Dermal Fillers
As we age, our face naturally loses some of its fullness due to reabsorption of bone, muscle laxity and fat pad loss. After your 20th birthday, you lose about 10% of volume in your face each decade. This volume loss leads to facial shadowing, deeper folds and the appearance of lines.
Dermal fillers can be used to lift, restore, enhance, smooth and contour facial features by strategically adding volume to areas of the face where it is needed.
At Refresh & Renew MedSpa in Clarkston, Michigan, we recreate your youthful facial structure with specifically-placed filler injections to give you a healthy and contoured appearance. Dermal fillers are most commonly placed in areas such as the cheeks, pre-jowl sulcus, chin, jawline, marionette lines and lips. After a dermal filler treatment at our peaceful MedSpa in Oakland County, skin lays smoother on the face, shadows and sagging improve and deep lines and wrinkles are dramatically decreased.
Cheeks
As facial volume diminishes over time, our cheeks begin to flatten and our skin begins to sag. This leads to the appearance of a flat face, with deep lines around the mouth, shadowing under the eyes and sagging skin (jowls) along the jawline.
For an idea of how dermal fillers can enhance your facial features, try this: Lightly pinch the skin on your cheekbones with your fingertips and notice how this action pulls up the skin on your lower face while also helping with under-eye sagging and shadows.
Whether you have experienced volume loss in your cheeks or simply have never had well-defined cheekbones, dermal fillers can be used to improve facial profile, structure and balancing, create contour and reduce deep lines of the lower face.
Lips
Full, plump, hydrated lips are a clear sign of beauty and youth, and the right subtle changes with dermal fillers can enhance your entire facial appearance.
At Refresh & Renew Medspa near Lake Orion, Michigan, our practitioners are dedicated to helping you look refreshed and well rested, not overdone or like it appears obvious you’ve had aesthetic procedures. Our philosophy with lip filler is “less is more,” and the results are plump, hydrated, natural-looking lips.
Every client has their own unique facial anatomy and individual combination of lip shape and size. Whether you’re after more lip height and a more defined border or you want to fill in wrinkles and achieve better hydration, our skilled practitioners will work within your unique lip anatomy and facial structure to achieve your desired result.
FAQs
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Dermal fillers are soft gels consisting of non-animal hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a naturally-occuring sugar molecule in the body that is also found in our skin. Hyaluronic acid attracts water, which helps to hydrate and add volume to the skin. It is naturally broken down by our bodies.
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The duration of dermal fillers depends on the area injected, type of filler used, injection technique and patient metabolism. Most fillers last between six to 18 months.
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Dermal filler injections are done with a very small needle, and the quick injection usually feels like a small pinch. The injection may sting a little, but our fillers come premixed with anesthetic so most patients find the treatment very tolerable. Our practitioners at Refresh & Renew MedSpa in Clarkston, MI also provide cold compresses to patients for increased comfort and reduced swelling after their injections.
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Unlike neurotoxins, which take two weeks to take full effect, the results of dermal fillers are noticeable immediately. Some areas like the lips may have bruising and swelling two to four days post-procedure and final results will be seen once swelling subsides, usually by day five.
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No. You can go right back to work or play after your injection appointment at Refresh & Renew MedSpa near Lake Orion, MI. However, it is common to have some swelling and bruising a few days after your procedure, so it is best not to schedule your appointment right before an important event.