Lip Enhancement & Wrinkle Fillers
Lip Augmentation & Wrinkle Treatments in Virginia's New River Valley
Ample, full lips and smooth, firm skin are telltale signs of youth and beauty in Southwest Virginia. But as many men and women of the New River Valley have found, that despite a healthy low-fat diet, aging can cause the facial features to become thin. With injectable fillers you can enhance your facial features without cosmetic surgery. You can plump your lips, firm your cheeks, reduce nasal-labial folds and marionette lines and diminish crow's feet with simple injections. Adding volume to your features is safe and effective with little or no downtime and beautiful, adjustable results.
Let the experts at Skin Deep Medical Technologies evaluate your skin and facial features during your free consultation at our Pulaski, Southwest Virginia offices. We offer many choices of injectable dermal fillers and can combine products to give you a truly dynamic, complete facial enhancement. Call us at 540-440-0461 or contact us online to schedule your consultation today.
What Are Injectable Fillers?
Until the advent of injectable fillers, cosmetic surgery was unable to offer patients truly effective but fast and affordable treatments to enhance their lips or reduce wrinkles. These fillers act by adding volume and stimulating new collagen growth to tissue beneath the surface of the skin. Facelift surgery can remove excess skin to tighten and re-drape skin so it lies flatter with fewer wrinkles, but surgery alone does not enhance the tissue structures beneath the skin. Surgical lip augmentation is possible, but it's a delicate procedure that takes a lot of time and the results are sometimes unpredictable.
With injectable fillers like Restylane®, Perlane® and JUVÉDERM® Injectable Gel, you don't even have to think about cosmetic surgery. All of these injectable fillers are made with different concentrations of non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA) gel. This means that no animal products were used to manufacture these products and no allergy testing is necessary before use.
Once the NASHA gel is injected beneath the surface of the skin, water molecules within the skin's tissues begin to adhere to the gel. This effect gives these injectables stability and longevity with most lip enhancements and wrinkle treatments lasting from 6 months up to a year or even two years in some cases.
The Benefits of Injectable Fillers like Restylane®
Restylane, Perlane and JUVÉDERM are injected directly into the lips or beneath the surface of the skin. Your results will be visible almost immediately. The amount of gel injected is a decision made by you and your doctor and can be adjusted over time. One of the greatest advantages of injectable fillers is being able to start small and gradually enhance your features during subsequent injections. This will allow you to know exactly how much of an enhancement you desire, and the enhancement process will look more subtle and natural than if you had cosmetic surgery.
Restylane, Perlane and JUVÉDERM can be effectively used to enhance your lips, cheeks and cheek bones. Restylane, Perlane and JUVÉDERM also create striking results when used to reduce nasal-labial folds, marionette lines, scar depressions or other deep furrows or lines in facial skin. The results are very natural looking. Your skin will feel soft and caressable and your lips will be plump and kissable.
Most of our New River Valley patients experience little or no discomfort at the site of the injection, but we always offer our patients a topical or injected anesthetic for their comfort. Most are happy with the quick, effective skin cooling provided by the the SynerCool, a machine that emits super-cooled air onto the skin. After the injections, you may see a tiny needle mark. This will only last for the rest of the day at most. Occasionally, some patients experience bruising and swelling for a day or two. A simple ice pack can help reduce these effects.
Restylane, Perlane and JUVÉDERM can be used independently or in various combinations to achieve a younger, healthier and more beautiful appearance. Call Skin Deep Medical Technologies of Pulaski, Virginia today at 540-440-0461 or contact us online to learn about all of our non-invasive procedures.