In the good old days of face lifting and the eternal quest of youth, it was all ‘snip and tuck here’, ‘slice and stitch there’, back then, and it would generally leave the patient with Frankenstein looking injuries afterwards until the wounds settled and healed. Well, some beauty techniques still require us to go under the knife, but a lot have thing have changed- thanks to some amazing advances in surgical techniques, surgeons are starting to move away from the blade in the favour of the laser and injection. Most dentists in the Wirral are trained to administer finite injections to numb the mouth to carry out routine dental work. So it really is no surprise to see how they have evolved into giving dermal fillings and botox injections too. The skin around the lips of the mouth, are the first dead give-away to the advancing years; they develop small crevasses and ‘crow’s feet’. A dermal filler, is a collagen based injection that is injected into these lines to regenerate the ageing cells and firm-up the skin- in some cases it can even reverse the ageing in the skin. Botox injections can also inflate the lips to restore their youthfulness. Such injections are also being used to repair damage caused by injury to the mouth and immediate surrounding areas. At around £300 a shot that may sound a tad pricey, especially as dermal fillers may have to be topped up each year, but it an extremely quick treatment with instant affects and keeps you away from the surgeon’s knife- you can’t really put a price on beauty!
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Dermal Fillers in the Wirral
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011Firmer skin with dermal fillers form Wirral dentist
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
If you are happy with your teeth but not happy with the wrinkles and sagging facial tissue that frames it, you may consider having the tissue artificially firmed using one of a range of dermal fillers. Cosmetic dermal fillers include collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid and various other substances and come under several brand names, the most popular being ArteFill, Radiesse and Sculptra. The main purpose of these dermal fillers is to add volume to specific areas of the face and eliminate wrinkles. In doing this they give the face a fuller, more youthful appearance that can best enhance a beautiful smile.
Once the sole preserve of the rich and famous, dermal fillers are now more readily available to everyone, and the increase in popularity and use means that a collagen injection is now as easy and accepted as going for a haircut.
If applied by a trained professional such as a physician or a dentist there is little or no risk involved when using dermal fillers and because treatments are temporary, the results will fade in time, reducing the risk of permanent damage form a bad treatment. The most common form of dermal fillers used today contain the compound hyaluronic acid, a substance that naturally occurs in the skin. This is the substance that gives skin its natural plump and healthy appearance.
Treatments usually begin with a local anaesthetic administered by the dentist to minimise discomfort during the procedure. This can either be in the form of an injection, or for those who aren’t so fond of needles, a topical anaesthetic cream applied half an hour before treatment. The whole procedure will take little more than half an hour from start to finish, and involves no surgical cutting of the skin.
After treatment, patients may experience some swelling and redness but this will subside in time and you should start to notice results within two to three days. Results will continue to improve for a month and should last up to four months before a new treatment is required. Ask a Wirral dentist about the benefits of dermal fillers and you can rejuvenate your smile