face. The result is a “doll-like” look while still appearing naturally full and plump.

At Sandia Skin + Face, we speak with you to understand your goals and work with you to tailor a personal treatment plan to meet them. Please ask us all your questions. Education about our treatments is a key service we provide to our clients.

FACIAL FILLER (DERMAL FILLER) BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES.

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CONSULTATIONS ALWAYS COME FIRST AT SANDIA SKIN + FACE

Before any procedure at Sandia Skin + Face, our Master Injector and Nurse Practitioner, Tonya C. Tuggle, provides a full consultation where you can express all your aesthetic concernsnd she can learn about your expectations. Tonya will then discuss potential treatment options for you, including non-invasive alternatives.

If we jointly conclude that our Facial Filler (Dermal Filler) is the proper treatment for you, we’ll likely ask you to make all kinds of facial expressions so that Tonya can assess the size and movement of the muscles in your face and how deep the wrinkles form. From there, she can accurately create a treatment plan for you that is unique and customized to your face.

The Final Decision is 100% Yours!

If you’re looking to reduce the creation of new wrinkles and restore fullness to your face, reach out to Sandia Skin + Face in Albuquerque, NM, to learn about your injectable options today!

you have any questions, you can also call our office at +1.505.291.9600 or DM us on any of our social media accounts (@sandiaskinface). You can also fill out our easy online booking tool to schedule a consultation! Let us know if you found your questions answered in this article.

CONCLUSION: 25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS

You should now be on a firm footing with our 25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS article and ready to make your appointment!

If we’ve missed questions in our 25 BEST FACIAL FILLER FAQS article that you need answers to make your appointment decision, you can tap this link to call us (+1.505.291.9600), or you can ask us a question on our Google Business Profile listing via this link: https://bit.ly/34EFbVP.

At Sandia Skin + Face in Albuquerque, NM, we look forward to being your Trusted Medical Spa Services provider. Let us know how we can earn your trust!

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