Category: injectable fillers

Strategies for Safe Injectable Filler Treatments to the Nose

The use of injectable fillers in the face has expanded tremendously over the past decade. What was once viewed as off limits to place fillers has now become commonplace. This is particularly relevant to the nose whose small and tight tissues was historically felt to be an ill advised place for injecting fillers. But today Read More…

Product Review – Juvederm Vollure XC Injectable Filler

With now over 25 synthetic injectable fillers available in the U.S., one would think there is little need for further filler products. But the ability to modify hyaluronic acid filler structures to create different aesthetic effects assures that more such filler products will continue to become available. Juvederm Vollure XC has just become FDA-approved for Read More…

Product Review – Restylane ReFyne and Restylane DeFyne

With over 25 synthetic injectable fillers on the US market it can be argued that how may more do we really need. But each new injectable filler offers some advantage and thus there is room for more. These growing number of injectable fillers has led to the concept of a toolkit of injectable treatments that Read More…

Clinic Snapshots – Injectable Fillers vs Implant Jaw Angle Augmentation

Augmentation of the facial skeleton has historically been done through the placement of preformed implants. The past decade has seen the emergence of a variety of injectable materials to create soft tissue volume augmentation. These have included a large number of synthetic fillers as well as autologous fat. As their use has become more common Read More…

Product Review: Allofill Injectable Filler

There have been numerous injectable fillers for facial use that have become commercially available since 2002 when the product concept was introduced. All of these fillers have been of the synthetic variety containing mainly resorbable and a few non-resorbable materials. While these are convenient off-the-shelf products, almost all only offer a temporary augmentation effect. Fat Read More…

Lower Blepharoplasty Approach for Injected Fat Removal

Treatment of tear trough and under eye hollows has been revolutionized by the use of injection materials. Using either resorbable injectable fillers or fat taken from the patient, injection under the eyes can fill out sunken areas creating a rejuvenated appearance. Although there are advocates for either synthetic fillers and fat, both materials can have Read More…

Volumetric Comparisons of Jaw Angle Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Jaw angle implants have become more recently recognized as an essential part of jawline augmentation. While much focus has historically been on the front protruding part of the jaw through chin augmentation, it is now recognized that the chin represents just a part of the total lower facial effect. While jaw angle implants have been Read More…

Volume Comparison Between Nasal Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Augmentation of the nose is a frequent element in many rhinoplasty procedures. While the use of locally harvested cartilage grafts works in may cases, more significant augmentations of the dorsum require different volume addition techniques. The choices for major dorsal augmentation rhinoplasty for Asian and African-American patients, for examples, is either that of a nasal Read More…

Volume Comparison of Cheek Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Cheek augmentation is a common facial reshaping procedure that is done for both aesthetic enhancement and volume restoration due to aging. It is the one facial procedure that, while historically only done with cheek implants, is now done more often by injection methods using synthetic fillers or fat. The emergence of injectable methods is now Read More…

Volume Comparison of Chin Implants vs Injectable Fillers

Chin augmentation is a common aesthetic facial reshaping procedure that is second only to rhinoplasty. It has been traditionally performed by the placement of a preformed implant. While many different chin implant styles have been used over the years, the basic concept of an alloplastic chin augmentation is the same. The emergence of injectable methods Read More…