Dermal Fillers Specialist

What causes wrinkles and sagging skin?

Just beneath the surface of your skin lies a layer of fat and collagen that creates the smooth, plump appearance associated with youth and vitality. Over the years, your skin loses fat at a rate of nearly one teaspoon each year, and collagen levels also deteriorate.

Without that natural “padding,” your skin begins to gather into fine lines, wrinkles, and folds. Years of sun exposure, environmental toxins, and reduced natural skin hydration accelerate that process.

Plastic surgery can remove sagging skin, but won’t replace that youthful fullness. This is where dermal fillers like Juvederm® and Bellafill® come in.

What is Juvederm?

Juvederm is a collection of dermal fillers formulated using hyaluronic acid, a substance found naturally in the human body. Hyaluronic acid works to lubricate and hydrate, but like collagen and fat, it also decreases over time.

These fillers have a gel-like consistency. When injected into your skin by a trained and experienced professional, they work to increase volume and smooth wrinkles and folds.  Knowing the optimal formulation, placement, and volume of dermal filler to inject is as much of an art as it is a science, and is an area where Lisa Rux truly excels.

What’s a liquid face-lift?

A liquid face-lift incorporates several dermal fillers, often in conjunction with Botox® injections, to create aesthetic improvements in multiple areas of your face. Here’s an overview of the possibilities with dermal fillers:

Juvederm Voluma® XC

This is the best filler for restoring lost volume in your midface. Juvederm Voluma XC improves fullness in your cheekbones for a more elegant and sophisticated look. The extra volume in your cheekbones gives you a mini face-lift that can resolve slight jowls.

Juvederm Vollure™ XC

This is a great option for smoothing nasolabial folds, commonly called marionette lines.

Volbella® XC

This filler is perfect for creating beautiful volume and shape in your lips. Volbella XC also improves the appearance of perioral lines around your lips, sometimes called smoker’s wrinkles.

Juvederm® Ultra XC

Another excellent option for increasing the fullness of your lips.

Bellafill®

In general, dermal fillers from the Juvederm collection last from 4-6 months. If you’re looking for a more lasting solution, you might want to consider Bellafill. Unlike the Juvederm family of fillers, Bellafill is composed of a combination of collagen and polymethyl methacrylate microspheres.

The collagen smooths and plumps your skin while the microspheres have a scaffolding effect that extends results while your body regenerates its own collagen to replace the gel as it slowly breaks down.

Bellafill offers great results when used to smooth nasolabial folds or recessed acne scars. Results last longer than Juvederm fillers, and clinical studies saw results extending five years after the initial injections.

Kybella®

One treatment 30 days after.

If you have a double chin and have done everything to get rid of it but still no results, do not worry, Kybella® injections targets stubborn chin fat and gets rid of fat cells forever.

To learn more about how dermal fillers can help you achieve your aesthetic goals, schedule an appointment at The Women’s Centre.