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Dermal Fillers

Dermal fillers are made of various kinds of natural and man-made or synthetic materials that have been developed over the years for injection into the skin.

As the skin ages, it gradually loses some of its collagen and fat. These are the materials that prevent the skin from becoming saggy. Thus, as we age, our skin can become wrinkled and lined. Dermal fillers help to restore our skin to its former youthful appearance, as material is injected into the skin in areas where it needs to be plumped up again and made to look firmer. Dermal fillers come in different thicknesses, and in general, the thicker the product, the deeper it is injected into the dermal layer of the skin to help plump out fine to deep lines and wrinkles.

Dermal fillers tend to be broadly classified as being either non-permanent (resorbable) or permanent (nonresorbable) in their effect.

In the 1980s Collagen was the first dermal filler approved in the US for soft-tissue filling by injection. It is made from bovine collagen (derived from cows’ skin) and is safe for use in humans. Collagen fillers can also be derived from human skin via a new technique where collagen producing cells are grown from small samples taken from your own skin, and then injected back into your lines/wrinkles. However, the leading dermal filler used by most UK practitioners is a hyaluronic acid based product. Other non-permanent fillers to be developed include ones using polylactic acid and calcium hydroxylapatite.

Permanent fillers are not widely used but can give a longer lasting effect, or even a permanent effect, and may be recommended in some cases by a practitioner.

Dermal fillers have been widely and popularly used to increase the size and volume of lips in women; however they are also very effective in both men and women in helping to fill out lines around the lips, the lines from the nose to the corners of the mouth (nasolabial lines), smile lines on the cheeks, as well as crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles.

Thicker fillers can also be used to add volume to sunken cheeks and weak chins, reshape the tip of the nose, as well as filling out deeper acne or other scars.

Private costs vary depending mostly on the type of dermal filler used and the number of syringes needed to obtain the required result. Deeper lines and wrinkles tend to require more filler than shallow lines. Hence, overall prices may vary from £150 to over £750 per treatment session.

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