Facial Fillers in Queens, NY

Botox and facial fillers both are administered by injection. They both diminish signs of aging. But don’t confuse facial fillers with Botox. Botox is not a filler, but a toxin that works by relaxing the muscles that lie underneath fine lines and wrinkles. Facial line fillers do what the name implies. Injected directly into creases and lines in your face, they fill them so that they aren’t apparent any more.

The American Academy of Facial Esthetics reports that: “Facial fillers are products — such as collagen, hyaluronic acid and calcium hydroxyl apatite — that rejuvenate facial skin by reducing or eliminating wrinkles, raising scar depressions, enhancing lips and replacing soft-tissue volume loss through facial injections. With age, our skin becomes more susceptible to wrinkles and sagging. Exposure to sun and years of … squinting, chewing and smiling contribute to tissue breakdown of the skin.”

The results in your appearance after lip injections, facial fillers in other areas are remarkable. The best facial fillers are used to restore volume and fullness to your:

1. Jawline
2. Chin
3. Cheeks
4. Lips
5. Temples

A growing range of facial line fillers are available today. They may be all you need to complete a facial rejuvenation that satisfies your goals. The best facial fillers generally fall within four categories: hyaluronic acid, natural, collagen and synthetic. Each type of filler produces different results.

The most popular kinds of fillers for wrinkles are the various lines of hyaluronic acid fillers. They reproduce compounds that naturally occur in your skin. Injected directly into facial lines, they’re designed to replace hyaluronic acid depleted from your body, a process typically associated with aging. Hyaluronic acid fillers also provide an added skincare bonus, attracting water to replenish lost moisture. Hyaluronic acid filler has proven to be increasingly popular for filling thin lips. Hyaluronic acid filler examples include:

1. Juvéderm
2. Belotero Balance
3. Restylane

When used as a lip injection, hyaluronic acid fillers restore your lips to their previous fullness, repair damage and boost volume, shape and structure of your smile. When combined with gel fillers, lip injections can revitalize your entire facial appearance.

Less common forms of facial fillers are made of synthetic materials. Synthetic substances do not naturally occur in nature, but instead made in a laboratory. While somewhat effective, these synthetic fillers tend to have more side effects that often lead to:

1. Redness
2. Bruising
3. Swelling at the injection site
4. Nodules under the skin’s surface

Your CitiDental team explains all the potential side effects, as well as the costs associated with natural and synthetic fillers. Your spa experts, in partnership with your cosmetic dentist, help you decide which aesthetic treatment can help you reach your goals safely and effectively. And they can discuss costs, because the team is dedicated to providing affordable dentistry for all your needs, which may include generous payment plans.

Facial line fillers that use your own body’s materials usually bring about the most satisfactory results as you work to combat signs of aging. Compare it to getting cheap dentures versus implant dentures, or opting for a composite resin dental crown instead of a porcelain crown. The more natural the source of the treatment, the more natural you can expect your appearance to be.

Fat may be extracted from other parts of your body to serve as lip fillers. Your own blood produces platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which can be used as facial fillers. Sometimes referred to as vampire lifts, PRP lip fillers can leave you with smooth skin, free of lines, the natural way.

Collagen facial line fillers were very popular at one time. Made from purified collagen, they left users with exciting results. Unfortunately, because the collagen were sourced from animals, users experienced a higher rate of rejection and allergic reactions than was expected.

Today, your aesthetician uses collagen that’s been purified with more exact techniques designed to reduce allergic reactions. Synthetic collagen also may be an option best suited for your needs. Collagen facial fillers do not leave you with long-lasting results like other facial line fillers can, but they give you the most realistic appearance.