Our skin loses youthful elements like volume and elasticity as we age, resulting in sagging skin or facial structure and lines and wrinkles.
Dermal fillers are a safe, effective, quick, and affordable way to immediately get smoother, more youthful-looking skin. No downtime included!
Dermal fillers are a minimally invasive anti-aging treatment our medical providers use to add volume and smooth skin.
Dermal fillers tend to be categorized by their formulas. The main two formula variations are fillers whose primary active ingredient is naturally occurring in your body and fillers whose primary ingredient is a synthetic compound.
Usually, naturally-occurring dermal fillers have hyaluronic acid as their active ingredient.
Hyaluronic acid is naturally produced by your body to keep your skin hydrated. It works by binding to water to help your skin maintain moisture. The more moisturized and hydrated your skin is, the smoother and healthier overall.
Hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers are injected underneath the skin to help plump up treated areas and smooth them out. The body absorbs dermal fillers over time, so their results are temporary. Some variations of fillers can stimulate your body to produce collagen, which will provide long-term effects.
On average, hyaluronic acid-based fillers last anywhere from 4 to 9 months. The length of efficacy depends on your anatomy and how your body responds to treatments.
Dermal fillers and neurotoxin injections like Botox have a lot of similarities. They are both minimally invasive and quick procedures—the average appointment lasts less than an hour. However, they have fundamentally different uses.
Botox addresses lines and wrinkles around the eyes, forehead, and mouth caused by dynamic wrinkles, which are the wrinkles created naturally by your expressions. Botox does not add volume to your skin. Instead, it paralyzes over-used muscles for a smoothing effect.
Dermal fillers inject gel-like substances under the skin, adding lift and volume to the treated sites.
Both versions of cosmetic injections are temporary since your body absorbs the compounds over time. This makes them both safe and effective non-surgical anti-aging treatments.
Juvéderm is one of the oldest and most well-known dermal fillers. It contains hyaluronic acid, and results can last from a few months to over a year. Since its formulation in the mid-2000s, it’s been developed into a full collection.
The Juvéderm collection includes:
Juvéderm Voluma XC is used for deep injections into the cheeks to add volume and help contour the chin. Juvéderm Vollure XC is a variation of the original formula that helps correct moderate to severe facial folds. Juvéderm Ultra XC can address both moderate to several facial folds and finer lines around the mouth and add volume to the lips.
Juvéderm Ultra Plus XC is thicker than its Juvéderm Ultra XC counterpart. This injectable has better performance than Juvéderm Ultra XC when injected into deeper folds and wrinkles.
Juvéderm Volbella XC treats fine lines around the mouth and augments the lips. When getting Juvéderm injections, your medical provider could give you multiple variations of the formula in conjunction with each other to treat different areas of your face.
The “XC” in these Juvéderm names indicates the injections contain a small amount of lidocaine, which helps address pain and discomfort in sensitive patients.
Similar to Juvéderm, Restylane filler is also hyaluronic acid-based. Restylane is actually older than Juvéderm and was the first dermal filler approved by the FDA in the early 2000s.
Also, like Juvéderm, Restylane has an entire collection of formulas to help achieve anti-aging success.
Restylane Lyft is a powerful, structured formula that can offer a face-lifting and contouring effect when injected into the cheeks and chin. For our patients who want to achieve the appearance of high, lifted cheekbones, Restylane Lyft is the right formula.
Restylane Lyft is also flexible enough to be injected into the fine lines around your mouth, allowing you to achieve smooth skin while maintaining natural movement.
Another function of Restylane Lyft is to rejuvenate areas of the skin around our patient’s temples. As people age, their temple areas noticeably lose volume. Restylane Lyft injections contour this area to recreate a youthful and natural-looking facial structure.
Finally, Restylane Lyft has been nicknamed the “non-surgical nose job” since it can help contour and smooth out areas along the nose.
Restylane Silk is a delicate and flexible formula that helps augment the lips and smooth lines around the mouth. When it comes to injections in or around your mouth, flexible formulas are vital to keeping a natural look that doesn’t hinder movement.
Restylane Refyne and Defyne are two of the newer Restylane formulas. These formulas were specifically manufactured for marionette lines. The difference between the two is that Restylane Refyne is used for finer lines and wrinkles, while Defyne is for deeper and more severe folds.
The main difference between the two is the texture of the original formulas. The first Juvéderm formula had a bit of a finer texture, while the Restylane filler was more structured. This made Juvéderm better for finer areas (such as around the mouth) and Restylane more appropriate for more severe areas.
However, both companies have developed different formulas to address various treatment areas over the years. Whether we choose Restylane or Juvéderm for your face will depend on our professional consultation and evaluation.
Since both products offer similar results, we may use just one or both for the same patient. This all depends on the individual patient’s anatomy and treatment goals. At 4Ever Young Anti Aging Solutions, we find some people respond better to Restylane, while others respond better to Juvéderm.
Our team of experts at 4Ever Young has decades of combined experience in both the medical and cosmetic industries.
Our professional training, experience, and expertise allow us to properly evaluate each patient’s needs and assess which treatments will help them achieve their goals.
Contact 4Ever Young Anti Aging Solutions today for a free consultation to get started on your anti-aging journey in Weston, FL!
