Could filling wrinkles with dermal fillers really leave you with a sagging face? Find out why facial contouring and advanced dermal filler procedures matter.
Skin Beautiful Medical and Cosmetic Clinic provides expert advanced dermal filler treatments at clinics in Exeter Milton Keynes Bristol Coventry Swansea Warwick Daventry Evesham Carmarthen Llanelli and Neath.
Wrinkle free sagging face anybody?
No, I didn't think so. The point being made is that whilst cosmetic treatments such as dermal filler injections with Juvederm, Restylane, Radiesse and Teosyal can certainly correct lines folds and wrinkles they can offer so much more. You pay for the product so you should not be limited by treatment options just because a practitioner cannot perform the more advanced treatment(s) for your needs.As a paying client it is the duty of your medical aesthetics practitioner to offer honest and appropriate advice about the cosmetic treatment options available to you. If you have deep nasolabial folds (laughter lines or nose to mouth lines) then it may not be money well spent to have these treated alone. Why? Because they are likely to be a symptom of another problem not the direct cause.
What are advanced Botox or dermal fillers techniques?
Advanced Botox & dermal fillers techniques may be defined as any treatment which adds volume, lift or definition to the face (e.g facial contouring) or, cosmetic Botox and/or dermal filler treatments other than to correct lines & wrinkles. Some examples are: Botox for eyebrow lift; dermal filler treatments for cheek augmentation, lip enhancement, jaw definition, jowl lift and non surgical facelift.What am I paying for?
In my own medical & cosmetic practice: Skin Beautiful, we charge for most dermal filler treatments by the syringe. Clients literally pay for the product according to the treatment being given. So, for example a syringe of Restylane or Juvederm may be used for one treatment or another all at similar prices. Where a client presents themselves with visible lines and wrinkles it is appropriate to look under the surface, so to speak. Often the lines are accompanied by visible signs of loss of fat or volume in the face. In such cases it may not be appropriate to offer treatment for lines and wrinkles. I tell my clients "you are paying for the product so you should get the best treatment available for your needs."Consider all treatment options
During consultation with clients I take time to explain the properties and potential uses for a range of dermal fillers. For example, a lady client came to our clinic last year with multiple lines and wrinkles around the eyes, cheeks and mouth. Her expectation was to pay for several areas of lines and wrinkles treatment. When she explained that other clinics had quoted her for 4 areas of treatment I advised her that this was the wrong way to treat her condition and that all areas could be treated under a single treatment. Yes, the lines were indeed visible and there was a genuine need for treatment. However, the previous clinic clearly did not understand that loss of volume was the cause of her wrinkles. In my experience it was a case of treating the cause not the symptoms. After all, who wants a wrinkle free sagging face?Getting the best treatments for your money
Case example: Lip plumping
I've seen many clinics offer "lip plumping" or "lip filler" treatments. This is simply no more than an inflation of the lips. Yes, it will make them larger, but may also destroy their shape, contours and symmetry. The lips are an incredibly beautiful feature of the human face with very intricate contours. A lip enhancement procedure should respect these contours. In other words, as the dimensions of lips are enlarged then the contours must be redrawn.Sausage lips!
Some of the very worst lip enhancements i've seen literally resemble "sausage lips!" That is, lips that have undergone a lip augmentation and have been inflated to look like fat sausages with absolutely no shape or contours whatsoever. This is a very bad waste of a client's money. Furthermore, I doubt the practitioner consulted with these clients properly.The very same syringe of dermal filler could have yielded much better results for a similar if not identical cost. It is down to the ability of the practitioner with the syringe in hand to effect these results. Nobody wants to pay to lose their natural lip contours at the expense of sausage lips, but this practice is quite common amongst clinics with poorly trained staff. They simply do not know how to use lip fillers beyond basic augmentation.
Lip augmentation with beautiful contours
The images below represent a treatment I performed in 2012 (hence the copyright). Notice how the vermilion border of the upper lip and has been raised and philtrum to lip border has been redefined relative to the size of the upper lip. This is an advanced dermal filler technique known as lip sculpting (also referred to as lip shaping, lip contouring or lip definition). In addition, the treatment has also improved symmetry between top and bottom lips.
For further details of advanced lip enhancement treatments and techniques including shaping and sculpting please visit the following pages on the Skin Beautiful website:
Lip enhancement treatments: Advanced techniques with dermal fillers
Lip augmentation treatments (plumping, enlargement)
Lip contouring treatments (Advanced sculpting, shaping & definition)
Conclusion
Advanced lip sculpting, shaping and contouring treatments are just one example of getting the best from a syringe of dermal filler. Many of the advanced cosmetic treatments with dermal fillers often use the same or similar products as used for more basic volumising, augmentation and wrinkle filling treatments.In essence it's all about the level and understanding of the practitioner. A good practitioner with skill in advanced procedures will take time during consultation to explain all treatment options. Clients are often at the mercy of practitioners as many charge by the syringe for basic dermal filler treatments. "Lip fillers" is not a treatment. In fact it isn't a product either. There are various categories of lip enhancement.
Please see our other blog titled "Good practice begins with a proper consultation" to find out what constitutes a good consultation.
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Blog author: Helen Bowes RGN, BSc (hons), NISP, AMAP
Helen Bowes is the pioneering developer of the first advanced dermal filler systems for lips, cheeks and non surgical facelift. She is a qualified advanced medical aesthetics practitioner, registered general nurse and nurse prescriber. Helen holds regular clinics at over ten locations across England and South Wales.
Useful links:
Skin Beautiful homepage
About Helen Bowes and Skin Beautiful
Botox & dermal fillers treatments
Advanced Botox treatment for eyebrow lift
Advanced dermal fillers treatments for cheek augmentation
Advanced dermal fillers treatment for jaw definition & jowl lift
Advanced dermal fillers treatment for Non surgical facelift
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