Sorry about the late post this week! Spent the weekend in Oxford, MS at the Ole Miss, Arkansas game. Oxford is a great place to visit and I recommend it to all. The game was fun. One of my daughters went to Ole Miss and the other is currently a Hog!!!
This week we are going to discuss the unusual uses of fillers. Last week I talked about the normal uses around the mouth and in the nasolabial folds. I hope you all got to read it.
There are a number of uses for fillers that are a little out of the main stream. The first is in the nose. There are a number of people that present with complaints of imperfections in the shape of their nose and they are not ready for rhinoplasty, OR, they have had a less than perfect rhinoplasty and have persistant defects. In these cases I will use Radiesse or Silikon 1000 to help re-shape the bridge of the nose or fill defects. With Silikon 1000 the fix is permanent and therefore I like to correct in stages so as not to overcorrect. Fillers are a great way to a non surgical rhinoplasty.
A second out of the mainstream use of fillers is for cheek augmentation and filling the nasojugal fold....the line we get below the eye from the corner of the eye onto the cheek. This is done in those that do not want an implant or fat grafting. The filler is essentially placed where an implant would sit over the cheek bone. It is a great way to rejuvenate the mid face without surgery. It is done in the office and usually requires several syringes of product. I usually use Radiesse as it offers more volume per syringe for the same price. I like to call this the liquid face lift. It is not perfect but does do a good job.
The third use is in rejuvenating the hands. As we age, we not only lose fat in the face, we also lose it in our hands. Many times we work on our face and body then forget the hands. Hands age quickly due to sun exposure. Fillers or fat can do a great deal to make the hands look much younger.
The fourth place is for acne scarring. Laser resurfacing can do a great deal to smooth out scarring that occurs from acne. When they become too deep for the laser....fillers can help. I usually use Juvederm or Silikon 1000 in very small amounts to help level these areas. In some cases subcision or release of the scar must be done first and this is done in the office with some local anesthetic.
The last place I will talk about for fillers is the lips. Believe it or not....they get smaller too!! Adding volume to the lips is a great way to rejuvenate. Voluptuous lips are what all the girls want!! I like to use Juvederm, and for those who want a permanent fix...Silikon 1000 in a gradual fill. Both are great and can make you look outstanding....
Enough about fillers I think.
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