Dermal Fillers
As we age, our faces and lips lose fullness, and wrinkles become more apparent. Dermal fillers can temporarily plump up lips, fill in shallow contours and restore a more youthful appearance.
What are dermal fillers?
Dermal fillers are injectables that add volume to soft tissues. They are often called "liquid facelifts" as they provide many of the same results as a facelift and require little or no downtime. Injectable fillers can be used alone or in conjunction with a resurfacing procedure such as a laser treatment, or a recontouring procedure such as a facelift.
How do dermal fillers work?
Injected material (most commonly collagen or fat) is eventually metabolized by the body, so results are temporary. How long results last depends on the site of the injection as well as genetic background, skin quality and lifestyle. It is impossible to predict how long your results will last.
Your provider might use numbing spray, topical anesthesia or local anesthesia to make you more comfortable during your treatment.
Novant Health Appel & Wormer Plastic Surgery offers a number of injectable dermal fillers, including Juvederm XC®, Juvederm Voluma XC®, XEOMIN®, Sculptra® and Restylane®. Dermal filler injections are done in our office near Uptown Charlotte unless you are in the hospital for a related procedure such as a facelift. Call our office at 704-316-5025 to make an appointment for dermal filler injections.
Before and after Juvederm pictures
After pictures taken after one year and three syringes
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Before and after Juvederm Voluma XC pictures
After pictures taken one month after 3 mL injected
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Click here to read important safety information about Juvederm.
XEOMIN®
XEOMIN® is a dermal filler used to improve the appearance of frown lines between the eyes. While similar to BOTOX®, XEOMIN® is more cost-efficient in some cases. To see the dramatic improvement, click here.
Risks related to injectables
Some people are allergic to collagen. If you choose collagen injections, you will have an allergy skin test before your injections. Restylane and Juvederm are naturally occurring substances and so do not require allergy testing. And since fat is harvested from a patient's own body, there is no allergy concern.
Complications from injectables are typically infrequent and minor, but can including bruising, infection, skin peeling and lumpiness.