Dermal Fillers
By smoothing out lines and adding volume in all the right places, dermal fillers can rejuvenate and revitalize your look.
About
Dermal Fillers
By smoothing out lines and adding volume in all the right places, fillers can rejuvenate and revitalize your look. Anti-aging expert Jessica Goerig, MS, PA-C, and board-certified dermatologist Ryan Goerig, MD, at Dana Point Dermatology are aesthetic experts and provide filler injections at their serene, oceanfront office. To schedule a consultation to learn more about how fillers can restore your youthful look, call the office in Dana Point, California, or click the online booking button today.
About
Dermal Fillers
Injectable Dermal Fillers Explained
Dermal injectable fillers consist of various materials, with hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers like Juvederm and Restylane being the most commonly used. Hyaluronic acid, a natural sugar molecule found in the skin’s structural matrix, plays a crucial role in holding skin cells together. By cross-linking hyaluronic acid subunits and water, it forms a gel-like matrix and structured proteoglycan complexes with collagen, aiding in tissue regeneration, wound healing, collagen induction, and antioxidant defense. However, as we age, the skin’s hyaluronic acid content, especially in the epidermis, diminishes significantly.
Despite being heavily promoted in skincare products, topical applications with the industry-standard 1% hyaluronic acid concentration deliver insufficient amounts of this large polymer into the skin. Hence, injectable hyaluronic acid fillers are highly sought-after.
The primary goal of injectable dermal fillers is to restore volume by instantly filling deflated and sagging facial areas due to natural aging. They enhance facial contours in three dimensions and can reshape the jawline, nose, cheeks, and forehead. Injectable dermal fillers are an ideal option for those hesitant to undergo more invasive procedures such as rhinoplasty, facial fat grafting, or chin augmentation.
Hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers are temporary and can be dissolved immediately with an enzyme solution if necessary. Moreover, injecting hyaluronic acid has been observed to stimulate collagen production in surrounding skin, potentially prolonging the volumizing effects beyond the filler’s lifespan.
The most serious risks associated with dermal filler injections arise from accidental injection into blood vessels, which can lead to severe complications like vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, or tissue necrosis. However, these risks are entirely avoidable when procedures are performed by experienced injectors with comprehensive knowledge of facial anatomy.
Candidates for Dermal Filler Injections
You are interested in facial, neck, or hand rejuvenation without invasive surgery. You desire structural changes to enhance facial harmony. You are not pregnant, breastfeeding, using blood thinners, prone to hypertrophic scars, or have inflammatory skin conditions. Aging effects on the skin include loss of elasticity, disorganized collagen and elastic fibers, increased susceptibility to water loss, and gravitational descent of soft tissues. UV exposure contributes significantly to these changes, emphasizing the importance of sun protection.
As we age, facial changes manifest as volume loss, descent of fat pads, thinning skin, and the development of wrinkles and folds. These signs typically appear in one’s late twenties. If you seek intervention for aging signs through a simple and quick procedure, injectable dermal fillers may be suitable.
It’s crucial to note that while injectable dermal fillers can achieve substantial rejuvenation, individuals requiring dramatic transformations may benefit more from surgical procedures such as brow lifts, facelifts, or facial fat transfers.
For younger individuals aiming to refine facial contours, dermal fillers are effective options. Popular treatments include lip enhancements and liquid rhinoplasties, which offer quick improvements in nasal shape.
Overview of Temporary Dermal Fillers
Hyaluronic Acid
- Various formulations tailored for different types of wrinkles and areas like cheeks, lips, and nasolabial folds.
- Results duration varies from 6 to 18 months, depending on the filler type.
- Injection site side effects include temporary redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, lumps, bruising, discoloration, and itching.
Fillers Q & A
Dermal fillers are a minimally invasive cosmetic injection that adds volume under your skin to smooth out lines and creases to refresh and revitalize your tired look.
As you get older, the fat under your skin naturally diminishes, allowing the muscles that cause your skin to fold and crease to work closer to the surface. The lost volume also leads to stretching and sagging of your skin.
The dermal fillers used at Dana Point Dermatology replace the lost volume under your skin to restore your natural, youthful look.
The aesthetic team at Dana Point Dermatology uses fillers to fix many beauty concerns that affect both men and women. You may want to consider a consultation if you’re looking for a simple solution to:
- Smooth out lines around your mouth and cheeks
- Fill in the creases between your eyebrows
- Add volume to your thin lips
- Lessen the appearance of your recessed acne scars
The aesthetic experts at Dana Point Dermatology have provided thousands of cosmetic injections and understand the subtle anatomical and functional differences in the facial structure of men and women and adjust their treatment plans accordingly — altering type of filler and placement of filler — to provide both sexes with a natural look.
The team also pays close attention to facial balance and symmetry to match the natural structure of your face.
Your dermal filler injections at Dana Point Dermatology are customized to meet your specific aesthetic goals and needs. Because the team uses hyaluronic acid and other soft fillers, a skin test isn’t needed prior to your cosmetic appointment.
After cleaning your skin with an antibacterial agent, your clinician may apply a numbing agent to your skin to ease any discomfort prior to injecting the dermal fillers.
Then, with a careful and attentive hand, your clinician injects the dermal filler into the desired areas to produce a subtle correction to rejuvenate your look.
If pain is an issue for you during these treatments, Dana Point Dermatology has Pro-Nox, which is a half strength nitrous oxide device, to help ease the discomfort. As opposed to other methods of pain control, such as Valium, the Pro-Nox device is much safer and you are able to drive yourself home after the procedure without any residual effects.
The entire procedure takes an hour or less. While you may experience some redness at the site of the injection, the results of your dermal filler treatment are immediate.
With daily use of sunblock, your dermal fillers should help you retain a more revitalized look for a few months or as long as a year, depending on the type of filler used.
To schedule a consultation with the aesthetic experts at Dana Point Dermatology, call the office today.
Dana Point Dermatology clinicians have been injecting for over 15 years, having completed over 1,200 cases.
Since dermal filler treatments are medical treatments, and not spa therapies, we always have a board-certified dermatologist on-site that oversees the procedure and ensures that strict safety precautions are maintained.
The results that we achieve for our patients are always natural looking and never over-done or fake appearing (see gallery). We have a “less is more” philosophy and don’t try to up-sell you into using more filler than what is most appropriate to achieve your aesthetic goals.
Dermal filler treatments are both artistry and science, so having a long track record of phenomenal results speaks to how much our patients trust us to keep them looking their best.
If you get a bruise after treatment, we have a Candela V-Beam Perfecta laser that can treat the bruise. This can result in the bruise fading over a day or two instead of a week.
Our Services
Get In Touch
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding Dana Point Dermatology, please call or email us below, or send us a message.