Enhance Your Features with Dermal Fillers
Restore volume, refine facial contours, and enhance your natural features with a personalized treatment designed around you.
What are dermal fillers?
Natural-Looking Volume and Definition
Dermal fillers are injectable treatments designed to restore volume, soften the appearance of certain facial lines, and enhance facial contours. Different filler formulations are available, and your provider will select an appropriate product based on your anatomy, concerns, and desired results.
What can fillers address?
Subtle Enhancement Designed Around You
- Add or restore facial volume
- Enhance lip shape and fullness
- Define the cheeks or chin
- Improve facial balance and contours
- Soften certain facial folds and wrinkles
- Improve the appearance of some acne scars
- Restore volume to the back of the hands
Who may be a candidate?
Are Dermal Fillers Right for You?
Dermal fillers may be appropriate for adults who want to restore volume, soften certain lines, or enhance facial contours without surgery. A medical consultation is required to determine candidacy and select the appropriate product.
Patients should tell their provider about:
- Allergies or previous reactions to fillers
- Current medications and supplements
- Blood-thinning medications
- Bleeding or clotting conditions
- Active infections, rashes, or inflammation
- Previous facial fillers or implants
- Recent or upcoming dental procedures
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
How do fillers work?
Dermal fillers are carefully placed beneath the skin to add volume or enhance the shape of selected facial features. Rather than changing your appearance completely, treatment can be customized to create balanced, natural-looking results that complement your existing features.
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Step 1: Consultation and Assessment
Your appointment begins with a discussion of your concerns, medical history, medications, previous cosmetic treatments, and desired results. Your provider will evaluate your facial anatomy and determine whether filler is appropriate for you.
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Step 4: Precise Treatment
The selected filler is carefully administered using a sterile needle or cannula. Your provider may evaluate facial balance throughout the appointment and make adjustments according to the treatment plan.
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Step 2: Personalized Treatment Plan
Your provider will recommend the treatment area, filler product, estimated amount, expected results, possible risks, and cost. Because every face is different, the plan is tailored to your anatomy rather than based on a standard number of syringes.
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Step 5: Immediate Evaluation
After treatment, the provider evaluates the treated area, cleans the skin, and may apply a cold pack to reduce temporary swelling or discomfort.
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Step 3: Preparation
The treatment area is cleaned and may be marked for precise placement. Depending on the filler and treatment area, a topical numbing product or filler containing lidocaine may be used to improve comfort.
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Step 6: Aftercare and Follow-Up
You will receive personalized aftercare instructions and guidance on symptoms that require medical attention. A follow-up may be recommended after swelling has subsided to evaluate the final result.
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Frequently asked questions
Results are often visible immediately, but swelling may temporarily affect the appearance. Your final result is better evaluated once the treated area has settled.
Results can last from several months to several years, depending on the product, treatment area, metabolism, and amount used. Your provider can explain what to expect from the specific filler recommended.
The amount depends on your anatomy, treatment area, existing volume, and desired result. Your provider will recommend a personalized amount following an in-person assessment.
You may feel pinching, pressure, or temporary discomfort. A topical numbing product or filler containing lidocaine may be used, depending on the treatment plan.
Downtime is generally limited, but swelling, bruising, tenderness, redness, or firmness can occur. Consider scheduling treatment well before an important event.
Many commonly used fillers are temporary. Longevity depends on the filler material, formulation, placement, and individual response.
Some hyaluronic-acid fillers may be dissolved with an enzyme, but not every type of filler is reversible. Dissolving filler also has risks and does not guarantee complete reversal. Ask your provider which product will be used before treatment.