What are Dermal Fillers?

Dermal filler injection is a material injected underneath the skin to plump up various areas and smooth out wrinkles. Lip augmentation is also done with dermal fillers. Traditionally, plastic surgeon and dermatologist offices provide these services. Today these services can be provided by MDs, dentists, nurses and medical estheticians who work in a medical / dental office or medspa.

Generally, when you look at the world of esthetic injectable treatment, botulinum toxin (Botox Cosmetic) is generally for the top half of the face, and dermal fillers are for the bottom half. The main areas where dermal fillers are used in the lips, cheeks, nasolabial folds, the oral commissures, and marionette lines. Dermal fillers are gently placed in these areas through an extraoral injection right under these folds and creases to plump them up. By the way, these are exactly the same areas that you routinely inject. The only difference is that you typically inject these areas intraorally when you deliver local anesthesia.

woman getting lip injections

Dermal Fillers Benefits

  • Smooth out lines around nose and mouth (a.k.a. marionette lines, smile lines, and parentheses)
  • Enhance & restore volume to sunken cheeks or temples
  • Diminish vertical lip lines
  • Plump & enhance the lips
  • Smooth out a chin crease
  • Improve symmetry among facial features

How Long Dermal Fillers Last?

Depending on the dermal filler used, the effects can last anywhere from six months until forever. There are temporary dermal fillers and permanent dermal fillers.

Typically, most health-care professionals shy away from permanent face fillers because if the filler is placed in an improper position, its permanence becomes a huge issue and liability. Most dermal fillers placed are temporary and dissolve in six to 18 months.

Threads: V Soft Lift®

Some of today’s leading anti-aging products were previously used in the medical field. Threads were first used to correct facial paralysis. With time, studies revealed a mechanical induced skin tension and a stimulation of fibroblasts to natural neocollagenesis. Polydioxanone sutures have been used for almost 30 years in orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery and ophthalmology.

V Soft Lift® is a sterile single use polydioxanone suture in a cannula. It is a modern, innovate, non-permanent thread, not to be compared to traditional permanent threads.

V Soft Lift® is a high-end product on the PDO-thread market, offering multiple advantages.

  • PDO-treads with high-quality cannula made of surgical stainless steel
  • Tip of the cannula is diamond-cut and polished for highest precision
  • Cannula treated with an ultra-thin layer of medical silicone, allowing a smooth entry into the dermis, minimizing trauma in the skin and patient discomfort
  • Manufactured in ultra-clean, white- room environment, for pharmaceutical production
  • Fully automatic assembly robot for perfect control and a high-performance production
  • Finished products are blister-packed, sterilized with EO gas, and packed in aluminum bags
  • Products come with individual batch numbers and pre-printed batch-label stickers, facilitating medical record- keeping for the practitioner
  • Extended quality control implies safety and robustness of the final product
You may be a good candidate for dermal fillers if you:
  • Are physically healthy
  • Don’t smoke
  • Have a positive outlook and realistic goals in mind for the improvement of your appearance
  • Are committed to maintaining good skin health
Before and after
Before and after

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