Dermal Fillers Montreal

Dermal fillers effortlessly restore lost volume and plumpness and target age-induced blemishes such as deep wrinkles, fine lines, brow furrows, crow’s feet. Filler treatments are a safe and non-invasive alternative to incisions and longer recovery times associated with traditional cosmetic surgery operations.

What Are Dermal Fillers?

Dermal fillers, (also known as face fillers or soft tissue fillers)  are injectable products used in the face to give additional volume or restore volume lost with facial aging.

The most commonly used product is hyaluronic acid, which is a natural sugar already present in your body. When hyaluronic acid fillers are injected in synthetic form, they can reduce the appearance of wrinkles, creases, and scars, giving you a more youthful appearance.

Dermal filler treatments are different from neuromodulators, also known as Botox (botulinum toxin), which are products that paralyze muscles and erase dynamic wrinkles and smoothen out the skin.

How Do Dermal Fillers Work?

As we age and exposure ourselves to the sun’s UV rays and an increasing amount of environmental pollutants, our skin cells start losing their ability to produce hyaluronic acid which gives our skin its youthful and full appearance and feel. 

As a result of this loss, our facial features lose volume and become sunken. That’s where injections of synthesized hyaluronic acid come to the rescue.

When injected under the skin, this hyaluronic acid binds to water, holding more than a thousand times its weight. These volume boosting injections hydrate the skin to restore and maintain tissue volume over long periods of time. 

How Long Do Dermal Filler Injections Last?

Injectable facial fillers usually last between 6 months and 2 years.

What Are The Benefits of dermal filler injections?

There are several benefits you can experience from dermal fillers. Fillers are a quick facial rejuvenation option without downtime. They can be performed in less than an hour per facial region by expert hands.

Fillers increase volume-deficient regions in order to give them a more attractive appearance. They can be used to:

• Restore facial symmetry and improve facial contours
• Restoring loss of volume and increasing fullness to your cheeks and lips
• Improve the appearance of dark eye circles
• Lift the dropping corners of your mouth or the droop of your nose.
• Fill nasolabial folds (marionette lines)
• Smooth out deeper lines, smile lines, and fill static wrinkles
• Reverse the aging process by adding volume to treated areas
• Reduce the appearance of acne marks, scars, and skin blemishes

Is A Dermal Filler Treatment Permanent?

While dermal fillers aren’t permanent, they are an extremely long-lasting treatment that can last up a year or longer.  This safe non surgical treatment ensures your face remains young, refreshed, and shapely without the need for invasive surgery. 

It’s no surprise that dermal fillers are one of the most popular alternatives to facial plastic surgery with most patients reporting extremely positive results.

Is There Any Downtime Or Recovery Time?

Dermal fillers are completely safe with absolutely no downtime or recovery time, allowing you to get back to work in only a few hours. 

Types Of Dermal Fillers

Restylan

Restylane is a family of hyaluronic acid fillers that provide several solutions for those wanting to smooth fine lines and wrinkles around the nose and mouth.  These dermal fillers are safe, FDA-approved, and clinically tested to boost volume in the skin. Restylane is especially great for hard-to-reach areas including laugh lines, tear troughs, and the nasolabial folds.

The active ingredient hyaluronic acid is an all-natural compound found in the human body that stimulates collagen production and rejuvenates and hydrates the skin for a youthful and natural look.

Restylane Lyft is a stronger form of dermal filler with a denser consistency that allows for the smoothing out of deeper wrinkles and lines.

Restylane Silk is a lip filler that adds volume to the lips as well as decreasing the fine lines that develop around the mouth and lips.

Juvederm

Juvederm has gained notoriety around the world and is considered the gold star of liquid face lifts. These volume building injections are especially great at targeting areas around the nasolabial folds, and restoring volume to marionette lines. 

Juvederm can last up to 12 months as the hyaluronic acid bonds to collagen and elastin on the first treatment, reinvigorating sunken and saggy skin. Compared to other dermal fillers, Juvederm has a smoother and silkier consistency and conforms naturally to the facial structures. 

Juvederm Vollure XC is the new hyaluronic filler in the Juvederm lineup. It’s generally used for more moderate to severe volume loss, facial wrinkles, and folds, and can last up to 18 months.

Am I a Good Candidate For Dermal Fillers

Dermal injections are safe and effective for most skin types and any age bracket, including younger patients.   Here are 5 key ways to determine if dermal filler treatments are right for you.

1. You are not pregnant or breastfeeding

2. You do not have skin disease at the area you want to inject

3. You want a quick rejuvenation option without downtime

4. Your expectations are realistic

5. A treatment plan has been determined with your mediaspa facial specialist to discuss what would be most beneficial to you.

What Are The Risks of Hyaluronic Acid Fillers?

Like any injection, the most common risks are minimal pain at the site of injection, mild swelling, bruising, and temporary redness. Sometimes, certain patients can suffer from a slight headache the same or next day, and certain patients can have residual movements or asymmetries requiring touch-ups.

Rarely, certain patients can develop an infection, persistent redness, scar formation, nodules or granulomas at the site of injection, or a true allergic reaction to hyaluronic acid. Exceptionally, some cases of loss of vision or tissue necrosis have been reported with soft tissue fillers. 

It is important to choose an injector that is conscious of all of these risks, and that knows how to manage all complications. Clinique Face MD puts safety first and is conservative with facial fillers in order to minimize complications. Being a surgeon specifically trained and specialized in the facial area offers an advantage in terms of knowledge of facial anatomy that helps avoid zones at risk for complications. 

Finally, like any cosmetic procedure, there is a risk of not being satisfied with the result. After a proper consultation that includes a complete examination and photo evaluation, The doctors can generally produce the results desired by the patient.

However, we do not control the response of tissues to injections, and sometimes repeated injections are necessary to achieve a more evident result. However, as hyaluronic acid is generally safe when used in a proper way by a specialist, injections are reversible or amenable to touch-ups depending on each individual patient’s wishes.

What Happens During a Consultation For Facial Fillers?

A consultation starts with a complete questionnaire and physical examination by trained cosmetic doctors. Photos of the skin and face are taken and analyzed with your surgeon.

The doctors at Clinique Face Md Montreal always make sure to thoroughly discuss and communicate what is and is not possible with dermal injections in order to better manage patient expectations of results.

Next, we talk about the actual procedure. Your doctor takes the time to answer any and all questions you may have.

Patients often choose to receive their injections on the same day as the consultation.

How do I prepare for a botox consultation?

First, start by listing in order of importance the facial features you would like to enhance by listing the areas that bother you the most.

Second, if you have had prior facial injections, try to find the date as well as the products and quantities that were injected.

How Long Does It Take To Inject Fillers In The Face?

Depending on the quantity of product injected as well as the number of facial zones treated, a typical injection session lasts anywhere between 30 minutes and one hour.

What Type of Anesthesia Is Used For Facial Injections?

We use a gentle and safe numbing topical anesthetic cream for most commonly treated areas.

For other injections, such as lip augmentation, we also perform a lip block using tiny needles and a local anesthetic, which eliminates pain completely during treatment.

Some patients opt to not receive any anesthesia, whether it is topical or with an injection, and we respect that choice as facial fillers are also very well tolerated without any anesthesia.

How Long Does Bruising Last After Facial Filler Injections?

When injections are performed on patients that do not have thin blood due to disease or medication, and when we take particular care to avoid small veins, bruising is rare. This is however possible, and bruises are easily hidden with make-up starting the following day.

Will I Swell After Dermal Filler Injections?

Lips are specifically at risk for bruising and this often happens for a few days after the injection. The doctors at Clinique Face MD will give you all the tricks to minimize this swelling. Other areas of the face do not tend to swell as much. However, the vast majority of patients return to their usual activities the next day no matter the injected area.

How Do I Find The Best Dermal Fillers In Montreal?

When choosing where to get your cosmetic medispa treatment or cosmetic plastic surgery, make sure to ask the following questions.

1- Does this person have proper and deep understanding of facial anatomy?

2- Is this person trained in used a proper and safe injection technique?

3- Does this person know all the risks of facial fillers and know how to take care of complications if they happen?

4- Do you feel confident in your injector during your consultation?

Are You Ready For A Refreshed & Rejuvenated Look?

Our goal is to help you achieve a fresh new look for your face or body using our safe and effective dermal filler cosmetic treatments.

Let us give you the younger-looking and feeling skin you deserve.

Alternatives: Morpheus8 radiofrequency microneedling, Evoke facial contouring, FaceTite facial contouring, blepharoplasty, face and neck lift, facial fat transfer

Popular associated procedures: Botox, Dysport, submental liposuction