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RESTYLANE®, JUVEDERM®, RADIESSE® IN NEW YORK CITY BY DR. BERAKA
GENERAL POINTS ABOUT INJECTABLE FILLERS:
- There are many fillers available. We have found that three fillers
are the safest and most effective: Juvederm®, Restylane®, and Radiesse®
- Each of these fillers is good for a different part of the face, and
each is effective to correct a different cosmetic problem.
- With these three fillers, you only need one treatment, and you see
immediate results.
- But which filler you get is not the most important thing. The skill
and the good eye of your doctor is most important in creating a good
result and avoiding lumps.
- I use anesthetic nerve blocks inside the mouth (like your dentist uses)
before injecting fillers. This way, you have no pain, and I can take
my time to sculpture the best contour. The nerve block works in 5
minutes and by the time you leave our office it has worn off.
- With gentle technique and tiny needles, there is usually no down time
after getting fillers. Very few patients do have some bruising for
2 or 3 days, which can be covered with makeup.
- All of these fillers are very safe and cause no allergic reaction.
Problems are caused by bad injection technique, not by the filler
itself.
I. JUVEDERM®
- Juvederm® is a great hyaluronic acid filler that I use to restore
soft tissue volume. It is injected under the skin and it lasts
at least 9 months.
- Cheeks. As we age, we lose volume in our upper face. The young
face looks like a heart, and the aging face looks like an upside
down heart. To look young, you need your cheeks to look round
and full. Juvederm® is very effective in achieving this fullness.
- Deep nasolabial folds are corrected with Juvederm®.
- As we age, we develop dents on either side of the chin, between the
chin and the jowls (pre-jowl sulcus). These dents make the lower face
look older. Juvederm® fills these dents to restore a cleaner jawline,
and to "hide" the jowls.
II. RESTYLANE®:
- Restylane® is the most forgiving hyaluronic acid filler and it can be
injected more superficially that Juvederm®.
AROUND THE EYES:
- Restylane® corrects the hollows around the eyes that come with aging.
This is an area where good technique is particularly important.
- The hollow tear trough area under the eyes is filled in and smoothed
out with Restylane®.
- A less well known use of Restylane® is under the brows. Filling this
area corrects the empty look that some women develop in their upper
eyelids.
- Around the eyes, Restylane® lasts over a year. It must be used in
small amounts and only under the muscle.
AROUND THE MOUTH:
- Superficial nasolabial folds.
- Marionette line.
- Lines around the mouth.
- These areas are well corrected with Restylane®. Because there is
so much movement around the mouth, Restylane® here lasts only about
6 months.
III. RADIESSE®:
- We do not use Radiesse® under the skin anymore because Juvederm®
produces the most consistent smooth results. Radiesse® is very
useful deep, near the bone, to increase volume in the cheekbone
and around the chin. Radiesse® lasts about one year.
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