FACIAL FILLERS
Facial fillers can be used to add volume to facial hollows, cheekbones, jawline and lips. Volume loss is a normal part of the aging process, and using injectable fillers to replace this loss can lead to a more youthful appearance.
Enhancing cheekbones, decreasing the appearance of nasolabial folds and marionette lines, and lifting the corners of the mouth are the most common treatment areas for fillers.
Our approach is to achieve a natural, aesthetic result where people notice how great you look without realizing that you have had fillers.
This patient had treatment of the lips, nasolabial folds, corners of the mouth and wrinkle lines. Photos are pretreatment and immediately post treatment.
Lip Functional Esthetics
Facial fillers are also an indispensable part of Functional Esthetics. The inability to close the lips around teeth and bones can deform the lips over time, thinning and elongating them. Sometimes, even when the teeth and bones are repositioned and the lips are allowed to touch for the first time, the damage is done. Restoring lip shape and size becomes necessary for them to function as they should.
- Lori Heinze, PA-C
In the image below, the patient’s teeth and bones were placed into their correct position by orthognathic surgery but her thin lips were still causing difficulty with lip closure and speech. A small amount of Juvederm was placed to shape and fill the lips so that they could close and function more easily. Not only did she receive a more esthetic result but her symptoms disappeared as well. This is Functional Esthetics.
Other Uses
Facial fillers are used also at:
Mandibular angles,
Pre jowls (marionettes),
Nasolabial folds,
Orbital rim and cheekbone areas,
Mandibular jaw line and more.