FILLER AT WELLSPRING
Fillers do exactly as their name implies, they fill. Most fillers on the market are made from hyaluronic acid (HA) which is a gel-like substance found throughout the body. They come packaged as pre-filled, sterile syringes with slightly different properties across brands and products. Each filler is specifically selected by your provider for your unique skin, type of correction needed, and desired outcome. Fillers can be used to smooth deep and fine lines, augment existing structures like the lips, chin and cheeks, contour facial shapes, and minimize the signs of aging by lifting tissues where volume has been lost. Injections are most common in the face but can be used behind the hair line to lift the lower face and in the neck, arms and legs.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Treatment Type: Injections
Appointment Duration: 1 hour
Treatment Discomfort: 3/10
Downtime: 1-2 days
Treatment Frequency: Yearly
WHAT IS FILLER FOR?
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Volume loss
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Deeper wrinkles and folds
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Fine lines at rest
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Sagging skin
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Contouring facial structures
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Facial balancing
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Lip plumping or lip reshaping
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Turned down corners of the mouth
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Depressed temples
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Hollow nasolabial folds
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Volume loss in cheeks
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Poor jawline definition
TYPES OF FILLER
HYALURONIC
ACID
The most widely used filler which has gel like properties and is naturally found throughout our skin and joints. This filler is great for dynamic areas and is dissolvable. Common brands are Juvederm, Restylane and RHA.
Known by the brand name as Sculptra, this filler is injected in the face and works as a biostimulator that increases the production of collage, increasing volume gradually over several months.
CALCIUM HYDROXYAPETITE
Known by the brand name of Radiesse, this filler mimics bone and is used mostly in the temples, cheeks, jaw line and hands. Off label, we can dilute the product and to use off label in a biostimulatory fashion.
