Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Heidi, Offers Injectable Fillers To Treat Fine Lines

If you are concerned about lines, wrinkles, facial hollows and thin lips, injectable fillers may be a simple in office option. Injectable fillers and fat injections are often the perfect solution to restore facial volume, smooth out wrinkles, enhance lips and plump depressed scars.

The injections are performed after a numbing agent is administered and results are immediate. Minor swelling may last for up to 7 days. The results may last a few months or can be permanent depending on the filler used. Fat injections can also be used to provide the desired result.

Radiesse® is FDA approved as an injectable filler. It is used as a wrinkle filler, lip augmentation and to plump lines around the mouth and lips. It may also be used to fill in some types of scars. It is made up of a component found in teeth and bones and also requires no allergy testing. Radiesse® can last up to 3 years.

Restylane® is FDA approved as an injectable filler. It is used as wrinkle filler, lip augmentation and to plump lines around the mouth and lips. This product can last 6 months. It is synthetically made to be pure and allergy testing is not required.

Juvéderm™ is a smooth consistency gel made of hyaluronic acid—a naturally occurring substance in your skin that helps to add volume and hydration. Juvéderm™ is injected under the skin to instantly restore your skin’s volume and smooth away facial wrinkles and folds, such as your “smile lines” or nasolabial folds-the creases that run from the bottom of your nose to the corners of your mouth.

The injection process is quick and results are immediate and there is minimal recovery or downtime.